Dream-Craft

[Tami]

Dream-craft, as originally presented in Nobles: the Shinning Host, is a versatile Art, but one that was originally designed before the book Dreams and Nightmares came out. Certain rules changed, and in order to ensure the usefulness of the Dream-craft Art, a revision was necessary.

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• Find the Silver Path

Trods are table, but the Dreaming constantly fluctuates. Between the Firchlis and the often dense growth of the Mythic Realms, to keep sight of a Trod is sometimes a harder task than it first seems. Additionally, many chimera use illusory Silver Paths to lure the careless away from the trods and into the Dreaming, where the protection of the Silver Path has no power to repel chimera. This cantrip is very useful for telling false trods from the real thing and is sometimes helpful for locating a Silver Path when one has gone astray.

While the Silver Path is beneficial, the cantrip can’t accurately indicate what lies ahead on a trod. The Firchlis prevents anyone from seeing farther than a changeling can see naturally.

The Illusions created by chimera are often remarkably complex. If confronted by illusions, fae using this cantrip must make a Perception + Alertness, roll, against a difficulty equal to the illusion-crater’s glamour, in order to determine where the true trod is.

System: In most cases, the Realm Fea ***** (dweomer of Glamour) is used in attempts to find the Silver Path, though creative changelings certainly find sues for other realms as well.

The number of successes indicates the range of the cantrip, regardless of the Realm being employed.

1 success - Can detect target within a few yards
2 successes - Can detect target within 100 feet
3 successes - Can detect target within 100 yards
4 successes - Can detect target within 1,000 feet
5 successes - can detect target within a mile

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** The Merry Dance

The Firchlis is a powerful force within the Mythic Realms. The Dreaming is constantly changing, and the Firchlis is a key source of the change. Skilled fae can, with concentration and preparation, influence the change that the Firchlis brings. This cantrip is always a risky proposition, as a botched roll is almost certain to bring disaster.

System: The Realm Fea ***** (Dweomer of Glamour) is almost always used when casting this cantrip.

The number of successes indicates the range and duration of the cantrip, regardless of the Realm being employed.

1 success – Can influence the Firchlis in your immediate area, within a few feet, for one turn. Only very minor alterations are possible (Can lessen or increase the intensity of one aspect of the newly altered surroundings.)

2 successes – Can influence the Firchlis within line of sight, for one turn (Can lessen or increase the intensity of two aspects of the newly altered surroundings.)

3 successes – Can influence the Firchlis within on mile, for one scene. (Can lessen or increase the intensity of three aspects of the newly created surroundings

4 successes - Can alter the type of Dream Realm that appears when the Firchlis is done with the change it brings. (Can modify the moods of the arriving chimera or dictate the weather that arrives with the Firchlis.)

5 successes - Can radically change the arriving Dream Realm until the next Firchlis passes through. (Can cause a Nightmare Realm, Dream Realm, desired landscape or certain type of chimera to appear. Note, however, that the chimera are still independent creatures, and any negotiations with them must be handled in the usual fashion.

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*** Anchor

With this cantrip, a Changeling can “solidify” the Dreaming to a certain degree, which allows her to establish a permanent fortress within the Mythic Realm. The number of successes indicates how stable the location is, as well as how strongly the location is tied to the local trod. As the Changeling must anchor the newly created fortress to the Shinning Path, a certain element of protection against chimerical and the Thallain is granted. The “fortress” may be of any shape the Changeling wants, provided he can skillfully sculpt the Dreamstuff.

System: Although most items anchored in the Dreaming are made of chimerical materials, the nature of the item determines the Realm needed. Thus, if a signpost were to be anchored, Prop might be used.

The number of successes indicates the size of the fortress, the strength of the fortress and its proximity to the trod to which the fortress is anchored.

1 success – closet-sized barrier area giving only the barest protection (+1 difficulty for attacking forces); must be in contact with the trod.

2 successes – Apartment-sized barrier allowing a +2 difficulty for attacking forces; must be within a dozen feet of the trod.

3 successes – Cottage-sized barrier, allowing a +2 difficulty for attacking forces; must be within a dozen yards of the trod.

4 successes – mansion-sized barrier, allowing +3 difficulty for attacking forces; must be within 100 feet of the trod

5 successes – castle-sized barrier, allowing +3 difficulty for attacking forces; must be within 300 feet of the trod.

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**** Dream-Riding
This cantrip allows a changeling to interact with a mortal dream while the Kithian is in the Dreaming. It is not always a wise thing to do, as the Kithian’s actions can cause bizarre alterations to the dream itself. While interaction is possible, actual control of the dream is not. Using the cantrip in the waking world offers changelings the chance to “ride” a mortal’s dreams into the Dreaming. However, such actions almost never leave the character anywhere near a trod, and nearly always leave her at the mercy of the local chimera. The character has no control over where the Dream ride takes her within the Dreaming.

System: The appropriate level of the Actor Realm must always be used when casting this cantrip.

The number of successes indicates the level of influence.

1 success – Can change target in subtle ways, such as increasing emotions or softening textures etc.

2 successes – Can hold active conversations with the chimera in the dream and participate on a verbal level.

3 successes – Can touch and interact with the dream, which allows for manipulation

4 successes – Can remove aspects of the dream or alter them in radical ways

5 successes – Can reshape the dream, at the risk of whatever consequences such action creates.

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**** * Dream Weaving

Dream Weaving is a powerful cantrip that allows the fea literally to create a chimerical structure entirely from Dreamstuff. The cantrip allows the changeling to create a chimerical home, a forest or even a chimera to suit her needs. Despite the power of this cantrip, few use it save in dire circumstances, as it’s far too easy for a chimera to break free of its creator’s will and establish its own existence within the Dreaming. Each use of the Dream Weaving cantrip cost 2 permanent Glamour, but the Glamour is easily replaced, as Dream Weaving works only within the Mythic Realms. The realm of this cantrip determines the maximum size of the chimerical creation.

System: The nature of the object to be created determines the realm needed: To create a tree, the Nature Realm would be appropriate, while to create a suit of clothes would require Prop.

The number of successes indicates the strength and durability of the creation.

1 success – Strength of a ten year old mortal; a rickety old shack

2 successes – Strength of an adult mortal; a well-built trailer home.

3 successes – Strength of a small horse; a well-built home.

4 successes – Strength of a Clydesdale; a good vault

5 successes – Strength of a team of Clydesdales; Fort Knox