D&D Lore - The Archfey

Episode 104 - The Archfey. Patrons for Warlocks!
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[@SleepStarvedNerd]

I created a warlock character who's a human child with an "imaginary friend" that nobody else can see as her Archfey patron. The patron is actually a pixie that thought it'd be hilarious to give a human child magic.

[@Jorphdan]

fun!

[@kossttamojaan]

wickedly hilarious 🥂

[@floral_comet]

Could I use that idea?

[@SleepStarvedNerd]

@@floral_comet sure. Idc

[@floral_comet]

Thank you very much

[@Liz-Istrata]

A thing I've done in my campaign to add some nuance to the Unseelie court is add an archfey "father winter" who is effectively Santa Claus. The winter is harsh and cruel, but it also is a time to come together as a community.

[@Jorphdan]

I love this idea 😁

[@TheDungineer]

omg....an elven warlock who's patron is santa.... one of santas elves.

[@Walter-Anderson]

You've been reading Jim Butcher, I see.

[@wrennthewizard144]

Thank you so much. I have been searching for something like this!

[@shloopydoopersontheloreguy9069]

@@Walter-Anderson good old Kringle with his massive muscles and tendency to go out on lovely nights out with the Wild Hunt.

[@hawkmore]

This is actually really relevant to me as I DM our game, and we have a player running a homebrewed "Pixie" race, playing an Archfey Warlock. It actually has ended up making a LOT of sense and I'm absolutely in love with the concept. She has basically only taken crowd control abilities, such as Sleep, Faerie Fire, Puppet, Fear, etc. Her and I worked together to make an Archfey Patron that would actually..care about what was happening on the Material Plane, and I settled on the idea of "The Captain of the Summer Guard", being the "army" of the Summer Court. My plot centers around a cult unchaining Therizdun and I figure that's a big enough issue that it would gain the interest of many deities and force them into action. Actually having a Fey creature play as the Archfey Warlock is fun because it lets me actually play into all the stereotypes instead of creating exceptions to them. For example, the Summer Court very rarely consort with non-fey creatures and I get to stick to that, having them view "Melody" our pixie in much higher regard than the rest of the party. I've done a lot of research into Archfey and I do really wish there were more resources to use, other than the main 2 Queens, the Frost Lord, and the Satyr. I honestly don't like deviating from the philosophy behind the lore in the books, but I think we've done a good job and she's a lot of fun to have in my game ...Even though I have to balance everything around having a tiny flying Pixie who can turn invisible. Oh, and she took the Eldrich Invocation that allows her to cast Detect Magic at will. It's literally impossible to surprise these guys haha

[@dracone4370]

In Irish lore, the ruler of the Seelie is actually named Summer, or rather that's her title as the queen of the Seelie court, which is why they are also called the Summer Court. The Unseelie, in Irish lore, are ruled over by a queen known as Winter. It's stated that Summer and Winter don't get along, often going to war with each other over the slightest of things. In Irish lore, the Seelie are warm and inviting, when they make merry with mortals they make sure their merrymaking has minimal chances of being fatal to the mortals, mostly because they want to see far their merrymaking can go with the any given mortal before they give up the ghost; In Irish lore, the Unseelie are bit more malicious, they actually don't care if anyone potentially dies in their merrymaking, as long as they get to have fun. Some confirmed members of the Unseelie, like the Kelpie, actually go out of their way to feed on mortals in some way.

