Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild in D&D - Meagan & Todd

[@ToddKenreck]

Correction. Though you retain the feat. One you no longer have the prerequisite for that feat you lose the benefits of it.

[@jgr7487]

that's gonna be homebrewed out by every table.

[@RoninWolfos]

Owlfolk... Ima open a Tavern called Hooters. I’ll see myself out..

[@aaronjjacques]

I am so going to steal that for my next campaign

[@K_i_t_t_y84]

Take my like and GET OUT 😂

[@disciple012]

@@K_i_t_t_y84 This is going to show up in my next Spelljammer game...

[@sillvvasensei]

Couple interesting notes about the Fairy: - Flight works with heavy armor (it's magical and doesn't require wings) - Flight works in wild shape (same reason) - Fey Passage has no size limitations, so you could fit through 1-inch spaces while huge size (moon druid or rune knight fighter)

[@NotYourAverageNothing]

I’ve heard claims that the Owlfolk’s flight works in Wild Shape too because it’s technically not a numerical speed, preventing it from being “overwritten” by whatever you change into. Plus it’s a racial feature. Not sure I agree with it though, because the relevant rule in Wild Shape includes, “if the new form is physically capable of doing so.”

[@sillvvasensei]

@@NotYourAverageNothing Owlfolk flight relies on the wings though, and is not magical in nature. Therefore, being physical in nature, you lose the ability if you lose the wings. That's my understanding. "You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is PHYSICALLY capable of doing so."

[@Wyrmshield]

Damn that's so good

[@munchlax9506]

Wait flying bears?

[@companyoflosers]

too bad I ban flying races in my games because they break the game.

[@seanodonnell8001]

First thing that came to mind with Rabbit Folk was playing as Usagi Yojimbo.

[@Buddy74656]

That and Bugs Bunny.

[@Lycandros]

Shin'hare

[@Tgaxgriffen]

I have been wanting to play usagi forever lol. Im hyped I can now

[@NRMRKL]

AND you can do the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Tortles crossover!

[@vernonhampton5863]

Or freak people out at Bucky O'Hare.

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

I've been saying this for about a decade now: Twilight would have been way cooler if the Cullens were Fey rather than Vampires.

[@CaitSith87]

Really thats the only reason i listened to that books and they were „free“.😅 audiobooks were expensive 10 years ago.

[@ScoffMathews]

The wolves were seelie and the cullens unseelie?

[@CaitSith87]

@@ScoffMathews cause they are warm and the others cold. Else i dont see much comparison but my knowledge comes from harry dresden so may be less than accurate :)

[@panathenaea]

Really need a Fey setting book!

[@companyoflosers]

my bet is the fey book is gonna be an adventure. we just got a rule book in tasha's, and a setting book in the new ravenloft book. we are due for a proper adventure book. Candlekeep doesnt count since its an anthology of one-shots.

[@anthonyd6619]

Sounds like you want to play Bunnicula the vampire rabbit!

[@shiekahfan01]

An Owl Rogue Syndicate known as The Court of Owls made up of only Owlfolk ;)

[@JimMeeker]

I'm hoping this means there is a Feywild source book coming soon!

[@krim7]

@@MaleusMaleficarum In 4E, the Heroes of the Feywild goes into some detail about factions within the Feywild Beyond the Seeliee and Unseeliee courts.

[@lonewolf2399]

Fairy Barbarian : Tankerbell

[@jaredpuwalski8545]

Everybody’s a gangster until the barbarian starts flying.

[@videogollumer]

Fairy Barbarian swimming in ale: Tankardbell

[@Aligariusful]

Rabbitfolk is a cool idea. There was a book written 20+ years ago - Perloo the Bold, by Avi - with a whole rabbitfolk group.

[@mcullennz]

Undead warlock rabbitfolk is pretty scary

[@IamWalkingDead1]

I certainly appreciate Todd being able to do these discussions with another person in the same room, especially someone he has so much chemistry with (for obvious reason). He shows so much charisma when person is right there.

