THE FEY in 5e Dungeons & Dragons - Web DM

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[@EnderLord007]

"Are you Randy Pan, the Satyr?" "Yes." " *BOOM* , you've been served."

[@Avigorus]

The worst a dragon can do is kill you. The worst a fiend can do is devour your soul. A fey, on the other hand, will make you wish you had never been born in the first place.

[@TheHeroFrost]

And then smile as they grant that wish

[@musiclaboratory9694]

Fkn hate em.

[@j.t.6908]

Peter Pan is a Fey Pact Warlock.

[@davidthomas2870]

Jon Tromotola pact of the blade. That's why he's so good with that little dagger lol

[@Witchgirl44]

David Thomas I would say pact of the chain, he has a fairy familiar, and warlocks can just have a dagger without it being a pact weapon

[@Endoptic]

Tink's Pan's patron though, not a familiar.

[@Takapon218]

Endoptic you can get a sprite as a Pact of the Chain warlock Peter Pan would have to be a PotC otherwise tinkerbell couldn’t be his familiar.

[@zeterzero4356]

Not sure how far I'm willing to push this narrative...but it does fit. What if Neverland itself was his Patron?

[@Mare_Man]

Don't forget the *Unicorn.* *Come at me 5E, I know what you did.*

[@MasterZebulin]

Why not just go AT 5e? I mean, *you know what it did.*

[@ctsnicky]

for a bit of a twist on fey I recommend an anime called Mushishi. An absolutely beautiful anime about a Mushi Master, which is essentially a Fey Doctor. He heals people afflicted by spirits, or spirits themselves if need be.

[@JPruinc]

Interesting. I'll check it out!

[@user-fy3lg1hu2i]

so anime david the gnome kinda?

[@megdee9923]

Ancient magus bride is another good anime for this sort of thing

[@robertbogan225]

Lol sounds like the monogatari series which translated is something like ghost stories. Its the one with the girl having office supplys fall out of here skirt. Its very very deep like deeper then you expect and things come back and make a turn. Its really good even deals with things like suicide etc.

[@AvonofTalamh]

Tome of Beasts added SO many fey creatures. Highly recommended for people needing more creatures to throw at the party.

[@jafarthebarmecide3677]

I am glad that Volo's Guide fleshed out the fey a bit more. I have always regarded elves and goblins as fey. Light Elves have a home in Alfheimr in Norse mythology and Alfheimr is basically Faerie. I like the idea of the Fairies in Ridley Scott's Legend where the local forest "fey" were all shapes and sizes, gnomes and goblins, sprites and pixies and yet some of them should be noble and terrible, like the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream. I also like the idea that there would be some benign goblin types in the seelie court and some nasty and cruel sprites and pixies in the unseelie court.

[@DaDunge]

I always figured that elves were descended from fey who settled in the mortal world. So Eladrin are fey but regular elves are not. As for norse mythology the elves there are what we would call pixies not Tolkien style elfs.

[@drchicken2477]

@@DaDunge Are you sure? It was very much my understanding that his elves were primarily based on Germanic (including Norse) mythology.

[@DaDunge]

@@drchicken2477 They're very much not. Elfs in norse mythology, the term there is Alv or Alf, just represent any supernatural being. A dwarf is a type of elf, so is a ghost. In later nordic mythology you have the älvor, singular älva, who are pixie like. Tolkiens elfs owe some behaviours (the whole singing and dancing thing) and their name to these but not much more. No Toklkiens elfs are either his own invention or inspired by something else. I think they seem to owe a lot to the Tuatha Dé Danann from isish myth but also to the fey of Shakespeare, it should be noted the dancing or the älvor is a more dignified affair than the quite bacanalian stuff that the fey of Shakespeare seems to be up to. they quite frankly behave more like greeks gods.

[@mistrekirin]

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE GOBLINS 😂

[@shaylic3795]

I really like the depiction of Fey in Ancient Magus Bride. I draw a lot of inspiration from it when dealing with fey or abuse of magic.

