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	Changelings can choose to be either fully human (sane, mortal, and powerless) or fully Fae (lacking some of the qualities that made them human before, but powerful and functionally immortal). Until they Choose, they remain Changelings, trapped between two worlds. One would think that the Choice to remain human would be easy, but Changelings always feel their Fae natures calling to them, promising a more fulfilling and rewarding existence; all they need to do is throw away silly things like humanity, free will, romance, and whatever doesn't involve the compulsive urge to manipulate and/or murderfuck their loved ones and the ability to tell lies they are also known at being careless when doing so and are good at being tricksters they will still harm in anyway even if necessary it means for them to do so to kill in the process like a dementor sucking there love ones own life/love right out of them in the process of it all a Changeling rises to feed off of love and conquers all.		Changelings can choose to be either fully human (sane, mortal, and powerless) or fully Fae (lacking some of the qualities that made them human before, but powerful and functionally immortal). Until they Choose, they remain Changelings, trapped between two worlds. One would think that the Choice to remain human would be easy, but Changelings always feel their Fae natures calling to them, promising a more fulfilling and rewarding existence; all they need to do is throw away silly things like humanity, free will, romance, and whatever doesn't involve the compulsive urge to manipulate and/or murderfuck their loved ones and the ability to tell lies they are also known at being careless when doing so and are good at being tricksters they will still harm in anyway even if necessary it means for them to do so to kill in the process like a dementor sucking there love ones own life/love right out of them in the process of it all a Changeling rises to feed off of love and conquers all.

	==Warhammer ~~40,000~~==		==Warhammer==
	See [[The Changeling]].		See [[The Changeling]].

	[[Category:World of Darkness]][[Category:Monsters]][[Category:Eberron]][[Category:Ravenloft]]		[[Category:World of Darkness]][[Category:Monsters]][[Category:Eberron]][[Category:Ravenloft]]

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	Inner Sea Races presents two alternative racial traits for changelings; Witchborn, which lets them change out the +2 Wisdom for +2 Intelligence, and Hag Magic, which lets them choose a single 1st level or 0 level spell from the [[Witch]] list in place of their Natural Armor Bonus. The chosen spell becomes a spell-like ability (caster level equal to the changeling's character level) usable either 1/day (1st level) or 3/day (0 level).		Inner Sea Races presents two alternative racial traits for changelings; Witchborn, which lets them change out the +2 Wisdom for +2 Intelligence, and Hag Magic, which lets them choose a single 1st level or 0 level spell from the [[Witch]] list in place of their Natural Armor Bonus. The chosen spell becomes a spell-like ability (caster level equal to the changeling's character level) usable either 1/day (1st level) or 3/day (0 level).

	In Pathfinder 2nd Edition, Changelings appear in the Advanced Race Guide 2e as a "secondary" race, or a versatile heritage - that is, the PF2e equivalent of Templates. This means you choose a basic race beforehand, and then apply the Changeling racial abilities. Also, no longer an always female race, because of course Paizo wasn't going to keep that kind of lore in the present age.		In Pathfinder 2nd Edition, Changelings appear in the Advanced Race Guide 2e as a "secondary" race, or a versatile heritage - that is, the PF2e equivalent of Templates. This means you choose a basic race beforehand, and then apply the Changeling racial abilities. Also, no longer an always female race, because of course Paizo wasn't going to keep that kind of lore in the present age. Meanwhile, the ''Advanced Player's Guide'' adds and emphasizes certain lore on Changelings and how to play one. Namely, how Changelings are recognized as such because of their heterochromia (having 2 different colored eyes, the color of which depends on their hag mother) and how this is a pretty easy tip-off that the kid isn't normal. This can potentially lead to further abuse or feelings of being an outcast, leaving the Changeling that much more vulnerable to The Call once they reach adulthood. However, it also lets the child and/or their friends and family know exactly what to look out for when they do get called and how to prepare for it. Changeling PCs are typically those who have already heard The Call and are doing their best to resist it and live their own lives. This can be fun for the DM if they want to add said hag mother as an enemy during the campaign to serve as the player's personal nemesis.

