Gavin is running for HST of Changeling:

[Gavin]

Hey, all! I'm throwing my hat into the ring for Changeling HST.

More details and platform will be forthcoming! Please don't hesitate to send me questions in the meantime.

-- Gavin

[Gavin]

I can't seem to attach the file here, but this is a copy of the file I handed out at game last night to "tease" my campaign. More to come!

drive.google.com/file/d/0ByTqztGXLD-bYkUzd29raUJwREk/view?usp=sharing

[Gavin]

The "October 3rd" date is subject to change; if I am elected, I am willing to give the existing staff a few weeks to wrap up any ongoing plots while I start assuring people have characters made, etc. I don't know if the existing staff will want to take me up on it, but the offer is there.

[Gavin]

And here's my platform!

To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...

I'll also be bringing a copy of it to game on Saturday.

If you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask me, either here on the board or privately!

[Gavin]

Here are a few files I've put together for the game!

Legacies! This has, to my knowledge, all accepted Legacies for Seelie and Unseelie (if I've missed any, I can always add them later.)

I've done my research on faerie tales around the world. In addition to the Nunnehi (Native American) and Menehune (Polynesian), I've come up with fae for the rest of the world, from fixing the Asian Hsien into actually being fae, to including the Persian fae (the Devas), the African fae (the Aziza), the South/Central American fae (the Chaneque), and the Australian fae (the Djidjigargaly). My suggestions for rules for those fae can be found here. Individual kith for those groups will be forthcoming (and some are already complete). I've also assured Inanimae and Adhene are completely playable, too. All Nunnehi (including Thought-Crafters) and Menehune similarly have an attractive file along these lines, too.

Back in the 90's, Changeling had its own CCG, called Arcadia: the Wyld Hunt. In addition to being able to play groups like Trolls, Sidhe, Sluagh, Nockers, etc, they also added additional Kith. A couple of them were intimately connected to the plot of the game (like a sidhe turned half-cyborg by a mad Nocker king), but others were entirely appropriate for the Autumn Lands. I've added them here (Naga and Djinn are primarily Devas, while Dragonkin/Ryoshinzoku are primarily Hsien, but Djinn and Dragonkin have Kithain variants, too, noted in their writeups).

In addition to these, I'm also planning, if elected, on making the two kith from the official French sourcebook allowable (the Korred and the Morganed), along with the Domovye (from the unofficial Boggan sourcebook), the Oba (from the Eshu sourcebook), the River Hag (from the Redcap sourcebook), the Merfolk, the Piskies, the Clurichaun, the Ghille Dhu, and the Selkies. Along with them, I've also created Bird People (ala the Swan Maidens), as well as rules for the occasional fae which have no clear-cut kith, which are one-of-a-kind. All of those can be found here.

Collected merits and flaws, arts, noble houses, and backgrounds are also being gathered into an easy-to-use file. My files currentlly rely on the original tabletop rules, but they can all be easily adjusted as needed.

If you have questions or thoughts on any of the above, please don't hesitate to contact me.

[Sarah]

Will combat be run with full dice pools and testing or will it be ran more as it has been in werewolf?

[Gavin]

I have no intention of making changes to the core system at this time. I'd be willing to look at changing it if people wanted to, but that's not my intention currently.

[Sarah]

It is not a question of changing it, the concern is that some people love combat. They would like to see that being ran with using their numbers and not simply hand waved or cinematic for a majority of the time.

[Gavin]

Depending on the desires of the people involved, I can adjust as needed. My scenes, I'll admit, tend to lean more cinematic simply due to my personal style, but I do try to adjust based on the desires of the people involved, and I have run more combat-crunchy scenes when there's time to do so and the players want it, too. In addition, I also look to hand scenes that play more to my AST's strengths off to them when possible.