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Sibhreach (Changeling): The Abrogation

1. The Dreaming
   Years ago, the otherworld of dream and magic existed alongside the mortal realm. The journey between the two was long and arduous, but the two worlds mingled with one another freely.
   
   Then the came Sundering, the clatter of church bells, the screams of the dying and the slow poison of cold iron. The Dreaming was shattered, torn loose and cast upon the winds of the mortal world.
   
   Without the Dreaming, the mortal world became more and more banal, seeping into a numbing dispair from which none could awaken it. Without the mortal realms, the Dreaming shredded itself to bits, consumed with madness and nightmare, without form or purpose.
   
   But, fortunately, the Sibhreach remained. Known as Changelings by and wept over by their mortal parents, the Sibhreach held the tools to heal both worlds. Each Sibhreach is part mortal and part dream. Through them, the Dreaming can be anchored to the mortal world and the mortal world, in turn, can be enriched by the dreams it loses every night.
   
   In the Dreaming are wonders untold: castles and dragons, rivers of gems and delights beyond reason. In the Mortal realms lie purpose and need, direction and solidity... and goodness. You need all of these things, wonderful and mortal, fantastic and banal, if you truly mean to live.
   
   It is a great responsibility, one perhaps unasked for, but the Sibhreach have bourne it for centuries. Now you have awakened to your true self and the Dreaming calls you to adventure and intrigue.
   
   Great Galloping Griffins, is this pompous or what?!?
2. Seeming
   So, in this game, you play a Sibhreach (Changeling), someone part mortal and part fae. You exist to link the world of dream to the world of banality - the two hate eachother but cannot survive apart, either.
   You were born human. You might end up immortal, but right now, we'll mess with the human bit.
   Being human means having direction and skills - and the ability to give meaning to changes in both. Paradoxically, your fae half must have the human half - the part that can die - in order to live. It's worked that way since the Sundering.
   To create your human half, split 15 traits among the following three categories in these proportions: 3/5/7 (in other words, put three traits into one category, 5 into the next and 7 into the one you really plan to use the most.)
   Mental - Thinking your way out of tough situations
   Physical - Bashing your way out of tough situations
   Social - Talking your way out of tough situations
   You also begin the game with 3 Foyson, which you might as well learn about right now.
   
   
3. Foyson & Glamour
   Sibhreach get their powers from Foyson, the essential goodness in any given person or thing. The Fae live off this elusive substance, channeling it through magic techniques called "Glamours" to live outside of time and unleash the wonders of their invisible world.
   
   Unfortunately, Banality, a manifestation of the heartless pressures of the modern world, constantly eats away at Foyson. Without Foyson, the Fae would fade from the world forever, forced out by the cold, hard walls of Banality.
   
   In this game, Foyson is represented by playing cards. Each card represents one "dram" of Foyson. Some drams are more powerful than others and each dram is aligned to one of four fantastic principles.

   The four principles are represented by the four suits in a deck of (poker) cards.
   Hearts stands for wishes and daydreams (the essential elements of creativity)
   Diamonds stands for luck and fortune (which everyone needs now and then to feel good)
   Clubs stands for excitement and passion (which can, alas, create nightmares)
   Spades stands for thought and cleverness (which can get you into trouble)
   While the pips on the card (its rank) indicate what level of Banality that particular dram of Foyson could overcome. A three of spades would cleverly overcome up to 3 levels of Banality, for instance.

   There are many types of Glamours that any Changeling may employ. Manifesting your Fae Seeming is a glamour, for instance. You may spend any type of Foyson to make any given mortal (without the Sight) see you as you truly are (the other Fae can sort of tell what you are even without your Seeming donned.) You must manifest your Seeming in order to use any of the Birthrights of your Kith.

   The most common type of Glamour is the casting of Cantrips, wild (and pre-defined) spells based on a Changeling's magical Arts.

   In addition, Foyson may be spent to Enchant any mortal. The Enchantment lasts until the mortal next falls asleep, and for that duration they are considered to have the merit the Sight. In order to Enchant a mortal, you must get them to ingest the Foyson or accept it as a part of a gift.

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   Recovering Foyson

   There are many ways to recover Foyson. Resting for a night in a Freehold (a special place which touches both the mortal world and The Dreamingat a spot where Foyson still enters the Banal world) will bring you back to your starting Foyson.