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 == Dungeons & Dragons ==
-In [[Dungeons & Dragons]], "Changeling" is a name applied to one of four races; the Cerilian Changeling, the Shadow Fey Changeling, the Eberron Changeling, and the Faerie Changeling.
+In [[Dungeons & Dragons]], "Changeling" is a name applied to one of several races, each of which is given its own subsection here.
 ===Cerilian Changeling===
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 ::Fey Luck: A changeling with an Intelligence score of 10 or more has the spell-like abilities of Guidance 1/day, Resistance 1/day and Virtue 1/day. All SLAs are cast as if by a 1st level [[Sorcerer (Dungeons & Dragons)|Sorcerer]].
 ::[[Favored Class]]: [[Bard]]
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	== Folklore ==		== Folklore ==
	Being folklore there are many variations, but they all follow the same pattern: a fairy kidnaps a child and replaces it with something known as a changeling. What the changeling is, how it behaves, how long the parent is stuck with it, and how you get rid of it sooner than that (''if'' you should get rid of it), depends on the version. In some versions it's the fairy's offspring; in others, it's a piece of wood with glamour on it; and in one or two stories it’s a fairy elder that's gone senile and somehow got convinced that pretending to be the child of medieval peasants is the height of luxurious retirement. Sometimes to get rid of it you throw it in the oven, other times you be abusive to it and the faerie switches the children again because you aren't taking good care of its child. (In practice, this had a nasty tendency of escalating to full-blown infanticide.) In Ireland it was common to dress up boys as girls up to the age of 12 or 13 because their fairies had a preference of kidnapping boys, and items like iron scissors would often be left where the child sleeps to ward off the fairy. The child that is kidnapped is sometimes also called a changeling, but the term usually refers to whatever the fairy left in the child's place. Some people believe that changelings in folklore were a way to explain people having deformities or mental abnormalities (e.g. regressive autism).		Being folklore there are many variations, but they all follow the same pattern: a fairy kidnaps a child and replaces it with something known as a changeling. What the changeling is, how it behaves, how long the parent is stuck with it, and how you get rid of it sooner than that (''if'' you should get rid of it), depends on the version. In some versions it's the fairy's offspring; in others, it's a piece of wood with glamour on it; and in one or two stories it’s a fairy ''elder'' that's gone senile and somehow got convinced that pretending to be the child of medieval peasants is the height of luxurious retirement. Sometimes to get rid of it you throw it in the oven, other times you be abusive to it and the faerie switches the children again because you aren't taking good care of its child. (In practice, this had a nasty tendency of escalating to full-blown infanticide.) In Ireland it was common to dress up boys as girls up to the age of 12 or 13 because their fairies had a preference of kidnapping boys, and items like iron scissors would often be left where the child sleeps to ward off the fairy. The child that is kidnapped is sometimes also called a changeling, but the term usually refers to whatever the fairy left in the child's place. Some people believe that changelings in folklore were a way to explain people having deformities or mental abnormalities (e.g. regressive autism).

