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Hanali-in-Love
12-06-07, 09:16 PM I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what Wilderness forest has the highest concentration of Fey beings? I'm looking for powerful fey and communities of fey. I was thinking possibly the Laughing Hollow?
Stigger
12-07-07, 02:31 AM From what I remember of it, either the High Forest or the Neverwinter Woods would probably qualify for that... Neverwinter Woods moreso I thought from what I recall of the descriptions.
Hanali-in-Love
12-07-07, 03:09 AM From what I remember of it, either the High Forest or the Neverwinter Woods would probably qualify for that... Neverwinter Woods moreso I thought from what I recall of the descriptions.

The description in the FrCs says nothing about fey in Neverwinter. I've noticed in all my many years of playing in forgotten realms that there is basically no fey community at all whatsoever in Faerun. Bullocks!
Stigger
12-07-07, 06:41 AM Was going by their description in The North boxed set actually, now that I look it up, which should be available off of the WotC older edition download site. Doesn't say fey specifically, but that was the impression I was left with overall.
Alediran
12-07-07, 08:21 AM Rashemen has a big concentration of nature spirits and other things. The telthor spirits could be considered fey.
Suin Bahhar
12-07-07, 08:29 AM Fey communities are most of the time obscured by at least a illusionary landscape or a mirage arcana so their presence might go unnoticed by the unknowing. Crossroads waypoints sometimes make paths to the spiritplane of Fearie possible were most Fey retreated to after the LeShay or the fey creator race prime era in the realms (some 20000 years ago if I'm not mistaken). So most of the Fey communitities have migrated and are located on Fearie.

As Stigger said Neverwinter Wood, the High Forest can hold significant numbers of seasonlinked fearies. The Yuirwood, the Duskwood and most old elven forests should be able to hold several smaller communities of Nixies, Pixies and Sprites.
Iakhovas
12-07-07, 09:35 AM Suin Bahhar is spot on, but I'll add one more to the list:

The Moonshaes, particuarly on the isle of Gwynneth in and around Myrloch Vale.
Hanali-in-Love
12-07-07, 01:24 PM It's just a shame that with all the races and deities in the realms that there is hardly any fey or relation to the Seelie court.
Lord Karsus
12-07-07, 01:29 PM -What was it...Unicorn Run?

-And, if you want to be technical, Elves could be considered Fey creatures, depending on what you want to define 'Fey'.
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
12-07-07, 01:56 PM The description in the FrCs says nothing about fey in Neverwinter. I've noticed in all my many years of playing in forgotten realms that there is basically no fey community at all whatsoever in Faerun. Bullocks!

The FRCS doesn't tell you everything (if fact, neither does any other sourcebook). It's fair to imagine fey communities in most forests--just because they aren't mentioned in the FRCS doesn't mean they don't exist.
Lord Karsus
12-07-07, 02:05 PM -Heh, Fey communities do their best to make sure that they are not mentioned.
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
12-07-07, 04:09 PM -Heh, Fey communities do their best to make sure that they are not mentioned.

Indeed--in that sense the FRCS is actually quite realistic.:)
Green Elven Vampire
12-07-07, 04:36 PM I believe book 2 In Sylvan Shadows of The Cleric Quintet had a Dryad in it, and that took place in the forest of Shilmista. Though it never mentioned if those elves were Moon, Gold or what. I'd assume Moon elves.

So Dryads are in Shilmista.
Lord Karsus
12-07-07, 05:12 PM Though it never mentioned if those elves were Moon, Gold or what. I'd assume Moon elves.

-A combination of Moon Elves and Wood Elves, as some of the Elves featured had the characteristics of Moon Elves, and other had traditional Wood Elven characteristics.
Green Elven Vampire
12-08-07, 01:08 AM I'd say the Winterwood, The Laughing Hollow, The Ardeep forest, The High Forest, Kryptgarden forest and The Forgotten forest all would have a fairly high concentration of Fey in a surrounding community.
Dark Wizard
12-08-07, 01:52 AM Isn't Chondalwood also known as the Satyr Wood?
Stigger
12-08-07, 02:46 AM Last I checked it was.
Hanali-in-Love
12-08-07, 03:23 AM Isn't shilmista forest vacant? There is not even an entry for it in the FrCs, which I found odd.
Zanan
12-08-07, 04:22 AM Have a look at the Border Forest (FRCS, p. 127) east of Anauroch. It is said to be home to various sort of fey.

