First, it would help everyone involved if you kept a hard copy of your character sheet, updating it when needed. In case the database crashes or something else happens, having a "backup copy" is always a good idea. In addition, it prevents you from accidentally choosing a wrong Ability, for example.

Step One: Character Concept

People are encouraged to have a good mortal concept along with their Kithain concept. Things like mortal family, job, home, and such should be considered when you make your character.

Kiths: The 8 commoner Kiths listed in Changeling: The Dreaming 2nd Edition are allowed and encouraged. Sidhe are restricted and require a more expansive background questionnaire to be filled out. Nunnehi Tribes allowed are: Nanehi; Yunwi Amai'yine'hi (Water People); Yunwi Tsundsi (Little People) and Thought Crafters (see Nunnehi FAQ) Gallain allowed are: Piskey and Chlurichaun. Inanimae of any Phyla are allowed. Kinain of any Heritage are allowed. Chimerical characters, Thallain, and Denizens are not allowed at this time. All characters must submit a background and character concept to the Changeling STs who can be emailed at [email protected] .

Court: Both Seelie and Unseelie characters are allowed. It's encouraged that people read over the court part of the book. Seelie and Unseelie aren’t "good" and "evil." No Shadow Court characters will be sanctioned at character creation.

Legacies: Players are to choose 2 legacies: one Seelie and one Unseelie. This is an important part of the character, as it reflects the Dreaming's purpose and pull on your character. There are repercussions from the Dreaming when one does not follow their legacy.

Seeming: Changelings can be Wilders or Grumps. Childlings and any characters under 18 years of age are not allowed.

House: Only Sidhe may belong to houses initially. Dougal, Eiluned, Fiona, Gwydion and Liam are welcomed, especially where there is lack. All other Houses are more heavily Restricted. Commoners are not allowed to join a house at character creation, but can be adopted into a Noble House through IC actions. However they must remember when playing this that they represent the house they were adopted into, and if they do not represent it well they can be kicked out.

Step Two: Traits

Attributes: Attributes of 5 are discouraged. Chimerical bonuses to your attributes should not be included, and will be added as a tag in your Equipment field. The Real attribute bonuses gained by Satyrs and Glomes should be added to your Attributes.

Abilities: Abilities of 5 are discouraged. Please be sensible when assigning points to Abilities and reflect your character’s concept with them. An absolute maximum of 7 points placed across all Combat-related Abilities is enforced on character creation, with the preference of these being lower. Changelings –must- buy at least 1 point of Lore: Changeling at Character creation.

Step Three: Advantages

Backgrounds: The Retainers background is restricted. Title may only be bought by Sidhe at character creation and cannot go over 1 point, a background must be presented to the STs on how you achieved the title and a PC Knight or higher must be found to become Squired to within the first month after sanctioning. The amount of Dreamers you have relates to the amount of Glamour you can obtain a week, .5 points of Glamour per Dreamer. Treasure and Remembrance are limited to 3. Holdings are banned. Chimera bought as Companions must include Stats placed in the Powers/Limitations field.

Arts and Realms: The following Arts are not available on character creation: Chronos, Naming, Contempt, Delusion, Kryos and Skycraft. Sovereign is restricted to the sidhe at character creation. Infusion is restricted to the Nockers. Talecraft is restricted to Eshu. The Autumn Way, Discord, Onieromancy, and Aphrodisa are banned on NB. Spirit-Link is restricted to Nunnehi characters. Dreamcraft is restricted to Sidhe and Nunnehi. The Inanimae Slivers are restricted to Inanimae characters. No Arts may be bought above 3 at character creation. No realms may be bought above 3 at character creation.

Step Four: Tempers

Willpower may not be bought above 7 at character creation.

Your banality rating is noted in your equipment field, along with the amount of glamour you can obtain a week.

Step Five: Birthrights and Frailties

List the characters Birthrights and Frailties in the Advantages section of your character sheet.

Step Six: Freebie Points

Spend Freebies as per Changeling: the Dreaming 2nd Edition costs.

Note: Kinain get the normal mortal 21 Freebies to spend at character creation as per the Errata on the Enchanted Character sheet located on this site: http://www.white-wolf.com/Images/CharacterSheets/Enchanted.pdf .

Pooka take note: We use the Pooka Rarity Factor as published in Kithbook: Pooka, and unusual animal forms will need to have Freebies spent to have as per that book.

Step Seven: Merits & Flaws

Following are a list of Restricted and Banned Merits and Flaws on New Bremen. Storyteller Discretion means that the Storyteller must approve them prior to choosing them. Banned means they cannot be put into play. Please read carefully prior to choosing Merits and/or Flaws for your character.

