Changeling/Backgrounds

On this page are Backgrounds that are for Changeling Kithain and Kinain. Some are not allowed for Kinain and are noted.

Chimera

This stat is for Chimerical Items taken at character generation.

• Book Reference: WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#169
• May take multiple items, but only one magical. Levels together must add up to your total # of dots taken.
  • Example: 3 dots in Chimera can get you a level 3 Chimerical item, or a level 1 and a level 2, or three different level 1 items, but only one can be magical.
  • Second Edition allowed it to be one at each level, 20th does not.
• Needs a +note set with details on items. If they are found on our +equip/types list, please include that in the +note.
• It is very rare for a Kinain to have any of these. It will be approved only at staff discretion. (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Chimerical Items
	You own a chimerical memento or conversation piece (Basic Crafting)
	Your chimerical item conveys some useful benefit (Advanced Crafting)
	You have a moderately powerful chimerical item (Complex Crafting)
	You own a powerful chimerical item (Masterwork Crafting)
	Your chimerical item is legendary (Legendary Crafting)

• See WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#317 for more details on items that are considered at each level.

Companion

This stat is for Chimerical Companions.

• Book Reference: WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#169 (background) and pg.#320-323 (use for Construction - link for wiki page cheat sheet)
• Redes (some)/Banes: Dreams and Nightmares pages 122-125 (Banes are like Flaws)
• Needs a +note set with all stats listed out with totals and any explanations on Redes/Banes
• This is not the Background found in WW7100 Player's Guide for Changeling the Dreaming pg.#57
• It is very rare for a Kinain to have any of these. It will be approved only at staff discretion. (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Chimerical Companion
	20 points
	25 points
	30 points
	40 points
	60 points

Dreamers

• Book Reference: WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#169
• Each dot represents the number of Dreamers from whom the character draws Glamour.
• Each dot will provide one auto success on the initial Perception + Kenning roll when initiating Reverie. If more unsavory, it provides a ready pool of Dreamers on which to Ravage.
• A +note is required when purchasing this background with a few details on who they are.
• Not allowed for Kinain (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Dreamers
	1 Dreamer
	2 Dreamers
	4 Dreamers
	6 Dreamers
	8 Dreamers

Dross

• Book Reference: This is a House Ruled Background.
• Same as Resources, but for chimerical goods.

Staff has implemented a new background for Changelings called: Dross. This background is a measure of a PC's chimerical wealth. This stat will be equivalent to the same level of: Resources, but for buying minor chimerical goods. A player can spend xp to buy Dross as per +rules XP Costs.

• Cannot be stockpiled, except by declaring it up front for a specific item, and how.
• To take Dross, you need to set a +note for how/what/where you are collecting materials.
• Only available for Changelings (Kithain).

Dross
	4 Chimerical Points
	8 Chimerical Points
	12 Chimerical Points
	16 Chimerical Points
	20 Chimerical Points

Materials Details

See Also Creating Magical Items for more on crafting Object Example Amount in Near Dreaming Synthetics Plastic 1 Common wood Pine 2 Uncommon wood American chestnut 2 Rare wood Treant-wood 4 Food / consumables Apple seeds 2 Beer, mead, wine 2 Other plant materials Hemp rope 2 Spring water 3 Ocean water 2 Magical water Waters of Lethe 4 Glass 2 Base metal Copper 2 Precious metal Gold 5 Clay / soil 1 Base stone Quartz 3 Semi-precious stone Onyx 5 Precious stone Ruby 7 Alchemical stone Philosopher's Stone 8 Animal parts Antelope hide 1 Unusual creature parts Centaur hooves 3 Legendary creature parts Dragon scale 6 Other (staff discretion) 3 Staff encourages you to RP to find raw materials. To harvest raw materials from the landscape: Find an area of the Dreaming (or normalspace, if you have Infusion 1) with appropriate material. Open a +request and declare where you are and what you are looking for and how. Roll Dexterity + Kenning vs 7 (6 for nockers/boggans/nunnehi) to the job. Success = Staff will determine what you find in what amounts (see table below). You can't harvest that same type of material from that same location for the rest of the month. Fail = You can't harvest that same type of material from that same location for the rest of the day. After that, you can try again with no penalty. Botch = You can't harvest that same type of material from that same location for the rest of the month. After that, you can try again with no penalty. Large items may require extra raw materials at staff discretion. Average 'volume' for 1 success is about 12 pounds, but this varies by type of material. Die Material 1 No Dreamstuff available (or turns out to be ineffective) 2-6 Usual amount of Dreamstuff available 7 Motherlode - 10x usual amount of Dreamstuff available 8-9 Usual amount of Dreamstuff available 10 Foolstuff (still usable, but staff adds a flaw to the item, revealed after you finish creating it)

Fae Steed

• Book Reference: WW7306 Kingdom of Willows p. 171
• House Ruled Background
• All Fae Steed's are level 5.
• See book for stats. You can customize it a bit, but must stay close to what is in the book. Otherwise, use Companion to make something more unique.

Faerie Blood

• Book Reference: WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#461
• The # of dots determines how many different Arts a Kinain can learn/purchase through XP.
  • At cgen, if you purchase more than 1 Art, it will cost freebies. This does not add to baseline.
• This does not restrict the level within an Art that can be learned. Kinain can learn all 5 levels.
• Only available at cgen.

# of Dots	# of Arts
-	Able to use only one Art.
	Able to learn two Arts.
	Able to learn three Arts.
	Able to learn four Arts.
	Able to learn five Arts.
	Able to learn six Arts.

