This change alone can add an exciting amount of variety to any Changeling game. This opens doors for players and makes it easier to create the character you envision. Second edition Changeling did well to separate the two categories now, a kith can show up in any seeming. Thus, some concepts were repeated across different seemings just to make them available. Once upon a time in first edition Changeling: the Lost, kiths were tied to particular seemings and could not cross between them. Since there are many roles to fill in Arcadia, there are many more kiths than seemings, and they can appear in just about any type of changeling. Kiths cause smaller alterations in the body and lead to limited abilities changelings can use to complete their tasks. And once again, by a twist of the Wyrd, kiths usually reveal roles and talents that changelings were suited for from the start. Many kiths are directly inflicted by Keepers based on roles they want their slaves to play. Some develop accidentally due to repeated actions and survival strategies. These shifts fall into six mythical categories, from the Automata (a seeming I created) to the Wizened, and affect a changeling from head to toe.Ī kith, on the other hand, is a refinement based on what a changeling does the most while she is in Arcadia. Changes are extreme, alien, and permanent, leaving the changeling as more (and less) than human. No matter how it comes about, the process is not something a changeling can control. More often than not, a changeling’s seeming reflects their inner nature, including aspects they would rather ignore or hide. Being forced to eat, drink, and dwell in Arcadian realms can also warp human flesh permanently.

Some Keepers mold their captives directly others impose their traits and desires on prisoners over time. A changeling’s seeming is an extensive physical response to the magic of the Fae.

Changeling the lost 2nd edition changes