Having said that, methinks that many fey entered the Realms' "monster catalogue" rather lateish, so no wonder there ain't any large fey community, if you'd call it "community" at all.
Fingoldfin
12-08-07, 08:21 PM -What was it...Unicorn Run?

-And, if you want to be technical, Elves could be considered Fey creatures, depending on what you want to define 'Fey'.

Unicorn Run is in the Star Mountains in High Forest. It does have a community of fey and ahh... unicorns.

The largest concentration of fey in High Forest is around the Lost Peaks in the north western part of the forest. In addition to a large fey community it is also home to a large tribe of centaurs. Satyrs and pixies are the most common fey in the area.

In my game I created something known to fey in the High Forest as the Pixie Tree. It is an ancient oak tree more than 15ft wide located east of the Lost Peaks. It's home to at least 100 pixies, grigs, and pedals (mm3). The size of the community tends to fluctuate do to the capricious nature of fey. The tree has been shaped by magic over the centuries to provide numerous holes for the pixies to hide in. All non-evil fey within 500ft of the Pixie Tree are always under the effect of barkskin (+2) and protection from evil. All evil creatures within 500ft of the Pixie Tree are under the effect of faerie fire spell (no SR).

I created a few colorful "protectors" of the Pixie Tree. I'll list them below. They protect the tree by playing practical jokes (harmless for good PCs and harmful for evil PCs) on non-fey that come too close to the tree. If they talk to the players Nix and Blipophilious do most of the talking. They always give themselves and their companions long-winded royal-sounding titles. A good example is "Lord Nix, Hero of the High Forest, Archmage of Unicorn Run, and Savior of Turlang the Treant." Their titles always change from sentence to sentence.

Nix Brighteyes pixie sorcerer level 5
Twix Brighteyes pixie Druid level 4
Chrip grig ranger level 4
Blipophilious faerie dragon (as many hit dice as you want)

Let me know what you think about the Pixie Tree. I've had a lot of fun with it in my game. :)
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
12-08-07, 08:48 PM Isn't shilmista forest vacant? There is not even an entry for it in the FrCs, which I found odd.

In my opinion no forest should be "vacant".

I'd like to mention the Reaching Woods, if no one mentioned it before.:)
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
12-08-07, 08:49 PM Let me know what you think about the Pixie Tree. I've had a lot of fun with it in my game. :)

I think it's very cute, and I'd love something like that in my Realms.:)
Green Elven Vampire
12-08-07, 11:12 PM Ahhh yes, The Border forest! If I remember right, it has the most mention of Fey in all the FrCs. I would LOVE to see a group of roguish Quicklings with various class combos all beginning with rogue.

A Quickling Rogue/ Wizard/ Uncanny Trickster would be a serious opponent for even high level PC's.
Vulpes
12-09-07, 01:17 AM I just sort of scanned through it, so I may be incorrect, but the recent Shadowdale adventure makes it sound like there is now a large fey community in the woods around the dale.
MarkusTay63
12-09-07, 03:26 AM There are large communities of Fey in the Ama-Basin region of northern Kara-Tur, shown as the Pazruki Forest in the map that came in issue #349 of Dragon Magazine. In fact, one large community of Pixies was detailed in The Horde boxed set (Panjuis), but that Tree-fort has since been taken over by Bakemona (Oriental-style goblins). If you can look it up, it gives a very good description of a typical Torillian Pixie/Sprite dwelling.
Suin Bahhar
12-09-07, 10:49 AM Could a fey community muster enough strength to oust an neighbouring country? Fey wars has a nice ring to it. Crusading armor clad nixies or swarms of sprites descending from the sky like locusts. Somehow I doubt they would wage wars on the material plane of Fearun.
Fingoldfin
12-09-07, 11:33 AM Ahhh yes, The Border forest! If I remember right, it has the most mention of Fey in all the FrCs. I would LOVE to see a group of roguish Quicklings with various class combos all beginning with rogue.

A Quickling Rogue/ Wizard/ Uncanny Trickster would be a serious opponent for even high level PC's.

