# Ancestry: Changeling <img src='https://www.gmbinder.com/images/afW1jR1.png' class='cover image' style= 'position: absolute; bottom:975px; right: 290px; height:30px'> ___ With ever-changing appearances, changelings reside in many societies undetected. Each changeling can supernaturally adopt any face they like. For some changelings, a new face is only a disguise. For other changelings, a new face may reveal an aspect of their soul. Personas may be shared by multiple changelings; a community might be home to three healer changelings, with whoever is on duty adopting the persona of Andrea, the gentle physician. Personas can even be passed down through a family, allowing a younger changeling to take advantage of contacts established by the persona’s previous users. Many changelings develop identities that have depth, crafting whole personas complete with histories and beliefs. A changeling adventurer might have personas for many situations, including negotiation, investigation, and combat. In their true form, changelings appear faded, their features almost devoid of detail. It is rare to see a changeling in that form, for a typical changeling changes their shape the way others might change clothes. ### Changeling Traits **Ability Score Increase.** One ability score of your choice increases by 2, and another by 1, to a maximum of 20. ___ **Age.** Changelings mature slightly faster than humans but share a similar lifespan — typically a century or less. While a changeling can transform to conceal their age, the effects of aging affect them similarly to humans. ___ **Alignment.** Changelings tend toward pragmatic neutrality, and few changelings embrace evil. ___ **Creature Type.** You are a Humanoid. You are also considered a Monstrosity for any prerequisite or effect that requires you to be a Monstrosity. ___ **Size.** In their natural forms, changelings average between 5 to 6 feet in height, with a slender build. Your size is Medium. ___ **Speed.** Your base walking speed is 30 feet. ___ **Shapechanger.** 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. You can't duplicate the appearance of a creature you've never seen, and you must adopt a form that has the same basic arrangement of limbs that you have. Your clothing and equipment aren't changed by this trait. You stay in the new form until you use an action to revert to your true form or until you die. ___ **Changeling Instincts.** You gain proficiency with two of the following skills of your choice: Deception, Insight, Intimidation, and Persuasion. ___ **Languages.** Your character can speak, read, and write Common and another language of your choice.