Changeling - Players Guide.pdf

The information in this book is focused on helping you
create more complete changeling characters. Sections, such
as the chapters dealing with the Nunnehi or the Saining, can
open up whole new ways of playing, and suggest chronicles or
subplots to your existing game.
But the most important thing to remember is that the
guidelines and suggestions in this hook are just that — not
gospel. Faerie tales evolved from a largely oral tradition, and
like the stories that came before, you should always feel that
your version of the faerie tale can become anything you want
it to he. This players guide will hopefully provide you with
some new ideas and spur you on to create stories that are
uniquely your own.
Chapter One: Traits contains new Merits, Flaws and
Abilities to help personalize your character.
Chapter Two: The Kith offers expanded outlooks for
each of the nine kith.
Chapter Three: The Nunnehi enters the world of the
Native American fae, the Nunnehi. This chapter provides
full details on the history of these mysterious fae as well as
complete rules for creating Nunnehi characters.
Chapter Four: The Ways of Glamour presents new
"cardless" rules for casting cantrips as well as a discussion on
True Names and the Saining.
Chapter Five: The Arts provides fresh insights into the
workings of rhe Arts as well as providing rules for a few new ones.
Chapter Six: Roleplaying offers ideas, suggestions and points
of view from players, Storytellers and writers of Changeling.
Setting the Scene
While every chronicle will have a different feel to it, the
following are a few hooks and films that can serve as useful
"homework" for any Changeling game. Players should have as
much a voice in shaping the look and feel of a chronicle as the
Storyteller, so don't hesitate to suggest ways to make the game
more fun for everyone involved!
Recommended Films
Labyrinth — A teenage girl must traverse the maze of
the Goblin King to find her baby brother, stolen by the
Goblin King (played by David Bowie). The classic elements
of Changeling as envisioned by the late Jim Henson and
Brian Froud with beautiful results.
Neverending Story—A young boy discovers a book describing
the dying of a mystic world and the adventures of its equally
young savior, which seem unusually parallel to his own life.
Willow — A classic quest story of sorcery, warriors and
good versus evil in a Celtic myth-based world.
The Dark Crystal — The first collaboration between
Jim Henson and Brian Froud, resulting in magnificent visuals
and an atmosphere completely alien to Earth.
Hook — Not so much about fae as it is about growing up
and childhood imagination. Captain Hook sails out of the
past for revenge on a Banality-ridden grown-up Peter Pan,
and Peter has to rediscover his imagination (and himself) to
save his children.