Holdings

• Book Reference: WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#169
• One Glamour per day per dot.
• A Holding within a PC-run territory requires approval from its PC leaders.
• Increasing is time-limited.
• Increasing above 3 is at staff discretion.
• Not allowed for Kinain (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Orisha Bond

• Book Reference: Kithbook: Eshu p. 84
• Eshu Only.

Remembrance

• Book Reference: WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#170
• Represents how much a Kithain can remember of a past lifetime.
• Intelligence + Remembrance to recall details of something within the Dreaming, difficulty based on the obsurity of the information.
• May substitute Remembrance for an Ability on any roll involving a mundane task. Limited to # of times per story equal to Remembrance rating.
• Not allowed for Kinain (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Remembrance
	Hazy information when reminded
	Reasonably accurate information when reminded
	Worthwhile lore, spontaneous flashbacks
	Remarkable information, important events
	Astounding information, entire lifetimes or large portions thereof

Retinue

• Book Reference: WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#170
• Retinue are Kinain, enchanted humans, and other retainers that answer to a Kithain.
• For each dot taken, a +note needs to be set to define each member including:
  • Name
  • Type (Kinain, Enchanted Human, etc)
  • Kith/Birthright (Kinain only: They get one of the Kith's birthrights)
  • Strengths
  • Weaknesses
  • How they came into his/her service.

Retinue
	1 member
	2 members
	4 members
	6 members
	10 members

• Not allowed for Kinain (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Royal Lineage

• Book Reference: Kithbook: Eshu p. 84
• Eshu Only.

Title

• Book Reference: WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#170
• Chargen limit is Title 1. Must set a +note. Approved at staff discretion. Good idea to run your concept by staff prior to submitting for approval.
• This background is limited to Changelings only. Those such as Kinain, Bygones, Enchanted mortals or the like may not take this background moving forward, in compliance with our changeover to C20. (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)
• Increasing is at staff discretion.

Title
	Unlanded Knight: Not sworn to any one noble in particular. Basically a knight errant. Honorific: Sir/Dame. Available in chargen on a case by case basis.
	Landed Knight: Sworn to service under someone of Title 3 or higher. Honorific: Lord/Lady. Available in chargen on a case by case basis, but extremely scrutinized.
	Baron/Baroness: A leader of one of the Baronies, sworn in service to someone of Title 4 or higher. Not available in chargen, may be gained IC, but this is highly unlikely, and it is not advised to make a PC for this purpose.
	Count/Countess (NPC only): Leader of the entire county, sworn in service to someone of Title 5 or the reigning monarch. This is an NPC-only position, and unavailable to the PC population at this time.
	Duke/Duchess (NPC only): Leader of the entire Duchy, all counts and countesses serve under this person and they, in turn, are sworn in service to the monarch. NPC-only position, unavailable in chargen or later in play, and never will be anything but.

• We have House Ruled a) changing Rank 1 to Unlanded Knight, so they are not sworn to any one noble in particular, and added in further explanations that is not provided in the book (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#171); b) Limit from chargen. c) Increasing at staff discretion. d) Limits on higher rank to NPCs. This is to facilitate the rebuilding of the sphere and may be revisited in the future.

Treasure

This stat is for Treasures taken at character generation.

• Book Reference: WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#170
• This is a mundane item imbued with Glamour.
• One specific effect from an Art level equal to the dot rating.
  • You can either select one prewritten in the book, or pitch something to staff. A custom one would only have one Art, no redes. Anything more custom is reserved for crafting while in play.

Treasure
	Common
	Uncommon
	Rare
	Unique
	Unique

• It is very rare for a Kinain to have any of these. It will be approved only at staff discretion to have one. (WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Dice Pools

For use of Treasures, the dice roll for the Art within it is the same as a normal Art roll. An Art's normal dice roll is (Art level) + (relevant realm level), full details in Arts page on wiki.

Drafted HRs for treasures under staff review currently (September 2024):

• If the user doesn't have the Art, or has it at a lower level, then use the Treasure's Art level.
• If the user doesn't have the relevant Realm, then they can still use the treasure, but add 0 dice for the Realm level.

Trod

• Book Reference: Book of Lost Dreams p. 45

Warren

• Boggans only (Kithbook: Boggans p. 55)
• Not allowed for Kinain (Similar to Retinue - WW92041 Changeling: the Dreaming (20th Anniversary) pg.#460)

Warren
	Only a few members, meets infrequently. Examples: A monthly bridge club or a local food drive
	A small group that meets with some regularity. Examples: A weekly gaming group or a quilting circle
	A medium sized group that meets often. Examples: A lifestyle advocacy group or a hot-rod collectors’ club
	A large group capable of taking on most tasks. Examples: A mobile soup kitchen or a group of Habitat for Humanity workers
	A dedicated organization that can move mountains. Examples: A worker’s commune or a national lobbyist’s organization

Not Allowed

• Feth Fiada: This Background is from a book we have removed all stats for as it conflicts with C20.
• Golem: This Background is no longer allowed due to changes in C20 and the Infusion Art.
• Political Connections: This Background is no longer allowed as it does not work well on a MUSH.
• Scathach Status: This Background is no longer allowed while the sphere rebuilds in C20, may be revisited later.

Inanimae

Husk

This background indicates how skilled an inanimae has become in forging her Husks. Without this Background, the character appears similar to her Dreamform, and is easily subjected to the forces of Banality through disbelief when confronted by humans.

Husk
	Very minor changes (skin tone, human shape)
	Minor changes (hair is more humanlike, facial features becomes less broad)
	Human appearance (passes as human during casual observation)
	Near perfect (seems human to almost everybody except under detailed examination)
	Undetectable (requires advanced diagnostic techniques to see that she’s not human)