   In addition, each Kith provides changelings with a way to draw Foyson from the mortals they interact with, through a process called Epiphany. There are, however, three types of Epiphany that any Changeling can attempt. Each one has its own risks and rewards.

   • Reverie: By hanging out with creative mortals or in pristine natural surroundings, a Changeling can harvest Foyson from the source, so-to-speak. This process takes an hour, at least, and produces a single dram of Foyson (drawn at random.)
   • Rapture: In this process, the Changeling calls on their still-human side to create a work of art. It's risky and sometimes humiliating. You have to show the piece of art to at least three other Changelings and a Narrator. For each one who votes that it's really creative or artistic or "good," you may get draw one dram of Foyson. You may show the artwork to as many Changelings as you like, but each person who doesn't like it (after the first) adds one Banality to your character. (You may remove this Banality - and gain another dram of Foyson- by destroying the work of art in front of witnesses. This only works with your own stuff.)
   • Ravaging: When in dire need (or for Unseelie, when in a bad mood), one Changeling may attempt to steal Foyson directly from another; keep in mind that this is a violation of the Escheat Right to Dream.
     This is a complex and dangerous process. First, the Changeling must make eye contact with the intended victim (it's easier to use on a mortal, but not as filling.)
     Ravaging increases Banality in the Ravager - the Changeling may draw one dram of Foyson for every point of Banality he or she personally accepts.
     If the victim is another Changeling, the Ravager must succeed a mental challenge against him or her. The other Changeling must then give up one Dram of Foyson per point of Banality the Ravager accepts.
     A Changeling will kill any mortal Ravaged more than three times in a month. Ravaging another Changeling who has no Foyson left to give will give both the Ravager and the victim more Banality points.

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   Each Changeling is aligned to a sort of "royal family" of other Changelings. Here's the one's I've thought of...