[@IamWalkingDead1]

I like that rabbitfolk aren't fully described. Whether you want to be a talking bunny, an anthropomorphic bunny, or a person with bunny legs and ears like the Final Fantasy Viera.

[@krispalermo8133]

USA South Dakota jack rabbit can hit running speeds of 80mph. My game shop drop them into 3.5e Star Wars rpg as force users so we can have a small being that can run pass the sound barrier. Force feat " Burst of Speed x10 movement." requirement: 3rd level force user. Bad news is their home world has natural force sensitive coyotes that can also break the sound barrier at full speed for a few seconds of sprint.

[@shankmaster3607]

Honestly with how diverse fairies are in fiction, I wouldnt even mind if my players wanted to be medium instead of small but other than that I really love these new race options!

[@simmonslucas]

I would be a medium sized Redcap lol.

[@TenositSergeich]

You can get different fairies in Pathfinder. Wonder when we will see half-lycanthrope linneage in D&D now.

[@tobyforrest3877]

@@TenositSergeich That's kind of what shifters are from the Eberron book

[@TenositSergeich]

@@tobyforrest3877 Very much on point, thank you very much! We'll wait for robot-people then.

[@egrettacaerulea]

Eladrin probably count as reasonable medium fey, too.

[@mimicsandmonstrosities]

I really enjoy this format with you both talking about this kind of stuff.

[@TheRoonage]

Be honest Todd, how long were you passionately describing your owlfolk gloom stalker before the edit?

[@ToddKenreck]

Very, very long..

[@sanctissimus1]

Lmao 🤣

[@koboldmartian4063]

I am already thinking up of some characters similar to Hayao Miyazaki spirits or the spirits from the spirit world of Legend of Korra! A lot of diversity with this template, I love it!

[@bryanabbott6169]

For the Fairy, I think they should have a chance to have multiple features like Teiflings (i.e. roll 1d4 to determine the number of features, such as large ears, insect wings, and smell of elderberries, err, brownies).

[@munchlax9506]

I love the idea of a fairy druid who can squeeze through a one inch hole then bam grizzly bear

[@kylecoble9118]

Great review, and helpful descriptions for mechanics and flavor. There is an old Mystara BECMI book, Tall Tales of the Wee Folk, that had about a dozen races in it. I'm hoping we're getting a 5e update of sorts with this! Loved the Sidhe...

[@calql8ing]

I’m thinking Jorgen Von Strangle for a fairy from Fairly Odd Parents

[@starsgears9200]

Fairy Barbarian. Yes.

[@randallgpreston]

Hobgoblin + mastermind rogue. Help action as a bonus action and help at 30feet. Such a good combination.

[@SaintofM]

The dragonfly soldier on the cover of hybrid theory album

[@elliotbryant3459]

I really want fairies to be tiny sized, it would create an interesting exception and would make sense. -But I could see it as immersion breaking when a tiny creature can deal as much damage with its weapons as a quasi-large one -especially with the newfound aversion to stat penalties. Maybe a built in weapon attack debuff vs bigger creatures, like not adding their ability modifier to the damage rolls of weapon attacks and unarmed strikes to creatures 2 sizes or more larger than them? -then maybe compensate with fey ancestry or magic save advantage.

[@jimmybob7873]

My solution would be to simply halve the tiny-sized weapon's damage dice before adding the modifiers. For example, if a Tiny creature hits with a tiny-sized mace and then rolls a 6 on the d6, the damage roll is halved to 3 before adding the creature's strength modifier to the total. Also, I'd rule that Tiny creatures can't effectively wield Heavy and Reach weapons (though they could still be used as improvised weapons in a pinch), as well as imposing disadvantage on attack rolls made with normal-sized weapons that aren't Light.