[@keithwinget526]

I am definitely using randy satyrs moving through a town as a jumping-off point for an adventure. It must be done. "You walk into town and immediately notice that all women of a certain age appear to be pregnant. Nobody in town knows why or how, and there is rampant speculation of adultery or black magic as the culprit." Basically, the town's collective memory has been altered to forget the visit by the satyrs seven months ago. The party has only a few small clues and have to work at finding answers for a while before they even begin to understand what's going on.

[@flyingfujigi8560]

Yoink

[@zeterzero4356]

Had this same idea...

[@christopherlai364]

Satyr date rape parties... scary as F.

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I totally ran that setting. Where the communities of the world got together forming a society of adventurers to fight monsters and then solved the problem. There were either no monsters left or the ones that remained were barely a challege. It caused an apocalyptic Undergod of life and death to overcorrect back and suddenly and violently reintroduce monsters everywhere. it was a great campaign LOVE THIS CHANNEL

[@ChadnRachaelLedgerwood]

I used Jim's advice for celestial sand reskinned devils to fey with great results. I also used dryads to stir up trouble with animal intelligence forest monsters. Later an upset dryad animated trees.

[@jimdavis141]

Glad you found the idea useful!

[@AJ-kj1go]

I enjoyed the Fey in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Anyway, been putting on this playlist to fall asleep. rad dreams

[@jimdavis141]

Just finished the second ep last week. Cool depiction of Wizard v Sorcerer spellcasting and Fey-pact magic so far.

[@AJ-kj1go]

James Davis oh shit they made a tv show out of it? gonna have to check into that like now

[@jimdavis141]

Yeah, a BBC show. Just popped up on Netflix. Tried reading the novel but just couldn't get past the first chapter.

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[@AyameAkito]

Elementals are also a good option for Fae re-skin, most traditional Faeries are link to an element, like sylphs, salamanders, undines, even Gnomes, Elves, Goblins & Hobgoblins are considered members of the Fair People to some extent. Some types of Oni and most Yokai's are also good examples of Faeries, but I will advice to any DM wanting to introduce more Fae into their games to get more familiar with both versions of Changeling from White Wolf the first one depicts the more playful and childish side of faeries while the second shows the more dark depictions of the Fair People because humilliation is the least they can do. Edit: Another good and more classic depiction of Faeries will be "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from William Shakespeare.

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Great input!

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[@ray53208]

No influence from Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare), or Sandman (Gaiman)?

[@InquisitorThomas]

RH Carroll well most stories that involve Fay creatures already take a ton of influence from midsummer night’s dream

[@paulofkintyre8348]

Sandman isn't about fae at all though

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Angus MacKinnon There's the whole bit with Nuada and Cluracan.

[@dreddbolt]

For fey, my setting is a homebrew work in progress, but I've established a few things already. There's no seasonal courts, seelie, or unseelie. My setting's lore involves a cataclysmic apocalypse which set in motion events to split the fey into two courts: Purity and Perversion. Sprites, nymphs, brownies, and pixies are set in the Purity court, whereas satyrs, quicklings, redcaps, and hags are set in the Perversion court. Since the gods at large lumped all the fey into one category, their extinction was at hand. In the throes of the 'Cataclysm of the Chasm', the newly ascended chaotic good goddess of the pantheon took action to preserve the livelihood of the fey. As for mechanical bits, my setting changes... how fey are summoned, attunement and effects of fey-centric artifacts, and the effects of spells like 'protection from good and evil'. As for roleplay bits, my setting puts fey in a different light. Fey like pixies will use their superior invisibility to act as unseen mentors for children, guiding them with telepathic thought to help build kinder and more natural communities for the future. Though not truly fey in my setting (part of the Perversion court), Hags are still deemed fey by most of gods in my setting's pantheon, representing what the masses hate and fear about the fey, regardless of their new status with the courts reduced to two. This is just a few bits and pieces from my setting, and I'll need to put more work into it as I go.

[@davidweihe6052]

"Purity" sounds like a "Good" alignment, whereas the Fey are beyond the Good/Evil axis.