I'm gonna use this because it's just cruel. :evillaugh Does anyone know where I can find Quickling stats for 3.5e?
Iakhovas
12-09-07, 11:49 AM Ah yes, Vulpes is absolutely correct. There is quite a large fey population in and around Shadowdale now thanks to Azalar Falconhand, the new Lord of Shadowdale.
I just sort of scanned through it, so I may be incorrect, but the recent Shadowdale adventure makes it sound like there is now a large fey community in the woods around the dale.
Alediran
12-10-07, 08:44 AM Ah yes, Vulpes is absolutely correct. There is quite a large fey population in and around Shadowdale now thanks to Azalar Falconhand, the new Lord of Shadowdale.

What happened to Lord Mourngrim Amcathra?
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
12-10-07, 11:00 AM What happened to Lord Mourngrim Amcathra?

Depends on how you play through the module (you can reinstate him, in fact), but the official ending is that, with great sadness over all that happened in the module, he stepped down.
Lord Karsus
12-10-07, 11:02 AM -Well, that's nice. I figured he was dead.
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
12-10-07, 11:12 AM -Well, that's nice. I figured he was dead.

From what I recall, he's still alive.:) It is nice, but I still can't say I love all the plot developments in that module, or the fact that the module is so heavy-handed about what happens "officially".

Also, I think one of the designers (Eric L. Boyd?) said all these modules can be run at any time without being explicitly tied to the official timeline...but they are heavily tied in with the timeline (at least Shadowdale is).
Hanali-in-Love
12-13-07, 06:30 PM How did a large population of Fey spring up in Cormanthyr? What kind of fey?
Alediran
12-13-07, 06:43 PM How did a large population of Fey spring up in Cormanthyr? What kind of fey?

During Myth Drannor's time there was a large population of Satyrs.
Hanali-in-Love
12-13-07, 06:52 PM During Myth Drannor's time there was a large population of Satyrs.

But Satyrs don't count as a large population of fey.
Lord Karsus
12-13-07, 07:19 PM But Satyrs don't count as a large population of fey.

-Sylvan and Fey are virtually synonymous. Thus, if a Satyr is a Sylvan creature, it could also be considered a Fey creature, in many circles.
Stigger
12-13-07, 08:18 PM Funny, I consider them very different things, but then I very much come from a C:tD perspective rather than a D&D one.
Lord Karsus
12-13-07, 08:32 PM -Well, to be more specific, Sylvan creatures are more "woodsy", whereas Fey creatures are more "otherworldly". However, Sylvan creatures are often "otherworldly", and Fey creatures are often "woodsy".
Stigger
12-14-07, 12:12 AM Hmmm... guess I do use those definitions actually. I usually equate Fae with more 'power' though.
Vulpes
12-15-07, 01:26 AM How did a large population of Fey spring up in Cormanthyr? What kind of fey?

Again, I didn't read the module in depth, so I'm sure someone else could explain it better and in more detail, but apparently when Azalar Falconhand was trying to free Shadowdale, he allied with the fey and opened a bunch of backwoods crossroads gates that let in a whole bunch of fey.
Mr_Miscellany
12-15-07, 01:51 AM Magic of Faerūn (page 45-46) lists nine fey-guarded crossroads that exist in Faerūn. Whether any of these locations is next to/near a largish fey community is of course up to the DM.
Stigger
12-15-07, 02:33 AM Pretty sure the Waterdeep one isn't a sizeable fae community... :D
sfdragon
12-15-07, 05:04 AM it just says large fey numbers at the end of shadowdale, nothing on the type.

imo this would mean nymphs, satyrs, few others.
dryads on the otherhand require their tree so i doubt them.
Suin Bahhar
12-15-07, 07:22 AM You mean dryads cant bond to a new tree or that Shadowdale has no trees left?
Hanali-in-Love
12-15-07, 12:18 PM You mean dryads cant bond to a new tree or that Shadowdale has no trees left?
I played a Dryad in a campaign two years ago and my DM got around the tree thing by allowing my character to carry several pieces of bark from my tree on my person. If those pieces of bark were removed more than 100 yards from my person, then I would begin to get sick and eventually die within a week if not brought back to my tree.
Lord Karsus
12-15-07, 01:36 PM You mean dryads cant bond to a new tree or that Shadowdale has no trees left?

-Are you just being silly, or did that module actually do that to Shadowdale, a la Razing of the Shire?
Hanali-in-Love
12-15-07, 02:20 PM Razing of the Shire?

