Changeling Homebrew Contracts

Court Contracts

Contracts of Fleeting Equinox

● Read the Current

This clause reveals a person's expectations of the future from the currents of their mind.

Prerequisites: none

Cost: 1 Glamour

Dice Pool: Wits + Wyrd vs. the subject's Composure + Wyrd

Action: contested

Catch: The subject is expecting to receive something from the character.

Roll Results

Dramatic Failure: the changeling receives a false impression, becoming convinced the subject expects something they do not.

Failure: The character cannot discern the subject's expectations.

Success: The character learns one of the subject's expectations.

Exceptional Success: The character is able to discern a greater amount of detail of the subject's expectations or other expectations at the same level.

Stituational Modifiers

Modifier Situation
+1       The character has a pledge with the target.
--       The character discerns the expectations on the forefront of the target's mind
-1       The character learns an expectation not currently concerning the subject
-1       The character learns an expectation of the immediate future concerning something specific
-2       The character learns an expectation of the far future
-2       The character discovers an expectation the subject recognizes but generally keeps hidden
-3       The character finds an expectation the subject hides even from themselves.

●● Faerie Fixation

The human mind wavers from thought to thought, but with the clause the character may fixate their attention on a specific target or task.

Prerequisites: Mantle (Equinox) 1 or Court Goodwill (Equinox) 3

Cost: 2 Glamour; add 1 Willpower for a supernatural subject.

Dice Pool: Manipulation + Persuasion + Mantle (Equinox) – subject's Composure.

Action: Instant.

Catch: The character is using the clause to make the subject fixate on what they are supposed to be doing.

Roll Results

Dramatic Failure: The clause backfires and the character herself becomes the target.

Failure: The subject's attention does not focus as the character desires.

Success: The subject becomes fixated as the character desires.

Exceptional Success: The subject gains a temporary derangement of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder with regard to the task/thing the character specified for a day.

Situational Modifiers

Modifier Situation
+1       The character is using the clause to help the subject focus on something they want to or are agreeable to.
+1       The character helps the subject to focus their attention by verbally guiding them through what they need to do.
--       The character is changing the subject's focus to something natural to them.
-1       The character is changing the subject's focus moderately (e.g., focusing on playing video games to focusing on getting their homework done).
-1       The character is changing the subject's focus to something they are only slightly familiar with.
-2       The character is changing the focus significantly.
-3       The character is changing the focus to something that the subject is unfamiliar with.
-4       The character is changing the focus to something that is wholly outside of the subject's character.

●●● Subtle Machinations

People spin great webs of plans for the future in the depths of their mind, a recipe for the future; this clause divulges that information to the changeling.

Prerequisites: Mantle (Equinox) 2 or Court Goodwill (Equinox) 4

Cost: 2, add 1 Willpower if the subject is not physically present.

Dice Pool: Int + Investigation + Mantle (Equinox)

Action: Extended, 1 roll represents 10 minutes of pondering (Limited by Wyrd).

Catch: The character has read something of the subject's that was intended for no one's eyes but their own.

Roll Results

Dramatic Failure: The character gets wildly incorrect information and believes it.

Failure: The character discerns nothing.

Success: The character discerns 1 element of the plan per success. Note this will not tell the character what the plan's end goal is.

Exceptional Success: An exceptional success is its own reward here, but in addition it will also tell the character how many specific elements are in the plan in total.

Suggested Modifiers

Modifier Situation
+4       The character asks the subject questions with no attempt to disguise their intentions.
+3       The character discerns an exceedingly mundane plan or a plan the subject is open with sharing (e.g., whats for dinner).
+2       The character asks the subject using loaded questions.
+1       The character knows the subject's real name.
+1       The character discerns a plan that has few general elements or/and is immediate.
--       The character only discerns  generalities of the plan.
--       The character discerns a plan with a timetable of up to a week.
--       The clause is used with the subject physically present.
-1       The character discerns specific elements of the plan.
-1       The character does not know the subject.
-1       The character discerns a plan that has a timescale on the order of months.
-2       The character discerns a plan on the timescale of seasons.
-3       The character discerns detailed specific of the plan
-3       The character uses this clause and the subject is not physically present but is able to communicate with them.
-4       The character discerns a plan that spans years.
-5       The character uses this clause with only collected clues on the subject.
-5       The character discerns a xanatos gambit.
-10      The character discerns a xanatos roulette.

●●●● Tomorrow Today

The changeling may better prepare for the future.

Prerequisites: Mantle (Equinox) 3 or Court Goodwill (Equinox) 5

Cost: 2 Glamour, 1 Willpower

Dice Pool: Wits + Investigation + Mantle (Equinox)

Action: Instant.

Catch: No one involved may know what the details of the plan aside from the character herself.

Roll Results

Dramatic Failure: The clause backfires; the next setup or anticipation roll has a -5 penalty to it.

Failure: The character gains no benefit.

Success: The character may add the number of successes gained toward their next anticipation or setup roll.

Exceptional Success: An exceptional success allows the character to benefit from the 9-again rule in addition to the added dice on their anticipation or setup rolls.

Situational Modifiers

Modifier Situation
+2       The character has extensively researched what they are planning.
--       The character is aware of what they are getting into ahead of time.
-2       The roll is made without planning ahead.
-3       The character has absolutely no idea what they are getting into.

●●●●● Here and Now

The changeling makes a target come to a decision here and now without thinking ahead.

Prerequisites: Mantle (Equinox) 4

Cost: 3 Glamour, 1 Willpower

Dice Pool: Intelligence + Persuasion + Mantle (Equinox) vs. subject's Composure + Wyrd

Action: Contested.

Catch: The subject is in a life-or-death situation and is hesitant to make a decision.

Roll Results

Dramatic Failure: The clause backfires and affects the character instead.

Failure: The character makes no headway.

Success: The subject comes to a decision without regard for future consequences.

Exceptional Success: The clause persists for the scene.

Situational Modifiers

Modifier Situation
+1       The subject trusts the character
--       The subject is on decent terms with the character
-1       The subject is unfamiliar with the character.
-2       The subject has never met the character before.
-3       The subject hates the character.