[@dreddbolt]

@@davidweihe6052 Depends on what you want to do with your world. If you want to go with standard tabletop gaming fey and going with folklore, it doesn't come off as following the alignment of the Player Character races as normal. Dael Kingsmill of MonarchsFactory has a pretty interesting video on how she handles fey in her games. Heck, even doing the Purity and Perversion dichotomy is something of a misnomer, since it's more of an overarching effect enforced by the gods of law and cursed by evil gods no longer existent in my homebrew pantheon. "Purity Court" fey would probably just have the benefit of having protection, guidance, and general assistance from the neutral good and chaotic good (one god for each alignment) deities in the pantheon, if folks were just going by the homebrew lore. The "Perversion Court" fey would probably be interpreted much more as chaotic, on the fringes of or likely nowhere within what the Player Character races would deem as within sanity. Think... Hansel and Gretel, like as to reference cautionary tales parents tell children to keep them in line, and your various hags (including night hags) have no problem going along with the stereotypes. So, the gods have their alignment, and their laws and curses affect the world, but there are fey who prefer to go against the grain, like hags who want to undo the ancient curse which turned them into hags in the first place.

[@KageRyuu6]

Does your Goblin King look anything like David Bowie?

[@jakegoodrich6520]

KageRyuuUji of course, every goblin king looks and sounds like david bowie. just dont trust them when they say they arent david bowie.

[@wesleyvalk9129]

He is actually the German Erlkonig/Erlking.

[@kikedragoon]

My favorites are Fey, it's so disapointing to see so few of them in the MM, sincerely hope Volo's fixes that. I have a huge collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales, it's like an amazing campaign setting in its own right. Thanks for the sugestion in the Dresden Files I will look after it. The 4e monster manual have great fey monsters, and monsters that aren't fey but fit it. You should look for them if you like Fey. Banderhobbs and Boggles, quicklings, Gremlins, they're a lot of fun

[@jimdavis141]

Start with Summer Knight as it's the first book in the Dresden Files that focuses on faeries as the antagonists. It's the 4th (?) book in the series, but at that point there isn't that much continuity between books.

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You guys released this just in time to go into a session where we were encountering Fey, you guys are amazing, keep up the great work!

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[@elfbait3774]

I just caught this video. I ran a campaign back in 3.5 where the Fey were ever present. it worked really well and helped the players engage the world. Seeing an inkeeper lay out beer and honey biscuits by the hearth before closing up and then seeing a platter heaped in mice and bugs in the morning. Wondering why the folk in a landlocked village seemed to have fishing nets draped over windows and doors. Things like this built sense of place and when they party finally got mixed up in Fey business it seemed to make sense.

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I guess I got to read the Dresden files.

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[@GamerNxUSN]

I have been watching Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel and I really like the faerie in that. Taking half of Lady Pole's life, meaning to take the night half, not the later half, thus twisting the meaning of the deal he made with Mr. Norrell, great way to show the trickery and sadism of faeries.

[@Malkor13]

I feel the great need to mention the book/tv series of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell regarding powerful fey as a patron or enemy of the party. Fantastic book and series!

[@izuela7677]