[@dawsonhelf7922]

dracone, is it not also called "Celtic lore"? -Double D

[@dracone4370]

@@dawsonhelf7922 Possibly but the Courts of the Fey are an Irish Celtic, the Courts of the Fey really don't show up in the lore of England or Scotland. Granted, Ireland managed to hold onto its Celtic roots better than any of the other European nations

[@dawsonhelf7922]

dracone, WOW, that's amazing! -Double D

[@dracone4370]

@@dawsonhelf7922 Irish lore is one of those mythologies that's often looked over for whatever reason. I'm happy that the Banshee and Fomorian made it into the Monster Manual, but I'm disappointed just how much else has been overlooked. I have yet to see a source book with the Kelpie as a monster, those things are vicious and terrifying. In Irish lore, the Kelpie is a black horse that lives in deep rivers and lakes, and has the power shift its form between three forms; it's natural state is that which appears like that of a black horse, it can also take the form of a big black dog, and the form of a person dressed all in black. All three forms have different tactics for driving you into the deep water to drown, after you've been drowned to death it tears out your liver and feeds upon it. On the lighter side of things you have the Brownie (pronounced Broo-Nee) which are goodnature mischievous faeries that are said to serve as your servants for the remainder of your life if you manage to catch them.

[@TheDungineer]

this is really awesome information! thanks for sharing!

[@user-qd8yy9lc4g]

Actually, there have been a nice number of fey "deities" described back in AD&D 2e's alongside Titania, Oberon and Queen of Air and Darkness, many of them being patrons of fey and fey-related creatures like Emmantiensien of treants, friend of elven gods, and Nathair Sgiathach of faerie dragons, part of both draconic pantheon and the Seelie Court. While far not as fleshed out as the more popular trio, they certainly have merit as archfey patrons with little bit of love.

[@Jorphdan]

Thanks for the info!

[@sirjohn1024]

Please do all of the warlock patrons! It helps my warlock players know so much more about their characters and their patrons.

[@TheDungineer]

I'm curious about celestial patrons from Xanathar's guide to everything

[@billcasey9672]

You can always invent a few patrons...

[@InternetShis]

I always wanted to play as a fey warlock whose patron gave him doggy ears because they think it looks cute on their warlock, and thankfully Wild Beyond the Witchlight gave us the Feylost background to make that a real thing, but I needed this video to actually know what Archfey to pick

[@lexlane9353]

Jim Butcher's Dresdin Files books have some fun stuff playing off of this.

[@TheDungineer]

are those stories that take place in the D&D universe?

[@gaddock3713]

@@TheDungineer no...but that doesnt mean you cant use jim butcher dresden files books as a starting point for some pretty intresting campaigns.....ive done it and i had a blast

[@TheDungineer]

@@gaddock3713 thanks for the info!

[@gaddock3713]

@@TheDungineer your welcome

[@willmccollough5892]

I recently made a bard/warlock multiclass who sold his soul for rock & roll to the Queen of Air and Darkness. The Queen has grown weary of all mortal praise going to Titania, and so she has granted a portion of her power to this young bard in return for him singing songs of her glory, beauty, and prowess. Should this bard ever sing of another that compares favorably to her, he will lose his power...

[@ThunderDave333]

> "It isn't as black and white as that" > Shows picture of Vraska, Golgari Queen I love it

[@dawsonhelf7922]

Aryn, Yeah it's more like light purple and dark purple -Double D

[@joyr021]

Now, thats just strange, i was sending this channel just now for a friend who is dming, and this came on, his campaign is having a moment heavy with fey and feywild elements, quite a coincidence!

[@TheDungineer]

how lucky for your friend!

[@TheGrimxcore]

All the MTG artwork on this video. I love how seamlessly it all blends together.

[@TheDungineer]

really beautiful stuff!

[@CraftsAndMinis]

Great video!! Cawood Publishing just came out with a great 5e book that covers stats for the Fey Courts in Monsters of Feyland. The Fey are such a fun group to explore.

[@TheDungineer]

fun and scary!

[@osirisgem]

I love how much fun I have with so many of your videos. They rarely fail to inspire some fantastice take on subjects I thought myself a sort of content master of. Wrong in the best ways is the best way to be wrong, so thanks.

