Editing Changeling (section)

== World of Darkness ==
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White Wolf's [[World of Darkness]] lines have a 'Changeling' game as part of their original series, their LARP series, and the rebooted series.  They are more-or-less on opposite ends of the tonal spectrum.

[[Changeling: The Dreaming]] is for faeries that are born into mortal bodies and dealing with their dual natures. Characters live in two worlds simultaneously: the mundane one we're all familiar with, overlapped by a world we might call make-believe but is very real for them, and the two worlds can affect each other. There is always a tragedy with World of Darkness games; for Changelings, as they grow up the magical world becomes less and less real to them, until eventually they "grow up" and forget their natures as faeries. All Changelings eventually succumb to mundanity, living the rest of their lives locked out of their potential for magic. The different character classes are types of faerie: sidhe, troll, pooka, silkie, etc.

[[Changeling: The Lost]] is for mortals that were kidnapped by fae, and managed to escape back to the real world but are forever scarred by the experience. Resuming their old lives is made difficult by both time-dilation effects during their imprisonment, and possibly by the simulacrum or impostor that replaced them when they were kidnapped - said replacement is usually either wholly convinced that they are the person who they were meant to replace and will probably react violently when informed otherwise, or a complete psychopath that makes the changelings not ''want'' to resume said lives). Characters are a little nonhuman themselves since they've spent time among fae, usually as toys or slaves while being subjected to positively Lovecraftian tortures, which also have a habit of mutating them into monstrosities and oddies, ranging from living ice sculptures to literally heartless hulks, and have a hard time acting "normal"; in some cases, they can end up turning into full-fledged fae themselves. Even if they do manage to adjust reasonably well, there's always the issue of their old masters trying to recapture them. Character classes are damned complex with 39 Seemings + Kiths, 12 Courts, 9 optional Entitlements, 28 Contracts, and that's just what's in the core book.