Changeling - Players Guide.pdf

eautiful than their elders, they still project an almost irresistible
charm.
• Braves appear as androgynously beautiful teenagers.
They favor flowing clothes and lightweight materials, making
sure the cut of the garment allows it to be slipped off
quickly before they enter the water. Once in the water, their
flowing hair serves as their only garment. Braves are the most
likely to raid suspect houses in search of abused children and
to punish wrongdoers. They travel in groups.
• Elders are still androgynous, though they appear more
faded than braves. They often seem to drift in and out of
consciousness, being more concerned with the spirit world
than the physical one.
Lifestyles
Water babies live in dry caves that can usually only be
reached by water passageways (underground streams, entries
at the base of waterfalls, underwater caves which lead to dry
ones inside, etc.).
Affinity
Nature
Birthrights:
• Synthesize Air — Water babies can extract oxygen
from water and encapsulate those they are touching in it so
that they can breathe underwater. They use this talent to
steal children away and bring them to their secret homes.
Occasionally, they also use this ability to rescue someone who
has fallen in their river or lake, though they are often
indifferent to the fates of adults.
• Strength of the Wave — Whenever water babies seek
to take vengeance on someone, they are able to pump up their
Strength by two points. This allows water babies to grab the
offenders and drag them into the water, holding them under
until they have drowned. If the person is actually innocent,
this mystical Strength does not manifest, a sure sign to the
water babies that they have misjudged someone. When that
happens they release the victim and quickly disappear downstream
or into the depths.
Frailties:
Outlook
• Canotili — Hunters. We have heard they test the
hearts of those who enter their domains. This we understand.
• Inuas — Wisdom-keepers of the Nunnehi, we
seek their counsel when we can.
• Kachinas — They should think less on crops and
more on preserving the children of their tribes.
• May-may-gway-shi — Our estranged kin, they
too dwell in caves and in the waters.
• Nanehi — Entertainers. Arrogant entertainers.
Who cares what they think?
• Numuzo'ho — We know nothing about them
except rumors of their size.
• Pu'gwis — Disgusting tricksters who lure humans
to them by donning false faces.
• Rock Giants — Bad-tempered and disgusting.
• Surems — Peace lovers. Too bad they don't put all
their wisdom to use in guarding the young from harm.
• Tunghat — They have abandoned their duties
and now can do nothing but whine about their fate. Stop
sniveling and resume your stewardship!
• Yunwi Amai'yine'hi — These water beings are
close to our hearts, though they think ill of us.
• Yunwi Tsundsi — They know their place in the
world and keep it well.
• Water Dependency — If they are kept for over 48
hours from a water source in which they can immerse themselves,
water babies begin to die. Each full day that they are
kept from water thereafter, water babies lose one dot from a
Physical Attribute. If any Attribute reaches zero, the water
baby is unable to move. Should another 24 hours elapse after
that time, the water baby dies.
Quote:
"Come, child, and we shall dance upon the waters."