[@Jorphdan]

So kind! Thanks for the comment 😊

[@TheGayRaven]

So in a game I'm soon to be in. I am playing a Tiefling Variant (Winged) Archfey Warlock 4 / Shadow Sorcerer 3 character. And it just so happens that all of his powers come from the Queen of Darkness and Air. Two mortals wished for a child but couldn't conceive. They begged for aid. {Mab} saw it as an opportunity to further her own agenda. And so aided them. The father however forgot to mention that he had long ago struck a bargain with a fiend, which resulted in the tiefling child. Character was abandoned in the woods as a babe. Raised by the Fey of the Gloaming Court, causing his horns to grow into antlers as he was 'gifted' magic with a pact with his 'Mother', the Queen of Darkness and Air. He's gonna bee fun to play. Entirely control spells besised E. Blast and Toll the Dead.

[@ProffessorYellow]

I was thinking of making an archfey warlock with my first feat being in bard magic: initiate

[@grizzlednerd4521]

Iggwilv (aka Tasha) is also an archfey now. Many hags are also fey, so a powerful one may serve as a archfey patron (or a coven of hags collectively). I think Night Hangs are the only exception, but even then they may still fit as a archfey patron (perhaps some mix of fiend and archfey patron).

[@gabrielrussell5531]

4E actually had a lot more than the two courts. I know there was the Star court. I can't recall the rest off the top of my head. They all had developed casts of Archfey.

[@Jorphdan]

ooo sounds neat. What game book is this from? Or was it in the novels?

[@gabrielrussell5531]

@@Jorphdan Just scroll down to "World axis Archfey": 1d4chan.org/wiki/Archfey

[@SleepStarvedNerd]

The Court of Stars was the collective coming together of all the Fey Courts- the Summer Court, the Green Court, the Coral Court, and the Winter Court

[@MoonsongReverb]

I once had a DM who played Puck himself as a warlock patron. There you go, summer court pact^^

[@tb4495]

As always, great job!

[@aubreyackermann8432]

The name Titania is older than Shakespeare. Contemporary accounts compared Henry VII and Katherine of Aragon to Titania and Oberon by name at their wedding

[@TheOMGJames]

This is really helpful - I have a Myling warlock who follows the Prince of Frost. I know it's going to come into conflict as Bahamut had taken an interest in her but needed inspiration

[@Theroha]

Great info to have. This gives me some more ideas about my warlock. My pact was originally a political ploy by my parents to pawn me off on Titania as a sort of peace treaty bargaining chip. Now, I'm seeing my character more as being gifted to gain an audience with the court. Gives him a reason to be loyal to the fey instead of his family. Family sold him as basically a slave, and Titania said, "I guess you work for me now. Here's some magic and a familiar. Have fun, don't get into trouble that you can't get out of, and I'll call you if I need anything."

[@LadyCorax]

Hey, this is the first video I was able to find on the subject that wasn't some dudes regurgitating Dresten Files or other non-d&d lore, so many thanks.

[@trevvyman4238]

this was helpful, i'm developing a swanlay warlock and I needed a patron who could also be the cause her of polymorph ability to turn into a swan

[@salomonmartinez3516]

Great job!

[@TheDungineer]

Great video! I've always been curious about the feywild, as it doesn't seem fully fleshed out like many other things in dungeons and dragons are (maybe purposefully so).

[@Jorphdan]

I think purposely so 😉

[@battlepans1927]

Speaking of fey, I think you should do a video about hags just for fun? I and probably many others might want a video about the different kinds of jags and what areas\environments they would be in. Lore about them, how hags use their magic and other stuff.

[@shadowcat6lives639]

Once again great video, I shared your Channel with a friend who was choosing a God for a Paladin. Can't wait for the old ones Patron episode.

[@Jorphdan]

😁

[@HikingFeral]

Hi, I am a new BG3 player who just discovered the entire D&D Universe. This is all super helpful to me. I can't wait to learn the proper 5e rules and make a character.

[@salomonmartinez3516]

My fave was creating a slyph fey existing as a spell effect in my NPC's paragon horned werewolf( darth maul, lookalike) elder shapehifter' s smoking pipe (artifact idea, as homage to lord elminster)just to give him an edge in the conversation with a troupe of Pc vampires when I converted White wolf's "Vampire the Masquerade" to d20 for a campaign/Chronicle.