One of my favorite fey creatures from folklore is the Neck (Swedish: Näcken). Also known as Nix, Fossegrim, Riverman, Riverhorse and many other names. A male homicidal trickster water fey that was especially active around midsummer. Very fond of pranks and bargains that usually but not always ends in death. Plays a mind controlling violin. Is either naked or extremely well dressed. Sometimes transforms into a beautiful horse. When in human form he still usually have at least one hoof instead of a foot. Solitary and territorial he probably doesn't even understand the concept of friends. Some regular themes from folklore stories: * Allergic to steel and prayer. One way to make him let go if he grabbed you was to have steel on you and say a short prayer. Or if you stuck a steel knife into the waters edge and say a prayer you could paralyze him and then safely interact with the water for a short time. * Like mentioned he can come in the form of a horse. And if you touch it you become stuck and it will drag you into it's river/lake and drown you. * He would sometimes show up at human festivities and play the most beautiful catchy tunes. Sometimes, especially if he had been slighted at some point, he would start playing a song that would cause everyone to again either dance into a lake and drown or dance until they die from exhaustion. If you are very perceptive you may spot his hoof and bail or cover your ears before things go down. * He especially likes to go after unbaptized children and pregnant women. My guess is unbaptized human (the younger the better) flesh is his favorite food. If you're quick he might barter: * He might be willing to give violin lessons or let you cross his river/lake for a bribe. He's especially fond of tobacco and strong liquor. However, pay attention to the fine print of the deal. Like did he promise safety to everyone or just one person? Does it include your possessions? And NEVER play the 3rd song he teaches you as that is the one that makes people dance to death (and you can't stop playing until it's finished). * As mentioned he is super territorial and if you help him with killing another Neck (or other fey) invading his lake, by for example lending him a steel bladed scythe with a wooden handle, he would probably be genuinely grateful and reward you with something nice without any nasty side effects (or at the very least warn you about them). Like some treasure from the bottom of the lake or super lucky fishing rod/net. Sometimes he tries to chat up the ladies: * There is one story of him approaching a maid washing cloth in lye. He does so in the form of a horse and opening his mouth so wide that it touches the floor and the ceiling and asks her if she had ever seen a maw that big (much classier then dickpics). The quick thinking young maid throws some lye soaked sheets into his mouth and asks if he had ever tasted anything that hot. * Then there was another young woman he tried to charm as a very pretty horse but she put a harness with a steel bit on him which put him under her control and made him work on the farm. * There are some stories of successful seductions/abductions. And often it would end with the woman drowning but sometimes she would come back alive a few weeks or months later, usually slightly crazy and possibly pregnant.

[@Dekan]

(A beautiful meadow. A 4-year old girl talks to a sad looking black man, he sits. Their eyes meet from time to time.) Black gardener, my loyal subject. I foresaw and saw it all. You progressed with focus and duty was your leash. And your story did not unfold according to your wishes. You fell, hard. I see you down in the mud and filth. Your spring is over. You helped, you sowed, you cared for others. My gifts to you were many. I gave you a way to hinder your enemies, yet you used it to feed your fellow man. I gave you a tool to correct your companions, yet you did not find the heart to use it. You served spring well. Your spring is over. I am not your god, I am your queen. I command summer which brings heat and growth and storms and harvest. I stand for freedom yet you bind yourself with duty. I long for beauty yet you trouble yourself with survival. I seek variety yet you focus on what is in front of you. I want more of everything yet you remain solitary. My gifts to you were many. And many more will come for I am pleased with my choice. Enter my season, black gardener. Become harvest. Enter my season and punish those who wronged you. I see you down in the mud and filth. Rise anew, black reaper.

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Dekan Did you write this?

[@aramislima902]

Good God, that's so gorgeous I have to use it. Next time any of my players wish to play a feylock...

[@CopperYacht]

Damn it. Now I want to create a satyr paterity suit campaign. That sounds like it would be incredibly silly.

[@Student-mo3zh]

Great video for someone like me who is looking to dive a little further into the lore on fey creatures in D&D. I've recently been planning a wild magic sorcerer who got her innate magic because of fey creatures. Her parents were on the road a lot and not very "traditionally" religious and instead honored nature and specifically fey a lot. Due to that respect a good-natured fey decided to be of help when my character's mother was about to give birth to my character but they were in the middle of nowhere and there were complications. For reasons not known to either my character or her parents, the fey magic seemed to have infused my character in a unique way that turned her into a sorcerer.

[@headbandbecky]

Thanks for this vid, guys! The main NPC for my campaign is Vora'kuss, Herald of Twilight, Lord of the Faeries--simply, the Feyking. He has granted favours twice to 3 out 4 of the party members, and I fear the next game one of them maybe be forced to become full Archfey Warlock if certain things happen. Let's hope it's not the Cleric.