   The Cheval Alliance: Strange dancers who beleive they are the vessels for forgotten gods. Many minor noble families, either descended from or possessed by forgotten numina make up the Cheval, such as the Ogun-Cheval, the Thorine-Cheval and the Orphic-Cheval. Most Chevals have strange eyes and some other tell-tale sign that they're more than one person, like the wrong reflection or shadow or breath as cold as ice. The Cheval prefer trappings (costumes and customs) similiar to those found in Mardi Gras and Juvenalia celebrations - very bright and daring, mocking social order. Many Cheval wear enormous masks or have huge, fantastically-colored heads.
   • Birth Rights:
     • Protection: By spending enough Foyson to overcome local Banality, the Cheval can prevent any disaster from befalling a chosen target. The Cheval may only pick one target at a time (it must not be a Cheval.)
     • The Danse: By dancing with another, the Cheval may gain a point of foyson (at the end of the dance.) It can be any form of dance, but the other must be a willing participant and at least partly mortal.
   • Frailties:
     • Call of the Needy: When confronted with someone in legitimate need, a Cheval must render some sort of aid or gain a banality point.
   • Affinity: Actor
   House Empusa: Wanderers and Seducers, these Fae consider themselves shadows - the dark side of humans whom they adopt. Most Empusa have an unusually hairy or ugly body part that they can only partially hide and very, very sharp teeth or fingernails. The Empusa prefer trappings (costumes and customs) from Grimm's Fairy tales and old-time horror movies.
   • Birthrights:
     • Swallow Whole: Empusa can spend a dram of Foyson to instantly gobble down anybody or anything - devoured mortals are never seen again, but some Fae have magical means of escape
     • New Blood: By adding a constant companion to their company, either in a journey or a project or even conversation at a party, the Empusa gains a dram of foyson. The companion must remain with the Empusa for the entire journey, event or conversation to grant this dram (and the Empusa should, technically, aid or support the companion - at least, the Empusa must not oppose their companion, except to aid them directly.)
   • Frailties:
     • Hunger: Like vampires and ghouls, the Empusa hunger for living flesh. On each day they do not consume a live victim before sleeping, they gain one point of banality. They must consume an intelligent victim at least once a month or go mad.
   • Affinity: Actor
   House Grine: Powerful creatures who make a show of enlarging things, especially with their strange guidance. Most Grine are quite big and hairy. The Grine prefer trappings (costumes and customs) from the 1,001 Arabian Nights.
   • Birthrights:
     • Puff Up: Grine can make anything Chimerically bigger and more impressive by spending a dram of Foyson on it. It becomes much stronger and tougher and capable of moving farther in one stride than anyone else.
     • Talking Guide: Whenever a Grine gives advice to someone who specifically asked for it, the Grine gains a dram of Foyson.
   • Frailties:
     • Slave to Wisdom: Grine are very easy to trick. Even if they've seen a stunt a hundred times before, they must fall for it again and again. Each Grine has one particular trick or stunt to which they must always submit before sleeping - if they do not allow themselves to be tricked, they gain a point of Banality.
   • Affinity: Scene
   The Hsien Bureau: Tricksters and rapscallions who beleive that the world needs to be put into some kind of cosmic order, preferably with them on top. Most hsien share traits with their chosen animal or object (cat ears or a back like a pine cone, for instance.) The Hsien prefer trappings (costumes and customs) from the Celestial Bureaucracy and other tales of Chinoiserie.
   • Birthrights:
     • Shape Sharing: Each Hsien has an affinity for a certain animal or object - one that exists somewhere in the world (and usually has an individual name, like the lonely stone or the oldest oak in Benton Park or Mrs. Granger's Parrot.) The Hsien can "share skins" with that animal or object at any time, effectively becoming it, trading places with it, animating it or experiencing the world as that object or animal, etc. Hsien are naturally protective of this object or creature. It costs a dram of foyson to do this, of course.
     • Messenger: These changeling understand the importance of communication. Whenever one delivers a message (that someone else asks the Hsien to deliver) he or she gains a dram of Foyson.
   • Frailties:
     • Order and Chaos: The Hsien must always re-arrange the relationships between people and things. If the Hsien does not move one major object or change one major relationship before sleeping, the Hsien gains a Banality point.
   • Affinity: Prop
   The Kapua Legion: Brave but silly soldiers, the Kapua fight their own private against the encroaching Banality of the mortal world using cleverness and honor as weapons. Most Kapua seem small and greenish. They prefer trappings (costumes and customs) that mock the military and work in a great deal of natural materials, like leaves and flowers and vines. They'd certainly put fringed epaulets on camos.
   • Birthrights:
     • Menehune: Kapua can spend a Foyson to use any tiny thing or toy as if it was full size and fully functional.
     • Formation: Kapua gain one dram of Foyson whenever they perform a mock military maneuver with other Kapua or carry out a direct order from a recognized superior.
   • Frailties:
     • Silliness: Kapua can not take anything seriously. If they do not make a joke out of a situation or find some way to mock it before sleeping, they gain a point of banality.
   • Affinity: Nature
   The Guild of Nornir: Strange weavers and crafters who work fate into the things they create. They seem obsessed with the number three. Most Nornir seem slightly deformed by their chosen craft - as if they'd been doing it for centuries. They prefer trappings (costumes and customs) similiar to those found in ancient (Viking) Scandanavia and Russia, but will sometimes stoop to northern English or Danish apparel.
   • Birthrights:
     • Fate Making: Nornir can create objects that have both a chimerical and banal existence. Additionally, they can work fate itself into anything they make (usually this event gets written down and taken care of by the narrator.) The event happens to anyone who uses that thing, but a dram of Foyson must be spent to implant the event in the first place (and kept with the created thing.)
     • Threefold: Whenever a Nornir finishes a project involving three people (including the Nornir) he or she gains a dram of Foyson.
   • Frailties:
     • Instant Karma: The Nornir must never try and avoid their own fates. If an event is magically imposed upon a Nornir or a narrator says something has to happen, the Nornir must help it along before sleeping or receive a banality point.
   • Affinity: Prop
   The Sidhe Tribe: Beautiful and terrible, these lithe elves represent the recently departed. Each one speaks with the voice of the dead. Most Sidhe are gaunt and lovely, with pale skin and unearthly movements. They prefer trappings (costumes and customs) like the knights and ladies of king Arthur's court, but sometimes bow to the Teutonic urge.
   • Birthrights:
     • The Truth of the Grave: By spending a dram of Foyson, the Sidhe can gain the Truth about any puzzle or question (through a narrator.) Sometimes, this takes some time (if the narrator needs to research it or something) and sometimes it comes in a cryptic form.
     • Grateful Service: Sidhe can gain drams of Foyson when they carry out the last wishes of a dead man.
   • Frailties:
     • Affectation: All Sidhe gain an extra point of Banality when they sleep near Cold Iron. In addition, before sleeping, all Sidhe must adopt a mode of speech or posture which they must assume at all times - gaining a point of banality if they do not. This may be as simple as whispering or acting aloof, but it can become quite odd indeed among the more grotesque members of the tribe.
   • Affinity: Scene
   House Uryske: Passionate delvers, they plumb the depths of the earth and the waves as well as searching deep into the souls around them. Most Uryske are lovely, but have serpentine or goat-like qualities, including scales, snake tails or fish tails, hooves, horns or antlers. They prefer trappings (costumes and customs) of neoclassicism, like you'd see painted on a vase or urn (lots of togas and diaphanous gowns.)
   • Birthrights:
     • Dive: By spending a dram of Foyson, the Uryske can swim into the Earth or the deep Ocean as if it was just another kindgom. The Uryske can spend an extra dram of Foyson to take one other person with them on this journey.
     • Release: The Uryske gain a dram of Foyson every time they encourage someone else to act out in a passionate way.
   • Frailties:
     • Lovelorn: If anyone refuses the passions of an Uryske before the Uryske goes to sleep, the poor creature gains a point of Banality.
   • Affinity: Nature
   Phynoderie: Unaffiliated Fae, mutts and rebels who have no noble status. Most Phynoderie have an odd mixture of traits and quite a few have gossamer wings. They prefer to avoid the trappings (costumes and customs) of nobles and the upper class, often making fun of the fairy archetypes themselves (wearing a greasy tank top and a tu-tu, while waving around a wand with a star on the end, for instance.) It isn't unusual for a Phynoderie to make fun of an anthropomorphic manifestation in their Fae guise, acting like a blue collar version of Santa Claus or Mother Nature.
   • Birthrights:
     • Slavish Independance: The Phynoderie can copy the birthrights of any other Kith by spending a Foyson (But this always earns them a point of Banality at the same time, see below.)
     • Mostly Human: Phynoderie always gain an extra dram of Foyson when engaging in any kind of Epiphany.
   • Frailties:
     • Commoner: The Phynoderie have no right to order their betters around. Any time a Phynoderie demands something of any other kind of Kith (or claiming any other priviledge reserved by the other kith), they gain a point of Banality.
   • Affinity: Any/None

