Books

What books are required to play?

Only the Core Book, Changeling: The Dreaming, 20th Anniversary Edition.

Which books are permitted?

Material from all official C20 books will be accepted during character creation except for what is explicitly forbidden in the posted creation rules. The Storyteller(s) will also draw on this material in creating NPCs and in portraying the world of Changeling. In addition to the core book, this includes Yours to Keep, Book of Freeholds, Kithbook: Boggans, and the Player’s Guide.

What about Radio Free Arcadia titles?

Although Radio Free Arcadia titles come from one or more official C20 writers, they are not official C20 books. While they serve as good inspiration, we will not treat them as canonical here.

Why no older books?

Changeling never had a Revised edition. Many of the books in the game line never even had a second edition version. Materials found in some of the older books are very distant from the rules as we know them today. When it comes to Merits and Flaws, some of the ones from previous editions have been given significantly different costs. Others have the same names but the mechanics are fundamentally different. Also, a huge benefit of the 20th Anniversary editions is their streamlining of the rules. Additional game mechanics spread over dozens of books are unnecessary complications.