Blood Chronicles Changeling FAQ
What Changelings are allowed?
All the kiths from the core book and kinain, though currently Sidhe are capped. Nunnehi, Autumn People, Thallain, Inanimae and Mer are not allowed at the moment, but may be at a later time.
How do I earn a title?
You can earn a title by proving that you deserve one or doing something very outstanding for the kithain soceity of Oraios in general. Remember, titles can be removed if you betray oaths or do other wrongs.
How do I earn a holding?
Holdings are a rare thing to see handed out, and can only be earned ICly. Those with holdings shall be watching them for the main NPC who granted them said holding (the NPC still has the right to come visit the holding if they desire/need, also to check up on their vassal). This is a heavy responsibility for a PC, and holdings will not be handed out lightly, if at all.
How many of the kiths are allowed?
Currently the only kith capped is Sidhe, which will be opened up as the commoner character base grows. When sidhe are allowed, there will only be a small number of slots available.
How are the courts handled?
Both unseelie and seelie court characters are welcome in the venue, just keep in mind for the time being that the lands are held by a seelie regent and the only freehold belongs to them. Any calls for court will be done relatively informally. Currently, Shadow Court will not be allowed for starting characters.
What do you want in the history/background?
Give a strong sense of who your character is, who they want to be, what their goals and motivations are as well as what their weaknesses are. You want to explain what their life was like pre and post chrysalis and explain their upbringing into fae soceity, whether it was good or bad. Also please explain any dreamers, treasures, chimerical companions along with any high attributes/abilities. She Char. Creation Guidelines for suggested questions that should be answered.
How is Dragon's Ire handled on BC?
Dragon's Ire is something pretty restricted to nobility. For a commoner to know it, they would have to find someone with the knowledge to teach them as well as have rememberance 3+.
Any restrictions on pooka?
Please make your pooka interesting. Keep in mind that this is an island off the coast of Florida and certain animals will work better than others. Strong backgrounds will be required for characters with rare animal affinity (ie. tiger, insects, etc.)
Any restrictions on Houses?
Currently, no commoner may start with a house affiliation. Should a house affiliation be sought ICly, it will be handled on a case-by-case basis. When sidhe become available as PC, the houses will be restricted as outlined in the Character Creation Guidelines
Any restrictions on Arts?
Chicanery, Legerdemain, Primal, Pyretics, Soothsay, Sovereign (sidhe only, when sidhe open up), Wayfare, Infusion (only nockers), and Talecraft (only eshu) are currently the only arts allowed for PCs.
How does enchanting someone work?
First of all, all starting chars with their Changeling Lore 1 know that this is an Escheat Breach. It breaks the right of Ignorance and thusly can put fae in a whole lot of danger. That said, sometimes situations do come up where enchantment is done for some reason. This should come after careful consideration and after knowing the target for a long period of time. You don't just go enchant the random person because it's a process that will yield unexpected results - you want to trust the target.
To enchant, you roll your glamour versus the difficulty of the target's banality and spend one point of glamour to enchant them. This glamour must be placed into either a token for the target to carry or something they can ingest (drinks and snacks are popular and easy items for this purpose). One success is needed on the roll in order to enchant the target.
If a supernatural wishes to resist the enchantment, they may roll their willpower at diff 6 and if they get enough successes to overcome the successes on the enchantment roll, they're successfully resisted.
Please note: Mortals do not get this WP roll. It is for supernaturals only. There will be slightly revised rules to come regarding Demons and Hunters.
How do I know what the banality of a mage/vampire/garou/mortal/wraith is?
Please refer to the charts in Changeling: the Dreaming 2nd Ed on page 281 for mages and 287 for everyone else. Please note that for the ease of common understanding, we use the highest number when there's a range indicated. For example, if you're a Order of Hermes Mage, your banality will be at 4, not 2 or 3. If you feel your character merits a lower banality than what they'd be rated at by that chart, please feel free to email the Changeling ST with your concept and why you think this. Any lowered banality ratings will be noted in character's profiles.
How do lores work?
All Changeling chars, at creation, get one free dot of fae lore. What's that mean? Each character knows, right off the bat, a rough idea of how fae soceity works, they know how to identify all the major kiths and houses, and know a very sketchy little bit about them all. Essentially... You passed "How to Be Fae 101".
Any further detailed lore will have to be bought for more in depth knowledge of a specific aspect of the game (kith, dreaming, etc.) or fae life in general.
How is chimera crafting handled?
There will be detailed rules for this posted shortly. Please watch this space for updates as needed.
Are kinain supernaturals allowed?
The short answer to this is: No. The explanation: Yes, there are some groups of supernaturals that have some link to fae, somewhere in their history. But, for the ease of all STs and players involved, it's easiest for us to disallow this straight off the bat rather than open the door for potentially messy and confusing crossover. It may sound harsh, but we have to think of the chat as a whole here.
How does my character garner dross? How do I spend XP?
Every fae in game automatically earns 1 glam/week which is on the assumption that in some way they are contributing to the Dreaming in their own way during down time. Should your char have the dreamer background, you gain .5 glam more for each dreamer. If none of this glamour is spent to replenish any glamour the kithain may have lost or counteract any banality incurred, you may submit a request once a month to collect the dross. The most that can be accrued each month is your permanent glamour +1, so keep this in mind. When you request the dross, also put in how much glamour your char has otherwise spent and any banality incurred.
I ask that you combine this report with your XP report as well. XP is spent by using the chart on pg 276 of C:tD 2nd Edition, only we use the next level rather than current level. For buying up bgs, it's 3 x next level. XP and Glamour/Banality reports can be sent via the form available on the main BC page or can be emailed to me at [email protected].
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