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   Chimera

   
   There is an entire class of things, collectively known as Chimera, which only exists in the invisible world. Something is considered to have a Chimerical presence when it exists in both The Dreamingand the Banal world; this includes Changelings, magical treasures and certain spirits. Likewise, anything that inflicts Chimerical Damage would only harm something that has a Chimerical presence.

   If a Changeling takes Chimerical Damage sufficient to bring them to Incapacitated, then the lose the ability to employ Glamours until they have healed at least one level of damage. If taken below that level by Chimerical Damage, the Changeling will lose their Fae Seeming and slowly begin to forget The Dreaming(until they recover.)

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   Cold Iron

   The antithesis of Foyson and Glamours is Banality. Banality is measured in points. Except for Freeholds (which always have a banality of one) all parts of the mortal world have at least two or more points of Banality at all times. Banality seeps into the world from the crushing of hopes, the suffocation of dreams and the terrible drudgery of day-to-day life.

   (The Storyteller and Narrators will tell everyone the Banality level for various parts of the play area.)

   Cold Iron is the concrete expression of Banality. For every item of Cold Iron a Changeling carries or touches, the local Banality counts as one point higher than normal for that Fae. In addition, a Changeling touching or carrying Cold Iron may not take part in any form of Epiphany. Finally, all Cold Iron items always do Chimerical Damage and some do Aggravated Damage.

   Cold Iron items do not have to be metal and even regular iron does not always count as Cold Iron. A Cold Iron item is something that has become infused with Banality - something used to oppress the imagination and crush the spirit so many times that it has become a burden even to itself. The Fae find all items of Cold Iron unusually heavy.

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4. Drams and Realms
   
   The different types (suits) of Foyson define what realms they affect. Whenever you want to cast a cantrip using one of the arts below, you are limited in what it can affect by the type of foyson you play. Two things must be defined in any cantrip, the Target and the Subject (so it takes at least two drams of foyson to cast one - one each. If the local banality is too high, it may requre extra cards to beat it!)
   
   Changelings and chimerical creations are affected by each realm (all four suits.)
   (No extra card is needed for a Changeling to become the Subject or Target of his or her own Art when he or she casts the cantrip.)
   
   In addition, each kith has a special realm with which they have a special affinity. They can spend any type (suit) of foyson to affect this realm.

   A Summary List of each Realm is given below.

