Changeling - Players Guide.pdf

Their appreciation for the practical and simple things in
life often causes hoggans to view other changelings as flighty
and somewhat shallow. Most seek to find the good in all people,
and often help to hring out the best in those they meet.
Appearance
Most hoggans have a distinctly earthy mien, and are reluctant
to draw attention to themselves. Though not vain, they
respect craftsmanship, and often wear simple but finely wrought
jewelry and clothing. Usually short and on the plump side,
hoggans are recognizable by their particularly bushy eyebrows.
In their faerie guises, most hoggans have an old yet
sprightly appearance, with even childlings showing faint
laugh lines around their eyes and mouths that deepen with
age. Understandably, many boggans have a certain weariness
about them, but it is generally of a pleasant sort.
Crumps tend to age quickly, with their bright eyes
belying the wrinkles creasing their brows.
Beliefs
Like all changelings, boggans have
their own traditions and beliefs that are
handed down through the years.
Reward Kindness in
Kind, Injury Likewise
For all their attachment to home and
hearth, boggans are fiercely independent.
The notion of "owing" someone is
unthinkable — why not settle
things quickly and fairly? To
have past business hanging over
one's head is to be tied down. It
is for this reason that boggans
like to settle all scores, for good
or for ill, as soon as possible.
Simple is Best when Time
is theTest
While many other kith are interested
in the "fine arts," boggans are more practical
in their tastes. A finely crafted candlestick or
a lovingly embroidered apron are more highly
prized than the most elegant piece of museum
sculpture. Others may strive toward
lofty ideals of art and expression, but
boggans will always value the beauty in
well-made, ordinary things above all else.
Every piece of work should have a
little of the creator in it, and a boggan's own
Glamour always colors the work she does.
Those with keen eyes can easily tell the difference between the
work of two boggans. As a result, all projects are given a boggan's
full attention. One wouldn't want to be judged for a single piece
of shoddy work, so everything must be equally well done.
Organization
In many areas, boggans have periodic informal gatherings
to swap gossip or tips on crafting. Sometimes this takes the form
of a potluck dinner, where each boggan brings a dish and a piece
of "news" — the more savory the better for both. Many such
gatherings have adopted a policy that each person washes only
her own dishes, after several such dinners broke out in fisticuffs
over who was to wash what. Some argued that the host of the
party should rest and let the others "take care of the clean-up,"
while often the host would claim it as his right and duty to tidy
the place up while the guests had dessert.
Letter-writing is another common
means for boggans to stay in touch with
each other. Some areas have newsletters
or telephone circles used to pass the word
about a particularly good sale at Home
Depot or an especially juicy bit of gossip.
Other, more technically minded boggans now
communicate over the Internet, using IRC,
newsgroups and Web sites to pass news to their
compatriots the world over.
Birthrights
Craftwork
While it is well-known that
boggans are among the most skillful
craftspeople in the mortal
and immortal worlds, few outside
the kith understand the
particular rituals and superstitions
that have built up
around their work. Some say
that boggans are capable of completing
tasks even more quickly
than they do, and that they often
spend half the time on a
project simply daydreaming.
This, some claim, is the reason
they work unobserved — so
no one will know how much
time they spend lazing
about. In fact, many
boggans do "daydream"
before beginning a
project, to refine the
image of the finished