[@elliotbryant3459]

@@jimmybob7873 ya, most reach weapons are at disadvantage for small or smaller creatures due to the heavy property so that makes sense. -but a tiny fairy riding a fire beetle wielding a normal reach lance [which lacks the heavy property] seemed absurd haha. -I feel wielding a reach whip might be fine though. -This is under the notion that they are using either non-magical weapons sized for their race and that magical items adjust to the wielders size. -Alternatively, there is always faeries traditional fear of/aversion to iron -which could be consolidated as metal objects [like how druids refuse to wear metal armor]. give them disadvantage to everything while wearing/wielding metal, or a charisma or constitution save to avoid the poisoned condition? Could throw them a bone and give them the shillelagh cantrip to compensate. -this is looking more extreme than a mere stat penalties though, lol.

[@DarkElfPaladin]

I'm thinking rabbitfolk ranger from the long patrol

[@Stringbean670]

I really like the idea of a chaotic fairy wild magic sorcerer that flies around and makes random magic happen

[@bryannorris8049]

The interesting thing about the Thor thing to me is that he possibly wouldn't have spent any significant time in the part of Midgard that had racoons and he totally could have missed that there were such a thing. Rabbits however do make their way into Norse mythology. Thor just substitutes small fluffy animal that he knows the name of.

[@alanschaub147]

The Fairy reminds me of Oona in Legend, who moved back and forth from small to tiny and squeezed through small spaces. 🧚🏻‍♂️ 💫

[@arlem525]

What care I for human hearts? A fairy's heart beats fierce and free!

[@smeg0911]

I love watching the piece by piece style videos of longer interviews but a Saturday/Sunday release of the weeks pieces in one long cut would be awesome Sauce 🤙🏻

[@davidmorgan6951]

The rabbitfolk barbarian got me thinking of the rabbit in monty python holy grail

[@Berekona]

Great episode Todd & Megan

[@antonioandrade459]

So glad youtube recomended me this vid. I'm so happy to see you're keeping up the good work. Thanks Todd, and now Megan too :)

[@joshuahendershot196]

I should also mention the regular Hobgoblin had the same ability called Saving Face up to +5 on a failed save/ability check/attack roll the rest of that is new. Though Saving Face was once per short rest not PB times per long rest.

[@autisticallyaccurate]

A Bipedal Displacer Panther/Beast would be cool.

[@sephirothii13]

I love the Owlfolk, doing wizard because of course...

[@kathyduncan8423]

I mean, I did build an Owlfolk monk/druid, and I already have a whole backstory brewing as to how and why she took up druidry after training as a monk.

[@sephirothii13]

@@kathyduncan8423 Oh yeah I see that I also did a rabbit samurai but that’s a given... decided to do a lion psy warrior as well. But owlfolk monk Druid sounds great

[@summersw1rl]

Really loving the vibe of this channel and love this style of video! Hope you and Meagan do more!

[@Wyrmshield]

Owlfolk seems so strong, especially compared to fairy. I still really want to play a fairy though, I just wish they could be tiny

[@levkrasovsky4920]

When I've first seen the fairy, them being small, being able to hover, and being able to squeeze through 1-inch spaces despite their size, I immediately thought about playing them as small hovering fey slimes instead of the traditional pixie- or sprite-like humanoid with wings. I've seen people saying that not making Fairy Tiny is a flavor fail, but in my opinion, it does create a uniquely D&D 5e version of the concept far separate from the sprite and the pixie found in the moster manual (which you can play as anyway using the sidekick rules in Tasha's cauldron). Flying glittering fairy slimes for the win, even if it is slightly terrifying! :D

[@krispalermo8133]

Years ago I set up a campaign were the PC had to defend their home village from a storm giant and his cat. After they got their boots of striding sprint, they realize they where playing the Smurfs. Just tell the players they are living in the redwood forest and there are giant mushrooms all around them.

[@zakskakum7444]

Todd: Glittery Vampires Laura Urban: Hello!

[@VerityAran]

Great content as per usual Todd Kenreck Also, I’ve been wondering where those glowing green flasks come from?