   • HEARTS: Actor

     
     Anybody well known to the person casting the spell counts as an actor. If the person is not known or is hostile, it raises the banality for this cantrip in particular by 3.

     • DIAMONDS: Prop

       
       Objects and clothes count as props - anything which really isn't alive and is pretty much imobile. Props are always man-made (as opposed to plants or rocks, which are affected by Nature/Clubs.) Trying to cast a cantrip with an electronic or modern synthetic prop as the Target or Object raises the local banality for just this casting by 3.

       • CLUBS: Nature

         
         Anything alive and not man-made, and not intelligent on its own (rocks, plants, animals, fire, etc.) counts as Nature. What a big realm, huh? Using clubs on something trained or altered by man - a carved stone, a felled tree or an attack dog, for instance, raises the banility for this one cantrip by 3.

         • SPADES: Haunt

           
           Ghosts, vampires, werewolves, mages, anything outside the normal realm of chimerical experience... these supernatural things represent haunts. Hopefully, you won't have much of an opportunity to use SPADES. Using a cantrip with spades in full view of non-enchanted mortals raises the banality by 3 (for just this one cantrip.)
         Normally, cantrips affect one Subject and one Target, however face cards and aces extend the range of the cantrip. Also, face cards and aces ALWAYS overcome the local banality
         
         • ACES - allow you to affect any of the three types of area below
         • JACKS - allow you to affect a room, pretty much everything within that realm (suit) nearby (and within sight) Walls, hedges and other barriers form the borders of the "Room"
         • QUEENS - allow you to affect a kinship, things within the realm related by a company, a family or some other human organization.
         • KINGS - allow you to affect a neighborhood, a combination of kinships and rooms that can be defined by a given name - like Downtown or The Dunstan National Park or the Golconda Building or The 2400 Block of Elm Stret.

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         Arts and cantrips

         Changelings begin the game with three Basic Arts. New Arts may be learned at a cost of three Freebie or Experience points for a Basic Art, six points for an Intermediate Art, and nine points for an Advanced Art.
         If the character does not have a teacher, it costs one additional experience point beyond what is listed above.

         If the Cantrip in question affects a Target character, through use of the Actor or Fae Realms, it happens instantly. You don't get a static test against this stuff - it's magic. The dram or drams of Foyson used to power the cantrip must be given to the Target character's player (they can then keep and reuse the card at their leisure)
         

         Unless a Narrator rules otherwise in some specific case, a duration of "one scene" is considered to be for ten minutes, or a single extended action, whichever is longer.

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         Wayfire
         BASIC
         Will o' the Wisp - A little ball of light, like a distant candle or flashlight, will lead the Subject to any Target (usually along a difficult or uncomfortable, but not impossible or truly dangerous, path) - No one HAS to follow the light, but it will call out to the Subject in a pathetic, almost-familiar voice if ignored (it bugs the Subject for one Scene)
         Hop Scotch - The Subject may safely leap or be thrown over, through or well past any Target in unaided sight - no matter how ridiculous the opening or distance. The Subject or Object must land within unaided sight as well. (The surface of the moon is not within unaided sight, for instance but the moon in the sky certainly is)

         Wayfire
         INTERMEDIATE
         Promethean Fire - The Subject becomes enveloped in a mystical fire that does Chimerical damage to any Target it strikes. Anyone with the Sight or any Changeling can easily see by this fire (even if they're blind.)
         Inner Passage - The Subject can move about freely, comfortably and safely within the Target, even if the Target is a living being or a trench at the bottom of the ocean. Neither the Target nor the Subject are adversely affected by this movement and the Target can do nothing to harm or inconvenience the Subject in any way until the Subject is ready to leave.

         Wayfire
         ADVANCED
         Burning Time - The Subject may perform one action that affects a Target anywhere in the world. The Subject receives the benefits of the action immediately, but the Target will not know of it until the Target and the Subject next meet, at which time it takes effect on the Target.

          

         Saining
         BASIC
         Runic Ward - The Subject must stand within a clearly-visible geometric pattern, traditionally a circle or star. As long as the Subject does not leave the geometric pattern, the Target may not harm the Subject or otherwise affect the Subject, even magically. The Target may not cross the lines of the geometric pattern or affect the pattern itself in any way, but if someone else breaks the pattern it becomes useless.
         Tattle Tale - The Target must tell the Subject a story about any one question the Subject asks. The tale must accurately reflect the facts, as the Target knows them, but it can use mythical or imaginary figures as main characters and the setting and props involved in the telling can be anything the Target likes. The Target may even use mythical events or imagery as substitutes for the facts, as long as the basic answer still remains true. The Target must add a moral or scary ending to the story in order to end it.

