Changeling - Players Guide.pdf

New Legacies
The following new Legacies may be added to those in the
Changeling rulebook, if desired.
Quests and Bans
Listed beneath each Legacy's description is the Quest and
Ban of that Legacy. The Quest describes what you must do to
regain Willpower. The Storyteller may wish to add additional
Willpower points if the way you play your character reflects
both your primary and secondary Legacies in a particularly
convincing way (Storyteller's option). Your Legacy's Ban is just
a roleplaying guide; although your Storyteller may wish to
enforce it in your game, it's intended as a guideline rather than
law. Your Storyteller may also wish to take Bans into account
while handing out Willpower to characters who consistently
violate their Bans. Loss of Willpower is a way of punishing those
who routinely violate their Bans, but should only be used in the
most extreme cases. You may also wish to consider the Ban of
your secondary Legacy while playing your character: how it
affects your primary Quest and Ban, though the secondary may
not override the primary.
Characters who ignore their Quests and Bans may be
affected in other ways than the loss of Willpower. The Dreaming
and its denizens are reflections of the dreams, imaginations and
fundamental natures of all the dreamers who live in the World
of Darkness. Despite its fanciful appearance, the Dreaming is in
many ways more real and fundamental than the "reality" perceived
by everyday people. Changelings are more in tune with
the Dreaming than any other race, and the Dreaming sees
through all their masks to their true natures. Legacies are not
merely psychological profiles, but are indicative of changelings'
archetypal connection with the Dreaming. Kithain who reject
their true natures are behaving in a manner counter to the
nature of the Dreaming, and the Dreamrealms may exact a toll
from those who violate the truth of their own existence. This toll
may take the form of strange or hostile reactions from chimera,
subtle changes in the changeling's faerie seeming, or in the
distortion of the changeling's perception of the Dreaming.
The tolls exacted by the Dreaming are almost infinite in
variation, but usually subtle in their effect. Every changeling has
her own personal relationship with the Dreaming. The Dream
Lands, in return, react differently to each changeling. The
Storyteller may use his discretion when creating the Dreaming's
response to a character's violation of her Ban, but it should be
consistent with the character's Legacy. For example a Prankster
or Bogle who consistently fails to play pranks may find that the
Dreaming plays pranks on him. A Knight who fails to live up to
the knightly virtues may find his faerie seeming tarnished, thereby
allowing others to see that he is a false knight. Extreme penalties
may include a Fop who consistently fails to "make the scene"
finding chimera appearing at his old haunts disguised as him, or
a Philanthropist who brings ill to others by her very presence.