(Garou-only) Rites are the Garou society rituals (see "+help rites"), and this background allows a starting character to come onto the game knowing some; Cubs are not allowed to come in knowing Rites.
GarouMUSH uses a different level-assignment of Rites per point in the Background--see "+info/bg rites2" for the information table on this. But, as an example, a Garou character with a Rites score of '3' may come in with five Level:1 Rites -OR- three Level:1 and one Level:2 Rites (a total of 5 levels of Rites), rather than the only 3 levels of Rites available in the pen-and-paper version of the game.
Characters may also take up to one Minor Rite (level 0) per point spent in the background (e.g. Rites 3 gets you three Level:0 rites).
| GarouMUSH uses the | following breakdown | for Rites: | |
| Background | Number of rites per | level | |
| Value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| Rites 1: | 1 | ||
| Rites 2: | 3 | ||
| Rites 3: | 5 | ||
| or | 3 | 1 | |
| Rites 4: | 8 | ||
| or | 6 | 1 | |
| or | 4 | 2 | |
| Rites 5: | 11 | ||
| or | 9 | 1 | |
| or | 7 | 2 | |
| or | 4 | 2 | 1 |