So, I know the main rule of Changelings is that, a changeling cannot shift into someone they haven't seen.
I've been writing a changeling that I plan to have a long-term persona they use, but my main question is, can a changeling age their shifts? Like, say they took the form of some random 10 year old boy, and has been in that form for 8 years. Would the changeling be able to age that form to keep their persona secure?
"As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, hair length, and sex. You can also adjust your height and weight, but not so much that your size changes. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your game statistics change..."
That part leads me to think that it should be able to change to any imaginary humanoid form it wants as a random persona. So, it would be probablly able to recreate what it think should be the appearance of that child after aging.
"...You can't duplicate the appearance of a creature you've never seen."
Tough, it can'T duplicate the appearance of someone it never saw, so the changeling might try to recreate what it think would be that individual, but not a perfect replica.
Now, another point to discuss: Is the ability to change appearance a theft of that creature identity essence (in a magical way) or a recreation based on visual memory? If its rely on visual memory it can't do it. If it relies on stealing itentity essence, would that essence carry information enough to the changeling recreate the older version of a child seen yeas ago? Don't know, but I would say yes.
I'm not too versed on Eberron, but wouldn't have any known changeling character in the world's lore that have assumed the persona of another know dead or absent character during a long period? If there is how it could keep that identity without being caught if it wouldn't be able to reproduce the aging? So If there's such I would say that yes.
So, I know the main rule of Changelings is that, a changeling cannot shift into someone they haven't seen.
I've been writing a changeling that I plan to have a long-term persona they use, but my main question is, can a changeling age their shifts? Like, say they took the form of some random 10 year old boy, and has been in that form for 8 years. Would the changeling be able to age that form to keep their persona secure?
Well, lets see what it says:
"As an action, you can change your appearance and your voice. You determine the specifics of the changes, including your coloration, hair length, and sex. You can also adjust your height and weight, but not so much that your size changes. You can make yourself appear as a member of another race, though none of your game statistics change..."
That part leads me to think that it should be able to change to any imaginary humanoid form it wants as a random persona. So, it would be probablly able to recreate what it think should be the appearance of that child after aging.
"...You can't duplicate the appearance of a creature you've never seen."
Tough, it can'T duplicate the appearance of someone it never saw, so the changeling might try to recreate what it think would be that individual, but not a perfect replica.
Now, another point to discuss: Is the ability to change appearance a theft of that creature identity essence (in a magical way) or a recreation based on visual memory? If its rely on visual memory it can't do it. If it relies on stealing itentity essence, would that essence carry information enough to the changeling recreate the older version of a child seen yeas ago? Don't know, but I would say yes.
I'm not too versed on Eberron, but wouldn't have any known changeling character in the world's lore that have assumed the persona of another know dead or absent character during a long period? If there is how it could keep that identity without being caught if it wouldn't be able to reproduce the aging? So If there's such I would say that yes.
Thanks for the reply! It helps a lot!