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C20 Book of Freeholds
HOME IS WHERE YOU GO...
They are the center of Kithain culture, the havens and shelters required when times get grim. They are dreams made manifest, and hopes kept burning. From the Mythic Ages to the present day, freeholds have been the linchpin around which the changeling world turns.
Fragile, powerful, mysterious and oft-dangerous, the complex natures of freeholds make for valuable commodities to all changelings, worth dying to protect or killing to acquire.
... WHERE THEY HAVE TO TAKE YOU IN...
The Book of Freeholds opens the doors and invites you in to sit at the hearth for a deep dive into the foundations of changeling society. Learn the history of freeholds as they wind throughout Kithain history. Discover the lost Treasures that bind the fae and their homes together, soul-to-balefire. Study the dangers, the threats, understand the duties and responsibilities, and then gather your motley to claim your birthright.
The Book of Freeholds contains:
Two new freehold Archetypes
Four new Glade Archetypes
Full rules for the creation of freeholds and Glades
11 fully developed freeholds and Glades
New chimera, Treasures and Oaths, and more
... AND WHERE YOUR DREAMS BURN BRIGHTEST.
They are the center of Kithain culture, the havens and shelters required when times get grim. They are dreams made manifest, and hopes kept burning. From the Mythic Ages to the present day, freeholds have been the linchpin around which the changeling world turns.
Fragile, powerful, mysterious and oft-dangerous, the complex natures of freeholds make for valuable commodities to all changelings, worth dying to protect or killing to acquire.
... WHERE THEY HAVE TO TAKE YOU IN...
The Book of Freeholds opens the doors and invites you in to sit at the hearth for a deep dive into the foundations of changeling society. Learn the history of freeholds as they wind throughout Kithain history. Discover the lost Treasures that bind the fae and their homes together, soul-to-balefire. Study the dangers, the threats, understand the duties and responsibilities, and then gather your motley to claim your birthright.
The Book of Freeholds contains:
Two new freehold Archetypes
Four new Glade Archetypes
Full rules for the creation of freeholds and Glades
11 fully developed freeholds and Glades
New chimera, Treasures and Oaths, and more
... AND WHERE YOUR DREAMS BURN BRIGHTEST.
- GenresRole Playing Games
57 pages, Paperback
First published April 30, 2018
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June 22, 2018
A very pleasant reading on the whole: the book is written in a clear style, has some very good ideas (the changes of the nature of freeholds along the different ages is clearly the best one, and sent my imagination flying) as well as some useful mechanics.
Two mains flaws lower the quality of the book, however. The first one is that it is perhaps too focused on mechanics and less on stories (contrary to Freeholds & Hidden Glens from first edition). The second one is, while it is a book heavily focused on mechanics, there is none on the transforming of glens into freeholds and no development on the reasons Kithain do this to the detriment of the Nunnehi (which would have warranted more explanations). Finally, the third flaw is the examples given of freeholds all over the world. While it is a very commending effort to enlarge the scope of changelings (and not focusing only on Concordia), the presence of only sidhe, trolls and other Western kiths in places like Africa grates on my nerves. It is something which I already noticed and regretted from the main C20 book, and the trend seems to continue.
Despite all these critics, I enjoyed reading the book, it was a very pleasant read, and, regarding the story-contents, I like reading the different examples of freeholds.
Two mains flaws lower the quality of the book, however. The first one is that it is perhaps too focused on mechanics and less on stories (contrary to Freeholds & Hidden Glens from first edition). The second one is, while it is a book heavily focused on mechanics, there is none on the transforming of glens into freeholds and no development on the reasons Kithain do this to the detriment of the Nunnehi (which would have warranted more explanations). Finally, the third flaw is the examples given of freeholds all over the world. While it is a very commending effort to enlarge the scope of changelings (and not focusing only on Concordia), the presence of only sidhe, trolls and other Western kiths in places like Africa grates on my nerves. It is something which I already noticed and regretted from the main C20 book, and the trend seems to continue.
Despite all these critics, I enjoyed reading the book, it was a very pleasant read, and, regarding the story-contents, I like reading the different examples of freeholds.
November 18, 2019
This updated system for creating freeholds for Changeling the Dreaming is amazing, and carries the concept of "living places" one step forward. Very useful and inspiring. The examples of freeholds were not good enough though, and it would be very nice if they have updated the information from accesories like Freeholds and Hidden Glens.
April 25, 2020
Una guia muy completa que ha hecho que me vuelva a interesar por este gran juego. Todavia no me atrevo a dirigir una partida por lo complejo del sistema, pero desde luego que gracias a este manual me ha entrado una vez más el gusanillo.
December 22, 2022
Perhaps does a better job of suggesting what you actually *do* with Changeling: the Dreaming than the C20 core book. Full review: https://refereeingandreflection.wordp...
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