[@stoneman472]

I'd love to see you guys do a series of the major deities in 5e

[@xepher3642]

A couple weeks ago I was about to multiclass into warlock, didn't know which pact to take. We were approached by Jenny Greenteeth and I managed to go above and beyond on the quest she gave us, thus gaining her as my archfey pact patron. Good times.

[@JPruinc]

Be careful with that one!

[@espersghost13]

I love the Fey! Great video, please keep them coming! Could you all do a video about all the types of djinn in 5e?

[@jimdavis141]

Genies are definitely coming up soon!

[@tanyajackson3734]

**CLAPS** I dont know how I am just seeing this, but awesome work.

[@wilfloyd7236]

Yes! Fey have been an integral part of my games, going all the way back to playing a pixie fighter in 2nd ed. A player in my new game is wanting to run a Fey-pact warlock. This was well timed.

[@500a6500]

A GROUP OF SATYRS COME TO YOUR VILLAGE TO PARTY. Roll for consent.

[@emdub9679]

David Piel Nat 1

[@rlee1185]

David Piel ha ha ha ha

[@danielfisher898]

@@emdub9679 you've been had

[@jacobford3452]

DC 500?

[@harrietr.5073]

"Post trauma stress intensifies"

[@charlesallen]

There is TON of information in the following roleplaying games: Changeling: The Dreaming, Changeling: The Lost, and Faerie (Ars Magica supplement). They do an awesome job of covering the fae.

[@mattiascrowe2549]

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[@thecastleredfox978]

I always enjoy your videos Web DM! Have been very helpful for me as a DM!

[@JPruinc]

Glad to help you out!

[@nickschuyler]

You guys are SOOOOOO Good and enjoyable that you have 16 downs for 2.4K ups...Wow! That's an insane ratio - close to 150:1. Thanks for all you do. Keep pumping out the jams.

[@Unclecollide]

Loved the Fey chat guys! You guys make me laugh too! I'm just starting a home campaign utilizing Fey and I'm glad your comments were really well received. Thanks!

[@ccswelding1599]

i ran across a muscular Fey that wouldn't stop feeding us....he was a really...buff-fey !

[@michaelmccarthy5492]

I almost gave up hope ;) Looking forward to the episode.

[@JPruinc]

Never give up! Never surrender!

[@michaelmccarthy5492]

I started shouting old union picket chants, "one day longer, one day stronger!"

[@N8Dawgg314]

Dude I've started listening to the Dresden Files audiobooks at work. Easily one of the best recommendations you've ever given! It has SOOOO much flavor for D&D. How exactly do you brew a potion and why does it take someone magical to make one? How does casting a spell work? Fey, summoning circles, werewolves. ALL of these details and I'm only through TWO books. I will never be able to go back now.

[@rfrazier9231]

I love the fairy-style presented in Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. A culture of beauty and etiquette so bizarre it is corrupted by its own narcissism.

[@eclatshwartzbaumcybertune2063]

My friend keeps talking about brownys .. im happy u mentioned them .

[@brennanboyda3865]

Happy I stumbled across these videos, chugging through them all and getting lots of good ideas and tips keep up the good work! quick question have you guys thought of doing a video on minotaurs , they are by far one of my favorite monsters and i had a lot of fun playing as one in the past.

[@lemonwithapen8809]

The spiderwick chronicles has a great view of ferries my personal favorite. I would seriously recommended reading them for campaign material or even purchasing the series “bestiary”

[@pharrigan-hikes]

There are a lot of Fey creatures listed in Kobold Press' Tome of Beasts that I've used to great effect. There are a wide range of CR levels to fill a journey to the feywild.

[@aidoneus2844]

Great episode, as always. I'm glad to see the love for the Dresden Files, and I 100% agree that it is by far the best take on fey. Have you guys seen the Kobold Press Tome of Beasts? It has a ton of fey, including some epic-level fey lords and ladies. Lots of good adventure fuel there.

[@jimdavis141]

I plan on getting ToB for my birthday soon. We'll most likely review it and Adventures in Middle Earth at some point.

