Rank 2 Silver Fang Gift / Rank 1 Wendigo (Camp: Sacred Hoop) Gift
The Wendigo version is called Claw-to-Thumb
To be a leader among wolves is largely a matter of physical dominance, but a human leader must understand his charges and follow their will to a degree. With this Gift, a Silver Fang can understand those around him and live up to their expectations. A falcon-spirit teaches this Gift.
System: The player spends one Gnosis point and rolls Intelligence + Empathy (difficulty 7). Success indicates that the Garou knows what the majority would like to see, be it attack, mediation, harsh punishment or clemency. The more successes the player rolls, the better the Garou understands the people’s desires, even if the people would rather keep their desires secret. Note that this Gift by no means reveals the wisest or most rational decision, just the most popular one.
System: this Gift works as the Silver fang Gift: Empathy, except that the Wendigo learns to better observe and understand the wishes and emotions of humans and Kinfolk, not of other Garou.
Source: Core book revised / Wendigo Tribebook (revised)
For the Claw-to-Thumb(1): So that the gap of purpose and harmony between the Younger Brother and the Kinfolk that follow them may not widen further over the years, all those lupus who come to the Sacred Hoop camp can be taught to understand the human mindset. Those who were raised with humans and intimate with homid thought processes can teach Garou how to accurately sense what a human desires, and can equate it to its lupine equivalent, if there is one. A dog-spirit teaches this Gift, as they are able to feel the needs and languages of both human and wolf.