The changeling invoking this clause becomes as the director, cinematographer and editor of a movie, only the media in which she works is the dreaming mind of her subject. The changeling may literally change her subject’s dreams to depict whatever the changeling wishes, from bucolic idylls to lewd romps to harrowing tribulations. She may plague her subject with vicious antagonists or rain a cascade of rose petals down: the details are fully under her control. The only limitation is that the changeling may never depict the subject’s death, though she may certainly imply it.
Crafting dreams in this manner is very much an art form among changelings. Some prefer to work with overt themes, while others use subtle symbolism and soft focus to create feelings more than literal episodes. Indeed, some changelings are so adept with dream-craft that they can provoke strong emotional responses from their sleeping subjects that they can glean Glamour from them.
The changeling must be able to see her subject in order to use this power. She needn’t be in the character’s actual presence, however, and some changelings use this power on subjects they view via video cameras or even from painted portraits or still photographs.
Cost: 1 Glamour
Dice Pool: Wits + Wyrd ({Wits}+{Supernatural Trait})
Action: Instant
Catch: The changeling must stand or sit beside her subject, touching her own temple and that of the dreamer.
Roll Results
Dramatic Failure: The attempt to manipulate the sleeper’s dreams fails and leaves the changeling discombobulated, unable to tell the real world from the dream he was attempting to shape. For the remainder of the scene, the changeling is unable to focus sufficiently to expend any Willpower. Further, the sleeper (eventually) wakes from sleep remembering a distinct image of the changeling, even if she has no idea what he might have been trying to do.
Failure: The Contract fails to function but otherwise involves no sign of attempted use.
Success: The character may edit the sleeper’s dreams and dictate their content, with the sole exception of depicting the sleeper’s death. Each use of this Contract works for a single, vivid dream, which the subject recalls distinctly upon waking. If one of the Fae is in the sleeper’s dream as well, the changeling must vie for control of the dream as usual (p. 198).
Exceptional Success: No additional effect.
Suggested Modifiers
| Modifier | Situation |
| –1 | The changeling isn’t in the immediate physical vicinity of the subject. |
| +1 | The changeling knows the subject at least superficially, having exchanged words or introductions with him at least once. |
| +3 | The changeling has a close, personal relationship with the dreamer. |