[@NipZippler]

I think my new favorite quote ever came from this episode.... 'You gotta debauch or get the fuck out of the way'... lololol

[@Harleylover14]

A couple other great outside resources: White Wolf's Changling games, Midsummer Night's Dream, and Disney's Gargoyles.

[@joejackson2662]

can you guys do alien technology thats in the dungeon master guide. awesome channel.

[@JPruinc]

I will put it on 'The List'!

[@chaotic-goodartistry3903]

"Fey-pact warlock, Peter Pan" ...I will never look at Peter Pan the same way again

[@adrianodsq]

This channel is amazing! I hope to enhance my table and players with the knowledge that you share! Congrats!!

[@phobiawitch835]

This video made me think of an interesting idea. I was already thinking of trying to set up a Satyr playable race (there's plenty of Himebrewed ones for 5E) so that I could play one as a monk or bard. But, hearing all the different types of fey (and creatures that should be considered fey), I may make a campaign that focuses around Fey creatures. Like, the party starts getting followed and pranked by a faerie dragon, and can either capture it, kill it, or befriend it. Most NPCs will be fae asking for aid in some task, or mortal beings that are trying to escape pacts made with fae creatures (thinking Rumplestiltskin for the latter). Based on how the party plays, there could be two possibly BBEGs (a mortal that wishes to annihilate everything related to the Fey through any dastardly means, or a tyrannical Archfey that is forcefully taking young children to steal the youth from, just as ideas).

[@cattysis7067]

Haha the intro was funny “u owe us your first born”

[@GerudoDragon74]

The timing though, we are having session 0 this week. I plan to be playing a human druid who wandered into the Feywild at a young age, and is only really returning to the strange and alien world of his birth as an adult.

[@jimdavis141]

Awesome idea!

[@GerudoDragon74]

Also have you guys considered doing the deities, their spheres and followers/cults? Could be a handy reference for an aspiring cleric. Maybe divide them up and do a video of the lawful good deities, then true good, so deities with less information can still get a shout without needing to devote a video to them

[@LAJackson123]

Love this edition of the Fey.

[@yargmouth]

Suggested reference material for fey should also include the "Iron Druid Chronicles" by Kevin Hearne

[@Wolfphototech]

*A world where adventures have exterminated the monsters .* *We are in that world .*

[@gho5trun3r68]

I love the idea that a archfey warlock is an appointed lawyer between the fey and humans. In terms of adding to the fey, I've come to the decision that the phoenix should have been fey and not elemental. There's too much lore for it and the imagery of life, death, rebirth fits really nicely in with a lot of the fey motifs.

[@twilightwyrm]

So, I know you guys said you might do a separate video on Exalted some day, but on the note of interesting fey-type characters, I think the Fair Folk there do deserve mention.

[@SleepStarvedNerd]

I recommend reading the Fablehaven series by Brandon Mull, The Obsidian Trilogy and the Enduring Flame Trilogy by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory, and War of the Flowers by Tad Williams for some nice non-D&D inspiration for Fey.

[@andrewthuras2126]

The Tome of Beasts adds a ton of fey if you're looking for more options in your game.

[@Lmlil]

Two other great sources for fey inspiration. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, an excellent novel that includes some great unsettling fey stuff. Mushi-shi, anime/manga about a traveling trouble shooter dealing with strange fey like creatures. This I recommend for anybody wanting to make their worlds more strange in general.

[@ConriDubhghail]

I owe you my firstborn you say... Can I get that in writing? Seriously, this is a get out of jail free card/insurance policy.

[@samfish2550]

I like the idea of a feylock who was stolen as a child to act as the hags servant, growing up always watching and listening, sneaking peeks into tombs left in reach, and eventually using that knowledge to escape. Stealing both a component pouch and spell book from the hag. He is as a result a warlock deriving power from a powerful entity, only now rather than being bound to that entity they are on the run from them. Fearing the hags relentless and bitter desire to slight him for his disrespect..... And to reclaim ALL of that she lost, including you.

[@tiosulfate6492]

The "Fey"cebook is awesome !

