Tale Craft

Tale Craft is an Art of the Kithain.

Overview

Tale Craft is the Eshu Art of telling wondrous stories, by means of providing special effects, reading the crowd, and manipulating their emotions. The Bunk for a Tale Craft cantrip is, with few exceptions, a story, whether spoken or sung. Tale Craft was developed by the Eshu for their own use, though they are willing to teach it to a number of kiths who share their passion for entertaining.

Eshu are still the most common practitioners of Tale-Craft, though it is enjoying increasing popularity with other garrulous fae. In particular, clurichauns, piskies, pooka, satyrs, and even some performance-minded Fiona and Leanhaun sidhe have also taken to it.

• Attribute: Charisma

Cantrips

• Agemo's Blessing - Reads the emotions of an entire crowd at once, in order to determine how best to proceed with entertaining them.
• Flickering Firelight - Shapes a small chimerical illusion into something spoken of in the story, providing set pieces with which to tell the tale.
• Murmur in the Crowd - Instills an emotion within the crowd, increasing the appeal of the Eshu's story, as well as providing a reason for them to tell it.
• Sticks and Stones - Turns words into a temporary shelter, protecting the talecrafter from damage, so long as they keep telling their tale without pause.
• Moment of Truth - Produces a temporary chimera that appears in the form of what the user desires it to, with some limitation.

References

• CTD: Kithbook: Eshu, p. 89-91
• CTD: Changeling: The Dreaming 20th Anniversary Edition Player's Guide, p. 187