Make-Believe

By Robin Pfeifer (robin_pfeifer@my-dejanews.com)

Description

This art was developed by nockers and other fae seeking to control the unconscious shaping process that continually brings chimerae into being. Though they failed spectacularly at forming the raw dreamstuff of the kithain into chimerae, they did learn how to infuse Glamour into mundane things. With this art, a changeling taps into the same power she uses to enchant a mortal, but with added exertion, impresses the Dreaming onto furniture, toys and other inanimate things. The effects are strictly chimerical and thus, except where noted differently, may not be observed by mundanes or anybody outside the Dreaming. All uses of this Art with the realm Fae against unwilling Kithain targets are considered rude at best.

Attribute

Wits

* Dressing Up

Voile is built from dreamstuff and part of a fae's appearance. With this cantrip, a changeling may alter the color, size and general characteristics of voile. He may not create weapons or things related to voile in the first place, but can change a fae's body or face. It may not be used to harm, nor will it change anything other than appearance. To maintain the changes, the caster must concentrate on the subject and spend 1 Glamour.

Realms:

• Actor: Describes whose appearance is amended. Nice for making fun of mortals, dressing them up without them knowing it.
• Fae: Describes whose appearance is amended. Fae can and do see this, and no Sidhe will have himself made fun of.
• Nature: Describes which natural object has its appearance altered.
• Prop: Describes which object has its appearance altered.
• Scene: Describes which place has its appearance altered.

** Sticks to Swords

Like a child transforming a banal object into a treasure through the power of fantasy, a changeling may use this cantrip to bestow a Dreaming aspect upon a normal item. For example, she could turn a stick into a chimerical sword. To the mundane, it would still be a stick, but those attuned to the Dreaming, it will be a sword and will cut like one. The caster can maintain only one change at a time and it will only remain for as long as he concentrates. Each use costs 1 Glamour.

Realms:

• Actor: Describes whose being is altered. A policeman may thus be turned into a chimerical pirate. He will still behave like a policeman however.
• Fae: Describes whose chimerical being is altered. Use of this realm against other fae is anathema without consent by the target.
• Nature: Describes which natural element has its chimerical nature changed.
• Prop: Describes which object has its chimerical nature changed.
• Scene: Describes which place has its chimerical nature changed.

*** Setting the Stage

This cantrip is like a contagious version of Sticks to Swords. Initially, the changeling changes one target, but then agnything the target comes in contact with is likewise changed. For example, all those who come in contact with a policeman chimerically transformed into a pirate will become pirates or seamen themselves. The policeman's car may become a ship, his bludgeon into a cutlass and his walkie talkie into a parrot. As long as the changeling does nothing but concentrate, the scene will continue to unfold. This art costs 3 Glamour for each use.

Realms:

As Sticks to Swords.

**** Monster under the Bed

With this cantrip, a changeling tap into the subconscious of a target, drawing out hopes or fears and transforming them into chimerical reality. While the effects are still confined to the Dreaming, more sensitive mundanes may feel they are being watched....

Even objects have hopes and fears after a fashion; a tree fears fire and hopes for sunlight, while a rock may fear bursting and desire to be buried. This cantrip gives the caster a very clear idea what the target craves or hates. It effective as long as the caster concentrates on it and costs 1-3 Glamour to invoke, depending on the detail of the invocation.

Realms:

• Actor: Describes whose hopes and fears are embodied.
• Fae: Describes whose hopes and fears are embodied. Can be very, very offensive.
• Nature: Describes which natural object has its hopes or fears shown.
• Prop: Describes which object has its hopes and fears shown.
• Scene: Describes which place has its hopes and fears shown.

***** When Dreams come True

Only rarely does a kithain reach this level of accomplishment, and a good thing that is. With this level all changes made by previous levels can be made permanent. They are of very real chimerical existence, but still they do not bleed over into the mundane world. This Art costs 3 Glamour to invoke. The duration is, of course, permanent and can only be undone via this art.

Realms:

This Art can only be used with level 5 of Fae (Chimera).

Bunks

*	State your Claim: Name the change you wish to induce and tell it to somebody.
**	Play the Game: Take a few moments to act as if the intended chimerical reality were real.
***	Commentator: Keep commenting on the change: how it affects everybody, how the game develops. If the commentary stops, the cantrip stops as well.
****	Group Dynamics: Get someone else to play the game with you.
*****	Talk One's Head off: Explain the game to the target. Make the target believe in the change.