[@calebchristensen900]

For fey monsters I really like using Tome of Beasts. Just be aware that some of them might be a bit powerful for their specific level.

[@GamingBDGR]

I always loved Fae in the Artemis Fowl books. That was such a good series

[@forresttoyne8559]

In my current campaign im playing a feylock that the DM has basically forced to become a femme fatal through her interactions with the queen, its pretty great

[@mikegould6590]

You touched on this, but it bears repeating: The Displacer Beast should be a Fey. They come from the Feywild. I believe Blink Dogs hunt them, and thus the Fey connection. Centaurs, as you said, should be Fey as well. Goblins of legend were always Fey (like Redcaps, et al.). Gnomes were always very Fey like, and Elves have the "Fey Ancestry" feature, yet are somehow not Fey. Eladrin (mentioned in the DMG) should be Fey as well - or at least considered part Fey. Much like Dragonborn should be Humanoid/Draconian, Teiflings should be Humanoid/Fiend, Aasimar should be Humanoid/Celestial and so on. Trolls strike me as very Fey-like among the giantkin. Just my opinions. With regard to Warlocks: My very first 5E character was a Fey/Bladelock. After doing a lot of research, I discovered that Baba Yaga was considered a Fey by some, so therefore wrote a backstory intertwining them. The tradition of her shapeshifting to trick or kill the unwary was too good to pass up. Besides, being thrown out of a hut which then uproots and walks away on giant chicken legs was too good to pass up. The new resource from Kobold Press: The Tome of Beasts contains more Fey and Archfey. I look forward to getting that at some point. It's possible that Volo's Guide to Monsters could contain some new Fey as well.

[@kyleswanson6615]

Cù Sìth would be cool to have a 5e representation as well. Having come into 5e as really my first experience being immersed into Dungeons and Dragons, I have no idea if that is something which has been depicted in previous editions or anything, but something which could provide plenty of opportunities for adventures.

[@JPruinc]

Good stuff!

[@isaachaahr8691]

What can an army of pixies do? Slay the lady of summer.

[@Mr.Monacle]

Our campaign is a world full of adventurers, the way that it works is the primary deity just basically warped reality so that there are always more monsters to challenge adventurers, and adventurers are insanely ambitious. The world is also ravaged by war because the primary deity loves fighting, and due to this fact there are like no clerics of life. We use a modified weapon damage system, and as such everything is just SOOO much deadlier. I've had like 4 characters die in our year of campaigning.

[@williambennett7935]

I do agree that there not enough higher level fey in the MM. Volo's guide added a few, but it is a hole that should be filled with a new campaign - hopefully in the Feywild.

[@silversai9368]

As someone who is going feylock in our next campaign in a couple weeks I can't help but think of nothing but Dresden...also lots to think about thanks guys

[@gorter23]

i just want to point out that in my experience there are very few adventures made which highlight or contain anything Fey. and i believe this is for a good reason. personally, i do not like or care for them much but i can also imagine why someone would like to incorporate Fey into their campaign. i believe Mercer has a campaign he is running called 'into the Fey' which gives a good representation of all things Fey

[@NanaelSoloer]

Could u make a episode about Liches and necromancy can be used in a campaign?

[@jimdavis141]

I'm sure Pru can add it to our ever expanding list of show topics! I just wrapped up a game that featured necromancy heavily and included one of the players attaining Lichdom.

[@BearUmbra]

I want to play a voodoo shaman type character, and was thinking Fey Pact Warlock. Problem is I don't have a good idea for patrons. Think you guys could do some videos highlighting warlock patrons? Afaik they have 4 (3 in the PHB 1 in the SCAG) official pacts and 2 other ones in the UA. SCAG goes into some a little bit, but I can't get a good grasp on the types of personality they hold as individuals. Personally, im trying to run Dendar the Night Serpent for one of my players as a being who owns the nightmare Realms.

[@SolarFlairIsBestPony]

Ech, I'm definitely going to have to do some creative fey-ing for my campaign, they're meant to be a reasonably big part of it.