[@Lujuria406]

Me personally I believe the bunny is a little bit broken because all you have to do is move 5 feet to hop and it does not count against your movement so you would move pipe beat roll a d 12 move another 5 feet roll a D12 you could average out 60 feet without taking the dash action every turn

[@MikeDonegan]

I am enjoying these videos. My only suggestion is, each episode you need to take a sip from the epic golden skull chalice.

[@NigeltheLucky]

I like that Decide to look like anything... like 2nd edition tieflings used to be :)

[@noa728]

Archfey warlock fairy who uses her pseudodragon familiar as a mount (I know they're technically not tiny but they are in my head)

[@aliceofspades]

I'm so excited for Owlfolk! Owls are my favorite thing! :D

[@kuroganematisson9800]

So, Viera are now somewhat playable in D&D...?! I am already envisioning all the rabbit holes to hop into...lol

[@loganhart3489]

Bunnyfolk just makes me think of Usagi Yojimbo.

[@TheHareedo]

Going Gloomstalker Rabbitfolk to crank up my initiative and movement. My other thought is a heavy armor Powladin.

[@stevo92100]

I can't wait to see what book this will come out in. I would love a feywild adventure!

[@SenatorAwesomesauce]

A rabbitfolk cleric who’s daily prayers include the classic line from watership down. “All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies. And whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first, they must catch you, digger, listener, runner. Prince with a swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.”

[@InquisitorThomas]

I want to play an Owlfolk Armor Artificer with the Criminal Background to essentially play Clockwerk from Sly Cooper.

[@docnevyn5814]

Rabbitfolk "play against type and go dark". Some y'all didn't encounter Watership Down way too young and it shows. fey hobgoblin mastermind rogue can do bonus action hospitality every round.

[@JuniperHedge]

Enjoying the new show! The staging and cutting back and forth is a bit jarring, are they not in the same room?

[@arlem525]

Bunnicula!

[@meikahidenori]

I love the idea of new races, however stuff like Shifters I'd like more fleshing out. Trying to dig through Keith Baker's blogs for them gets messy and the best info is back in 3 & 3.5 and I'd really love that to be fully updated than just a minor paragraph.

[@NRMRKL]

Couldn't really understand what you meant in your comment. Going by the example you gave of Shifters, do you want the lore updated? or additional subrace options for a Shifter?

[@DemoBytom]

If you are a fairy dhampir - what creature type(s) are you? Pixies in UA are simply Fey. Dhampirs in their UA are humanoid and undead. Now, assuming you start as pixie and get dhampired (either during game or in your backstory) so you retain the fay creature type and become triple type - Fey/humanoid/undead? Or does dhampir take over and you only become the two it has listed?

[@kevineldridge9452]

So Feywild is gonna be the July Forgotten Realms adventure / source hardback, with tie-is to the (forthcoming) Forgotten Realms Magic: The Gathering card set, AND will be the basis for Season 11 Adventurer's League...?!?

[@marcosmiotti7399]

I can't think of Hobgoblins of the Feywild without thinking of David Bowie's Labyrinth!

[@papatraildoc]

You two are great together... love your episodes. I've had a thought, not sure if it is a good one... Owlfolk Druid / wildshape of an Owlbear? Am I right?

[@zenuuleflamesinger1469]

*Hey you guys!* Any news of Spell Jammer?

[@pitchforksdragon1252]

Fairy barbarian welding a great spoon. That said, fairies should be tiny lore wise.

[@Wyrmshield]

Yeah I wish they would be more open to letting players be more than medium or small and just give those races less traits to compensate

[@Dark-Lord-Of-The-Sith]

Bunnicula has come to D&D!

[@peterterry7918]

Little scared of what a DM would do with Feywild hobgoblins...

[@jgr7487]

if you ever wanna play a Decidueye in D&D, the Owlfolk is your choice.