          

         Saining
         INTERMEDIATE
         Soothsay - The Subject may dictate an event which must come to pass at some unspecified time in the future. The event may involve the Target and Subject only in vague ways. The more cryptic the description of the event, the sooner it will come to pass (because it'll be easier for the Narrators to put into effect if there's a lot of room for interpretation.) The event will only happen once (even if you say "for always and ever" or make some other lingering prediction) and you will be told when it has come to pass.
         Geas - The Target must complete a task set by the Subject (no matter how impossible) within a month or an event of the Subject's choosing will befall the Target. The event can't dictate the conditions it imposes on the subject ("a falling tree will crush you" doesn't work but "a tree will fall on you" certainly does) and the event will be role played out at the appropriate time with the help of a Narrator.

         Saining
         ADVANCED
         Naming - The Subject may declare that some fact about a Target is true and, for all practical purposes, it is. History, the memories of important witnesses and evidence re-arrange themselves (with a little help from the narrators) to match the fact, but the memories of the Target and Subject remain in tact.

          

         Anon
         BASIC
         Prime Instincts - The Target becomes mortally afraid (or in love or otherwise emotionally affected) by the Subject for the duration of the scene. The Target must act out the emotion and has a penalty on all challenges against the Subject. (If the Target could not normally feel an emotion, it does not.)
         Heather Balm - The Subject may instantly heal one of the Target's wounds, even an aggravated one.

         Anon
         INTERMEDIATE
         The Come Hither - The Target will end up at a given place chosen by the Subject (with the help of a Narrator) by the end of the day, no matter where the Target started out or where the Target might have been going. It seems like mere coincidence or bad luck to those without the sight (and other non-changelings.)
         Silver Path - The Subject may declare and use invisible paths into the Dreaming (or any nearby otherworld in play.) The Subject may lead the Target on these paths, describing the marvelous world which the Target will see (if the Target was something that could see in the first place.) While on a silver path, the Subject and Target are removed from the Banal World until the Subject decides to return.

         Anon
         ADVANCED
         Dream Husbandry - The Subject may create a Chimerical beast out of the local nightmares or daydreams floating around in the dreaming. The beast will follow all commands of the Subject regarding any one Target, but acts in its own way regarding anybody else (you will need the help of a Narrator here.) The beast, no matter how fearsome or helpful, can only do Chimerical damages and can only be seen by those with the Sight or Changelings.

         Skillery
         BASIC
         Tiddy Work - The Subject may complete one (uncontested) task before the end of the scene, no matter how difficult or impossible (or silly.) The results are, of course, entirely Chimerical.
         Sticky Hide - The Subject becomes so sticky that a Target touching it may not put it down or move away from the Subject. Where ever the Subject goes, the Target must follow (until a scene has passed.)

         Skillery
         INTERMEDIATE
         Gimmix - The Subject may make the Target fly around the room in any manner desired for about a scene. The Target flies wherever the Subject indicates, but not hard enough to do any damage (touching Cold Iron ends the cantrip instantly.) This strange flight can interfere with any Challenges the subject tries to make.
         Mooch - The Subject may demand any object the Target carries and the Target must hand it over and neither say nor do any more about (while in the Subject's presence.) After a scene has passed, the Target can take actions to regain the object if it should be desired.

         Skillery
         ADVANCED
         Captive Heart - The Subject may entrust his or her "heart" to any Target. If the Subject becomes killed, either Chimerically or in the Banal world, the "heart" may be returned by the Target (or anyone manipulating the Target), bringing the Subject back to life instantly (with only one wound left, both Chimerically and Banally.) A Subject can have any number of "hearts" (entrusted to any number of Targets) but the Foyson used with this cantrip remains with the Target until the heart gets released (and the drams involved must beat the local Banality, of course.) The heart must be taken from the Subject while the Subject is still alive and (relatively) unharmed.

