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Fashionable ladies are never seen without their purebred pets: their maned dachshundober mixes, their superior piebald pigeons, their southern royal half-clown crocodiles.
The Club is the hidden epicenter of all kennel clubs. They monitor and maintain the integrity of all purebred lines.
They also run the pigeon post, as their purebred postal pigeons are the most reliable by far.

If you are reading this, you are a member of The Dovecote Transom Club.

Yours is a Society of dog breeders (and pigeon breeders, and crocodile breeders, etc, etc).

You are expected to support the sciences, and to be cordial with your fellows. You may be asked to make introductions between members of high society. You may be asked to collect blood samples.

The Society will select your spouse. If you are already married, the Society will select one or more extramarital partners.

Ubi stirpis ibi patria.

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SKILLS - CANTRIPS

• Wrestling - Your purebreds get +2 Size. You can challenge an animal to a physical contest on its terms, and it will graciously accept.
• Sleight of Hand - Your purebreds get +2 Grace. You can pass objects from one hand to the other, ignoring plausibility.
• Cuisine - Your purebreds get +2 Guts. If you lose a tooth, it grows back within the hour.
• Political Theory - Your purebreds get +2 Brains. You can cause significant unrest among the lower classes with an hour and a soapbox. Make a reaction roll to direct their ire.
• Law - Your purebreds get +2 Nerves. No jury would convict you.
• Gambling - Your purebreds get +2 Fate. When you succeed a d20 roll, you can go double or nothing. Roll again; success is a critical success, failure is a fumble.
• Heraldry - Your purebreds get +2 Character. Your personal heraldry incites fear in any fighting force you’ve previously defeated.
• Theft - Your purebreds get +2 Sneak. You have +3 Inventory Slots. Items in those slots cannot be found unless you want them to be found.

At B template, you know the rite of the outer cross, by which one creates a chimera. By feeding one lesser beast (henceforth "the recipient") the blood of another (henceforth "the donor"), the recipient manifests one or more physical traits of the donor at random. With your guidance, a dog may sprout ram's horns, and a lamb may grow saber teeth.

This rite takes a month. 

At C template, you can become a chimera, per the rite of the outer cross. Whatever you become, it will be better than being human.