[@samtheactualkenku6205]

so we aren't going to talk about playing Roger Rabbit as a Rabbitfolk Bard? Or Toot Toot from the Dresden Files as a Fairy Fighter/Rogue? Or LITERALLY any of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole?

[@Wickerless]

Honestly with the squeze thingy, they might as well made fairies tiny - as we all expect them to be. If it ever gets to my table, I'll probably just say they are tiny.

[@videogollumer]

Half the usual carrying capacity? Weapons fit for small and medium creatures being unwieldy? Weapons fit for tiny creatures dealing 1 point of damage?

[@Wickerless]

@@videogollumer Well yeah! That's what fairies are no? They are not hardcore naked barbarians, they are small and cute magic things. Imagine the fun playing a tiny barbarian though, in my book fairies not being tiny is a missed slamdunk.

[@videogollumer]

@@Wickerless Not all fairies are tiny; take the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio, for example. In fact, Sprites and Fairies are often designated as smaller fairies.

[@Pandaemoni]

I am a little over [insert animal]-folk. I am disappointed they have two of those and only one other race. The only interesting thing to me is making owlfolk the predators on the nearby rabbitfolk, but I would have done that with giant owls anyway.

[@DonnyDunne]

Totally not going to make a Rabbit folk monk called Basil Staghare *shifty eyes*

[@Lycandros]

Rabbit-Folk? I invite people to look up the Shin'hare from Hex tcg and learn about their culture.

[@TheTerrainWizard]

I feel like D&D is very slowly evolving into a Gamma World vibe, except crystals, magic, and black powder are used instead of technology and lasers.

[@jeffersonleque7935]

You got my like for the Twilight reference haha

[@studynot757]

Bunnicula can be real! Rabbit-folk Dhampir!

[@berserkervtuber6285]

They play up the rabbit folk with luck, but nothing played up with owlfolk within wisdom. That's a miss I didn't think D&D would do this.

[@NotYourAverageNothing]

5:23 Pretty sure this is incorrect. If you change races, you [likely] no longer meet the prerequisite for the feat, and therefore cannot benefit from it. Though you do technically still *have* the feat, if that’s what you meant.

[@morganbush7775]

Miss seeing you on DND Beyond Todd :’(

[@dustindroney5116]

A leprechaun as a rouge or bard

[@horusgrimwulff8659]

I could see a Mr Owl from Mr Rogers NPC my bad snickers

[@horusgrimwulff8659]

got a whole wierd you walk into Capt Kagaroo /Mr Rogers tolly world kinda viv you could mess with party with

[@Blextine]

Hope this is singes of a futer Feywild book, is so litel Loré about Fey and the Feywild, there is like noting in 5e about Archfey or the Feywild so let us hope That we get some Fey Love in the futer. Also If Hobgoblins trace their origin to the Feywild then i Have some questions like, 1:dos it exist Archfey who are this Fey Hobgoblins. 2:Do this original Fey Hobgoblin inbody a emotion like most 5e Fey do, 3:is this Hobgoblin strongly conected to some form of force of Nature then?

[@firefreak122]

A tinker fary artificer!!!

[@bitterblossom271]

So, if the fairy is a small creature and it can look like anything as long as it’s small… could It look like a cat? 😳

[@BMKoolaid]

Fairy = Orco Flying wizard without a real body!!

[@TyanFH]

Bunny Barbarian for the win. Just say'n.

[@nicolashuerta353]

it is possible to create a fairy with an more animal appearence? like walking en four legs or something like that? after all their creature type is not humanoid.

[@MischiefHowlVA]

*Feywild is introduced* Hah, they can't say no to my Peter Pan inspired fey now bwahaha.

[@laffuntilucry]

What book are the gothic lineages in? First I have heard of them.

[@jackdizzy123]

They were the previous unearthed arcana

[@alanschaub147]

Does a familiar count as an ally?

[@videogollumer]

I'm pretty sure it does.

