A reality reeker group led by Qua, a changeling bard, gained a grant of land from the halflings in the southwest section of the Talenta Plains. There they seek to form a utopian commune where they can explore what it means to be a changeling. Most changelings here appear in their natural form: thin, angular, and genderless. In this form, some opt not to wear clothing unless needed because of the weather or their daily work.
On the surface, Freeform looks much like any other small town. Outsiders visiting it soon notice significant differences, however. There aren’t any businesses per se; individuals and small groups make items and perform services to benefit the community as a whole. Thus, a blacksmith/metalworker/tinker shoes horses and mules, crafts plow parts, and bangs out dented pots, but the changeling doesn’t buy and sell these things; he just works.
There’s no inn or tavern. The thorp consists of a ring of houses and work areas around a common green. One large building serves as the town hall and evening social spot. Another public building features a small shrine to the Traveler and serves as a way station, a well-stocked, comfortable space for visitors and travelers to find rest and food. No payment is demanded, but each beneficiary is expected to make some contribution to the community, perhaps labor, perhaps gold; the individual must decide what it is.
Any changeling visitor wishing to become a resident must ask the community as a whole to be admitted. The government is a true democracy, with each changeling who has reached adulthood able to speak and vote. Even so, the community generally goes along with the ideas of its founder, Qua.
Qua endeavors to foster interdependence of the community and also independence of thought. Tel, a cleric of the Traveler, wants to have religious service as a required part of the community. Qua has successfully opposed this effort thus far, but recently the population of the thorp has grown from twenty to thirty adults. Many of the new residents worship the Traveler and have been looking toward Tel as their spiritual guide.
The halflings in the area find the community strange, but amusing.
Freeform (Thorp): Nonstandard; AL LN; 40 gp limit; 60 gp on hand; Population 30 adults; Isolated (changelings 100%).
Authority Figures: Qua (changeling bard 5), Tel (changeling cleric of the Traveler 4), Rig (changeling rogue 3).
Important Characters: Most notably, the members of the adult population of this created community are all skilled and have one or two class levels.