[@richards3648]

Though I could never get into the Dresden Files my fae have seem to have undergone something of a convergent evolution the unseelie run by Mab and the Seelie run by Titania. I like to draw from actual folklore but am heavily influence by Mike Mignola (I strongly recommend the Hellboy story The Corpse if you’re looking for inspiration on how to use fae.) I also watched Disney’s Gargoyles as a kid which incorporated a lot of Shakespeare’s fae into the later stories and I also went through a period where I discovered a compressive set of Shakespeare works on audio CD at the library so I’ve incorporated his works more directly. I also strongly recommend watching Pan's Labyrinth. My party's currently caught in a conflict between the Seelie and the Unseelie at the moment (thanks to them randomly deciding to walking into an overtly ominous forest) and are currently faced with an army of dark fae lead by the monstrous Death Ent. The outnumbered Seelie (mainly inexperienced brownies who I envision as rather Jim Henson-esque) are holed up in an old overgrown castle they call the Castle of Roots. The Seelie’s leader, the surprisingly militant pixie Flower Rainbow, had them collect a box of iron nails from an old bandit camp which they used to create a barrier against the dark fae. The nailes stopped most of the fae but not the murderous Red Caps who’ve become immune to iron thanks to continuous exposure via their iron shoes.

[@richards3648]

I do recommend Red Caps as an evil fae. I'm using reskinned kobalds with a few tweaks to seem to be more frenzied. They're a neat creature with their iron boots and pikes (spears in game terms since they're to small for pikes). Of coarse the best part is that they get their name because they soak their caps in the blood of their victims. I had mine drag out and sacrifice a peasant prior to the battle for this purpose.

[@viperalist]

I honestly think that people should look into Irish mythology and legends for inspiration on some Fey ideas. There's a lot of stories that seem in line with what the game is aiming at

[@Meeko1010100112]

'a world where all the adventurers killed all the monsters and now they're all outmoded' You mean the Witcher, then? That's a big part of the world there, the fact that the Witchers and other human monster hunters have been so thorough in their hunts that they have a hard time finding jobs they can do. No one needs a monster slayer when you've killed all the monsters.

[@jacksonl.2201]

They mean everything generically evil as well, such as orcs and goblins aswell

[@ZenodudeMC]

Maybe genies, elementals and other elemental creatures?

[@SinerAthin]

As a DM, I discovered that of all the creatures and NPCs I've ever set in front of my players; Pixies have been the most bloodthirst-inducing creatures I've ever pulled out of the box, sending the players into an almost immediate frenzied rage! I set an elusive, slightly cocky pixie to antagonize the party one session; and I swear, I have never seen players become so consumed by bloodlust or obsessed by such an intense desire to kill a specific NPCs than I have with that pixie! They'd literally trek across an entire forest, brave hazardous ground, risk ambushes and go right off the path of their quest just to get at the little bugger xD

[@frankrobinsjr.1719]

Kudos on the "Willow" reference. I wasn't aware many people know of that one. Do you remember the Elvish Dogs from an earlier edition? Seems like a legit member of the "Wild Hunt" to me.

[@paulcoy9060]

the kooshee from MM 2?

[@Xaxares]

Don't forget the Oath of the ancient Paladins. They too are part of the fay in some ways. Maybe forest gnomes?

[@Xaielao2]

Want to expand your selection of Fey for D&D 5e? There's a new MM style book from Kobold Press called Tome of Beasts that vastly expands on the Fey, including very powerful Archfey. Expanding on the mention of Dresden Files, if you love the real world stories of Fey and ancient celtic legends, etc.. check out Changeling: the Lost, a Chronicles of Darkness game about people who were kidnapped by Fey and were twisted by their alien magic before escaping back into a world that is no longer their own.

[@goodbuddy7607]

"Imagine a D&D world where all of the monsters had been exterminated." Sounds like Dark Sun.

[@isaachaahr8691]

I think out of the two types of fey winter is easier to deal with than summer because winter is cruel but it is easy to predict. Summer on the other hand is so over the top that it is hard to understand what the next mood swing might bring.