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	== Folklore ==		== Folklore ==
	Being folklore there are many variations, but they all follow the same pattern: a fairy kidnaps a child and replaces it with something known as a changeling. What the changeling is, how it behaves, how long the parent is stuck with it, and how you get rid of it sooner than that (''if'' you should get rid of it), depends on the version. In some versions it's the fairy's offspring; in others, it's a piece of wood with glamour on it; and in one or two stories it’s a fairy ~~_elder_ that’s~~ gone senile and somehow got convinced that pretending to be the child of medieval peasants is the height of luxurious retirement. Sometimes to get rid of it you throw it in the oven, other times you be abusive to it and the faerie switches the children again because you aren't taking good care of its child. (In practice, this had a nasty tendency of escalating to full-blown infanticide.) In Ireland it was common to dress up boys as girls up to the age of 12 or 13 because their fairies had a preference of kidnapping boys, and items like iron scissors would often be left where the child sleeps to ward off the fairy. The child that is kidnapped is sometimes also called a changeling, but the term usually refers to whatever the fairy left in the child's place. Some people believe that changelings in folklore were a way to explain people having deformities or mental abnormalities (e.g. regressive autism).		Being folklore there are many variations, but they all follow the same pattern: a fairy kidnaps a child and replaces it with something known as a changeling. What the changeling is, how it behaves, how long the parent is stuck with it, and how you get rid of it sooner than that (''if'' you should get rid of it), depends on the version. In some versions it's the fairy's offspring; in others, it's a piece of wood with glamour on it; and in one or two stories it’s a fairy elder that's gone senile and somehow got convinced that pretending to be the child of medieval peasants is the height of luxurious retirement. Sometimes to get rid of it you throw it in the oven, other times you be abusive to it and the faerie switches the children again because you aren't taking good care of its child. (In practice, this had a nasty tendency of escalating to full-blown infanticide.) In Ireland it was common to dress up boys as girls up to the age of 12 or 13 because their fairies had a preference of kidnapping boys, and items like iron scissors would often be left where the child sleeps to ward off the fairy. The child that is kidnapped is sometimes also called a changeling, but the term usually refers to whatever the fairy left in the child's place. Some people believe that changelings in folklore were a way to explain people having deformities or mental abnormalities (e.g. regressive autism).

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	== Folklore ==		== Folklore ==
	Being folklore there are many variations, but they all follow the same pattern: a fairy kidnaps a child and replaces it with something known as a changeling. What the changeling is, how it behaves, how long the parent is stuck with it, and how you get rid of it sooner than that (''if'' you should get rid of it), depends on the version. In some versions it's the fairy's offspring; in others, it's a piece of wood with glamour on it; and in one or two stories it’s a fairy ~~'elder'~~ that’s gone senile and~~/or thinks~~ that ~~being~~ the child of medieval peasants is the height of luxurious ~~retirements~~. Sometimes to get rid of it you throw it in the oven, other times you be abusive to it and the faerie switches the children again because you aren't taking good care of its child. (In practice, this had a nasty tendency of escalating to full-blown infanticide.) In Ireland it was common to dress up boys as girls up to the age of 12 or 13 because their fairies had a preference of kidnapping boys, and items like iron scissors would often be left where the child sleeps to ward off the fairy. The child that is kidnapped is sometimes also called a changeling, but the term usually refers to whatever the fairy left in the child's place. Some people believe that changelings in folklore were a way to explain people having deformities or mental abnormalities (e.g. regressive autism).		Being folklore there are many variations, but they all follow the same pattern: a fairy kidnaps a child and replaces it with something known as a changeling. What the changeling is, how it behaves, how long the parent is stuck with it, and how you get rid of it sooner than that (''if'' you should get rid of it), depends on the version. In some versions it's the fairy's offspring; in others, it's a piece of wood with glamour on it; and in one or two stories it’s a fairy _elder_ that’s gone senile and somehow got convinced that pretending to be the child of medieval peasants is the height of luxurious retirement. Sometimes to get rid of it you throw it in the oven, other times you be abusive to it and the faerie switches the children again because you aren't taking good care of its child. (In practice, this had a nasty tendency of escalating to full-blown infanticide.) In Ireland it was common to dress up boys as girls up to the age of 12 or 13 because their fairies had a preference of kidnapping boys, and items like iron scissors would often be left where the child sleeps to ward off the fairy. The child that is kidnapped is sometimes also called a changeling, but the term usually refers to whatever the fairy left in the child's place. Some people believe that changelings in folklore were a way to explain people having deformities or mental abnormalities (e.g. regressive autism).

