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| − | + | The information on this page relates to staff's stance on Fetches, on how/when/why they should be played, and on which of the optional rules from Autumn Nightmares we encourage you to use. We may or may not use all of them, and our stance may be different from other STs you have played with. | |
| − | + | Rather than duplicate the entire chapter(s) being referenced here, staff recommends you check out the section in the CtL core book starting on page 251, and chapter 3 of Autumn Nightmares, starting on page 98. | |
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| + | ==What is a Fetch?== | ||
| + | A moral dilemma. A big one. | ||
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| + | In essence, when you are taken, the True Fae who steals you away will leave a double, a substitute, behind. This double, the fetch, steps into your mortal life, as the only life it has been given. | ||
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| + | On the one hand, some fetches are psychotic monsters who deliberately wreak as much havoc as possible and work to destroy any vestige of a life you might have had. | ||
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| + | On the other, a fetch is even more of a victim than the changeling it replaces. The fetch is garbage. It is string and twigs and an old slab steak bound together with magic and a snippet of your soul. It can't help being what it is. It was created with a purpose, and not all of those purposes are terrible ones. | ||
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| + | Do you blame the fetch or the Fae who gave it life? | ||
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| + | ==Do I Have to Have a Fetch?== | ||
| + | '''Quick answer:''' no. | ||
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| + | '''Long answer:''' in most cases, the True Fae who takes you WILL leave a fetch behind. In most cases. This is not always true (though exceptions are rare). If you come out of Arcadia and find no fetch, remember, it looked like you. It was living your life. It's entirely possible that your fetch got into an awful car accident and your entire family thinks you're dead -- thereby ensuring that your life is screwed over even without the fetch's deliberate choice. | ||
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| + | ==Can I Play my Fetch?== | ||
| + | '''Quick answer:''' yes. | ||
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| + | '''Long answer:''' staff has made it possible for players to play fetches, so you could certainly play a fetch, and, later, after the fetch is slain/frozen, play a changeling version of that fetch, but you may not have both alts active simultaneously. | ||
Revision as of 18:16, 13 December 2016
Handling Fetches
The information on this page relates to staff's stance on Fetches, on how/when/why they should be played, and on which of the optional rules from Autumn Nightmares we encourage you to use. We may or may not use all of them, and our stance may be different from other STs you have played with.
Rather than duplicate the entire chapter(s) being referenced here, staff recommends you check out the section in the CtL core book starting on page 251, and chapter 3 of Autumn Nightmares, starting on page 98.
Contents
What is a Fetch?
A moral dilemma. A big one.
In essence, when you are taken, the True Fae who steals you away will leave a double, a substitute, behind. This double, the fetch, steps into your mortal life, as the only life it has been given.
On the one hand, some fetches are psychotic monsters who deliberately wreak as much havoc as possible and work to destroy any vestige of a life you might have had.
On the other, a fetch is even more of a victim than the changeling it replaces. The fetch is garbage. It is string and twigs and an old slab steak bound together with magic and a snippet of your soul. It can't help being what it is. It was created with a purpose, and not all of those purposes are terrible ones.
Do you blame the fetch or the Fae who gave it life?
Do I Have to Have a Fetch?
Quick answer: no.
Long answer: in most cases, the True Fae who takes you WILL leave a fetch behind. In most cases. This is not always true (though exceptions are rare). If you come out of Arcadia and find no fetch, remember, it looked like you. It was living your life. It's entirely possible that your fetch got into an awful car accident and your entire family thinks you're dead -- thereby ensuring that your life is screwed over even without the fetch's deliberate choice.
Can I Play my Fetch?
Quick answer: yes.
Long answer: staff has made it possible for players to play fetches, so you could certainly play a fetch, and, later, after the fetch is slain/frozen, play a changeling version of that fetch, but you may not have both alts active simultaneously.
