Talk:Changeling Lore

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I recommend using Kindred Lore as the basis for what changeling lore means and gets you.

Kindred Lore 1:

   Basic understanding of the necessities (glamour) and the banes (banality) of a fae existence.
   Rumor that the Tuatha Dé Danaan created the Fae
   Some say fae war among themselves, for various reasons.
   Know some common Fae specific terms.
   The concept that raw power comes from Glamour.
   You know that Kindred are separated into "Kiths". You know of the 11 common Kithain
   Understands there are ancient faerie laws regarding revealing of Fae existence to outsiders.

Kindred Lore 2:

   You understand the Chrysalis, Enchanting, Kinain
   Knows that faerie society is divided into unseelie and seelie courts and has a feudal society
   Has heard of the Dreaming
   Has heard of Arcadia
   Has a rough knowledge of major events in Changeling History, such as the The Sundering, the Interregnumg, the Accordance War
   Can give short descriptions for the Kiths.
   Some say the world will come to an end when the the Final Winter breaks and that Kithain will no longer be able to survive in the Autumn World

Kindred Lore 3:

   Has an understanding of the Arts (Chicainery, Legerdemain, Primal, Soothsay, Wayfare)
   Knows several of the legends of the First Days or Gehenna.
   Knows many of the old terms and their meanings
   Can name a some of the Changeling Houses
   Know that Kithain tend to die young

Kindred Lore 4:

   You know of the rare Arts (Aphrodesia, Kyros, Metamorphosis, Pyretics, Skycraft, Spirit Link)
   You know of the Shadow Court
   You have an idea who was behind the Bealtaine Massacre

Kindred Lore 5:

   A working familiarity with several editions and translations of the Book of Nod as well as some other apocryphal writings
   Experience with Cainite society is likely to be more accurately measured in millennia rather than mere centuries
   Knows some l details about the Jyhad and who the some of the real players are.
   Know the legends surrounding the Diablerie of the Antediluvians (Saulot, Brujah, Cappadocius)
   Has probably seen the equivalent to a full copy of the Book of Nod (although several drastically different versions exist)
   Having suspicions where an Antediluvian sleeps
   Know about the City of Enoch in the Shadowlands, and its recent destruction.