How to Play Fey Creatures in D&D | Wild Beyond The Witchlight | D&D

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

Ashley Johnson did a great job about this with Fearne in Exandria Unlimited. Fearne was a peaceful person, and Ashley took that peacefulness to it's extreme. Lmao It was so fun to see someone play a character who was AGGRESSIVELY at peace. Lmao

[@OrangeyChocolate]

Something else to remember when roleplaying fey characters: Tinkerbell in Peter Pan (the original) only had room in her small body for one emotion at a time, so it may help to channel that when playing a being of pure emotion.

[@BiblicFurby]

I made an archdruid rabbitfolk NPC character in one of my games who's entire life purpose was to find a great yellow bear that had destroyed its garden

[@poetforthelonely]

Wouldn't it be a tiger with a spring like tail?

[@ogrejehosephatt37]

Very happy to see Chris and Jeremy in interviews again.

[@AAron-gr3jk]

This! It's been too long

[@raicantgame6634]

I love the way the fairy was done as a "template". I've been interested in fey creatures and folklore my whole life so it's exciting to be able to make a huge variety of characters based on different things. The first fairy character I made with the UA was a small creature, kind of like a brightly colored halfling covered in flowers, with a little unicorn horn and a little tail. Very cutesy. And then pitch black eyes and sharp teeth, for that hint of unsettling that I feel is necessary for any fey being.

[@AAron-gr3jk]

So let me get this straight. The Shadowfell is like being in a cemetary at night: its dark, spooky and quiet. And you might get surprise attacked when you least expect it. But the Feydark is more like a Riot: it's a kind of party, but stuff is burning, there's looting and people are running and screaming and you expect to be attacked by anyone

[@Year2047]

I am not a fan of accidentally crossing the vail into the Feywild. When that place goes wrong it really goes wrong. I'd rather take the cold darkness of the shadowfell then be constantly paranoid about what chaos is going to be next. Let alone dealing with a happy, mischievous fey who pulls a "harmless" joke on the party, making us all lose our names.

[@GoblinLord]

@@Year2047 that's why you come prepared with 30 names

[@blairbird8022]

I've been slowly making my characters over the years smaller and smaller, and now that the fairy is both "Small" and can cast Englarge/Reduce, I think I found my end goal.

[@BdeMontarville]

Had a Tiny version of the UA fairy (with *reduced* stats) that could cast enlarge on itself # times prof bonus per short rest, no concentration required. Can end effect as a bonus action.

[@TheClericCorner]

Just played a hag in last night's game. A player gave up his mother's memory of him in order to reunite 2 in-love NPCs.... incredible.

[@TVMAN1997]

God that’s sad

[@TheClericCorner]

@@TVMAN1997 Yeah, no kidding! The hag offered but had no idea the player would go for it. Imagine my surprise and the hags delight

[@Grimmjowking]

Currently playing a Hexblood myself in a Strahd game and this video helped me realize that a frustrated emotional outburst was actually in line with his heritage. This video definitely inspired further rollplay for me. Looking forward to getting this book

[@SoosAgusto]

I've been playing a character from the Feywild (a satyr!) and this video is helping me a lot to roleplay him better. Thank you!

[@basicallyhen]

Todd you were honestly the best part of D&D Beyond, you just give the most enjoyable interviews. Glad to see the channel going well, keep it up!

[@jgr7487]

for me, and mostly after this vid, the Feywild can be explained as the plain of Mania, while the Shadowfell can be explained as the plain of Depression.

[@jameswarner1928]

The "oh, yes" when Jeremy mentioned bat wings had me in stitches XD Oh, Todd... never change

[@karatekoala4270]

Fairies having enlarge/reduce makes me immediately think of Tinkerbell in "Hook"

[@McStumpy9331]

For my run of WBWL I'm treating the Fey Wild as a SNES/N64 style setting. That you walk into a video game world of high contrasting bright colors, with mario~esq backdrop. Environments will make sound effects. First thing through to portal? Greeted by a broken/static automated greeting/tutorial on behavior while in Presm.... *zzzzrrt* HITHER *zzzrt* Going to work hard to make it a throw-back style to our SNES classics.

[@Kerrigan-QOB]

Im just gonnal et you know i read this as the austrian painter guy

[@kebabloodmoon6848]

Made a harengon feywanderer / pact of the archfey and he is definitely up on the whimsical and trickster side of things. Best part, party needed to get somewhere and they decided to put the fae rabbit in their bag of holding with all their stuff. Lets say the itching powder and hot food spices didnt go to waste. . . . . They also made him the group leader because he has that overtop positive drive.

