A Word about Tokens

Tokens are items gleaned from plants and animals; an eagle's pinion feather, a boar's ear, a panther's claw, a shrunken apple, and clover are all fine examples of tokens. While these items have no power in themselves, they represent to the Barbarian and Shaman properties they themselves would wish to possess. Tokens function as physical representations of abstract concepts.
 

The use of tokens in conjunction with rituals and invocations has become intricately intertwines in the Barbarian cultures; so much so that all supernatural ability checks are made at -4 if the appropriate token is not available, and at -6 if no tokens are available at all.