The most common way to harvest Glamour
is to feed on human emotions. To do this, a changeling
simply must find a human who is experiencing strong
emotions and attempt to leech some of that energy. Both
“positive” and “negative” emotions can potentially provide
Glamour; the strength of the emotion is what truly matters,
not the type. Exactly what kind of roll is required to gain
Glamour in this fashion depends on the action or situation
taken to obtain. (...)
A harvesting roll may be modified by several factors.
As a rule, momentary flashes of emotion and buried old
feelings are not nearly as “nourishing” as fresher or more
in-depth emotions. The Storyteller may choose to penalize
harvesting rolls that involve generating mere flashes of
emotion, such jumping out of the dark to startle someone,
kicking someone in the shin to generate anger or mentioning
a relative who died years ago. Likewise, rolls involving
truly extreme or in-depth emotions, such as new love, fresh
grief over a recently deceased loved one or full-out rage
over a deadly insult may receive bonus dice to reflect the
relative ease of harvesting such potent feelings. (...)
Harvesting Glamour in this fashion doesn’t actually
drain energy; the mortal does not suddenly feel less emotional
as the changeling harvests the mortal’s feelings. Many
changelings take comfort in this fact, interpreting the lack
of visible harm as less of a violation. However, whispers tell
of mortals who are subjected to regular harvesting over a
long period of time eventually losing some indescribable,
yet vital spark. While these ravaged souls remain the stuff
of rumors, it is enough of a fear that many changelings avoid
tapping the same resource too often, especially in the case
of friends or loved ones. Just in case.