[@dm_curt]

"The stream near the haunted castle may be singing about your doom." Great, so now Sir Robin's bards may be everywhere. ✔

[@1970joedub]

When in the role of a DM hags are the one of my favorite D&D villains.

[@TeslaandDragons]

I am planning on playing a puck like being a trickster who often lands himself in hot water because of his good intentioned trickery.

[@williamjanak2013]

Woot its great to see Todd being happy and excited about new D&D products. Trying to sell me on them in just the best way possible. I hope all is well since it seems there have not been a lot of activity on the channel video wise. Thank you for all the hard work put in to these videos.

[@RPGMusicMaker]

I can't wait to get a copy of the book for myself!

[@AAron-gr3jk]

There's more good DM advice in these sessions for playing characters than DM guides of old.

[@renrac20]

I hope to one day have these two talking about my homebrew game setting. I love this game and the breadth of imagination it helps bring to light. I just have to find a way to get my material in front of them. 😅

[@JesseBooth01]

I just really need Jeremy to do some like meditation sleep tracks. I could listen to his voice for years.

[@zenuuleflamesinger1469]

Love the new races. Just warming up for Spelljammer right?!?

[@Aligariusful]

A fun example in recent media: Rumpelstiltskin from Once Upon A Time, especially in the "past" memories from the first few seasons

[@fransgaard]

Really enjoying these interviews. Content is great and Todd is a fab host.

[@enelson39]

QUESTION: my group and I are excited for more Feywild content and we're reviewing the Fairy race. As such, we're taking a hard dive into Enlarge/Reduce and a player had a great question. "What if one fairy casts enlarge/reduce on a medium sized creature, making it large. And then another fairy casts enlarge/reduce, trying to make it small?" Does the creature: A) Remain Large - since spells don't stack B) Become Small - since spells don't stack, but we take the latter casting C) Become Medium - Medium +1 size and -1 size

[@rachel4339]

So I’m sure this isn’t relevant for you a whole year later lol but in case anybody else (like me) reads this and is curious… Because it can’t be under the effect of the same spell at the same time, it would remain large, until the first fairy’s concentration is broken or the spell ends.

[@luka2784]

@@rachel4339 Actually it would become either small or medium. If the same spell is cast with the same potency, than 'the most recent effect applies if the castings are equally potent and their durations overlap'. In terms of the other (non size effects), the result would definitely be that the character now only gets the benefits/drawbacks from being small, and none from being large. However, their are two options with what happens with their size. This is because the growing/shrinking effect of enlarge reduce is not continuous and only happens at the start of the spell, as shown by, if your growth is stunted when you first grow due to small space and then you moove into a larger space, noting says you now grow to full size. Option 1: The new spell takes effect first, shriking you down to medium. Then, because you are under the effects of the same spell twice, the old spell drops, which would decrease you in size but you are already medium so nothing happens. Option 2. You are considered under the effects of the same spell twice before the new spell takes effect so the old spell drops, shinking you back down to medium. Then the new spell takes effect, and as you are now medium, you are shrunk down to small. I think either of these are viable interpretations and It would be up to the DM to decide which.

[@rachel4339]

@@luka2784 my misunderstanding... RAW does say that if the second spell of the same name at the same level is successful, the previous spell is ended as the second one takes over. Because they do not exist simultaneously however, as per the preceding sentence, I would rule as the first ends you return to normal size, but immediately afterwards you shrink down to small as per the effect of the second spell. That would be RAW.

[@clarkside4493]

So what you're _saying_ is, if I want a good excuse to have a strong "pixie" I can say it's a redcap? Alright, _now_ I'm sold.

[@derrickhaggard]

Playing as a Chaotic Good Fairy Fiend Warlock Treasure Hunter in a Wildemount campaign and her patron is a succubus that is at the rank of arch-fiend who was inspired by Morrigan from Darkstalkers and the pact is a "Soul Pact" aka part of the pact means my character has to share to her body with the soul of her patron.

[@nihili4196]

Finally! I can play as rabbit druid barbarian that wild shapes into bunny then rages

[@roberttschaefer]

In the shadowfell, there is no joy, only feelings of relief.

[@jamricsloe]

So feel like a toddler feels! Extreme!

[@DrAndrewJBlack]

Great interview

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

fantastic video Todd Kenreck. I broke the thumbs up on your video. Continue to keep up the really good work.

[@Buddy74656]

Thank you Todd and Jeremy.

[@alexfirefly1956]

I'm actually kinda disappointed that the Hobgoblin of the Feywild apparently isn't gonna be part of this book. I love this concept.