[@damselsdice1490]

I love learning about the feywild!

[@Jorphdan]

nice!

[@novamythic6038]

I'd love to see a video on the other types of patrons especially the Hexblade patrons

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Austin Snyder The Hexblade patron is something I feel we all would like to hear more about. I also want to hear more about the Seeker patron from the UA.

[@TheBadCrow]

Thanks, great info

[@digunder14]

possible quest/adventure idea- quest to find the black diamond that corrupted tytania's sister, and attempt to purify it via an experimental ritual to try to reverse the corruption

[@XCrawlFan]

So much nom nom for the Warlocks!

[@raddish72]

In my campaign set in the feywild I have a quickling rouge who's a complete and utter asshole with a DELUSIONAL crush on the Queen of Air and Darkness.

[@FinalIcharus]

Three days ago considered making an archfey warlock but didnt know enough about patrons Are you reading my mind jorphdan?

[@Jorphdan]

Maybe 😉

[@Andromeda7Music]

Hello I love your videos! Could you do a video on the High Forest? And or locations within it? Thanks!

[@Jorphdan]

I'll add it to the list!

[@nomdeplume1358]

2:33 😂😂 omg, that's Annabel Blackthorn and Ash from The Dark Artifices trilogy. Great books 10/10 would recommend.

[@sirmeatshield]

Ive recently created a "changeling" archfey warlock (not the dnd race, but the kidnapped infant replaced with a fey from folklore) and I cant wait to roleplay a character that spent her entire childhood in the feywild

[@Jorphdan]

Sounds nice! Are you using special stats for your changeling?

[@sirmeatshield]

@@Jorphdan nah, I felt like half-elf stats were fine for a human growing up in the feywild

[@davidafonso3201]

Hi I love your videos, do you know if there is any D&D novel set in the Frey Wille?

[@frostdragonking5336]

Two parts comment. 1- Please make the Great Old Ones patron next! 2- I am confused when it comes to power level of patrons can we get some clarification at some point? if already made can you link it?

[@TheDungineer]

great comments! I want to see this too!

[@sirmeatshield]

Regarding 2, I think it really depends on what plane you're on and where on that plane. In their own domains, archfey,archdevils, demon lords etc. are near omnipotent, but are considerably less powerful outside of them

[@wrennthewizard144]

Archfey are really powerful, but in the feyewild, magical prowess is basically quadrupled.

[@Jpteryx]

2- Essentially, Warlock patrons normally are 1 step lower than gods in level of power. Numbers-wise, Demon Lords (who would normally be the patrons for Demon-serving Warlocks) range from CR 23-26, while Tiamat, a lesser goddess, is CR 30.

[@frostdragonking5336]

@@Jpteryx oh so if we put them CR wise deities would be CR 30+? that explains bunch of things.

[@samfish2550]

Something I kinda want to do is draw some inspiration from over the garden wall and some irl classical fairy tales for a pact with a member of the non sealy court.

[@Jorphdan]

Auntie Whispers would be great in a fey campaign.

[@samfish2550]

@@Jorphdan omg yes. Over the garden wall in general hits the vibe of the fey wild with it's timeless, dreamlike vibe.

[@viastephtop]

Yeah I'm going the multiclass with my bard, hexblade, but the DM is letting me bypass the need to specify my subclass as being specifically about the fae, even if that's his patron, Iggwilv/Ziblina is what I'm going with. He's going to be a pain in the ass lol.

[@Troublethecat]

I have concept for a tiefling child warlock who's patron is a fae noble who formed a pact with her to repay debt to her mother for a favor she did for them by helping her escape her abusive relatives and go find her mother who's gone missing.

[@Thatwalrus27]

I had a DM once where we helped a beautiful and kind young woman get an audience with Titania. I thought she would join the court or something, since she was the DM’s custom character. But, Titania was jealous of the woman’s beauty and killed her. I was honestly surprised that the DM would kill his own character since most make them OP and immortal.

