Arts

Game mechanics

Game mechanics for casting any cantrip (CtD 204-206) - Hsien see separate section below

1. Choose an art
2. Choose a realm: if using any modifier/secondary realms, see below
3. Determine dice pool: art's attribute + realm level that you have (even if you only need a lower level)
4. Choose a bunk: above level 1 requires at least one separate action (Changeling Players Guide 157-160 lists some sample bunks, 178-179 for Nunnehi)
5. Determine base difficulty: target's/caster's Banality (whichever is higher) + 4 - bunk level - Glamour spent, minimum 4, maximum 10
   • -1 difficulty if the realm is your kith's affinity
   • If the target doesn't have a Banality rating at all, then use caster's
6. Determine Glamour cost: 1 for Wyrd cantrip and/or unenchanted target, 1 for no bunk, up to 5 to lower difficulty
7. Roll dice

• Modifier realms (Scene/Time)
  • +1 Glamour cost, +1 difficulty
  • Scene to cast cantrip with physical effect (chimerical or Wyrd): +1 difficulty per extra target
• Secondary realms
  • -1 difficulty per additional relevant realm
  • Example: Mooching a sidhe's dagger when you have both Fae and Prop

Unleashing an Art (20th Anniversary edition, pages 196-197) is also allowed

• Spend 2 Glamour, gain a Nightmare Die, then roll Glamour + Nightmare Dice vs 7

Number of successes	IC results
Botch	Gain a Nightmare Die and suffer an immediate Nightmare (latter is house rule, replacing C20's Imbalance for simplicity) Havoc occurs for a turn (details are ST discretion) Next turn, suffer a Banality trigger (C20 269: roll Glamour vs 8, fail = +1 temp Banality, botch = +N temp Banality where N is the number of ones rolled) Can't spend Glamour or use arts for rest of scene
Fail (but not botch)	Suffer a Banality trigger (see above) Can't use that art for rest of scene
1 to art level	Automatically invoke the Wyrd for (Glamour) turns, or spend a Willpower to make it last for rest of scene Fae mien becomes visible PC narrates effect of that art
More than art level	PC's intent is fulfilled, but in a twisted or unintended way that adds complication or puts everyone nearby in danger Gain a Nightmare Die ST narrates effect of that art Automatically invoke the Wyrd for rest of scene

Common arts

Chicanery (attribute: Manipulation) Fuddle Veiled Eyes Fugue Haunted Heart Captive Heart	Legerdemain (attribute: Dexterity) Gimmix Ensnare Effigy Mooch Phantom Shadows
Primal (attribute: Stamina) Willow Whisper Eldritch Prime Oakenshield Heather Balm, Holly Strike Elder-Form	Soothsay (attribute: Intelligence) Omen Fair Is Foul and Foul Is Fair Tattletale Augury Fate Fire
Sovereign (attribute: Charisma) Protocol Dictum Grandeur Weaver Ward Geas, Ban	Wayfare (attribute: Wits) Hopscotch Quicksilver Portal Passage Wind Runner Flicker Flash

Less common arts

More comprehensive list of arts

Chronos (Sidhe) (attribute: Perception) Wyrd Backward Glance Dream Time Permanence Reversal of Fortune	Contempt (Shadow Court) (attribute: Wits) Mockery Disobedience Insolence Devil's Advocate Condemnation
Delusion (Shadow Court) (attribute: Manipulation) Innocence Facade The Mists of Memory The Depths of Will The Darkest Heart	Discord (Adhene) (attribute: Dexterity) House of Mirrors Hermes' Fleetness Armilustra Whirling Dervish Life and Limb
Dream-craft (Sidhe) (attribute: Wits) Find the Silver Path The Merry Dance Anchor Dream-Riding Dream Weaving	Infusion (Nocker) (attribute: Intelligence) Harden Toughen FUBAR Generation Animantis Gilgul
Kryos (Merfolk) (attribute: Strength) Cold Shock Gelid Rime Frost Facsimile Crystal Prison Coldheart	Metamorphosis (commoner) (attribute: Stamina) Hidden Form Impersonate Go Ask Alice Merlin's Lessons Mythic Transformation
Pyretics (various) (attribute: Dexterity) Will-O-The-Wisp Willow Light Prometheus' Fist Burn and Boil Star Body	Skycraft (various) (attribute: Stamina) Thunderclap Compass Winds Dark Sky Stormcraft Call Lightning
Tale Craft (Eshu) (attribute: Charisma) Agemo's Blessing Flickering Firelight Murmur in the Crowd Sticks and Stones Moment of Truth	Aphrodisia (Merfolk and a few satyrs) (attribute: Charisma) Fancy Yearn Covet Crave Need
Aquis (Inanimae) (attribute: Intelligence or Perception) Aura Perception Hold Tempus Fugit Friction Healing Waters	Petros (Inanimae) (attribute: Strength or Stamina) Living Rock Stoneskin Ironarm Stasis Quake
Pyros (Inanimae) (attribute: Strength or Charisma) Flame Tortured Heart Ares' Fist Strings of the Soul Inferno	Stratus (Inanimae) (attribute: Charisma or Dexterity) Marathon Conceal/Confuse Flight Illusion Phantasm
Verdage (Inanimae) (attribute: Charisma or Manipulation) Solarium Babel Coalesce Web of Life Mold

