Essence of theDreaming

Imbibing this fanciful concoction gives you several powers.

• You gain a Fae Soul; an immortal and eternally reincarnating extra soul that promotes creativity. Unlike other Changelings, you will always remember your past lives. Should you choose, you will always be the dominant personality.

• You are able to enter "The Dreaming," which is a fanciful personification of the collective imagination of humanity. This place is not without dangers, but you may create safe paths through areas you have explored before.

• You gain a fantastical form based on folklore and your innate desires known as a Fae Mein. This may be anything, from a large stone giant to a small gnome to a strange monster-girl(or boy). This is your default form in the Dreaming, and in the real world you may shift between this form and your normal form at will.

• You gain 3 Birthrights, minor magical powers that are linked to your Fae story. Examples include flight, durable skin, gaining strength from duty, or changing into a single animal.

• You may change your Fae Mein and Birthrights by spending an hour in concentration.

• You gain access to some of the Artes and Realms of the Changelings. Artes are an effect, such as lighting something on fire or changing something (or someone) into a frog. Realms are a what you may use them on, such as lighting your knife on fire, or turning your neighbors cat into a frog. You may create new Artes and Realms with time and effort.

• You may create Chimera. Objects and beings made from the substance of the Dreaming. Anything from a simple rock to a cthuloid monstrosity can be made, but the more powerful it is the harder it is to create. Mortals can only see Chimera if you choose to make them visible.

• You may use the Chimera in the real world as normal should you choose, but the mortals surrounding you cannot interact with the objects. A sword may cut a mortal, but that mortal may not pick up that sword: his hand will just pass through it.

• You may imbue an object or Chimera with your Artes. This is called a Treasure, and allows anyone to use the Arte as normal. You may imbue Treasures with Artes you do not possess if it is thematically or symbolicly appropriate, such as making a sword light in fire at will or having gauntlets that increase your strength.

• You may place a shard of yourself into another mortal, slowly growing into an ordinary Fae soul for them to use. Your powers are weakened slightly for a few days after this, before returning to full strength. The seeds turn people into ordinary Changelings, gaining a fae mein and being able to interact with the Dreaming as you do. You may also take this soul from them, causing intense pain.