New Art: Repast

There are as many tales of the delights of fairy food as there are warnings to not consume it in their halls of power. Repast is the magic of pastries and stews, roasts and brews and is among the oldest fae arts, often passed down from parents or fosters to children and wards. There is no specific dish that needs to be prepared for the effects to take place: pancakes work as well as sushi. Use of this art requires possession of appropriate craft abilities. Note that this art is a typically a commoner art, particularly common among bogans and nockers. While one very famous sidhe had an affinity for a red fruit, she was an exception. This art only functions for the living and only for beings who are described by the realms used in casting. As a note, while these delights can be given as gifts and they expire in 6 months. Further, overuse of this art should may not be used to stockpile magic effects in excess and if it becomes excessive we will regulate how many of a player’s enchanted cinnamon rolls are floating about. In order to affect a particular subject, the appropriate Realms must be used: a magic pomegranate which was only created with Fae 1 will have no effect on the chimerical musk ox who eats it.

Note: The tests involved in this art are to prepare the food and those who consume it must to so willingly, by compulsion or through trickery. There are no tests to resist the effects unless specified by the cantrip.

Stone Soup:

You may create delicious and filling means with nothing but the sparsest ingredients, even just stones or water. You may add the Grades of Success gained in the casting to any levels of craft: cooking or related fields you have. For each Grade of Success gained in the casting, those consuming it may go a day without any other sustenance. Further, the first time in a day someone consumes a meal created by Stone Soup they regain a lost Willpower.

The Milk of Human Kindness:

This cantrip involves the brewing or preparation of beverages which instill powerful emotions in those who imbibe them. Despite the name, the emotions need not be positive. Those imbibing the brew feel a strong surge of the emotion specified for the scene which persists in a lower form for the remainder of the session. They feel this emotion is natural and resist attempts to persuade them otherwise. STs should enforce these emotions (those who are feeling joy should not be able to initiate combat, for example, unless they are attacked of course). These brews may be brewed specifically to concentrate anger, joy or enlightenment, restoring a lost Rage, Pathos or Gnosis/Quintessence respectively, though no one may gain more than 1 such temper plus 1 per 2 full Grades of Success gained in the casting and may not gain further tempers from the Milk of Human Kindness for the remainder of the session.

Intermediate:

Forbidden Fruit:

No one would accuse the unseelie of avoiding this art and they are pleased to use it for their own devices. Mortals or semi-supernaturals consuming the fruit (or other dishes) prepared by this cantrip either die or fall into a slumber forever until a condition set by the caster (or a true love’s kiss) revives them. Supernatural beings consuming this fruit suffer 7 levels of aggravated damage, (bypassing all physical forms of armor or protection, though Fortitude still works normally) or fall into a sleep for 1 month per Grade of Success gained in the casting. The sleep involved is supernatural and cannot be broken by anything short of genuine attempts to end their life (so no allies doing so), though they may be contacted in their dreams if one has the means to do so. Unlike other levels of this Art, individuals may not be magically compelled to eat this fruit: only trickery or genuine acceptance work.

The Bread of Fairyland:

This cantrip causes long-lasting enchantments but traps people in the realms of the dreaming. Upon consuming this food, the subject becomes enchanted. However, they also feel compelled to remain among the fae, to the detriment of their normal lives. The base duration of this cantrip is one month per Grade of Success. After that, the subject may opt to make a social challenge against the caster every month to shake off the effect, at which point the mists take full effect. Strong reminders of home or pleas by loved ones may also allow such a challenge by ST discretion.

Advanced:

Ambrosia:

The art of baking magic itself into treats and cookies is a potent one and its roots in the golden apples that were first consumed by gods to stay young forevermore. With this powerful and delicious cantrip, the caster may store a cantrip in a morsel of food. Once it is consumed, the cantrip takes effect on the one eating it using the caster’s traits and the realms used in the casting (thus, if a human eats a caramel apple only infused with the Fae realm, it has no effect). Grades of Success, however, are limited to 1: there is only so much magic a fruit cake can hold, no matter how dense. STs have the final call on which cantrips can be stored. You may not have more Ambrosia creations active at any one time than you have traits of permanent glamour.