Changeling: The Dreaming 2nd Edition Main Book
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Allergic, Ambidextrous, Amnesia, Art Affinity, Boon, Changeling Eyes, Child Chimerical Disability, Chimerical Magnet, Cleared Mists, Code of Honor, Cursed, Diabolical Mentor, Driving Goal, Echoes, Enemy, Faerie Eternity, Flashbacks, Geas, Hatred, Higher Purpose, Hunted, Infamous Mentor, Insane Mentor, Iron Resistance, Mentor's Resentment, Mystical Prohibition/Imperative, Natural Linguist, Nightclub, Notoriety, Obsession, Past Life, Phobia (Severe), Prestigious Mentor, Psychic Vampire, Reputation, Sadism/Masochism, Self Confident, Slipped Seeming, Throwback, True Love, Twisted Apprenticeship, Vengeance, Ward, Winged, Wyld Mind
Banned (not allowed): Animal Magnetism, Black Market Ties, Church Ties, Corporate Ties, Corporation CEO, Daredevil, Danger Sense, Dark Fate, Eidetic Memory, Entertainment Ties, Fast Learner, Guardian Angel, Haunted, Huge Size, Iron Will, Jack-of-all-Trades, Judicial Ties, Luck, Mansion, Media Ties, Medium, Nightmares, Poetic Heart, Police Ties, Political Ties, Regeneration, Seeming's Blessing, Spirit Mentor, Surreal Beauty, Surreal Quality, The Bard's Tongue, Unbondable, Underworld Ties, Werewolf/Vampire Companion

Fool's Luck: The Way of the Commoner
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Sell Out
Banned (not allowed): Faerie Godparent, Hostage

War in Concordia
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Divided Loyalties, Oathtaken
Banned (not allowed): Boon of Fate, Crack Shot

Inanimae: The Secret Way (only applicable to Inanimae characters)
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Hibernation, Imperial Ambassador, Natural Husk
Banned (not allowed): Famous Anchor, Pyromania

Noblesse Oblige: The Book of Houses - Gwydions
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Unstoppable Fury
Banned (not allowed): Blood of the Wolf

Pour L'Amour et Liberte: The Book of Houses 2 - Ailil
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Forsworn, Gifted Liar

Kithbook: Satyr
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Intimidating Stance, Inspiration
Banned (not allowed): Gut Instincts, Sex Appeal, Sexual Reverie

Kithbook: Redcap
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Aversion, Faster, Granite Skin, Stolen Tooth

Kithbook: Pooka
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Animalistic Features, Loud Voice, Physical Abnormality
Banned (not allowed): Hibernation, Venomous Attack

Kithbook: Nocker
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Disbarred, Foul Mouth, Troglodyte
Banned (not allowed): Goblin Magnet, Work with Iron

Kithbook: Sluagh
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Friend to Spiders, Prehensile Tongue, Puddle
Banned (not allowed): Dead Friends, Fly Fingers, Hag-Ridden, Knows-too-Much

Kithbook: Troll
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Arcadian/Ancient Oath, Stone Skin
Banned (not allowed): Blessing of Atlas, Blood of the Rivers

Kithbook: Eshu
Restricted (Must have ST approval): Gift of Babel, Lost Horizon
Banned (not allowed): Living Legend

The Enchanted (only applicable to Kinain characters)
Restricted (Must have ST approval): An-da-shealladh, Fith-fath, Taghairm, Taibhsear, The Bardic Gift, Enchanted Blood
Banned (not allowed): The Second Sight

Step Eight: Specialties

List specialties, lores, languages and specific crafts or sciences under Advantages.

Step Nine: Musing/Ravaging Threshold

List Musing/Ravaging Thresholds under Powers/Limitations.

Step Ten: Spark of Life

Background Questions to be answered and sent to [email protected] (Be sure to include your characters screen name in the subject of the email)

Changeling and Nunnehi Questions

1) Describe your character's pre-chrysalis history.
2) Describe your character's chrysalis and how/ why they learned the arts and realms they did.
3) How has your character's chrysalis changed your character's mortal life?
4) What are your character's views on life as a changeling?
5) What are the character's views on the Seelie Court?
6) What are the character's views on the Unseelie Court?
7) What are your character's views on Nobles?
8)What are your character's views on Commoners?
9) What is your character's greatest Strength?
10) What is your character's greatest Weakness?

Sidhe questions (To be answered along with the General Questions)

1) What is the role of a noble in kithain society?
2) What are some reasons Commoners should respect a Noble's authority?
3) Explain the relationship between Noble to Vassal and Vassal to Noble.
4) What does it mean to be a Noble of your House?
5) How do you intend to further your House's goals?

Inanimae Questions (To be answered by Inanimae)

1) Describe the nature of your anchor, where it's located and what's special about the place.
2) Describe your character's awakening and how/ why they learned the slivers and realms they did.
3) What interactions have you had with mortal society?
4) What are your character's views on the meat Fae?
5) What are the character's views on the Gladelings?
6) What are the character's views on the Krofted?
7) What are your character's views on the goals of your own Element?
8)What are your character's views on the other Elements?
9) What is your character's greatest Strength?
10) What is your character's greatest Weakness?

Kinain Questions (To be answered by Kinain)

1) What was your life like before you found out you were kinain?
2) What was your first experience with the Fae?
3) What is your view of Fae and their Society?
4) How (or where) does your character think they fit into kithain society?
5) If you have/had a mentor who was he/she and what were they like?
6) What are your character's goals?
7) What is your character's greatest strength?
8) What is your character's greatest weakness?

Discuss your character with the ST and get sanctioned.