[@SlothinAintEasy]

Warlocks seem the most open ended for character creation. Sure sure Eldritch blast but you can have two warlocks meet with completely different character. I like it. The archey warlock schmoozer looking for the next big scheme, the undying pirate looking to be the best damn pirate ever (lich fight in the sea anyone?) A real Quasimodo-esqe fiend warlock raised in a good aligned church. A GOO warlock using underhanded methods to further his own goals or to become a noble. Choices are practically endless for roleplay.

[@hmcloud8487]

A fallen aasimar that asked for one more chance, a corpse revived by the raven queen in exchange of servitude, hell, amnesia is a classic.

[@hmcloud8487]

I just though of a good one, a kenku that made a pact for voice and thought (you also get flight)

[@hmcloud8487]

Yo, one of them makes you a telepath, that works!

[@TheDungineer]

A protector aasimar, celestial warlock who's patron is also their dad. And he/she/they have an inferiority complex because of it.

[@SlothinAintEasy]

@@hmcloud8487 I thought a kenku would make a good choistered scholar. What better person to have in Candlekeep than a kenku? Even thought of a name for her. Scribbler. Isn't that just adorable

[@ChurchillGeoff]

one more possibility, Robin zgoodfellow the merry trickster also known as Puck

[@TheLostArchangel666]

Baba Yaga's an interesting option too. Haggiest of all hags.

[@jameswagstaff984]

A night/green hag hybrid

[@inkblot6626]

I wonder what is the relationship between the Eladrin and the Fey of the Summer Court. Are they accepted in the court or no? Because Eladrin technically are not Fey themselves.

[@captainlcm]

I didn't turn on subtitles and I thought it was the Silly Court

[@cameronpearce5943]

Where’s the art from 2:26 from? Looks interesting and I wanna know what the deal with the derelict power lines is. If it’s cover art I wanna read the book it’s from. Seems like my kinda story

[@Jorphdan]

From here! Really great art! www.pinterest.ca/pin/235946467961697770/?lp=true

[@andyh2783]

Another is Naphaleon the lord of bats....he was detailed in the 4e novels the abolethic sovereignty

[@RebeccaJ720]

As one who studies Faery Wicca & Magick IRL, I'm a surprised & a little disappointed that they didn't name the UnSeelie queen, Mab.

[@gabrielrussell5531]

The Planescape umbrella term for beings like Gods, Archfey, Primordials, Demon Lords, Archdevils, etc. is "Powers".

[@ChestersonJack]

I’ve got a dude who’s patron is literally his fairy godmother. So his parents arranged his patronage… unfortunately he doesn’t want to be a warlock.

[@thomasschotman6133]

When you talked about the throne they sit on you showed a picture of the wyrmskull throne from Storm King's Thunder. Isn't that the throne that the ruler of the storm giants has control over?

[@Jorphdan]

Yep i couldn't find a good picture of a throne, so I used the one from SKT.

[@TheDungineer]

@@Jorphdan at least you're honest

[@thomasschotman6133]

@@Jorphdan I also found a fun fact about the summer queen. If you put the ring of winter(which is an artifact magic item that appears in SKT and ToA) around her finger it gets destroyed. That's the only way to destroy it.

[@NodDisciple1]

No mention of Cerunnos?

[@biblebot3947]

Could you do more on the abyss.

[@Jorphdan]

Possibly! I'll see what I can come up with

[@nicolocorbellani9807]

What about the books of the 4e edition? the raven queen and shadowfell are canon so it should be the 4e feywild also

[@elementual]

I really want to talk a dm into letting me play a pixie and have her be the familiar of the Summer Queen who let her go off on an adventure as an archfey warlock with her as her patron.

[@crownprince76]

It seems like there would ne THOUSANDS of fey and Archfey in the feywild and surrounding universe. They are spirits if nature and creation that rival the gods but need no worship... They make perfect spoils and plot devices...

