Questions tagged [changeling]
For questions about changelings as a playable race in role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons. (If asking about the World of Darkness/Chronicles of Darkness games, see [changeling-the-dreaming], [changeling-the-lost], or [changeling-the-lost-2e] as appropriate.)
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Can a Changeling or Doppelgänger shapechange into a hybrid lycanthrope form?
If a doppelgänger or changeling meet a werewolf in their hybrid form, could the doppelgänger/changeling then mimic that form?
Technically, a werewolf is a humanoid. But Shapechanger is an ability.
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Is this modified version of the changeling's "Shapechanger" trait fair?
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In a new campaign, the DM accepted my request to play a changeling, but wants to limit its "Shapechanger" trait (E:RftLW, p. 18). His idea was to allow only one change a day, ...
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What bonus would be balanced against restricting a changeling's Shapechanger trait to only work once per day during a long rest?
I am playing as a changeling in a new campaign where every officially published races are accepted. We told the DM the races and classes we wanted to play in advance and he was OK with it. However, ...
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Can clothes be enchanted to change their form?
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Can an item (clothes, rings, anything really) be enchanted to change the form of the clothes a person is wearing into other clothes of their decision?
I'm new to D&D and ...
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Can a changeling increase their Charisma by +3 at character creation?
In Eberron: Rising from the Last War, the changeling race says the following (p. 18):
Ability Score Improvement. Your Charisma score increases by 2. In addition, one ability score of your choice ...
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Can a Changeling with the Actor feat have permanent advantage on Performance and Deception checks?
The changeling's Shapechanger trait says (E:RftLW, p. 18; WGtE, p. 61):
As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your ...
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How can I pull off being two separate characters at the beginning of a campaign?
I will be playing a Changeling in an upcoming campaign (homebrew setting). I'm interested in hiding not only my race, but also having one or more "retainers" -- alternate identities/personas ...
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Are there ways Changelings can overcome their shape-shifting limitations?
While the Changeling's shapeshifting ability does provide the player with quite a variety of creatures (both pc and npc) to choose from, the rules do limit it to medium human-like (as humanoid is a ...
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How do the physical traits granted by the draconic sorcerer bloodline interact with a changeling's shapechanger trait?
Sorcerers with the draconic bloodline develop a thin sheen of dragon-like scales and can eventually manifest wings. How does this interact with the changeling's ability to alter their shape?
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How do a changeling's Change Appearance and a druid's Wild Shape interact?
A changeling's Change Appearance states:
You also can't appear as a creature of a different size than you, and your basic shape stays the same; if you’re bipedal, you can’t use this trait to become ...