         Legerdemain
         BASIC
         Flicker Flash - The Subject may "take back" any action just performed, after finding out its immediate consequences on the Target, and then the Subject may substitute another action instead.
         Fuddle Fugue - The Subject may scramble the memories of the Target concerning one event (or any one story told by the Target in the Subject's presence.) The Target can only retell the events in the order that the Subject decides, while in the presence of the Subject. This scrambling of memories may involve putting the participants in eachother's roles or mixing up the order in which things happened so that, for instance, they no longer make sense. Any props, conditions or scenery involved in the memories must also be scrambled. The Target must re-tell the memory to the Subject, stopping and starting again at the Subject's request, until the Target gets it "right" (by the Subject's whim.)

         Legerdemain
         INTERMEDIATE
         Insolent Mirror - Reverse the effects of any art used on the Subject by a given Target.

         Fool's Victory - Reverse the results of any failed Challenge that the Subject has just participated in (you have about a minute's leeway.) The Subject has now won the Challenge and the Target has lost (but the loss of traits remains the same as if it had been vice versa.)

         Legerdemain
         ADVANCED
         Wyrding - Cause any one Chimerical effect dealt out by the Subject to have a corresponding real (or aggravated, if damaging) effect on a Target (making Chimerical fire do real damage or a Chimerical monster do aggravated damage, for instance.)
         

         Phantasmagoria
         BASIC
         Willow Whisper - The Subject may communicate freely with the Target. If the Target could not normally communicate, it gains the power of speech (for the Subject alone) and some rudimentary personality. This is a great way to get a book to read itself to you or talk to foreigner geese. (A Narrator may have to fill in for the Target.)
         Protocol - The Subject may read out a list of rules to the Target, which the Target must follow for the rest of the scene or gain one Banality for each broken rule (the Target only gains one banality per violated rule, no matter how many times it was broken.)

         Phantasmagoria
         INTERMEDIATE
         Touch of Madness - The Subject may implant hallucinations in the Target's mind (if it has one.) Whatever the Subject describes, the Target sees while in the Subject's presence. (Note that you can make the Subject a non-living person if you write down what the Target ought to see on an attached note card or something of the kind.) The Target may be semi-aware that the hallucinations aren't real, but they have a strong emotional impact which the Target must act out (you cannot remain stoic when confronted by scary hallucinations or angry when confronted by silly ones, for instance.)
         Second Skin - The Target may take on any Chimerical aspect that the Subject chooses, looking like a fantastic beast or even taking on someone else's seeming (although the core human will look the same.) The Target may only have Chimerical effects with this new shape and only those with the Sight or Changelings will even see it.

         Phantasmagoria
         ADVANCED
         Effigy - Creates a chimerical copy of the Subject which will totally fool the Target (with the help of the narrator.) Only those with the Sight and other Changelings can see the Chimerical copy, and anybody but the Target can instantly recognize it as fake, but it has a Chimercial version of whatever effects it would normally have on the Target (who must behave as though the Chimerical copy were the real thing.)

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         Bunks

         
         Bunks are mystically nonsensical actions that any Changeling can perform to give the Foyson they spend a little boost. Performing a Bunk temporarily lowers the Banality of a Subject, Target or Object.

         Unfortunately, you have to get the Subject, Target or person holding (or using) the Object to perform the Bunk. Each Changeling must devise his or her own set of Bunks (and run them by the Storytelling staff) or get a list of pre-approved ones from the Narrators. A given bunk may be used only once per night.

         The amount a Bunk lowers the local Banality differs from Bunk to Bunk (and is decided before play by the Storyteller or Narrators.) It only affects the Banality of things within the Realms a Changeling could normally affect anyway and it only lasts long enough for one cantrip or Glamour to take effect.

         This work is dang well not © anywhen because it uses concepts and ideas from the WHITE WOLF game, Changeling: The Dreaming - which has got its own ideas. It's specifically warped so as, in my opinion, to be easier and more fun to play - thus these rules are posted free of charge (you want to see how the original game works? Buy a copy.) But what do I know? Do I sell thousands of copies of my ideas a year? No, but I sure wish I did.
         (Send any offers to yokeltania@yahoo.com. Seriously.)
         Go ahead. Use these ideas. If you like them, take them to WHITE WOLF and say: "Do It This Way" - maybe they'll listen to you for once.
         

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         You may say to yourself: hey, this guy started this project FOUR YEARS ago and they made the original Changeling in, what, a year - year and a half? Well, maybe they should have taken a bit more time... Such a Wonderful Idea - blown to crap. Ah well, maybe this will improve things (I sure hope it doesn't make them worse!) I'm Rp Bowman, the Royal Minister of Stuff and you can write me nasty letters (or, hey, even nice ones) at yokeltania@yahoo.com.