[@digunder14]

basically archfey are on the same tier of a god but don't have worshipers as a source of their power

[@sadsackkvisling9694]

So this opens things up a bit. Can't expect a Satyr Warlock to serve his divine goatiness Dionysus in the same way as a traditional cleric, after all.

[@thesamwisegamegee]

All Fey, All the Time!!!

[@Jorphdan]

Woo

[@RyanVonAegir]

No its kinda like a weird Narnia? Nice.

[@winstonphoenix9421]

What was the name of the Satyr the lord of fools? Can’t find info on him.

[@SleepStarvedNerd]

Hyrsam, The Satyr Prince?

[@nunya5230]

Winter is better than summer you can't change my mind

[@phoenixflamingtears]

Me, playing an archfey for an evil campaign? It’s more likely than you think

[@thegeniusdumbass4491]

First of all great vid and second i know thats annoying to ask you for a video right after you made one. But could you make one about the great old one?

[@Jorphdan]

That's the plan!

[@thegeniusdumbass4491]

@@Jorphdan holy shit you actually answerd! And thanks

[@mileslugo6430]

Slenderman is a unseelie archfey by the the name of the Erlking

[@christopherhughes7970]

My druid hermit made a deal with oberon and now im a warlock i guess?!?

[@Hero-yu4om]

i thought there were more than 2 courts

[@Jorphdan]

I found a little info on the winter court. I did quite a bit of research but didn't come up with much. If you know of a resource let me know maybe I can make a part 2!

[@anyoneatall3488]

Will you make one about the undying?

[@Jorphdan]

I actually have it recorded, I just need to get through December and I'll edit/publish it. :)

[@CrazyNerdMonkey]

I am a jorfan

[@TheDungineer]

Jorphan? when the "ph" isn't silent?

[@jgr7487]

what about the other Warlock Patrons?

[@Jorphdan]

#Soon

[@arfunder]

Is it 3.5 or 4.0/+? XD

[@Lepacaable]

Is WoTC in general ok with using their copyrighted card art like this? Or are there any ever problems with these videos?

[@ProffessorYellow]

[@pitanguirj]

Its like twisted disney... cool

[@Jorphdan]

Kinda yeah 😀

[@jacobfreeman5444]

They are called fairy tales for a reason. Also, disney tends to white wash the stories. The real versions are quite a bit darker.

[@manarayofhope2374]

You forgot the shay

[@davidbond59]

Sorry Jorfdan I would become a patron but I lack the god-like powers to do so

[@sirmrthe3rdesq974]

What about Baba Yaga?

[@Jorphdan]

ooo that's a good one! I should've mentioned her

[@sirmrthe3rdesq974]

Jorphdan you can mention her if you ever do a hags episode

[@baconking9139]

Danu-Mother Goddess of Tuatha Dé Danann of the 3 group of Gods of Ireland....honestly LEARN HISTORY ffs Queen Mab of the Air and Darkness (Ruler of Unseelie Court) is a triple Goddess...Medb, Mab or Maeve(Crone, Lady and Maiden) Lord Oberon is Mab's son(and unknown Father) and Ruler of the Seelie Court with his Consort Queen Tatania(Prounounced Ta-Tan-Ya)

[@blakefeary4369]

Not a big deal but it's actually pronounced tah-tah-nya

[@colesteinwand3998]

Was thinking this thru the whole video

[@km1dash6]

Are either of the fey "good?" They both seem chaotic evil.

[@Snowleaper101]

nah, both courts are chaotic neutral

[@whosplayingyou29]

goes on and on about the 2 queens and I can't help but think 'aren't there more archfey?' apparently I also have some genderswapped versions to choose from I guess

[@astondalsmark934]

Hey

[@Jorphdan]

Hey!

[@biteso2333]

Have a half elf warlock to Cannith the vampire archfey. That was fun

[@aaronsalinas3854]

Unicorns, hags, i mean any fey can, even if it through those leaders. Get creative.

[@blastsector979]

Early!