Changeling/Theme
Theme
There are a lot of ways to interpret the themes as written in the Changeling: the Lost book line. The different writers had different priorities, different ways of viewing the world, and like all roleplaying games, the books were written as guidelines for STs to use to shape the world -- not as holy dogma.
This page holds OUR interpretation of those rules.
Where topics are covered in exhausting detail else-page, pages are referenced for your convenience.
ToneWe are playing in the World of Darkness. Emphasis on darkness. As far as staff is concerned, and as far as stories are concerned, that means a careful pruning of concepts and backgrounds to reinforce the themes involved. Does this mean you can't be a cutesy giggly airhead? No, of course it doesn't. You just have to remember, and incorporate, that you are a cutesy giggly airhead in a world where your best friend might get her hand cut off by strangers in the woods to sell for parts, or where maybe you are so airheaded as a coping mechanism to avoid falling apart from the trauma of your horrific life. Overall, we are going for a tone of "struggling to be a light in dark places" here. Struggle, fight, beat it back, and earn yourself safety and joy, always knowing that the darkness is outside your window, waiting. It was there first, and it remembers.
|
Magical ItemsThese are handled on other pages. By and large, though, they exist, they are everywhere, and everyone is likely to have at least one of them, if not more. They are commonplace trade items. |