[@dseray9494]

Someone's mouth is an inch wide. Also, I can now make a character with no magic items who never rolls less than a 36 in initiative

[@christopheroneill77]

I love the hop - I wish it was in 5 ft increments.

[@videogollumer]

Centaurs have a speed of 40 and require 4 extra feet of movement to climb. This means they can only climb 8 feet per turn, also breaking 5 ft increments. Does this bother you as well?

[@christopheroneill77]

@@videogollumer you sound like the 6 fingered man please be honest about your suffering its for posterity.

[@crowgoblin]

Todd you’re a lucky guy ...but why isn’t this the “Meagan & Todd” channel?

[@thedragonknight5194]

Get out of there Auril, that's not your family.

[@Just_Tyree]

The owlfolk is a bit too dismissive to the aarakocra race, i feel it should be at most a subrace and more options should be added like “eaglefolk” and “parrotfolk”

[@videogollumer]

And I suppose Kenku are just black feathered Aarakocra without wings?

[@Just_Tyree]

@@videogollumer they arent a specified bird race or even a bird race at all

[@videogollumer]

@@Just_Tyree Um, yes they are! They have beaks and feathers; that makes them bird people. Also, they are specifically raven people, which coincides with their love of "shinies". How on earth do you not see that?!

[@Just_Tyree]

@@videogollumer nah I understand the resemblance but nowhere in lore does it refer to them as a humanoid bird just happen to be birdlike but again they dont fly or anything owlfolk is literally specified as a “type of bird” humanoid which is already the Aarakocra

[@videogollumer]

@@Just_Tyree Your ignorance hurts my head. Of course, they're bird people! Not all birds can fly; but also, the Kenku race USED to have wings! They also have beaks and feathers and lay eggs! THEY. ARE. BIRD PEOPLE!!! You don't need the book to tell you that with words when the pictures SCREAM it right into your face! Smhrh

[@companyoflosers]

I'm super happy they are considering more fey-themed stuff, but overall I was disappointed with this UA. I'm fine with the lineage rules and not defining stereotypical racial stats unlike some. I think I'm smart enough I can infer what the generic stats would be. But what disappointed me about this UA was two of the races can fly, which is an auto-ban from my games and the third is just a fey-flavored hobgoblin (boring). The only neat thing is I guess the fact we can have bunny people now which need some serious rebalancing. Until they fix it officially, I'll be house ruling that instead of jumping 1-12 feet, they jump 5 ft if they roll odds and 10ft if they roll evens on the d12 roll because apparently wotc forgot grids go in increments of 5 feet. Ill also be changing the hare-trigger ability if not outright eliminating it. maybe I'll like these things more when they release a book with lore to go alongside it all. maybe ill also downgrade the fairy's flying to simply hovering. I also think they should have the option between being a small and medium creature, but the squeeze through 1 inch spaces thing also leaves a bad taste.

[@arthurmarques6191]

enjoy while it doesn't get nerfed is such bad PR :/

[@cthulpiss]

Windlings anyone? ;-)

[@davidmorgan6951]

Winnie the pooh crew lol

[@mkohlhorst]

Why can't they be tiny?

[@jayzippo]

No thanks. Quite ridiculous

[@Vogue69]

I think Fairy was the biggest Let Down in 5e for me. I was so pumped about an official fairy race, yet they went the most boring way imaginable. What happened to being bold and out of the box? Everything seems bland and colorless.

[@videogollumer]

Things can change, y'know?

[@feliciahudson815]

Again. Why can't you both be in the same frame? Cutting to Meagan for a reaction or a quick word is so distracting. I can't watch this at all.

[@TheRoonage]

The 2 camera set up makes it a lot easier to do multiple takes. It also makes it easier to combine those takes more naturally in editing.

[@feliciahudson815]

@@TheRoonage this doesn't look natural at all. Jumping back and forth isn't natural.

[@feliciahudson815]

3 cameras would be so much better. One where they are both in frame and then a dedicated camera for each. The shots are so disjointed, they might as well not be in the same room.