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	== Folklore ==		== Folklore ==
	Being folklore there are many variations, but they all follow the same pattern: a fairy kidnaps a child and replaces it with something known as a changeling. What the changeling is, how it behaves, how long the parent is stuck with it, and how you get rid of it sooner than that (''if'' you should get rid of it), depends on the version. In some versions it's the fairy's offspring; in others, it's a piece of wood with glamour on it. Sometimes to get rid of it you throw it in the oven, other times you be abusive to it and the faerie switches the children again because you aren't taking good care of its child. (In practice, this had a nasty tendency of escalating to full-blown infanticide.) In Ireland it was common to dress up boys as girls up to the age of 12 or 13 because their fairies had a preference of kidnapping boys, and items like iron scissors would often be left where the child sleeps to ward off the fairy. The child that is kidnapped is sometimes also called a changeling, but the term usually refers to whatever the fairy left in the child's place. Some people believe that changelings in folklore were a way to explain people having deformities or mental abnormalities (e.g. regressive autism).		Being folklore there are many variations, but they all follow the same pattern: a fairy kidnaps a child and replaces it with something known as a changeling. What the changeling is, how it behaves, how long the parent is stuck with it, and how you get rid of it sooner than that (''if'' you should get rid of it), depends on the version. In some versions it's the fairy's offspring; in others, it's a piece of wood with glamour on it; and in one or two stories it’s a fairy 'elder' that’s gone senile and/or thinks that being the child of medieval peasants is the height of luxurious retirements. Sometimes to get rid of it you throw it in the oven, other times you be abusive to it and the faerie switches the children again because you aren't taking good care of its child. (In practice, this had a nasty tendency of escalating to full-blown infanticide.) In Ireland it was common to dress up boys as girls up to the age of 12 or 13 because their fairies had a preference of kidnapping boys, and items like iron scissors would often be left where the child sleeps to ward off the fairy. The child that is kidnapped is sometimes also called a changeling, but the term usually refers to whatever the fairy left in the child's place. Some people believe that changelings in folklore were a way to explain people having deformities or mental abnormalities (e.g. regressive autism).

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	===Shadow Fey Changeling===		===Shadow Fey Changeling===
			[[File:Changeling tSR.png\|thumb\|left\|200px]]
	[[File:Changeling shadow fey.jpg\|thumb\|The only problem is she drools on whatever dish she makes.]]		[[File:Changeling shadow fey.jpg\|thumb\|The only problem is she drools on whatever dish she makes.]]
	In the [[Demiplane of Dread]] live a race of Gothic Horror themed [[fey]]; the Arak, or [[Shadow Fey]]. As such, they have their own form of changelings. These are humans who, for whatever reason, impressed a shadow fey with their skill enough that the shadow fey chose to "preserve" them. Through a complicated ritual that involves feeding the soon-to-be-changeling some fey food to put them into a coma, before lighting a magical candle, sprinkling the victim with special mystic dust, ritually cutting away their shadow with an enchanted silver sickle, bunging the shadow into an enchanted sack, and legging it for the Shadow Rift before the candle burns out (or is extinguished). If the shadow fey succeeds at it, the victim's shadow is transformed into a changeling; an unaging, mindless drone that resembles its "donor", but with a fey trait based on its creator and a permanent vacuous expression, which lives on to exercise its specific skill, be it medicine, fighting, gardening, baking, smithing, whatever.		In the [[Demiplane of Dread]] live a race of Gothic Horror themed [[fey]]; the Arak, or [[Shadow Fey]]. As such, they have their own form of changelings. These are humans who, for whatever reason, impressed a shadow fey with their skill enough that the shadow fey chose to "preserve" them. Through a complicated ritual that involves feeding the soon-to-be-changeling some fey food to put them into a coma, before lighting a magical candle, sprinkling the victim with special mystic dust, ritually cutting away their shadow with an enchanted silver sickle, bunging the shadow into an enchanted sack, and legging it for the Shadow Rift before the candle burns out (or is extinguished). If the shadow fey succeeds at it, the victim's shadow is transformed into a changeling; an unaging, mindless drone that resembles its "donor", but with a fey trait based on its creator and a permanent vacuous expression, which lives on to exercise its specific skill, be it medicine, fighting, gardening, baking, smithing, whatever.