• Shadow Court arts (Contempt, Delusion) may be learned by others, but are reasonable grounds for suspicion if ICly discovered by another kithain or kinain.
• Adhene arts (Discord, Oneiromancy - not the same as Oneiromancy from C20) may also be learned by others, but are grounds for risk escalation if ICly discovered by another kithain or kinain (2 for knowing, 3 for using).
• Dauntain agendas (Burnout, Stultify, Webcraft) are restricted to Dauntain.

20th Anniversary arts

• Dice pool may include either the art level (as in C20) or the attribute listed below.
• Existing arts remain unchanged (there is some overlap).
• General game mechanics for casting cantrips remain unchanged.

Spring (attribute: Stamina) Awaken Verdant Reclamation Well of Life Faerie Ring Renewal	Summer (attribute: Charisma) Flicker-Flies Enkindle Aphrodisia Vesta's Blessing The Beltane Blade
Autumn (attribute: Manipulation) Creeping Shadows Autumn Eyes The Poisoned Apple The Withering Shivers	Winter (attribute: Strength) Chill Hardened Heart Terror of the Long Night Sculpt Stasis
Contract (attribute: Charisma) Done Deal Liar's Bell Castigate Casual Contract Sanctified Words	Dragon's Ire (attribute: Strength) Burning Thew Confounding Coils Dragonscales Holly-Strike Tripping the Ire
"Oneiromancy (art)" (attribute: Intelligence) Dream Walk Dream Craft Dream Portal Manifest Dream Puppet

Hsien

Hsien game mechanics

Hsien: (Land of Eight Million Dreams pages 99, 105-110)

1. Choose an art
2. Choose whether the effect is Yin or Yang (page 97)
   1. Yin: Dark, passive, cold, moist, decaying, negative, defensive, material, female
   2. Yang: Light, active, hot, dry, growing, positive, offensive, male
3. Determine successes needed
   1. Typically 1, sometimes 2*N to modify an attribute / ability / dice pool
   2. Modifiers = more successes needed (pages 106-107)
   3. Fortune = fewer successes needed (pages 108-110), minimum 1
   4. Rituals: see pages 111-112
4. Spend Yugen (1 unless using a Cohort, pages 110-111)
5. Roll art + relevant attribute (see below)
   1. Difficulty = 11 - (Yin or Yang, whichever is relevant) (page 97)
   2. Multiple hsien with the same art can use it together; dice pool includes all their art levels, but only the lead caster's attribute
   3. By default, the effect has a single target within about 10 yards and lasts for one turn
      1. Things that require more successes: more targets, conditional circumstances, longer duration, longer range, add damage (only to a level 4+ effect), greater magnitude of change and/or form
      2. Fortunes that each reduce required successes by 1 (to a minimum of 1): color, direction, Dzi Dzat (folded paper), festivals, kwannon-jin elemental affinity, Mu-jen (wooden men), poetry, season, sense, skills, Wani form

Wu Tan (Hsien arts)

Element	Yin	Yang
Wood	Appearance	Strength
Metal	Perception	Dexterity
Water	Stamina	Manipulation
Fire	Charisma	Wits
Earth	Intelligence	Intelligence

General The Prodigal Tongue Command Elemental Vassals Raiment of the Elements Awaken the Elements Master the Elements; Throne of Jade
Di Tan (Earth Alchemy) Entreat the Yellow Mandarins (Commune) Command the Vassals of Tu Ti	Hou Tan (Fire Alchemy) The Flame Bears Witness (Elemental Soul) The Fiery Claws of Ch'ih Ching-tsu (Elemental Fist)
Tieh Tan (Metal Alchemy) Paths of Iron (Paths of the Elements) The Chisel of P'an Ku (Awaken the Elements)	Shui Tan (Water Alchemy) Entreat the Attendants of the Water Dragon (Nurture Elemental Soul) Awaken the Black Tortoise (Awaken Jade)
Lin Tan (Wood Alchemy) Wood Fist (Elemental Fist) Summon the Forest of Spears (Summon Element)	Nei Tan (Internal Alchemy) T'ai Su: The Great Primordial T'ai I: The Great Change; Axis of Time; The Typhoon's Eye T'ai Chi: The Great Pole Hu T'un: Chaos Wu Chi: No Limit - The Jade Key