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[White Oak Dragon]

Mummies have always fascinated me. When I was a kid, the Mummy was my Universal monster of choice. I adored the Fruity Yummy Mummy cereal mascot, to the point that I dressed up as him for Halloween the year the cereal was released. To this day, there’s an ancient My Pet Monster wearing the shirt from that costume. I also bitch about them not bringing back Fruity Yummy Mummy every year. When I would go to the museum, the Egyptian exhibits were the only thing that contended with the dinosaurs in my priorities. To be perfectly honest, it’s surprising that I didn’t end up becoming Kemetic with...

[White Oak Dragon]

It’s tricky to say much without getting into spoiler territory. Talking much about what’s the same would also give an indication of what has changed by default, even if it doesn’t say how or why. Saying things that haven’t changed that wouldn’t point to potential spoilers wouldn’t be interesting enough to be worth it.
Now, as to why I was excited to work on decrees? For one thing, writing up an official splat was high up on my freelancing bucket list. High enough up on it that I cheerfully traded my setting section to Chris for the opportunity, which was a win/win because he...

[White Oak Dragon]

And when they’re revealed, we’ll see if they can guess who wrote each one!...

[White Oak Dragon]

I’m personally hoping for decrees next. I’m looking forward to seeing what everyone thinks of the [REDACTED].
Also, I’ve learned that I can use [REDACTED] to make it look like I’m playing favorites without needing to actually do so....

[White Oak Dragon]

They are, in 1e. If I remember correctly, they were in Predators, but I could be wrong....

[White Oak Dragon]

I don’t know when (or if) playable rodents will be showing up. I would guess that Eddy has some plans for them, though, as rats, mice, and rabbits are listed as off-limits for creating playable versions for Canis Minor.
As a glimpse behind the scenes, when I was writing Waterdog Port and Port Matthew, I had originally slipped in a rabbit NPC. Then I added a rabbit to the antagonist chapter. Then another rabbit character showed up... Basically, the references to rabbits reproduced like... well, rabbits. They were removed during second drafts (along with a couple references to other rodent...

[White Oak Dragon]

Those knacks aren’t background knacks. Those are the species knacks....

[White Oak Dragon]

Both of those were also mentioned on the feedback form already, so I’m sure Eddy will address them.

[White Oak Dragon]

Wow! Those NDA ninjas are relentless! Fortunately, Matthew Dawkins gave me a couple pointers to slip by them for a few seconds. They haven’t realized what I’m up to yet. Maybe it’s because this thing is so large they don’t think I’d dare try to push it by them. Maybe they’re just not paying attention because this one isn’t technically intended for the final book. Either way, I’ve managed to smuggle in a single Vestige. Read it quickly before they redact me once more. Oh no, they’re here!

The Lemon (•••••)
Durability 2, Size 10, Structure 12
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[White Oak Dragon]

I’m fairly certain that you get one or the other, though I admit I could be wrong. Given that characters can’t take knacks from callings other than their own, it would make it somewhat unbalanced to say that trackers can take tracker knacks, wanderers can take wanderer knacks, and mystics can take tracker knacks, wanderer knacks, and Mancy....

[White Oak Dragon]

I’m not sure I understand your issue, here. Mystics have access to Mancy, and may refine it the same way a mancer can. They’re definitely spellcasters....

[White Oak Dragon]

As I recall, all changelings are bipeds outside of their Keeper’s land. Within it, they could be anything, but the act of leaving it pushes them into a roughly humanoid form. Thus, Mr. Volcano will transform into Fiery Rock Dude if his Keeper invites him to come with to visit another True Fae....