Contract

A Contract is a mystical pact struck between the fae and a living embodiment of natural force, allowing the fae to call on supernatural powers.

OverviewEdit

Contracts are ancient agreements made between the True Fae and living embodiments of the natural world; as with most such magics (like the Mask), these bargains extend to all creatures touched by Faerie, and thus may be learned and used by Changelings.

Each Contract is a collection of related powers, or clauses, which were agreed upon in the same bargain. Usually a Changeling must use Glamour to empower the use of most clauses, but every clause has a "Catch", a loophole in the original agreement which allows use of the power without the magical price having to be paid.

First EditionEdit

Universal ContractsEdit

Changelings have an affinity for a number of common Contracts, which they find easier to learn than others. Any changelings can learn these contracts without any added difficulty.

Seeming ContractsEdit

Each Seeming also has an affinity for certain Contracts that grants powers associated with that Seeming. While any changeling can learn any Seeming Contract, they find it much harder to learn Contracts that do not match with their Seeming.

Court ContractsEdit

Changelings who belong to a seasonal Court have an affinity to further two Contracts associated with their season: the "Fleeting" Contracts deal with manipulation of the Court's dominant emotion, while the "Eternal" Contracts invoke physical manifestations of the season itself. Due to the mystical connection granted by a Court's Mantle, the more advanced clauses of these Contracts may only be learned by Changeling's with a strong Mantle for the appropriate Court. The less powerful clauses may be taught to other Changelings, but such tutelage is generally only given to those who have proven their friendship to the Court.

Goblin ContractsEdit

Finally there are the Goblin Contracts, Black Market contracts that can be obtained from the Goblin Market in exchange for various things. While these contracts are powerful, they usually come with a huge penalty for using them, and cannot be relied on as much as the other types.

Contracts of SacrificeEdit

Second EditionEdit

Arcadian ContractsEdit

These are the oldest contracts, hailing from the dawn of Arcadia.

Court ContractsEdit

Goblin ContractsEdit

A changeling isn’t limited to riding the coattails of pacts others made; she may enter into new Contracts of her own. These are called Goblin Contracts and, as the name implies, are struck between a changeling and a goblin. Every goblin bargain is different — the goblin merchant might ask for the changeling to retrieve a lost object for him, a strand of the changeling’s hair, or simply a future favor. Whatever he asks, payment should be within the changeling’s power, though it needn’t be easy to come by.

ReferencesEdit

• CTL: Changeling: The Lost Rulebook, p. 16, 21, 24, 25, 33-34, 35, 41, 74, 76-77, 88, 124-169
• CTL: Changeling: The Lost Second Edition, p. 128-162
• CofD: Chronicles of Darkness: Dark Eras, p. 287-290, 348-350