[@meanwhiles432]

Tinkerbell in Wonderland

[@Crystalphoenix]

So.... The Fairy can be.... A leprechaun for instance?

[@PsychicAlchemy]

I, too, have enjoyed a tasty mushroom in my day.

[@kingmasterlord]

fairy way of astral self monk that wants to punch Asmodeus

[@HowtoRPG]

Very interesting. You do these so well Todd.

[@Wyrmshield]

I am 10000% down for a shadowfel fairy

[@GeiderLeal]

I love Jeremy Crawford!

[@sillvvasensei]

"You're not a mortal being." What happens when a Fey dies?

[@dm_curt]

Being unable to age isn't being immune to being destroyed.

[@CreamCakes420]

In my dnd world fey are made of multiple souls, and when the body dies all the souls leave to go join up with different ones forming new fey creatures

[@witchBoi_Connor]

I'm so very very scared for the fairy race/lineage. Please have balanced flight in some way so they're legal to play. Please have made them tiny, if not small of the edge of tiny. Please have not made them slip through spaces smaller than their bones as though they were cephelopods. Please! I want a good tiny flighty fairy friend race.

[@superkeaton9912]

Maybe one day well get Fomorian-adjacent PC's. That'd be neat.

[@Heeeynald]

So, Feywild is more towards life while Shadowfell is more towards Death, so the Feydark is more of a "common ground" balanced? Also, give us some Treefolk! Pleeeeeease! rs

[@alexfirefly1956]

I wouldn't say the difference between the Feywild and the Shadowfell is between life and death. In my book, it is about Emotion. Or the lack of it. The Feywild is a place of extreme emotion, while the Shadowfell is a place that almost lacks any.

[@Jelloz104]

No more fey hobgoblin?

[@thebeanz7838]

Anyone else a bit underwhelmed...... disappointed with how the Fairy turned out?

[@deadpoolrwbyfan8419]

The removal of the pseudo-tiny size ability is very disappointing to me. I mean, they replaced it with the Enlarge/Reduce spell, so now you can actually be Tiny, so it kind of made it in, but still

[@thebeanz7838]

@@deadpoolrwbyfan8419 I was hoping for the Tiny, and I was hoping for one of those Fey like Racial Traits. Kind of like what elves and satyrs have. Yeah they got a spell, but they don't exactly have that feat to squeeze through stuff. I kinda feel like they were afraid of making the race too powerful, so they made it on the weaker end. Don't some Races have options? Like, pick this feat over another, maybe some actual customization for the race that matters would've been cool.

[@simonfernandes6809]

The UA Fairy was seriously overpowered. I have a player in my current campaign playing a 5th level Soulknife Rogue Fairy and she is really enjoying the character. It's very entertaining to watch and the Enlarge/Reduce ability is working well. I think - seeing it in actual play - that the Fairy is absolutely fine.

[@deadpoolrwbyfan8419]

@@thebeanz7838 Not really, no. The only semi-customizable races would be Custom Lineage, Variant Human, and the Simic Hybrid. I feel like there are a few races that should have been customizable, like Reborn or Warforged. The reality is, Wotc is never going to make a Tiny sized player race for 5e because they have a bizarre aversion to the idea. I don't know why, but they're stuck to Small and Medium for whatever reason. As for the Fey racial traits of elves and satyrs... I can't say I disagree. If ANY race should have the Fey Ancestry, it's the gods damn FAIRY.

[@5-Volt]

They are still a non-humanoid race with a fly speed. Are people forgetting that? Also having Faerie fire is a nice spell and I personally prefer having enlarge/reduce to the squeeze through 1-inch gaps thing. Sure it's less flavorful but has more utility.

[@BloodLegaZ]

I can't picture a 2 foot tall fairy. It just doesn't make good sense to me. That is my only problem with what I see here.

[@TheSwamper]

"We often send out stuff in UA that we know is overpowered..." Please don't. Players see this stuff and then want to play it, in that overpowered form.

[@richtercarlsen6289]

I know, right? I can see why they would say aspects of the UA fairy were OP (they were), but the final version felt a little watered down. For instance, I wanted to play a fairy knight in full or half plate, not to be a mobile turret at lvl 1, but because I liked the aesthetic. I’d even take a breastplate. As is, a fairy can’t fly in med/hvy armor at any level (not without other means at least). At least let it scale?

[@Jeff-cn9up]

Why bother. Most of these drama club members are pretty fey in real life.

[@semperfi7372]

Fey are lame just my opinion.

[@sethhawkins2907]

To each their own! The Fey are for those who thrive in and find enjoyment in Intrigue, plots, and manipulation. It's a complex design, one not everyone is interested in or capable of!