Scouring of the Shire perhaps? :D
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
12-15-07, 05:58 PM -Are you just being silly, or did that module actually do that to Shadowdale, a la Razing of the Shire?

Not that I recall!:eek:
Suin Bahhar
12-15-07, 06:14 PM -Are you just being silly, or did that module actually do that to Shadowdale, a la Razing of the Shire?Sorry I forgot the smiley. :D
Lord Karsus
12-15-07, 10:03 PM Scouring of the Shire perhaps? :D

-I don't like "scouring". Reminds me too much of a scouring pad, and then I can't get the image of Grima stooped down scrubbing floors. Don't ask.

Sorry I forgot the smiley. :D

-Oh, okay. Phewf.
sfdragon
12-16-07, 04:26 AM well i dont know if they can bound with a new tree, you could animate the tree and then give it fire resistance among other things....
Khaelieth
12-16-07, 02:18 PM I'd say the Winterwood, The Laughing Hollow, The Ardeep forest, The High Forest, Kryptgarden forest and The Forgotten forest all would have a fairly high concentration of Fey in a surrounding community.

The Kryptgarden forest has a Verdant Prince with some sort of community, I believe.
Suin Bahhar
12-16-07, 02:43 PM I love Verdant Princes. Do they hold any power in green elven courts or communities? Or are they too selfish and evil...
Green Elven Vampire
12-16-07, 03:12 PM Never heard of a Verdant prince before. What are they and where can I read about them? I know in the 3ED accessory Masters of the wild, there is a PRC called Verdant Lord, which is a class available to Druids.
Suin Bahhar
12-16-07, 04:03 PM They are featured in Monster Manual 4. They are basicly a CR 11 fey with arcane and melee capabilities; who ruthlessly plot between and against the Fey and Unseelie courts for their own benefit and power.
Khaelieth
12-16-07, 04:46 PM I love Verdant Princes. Do they hold any power in green elven courts or communities? Or are they too selfish and evil...

If I remember correctly, he was blackmailing or extorting money from some Waterdeepian noble last I checked=) Serves the humans right for building their shacks on my land!
Suin Bahhar
12-16-07, 05:23 PM Nice. I might use something like that in my campaign. Bernstein did a splendid job (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/frcc/20070328) on Unseelie warlocks. What embarresing morsel of information does King Witchthorn (male verdant prince druid 18; CR 31) have on the Adarbrent family?
Khaelieth
12-16-07, 05:41 PM No idea, could be the Verdant Prince has got some knowledge of where their wealth came from or summat. Just guessing though=)

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Hanali-in-Love 12-06-07, 09:16 PM	I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what Wilderness forest has the highest concentration of Fey beings? I'm looking for powerful fey and communities of fey. I was thinking possibly the Laughing Hollow?
Stigger 12-07-07, 02:31 AM	From what I remember of it, either the High Forest or the Neverwinter Woods would probably qualify for that... Neverwinter Woods moreso I thought from what I recall of the descriptions.
Hanali-in-Love 12-07-07, 03:09 AM	From what I remember of it, either the High Forest or the Neverwinter Woods would probably qualify for that... Neverwinter Woods moreso I thought from what I recall of the descriptions. The description in the FrCs says nothing about fey in Neverwinter. I've noticed in all my many years of playing in forgotten realms that there is basically no fey community at all whatsoever in Faerun. Bullocks!
Stigger 12-07-07, 06:41 AM	Was going by their description in The North boxed set actually, now that I look it up, which should be available off of the WotC older edition download site. Doesn't say fey specifically, but that was the impression I was left with overall.
Alediran 12-07-07, 08:21 AM	Rashemen has a big concentration of nature spirits and other things. The telthor spirits could be considered fey.
Suin Bahhar 12-07-07, 08:29 AM	Fey communities are most of the time obscured by at least a illusionary landscape or a mirage arcana so their presence might go unnoticed by the unknowing. Crossroads waypoints sometimes make paths to the spiritplane of Fearie possible were most Fey retreated to after the LeShay or the fey creator race prime era in the realms (some 20000 years ago if I'm not mistaken). So most of the Fey communitities have migrated and are located on Fearie. As Stigger said Neverwinter Wood, the High Forest can hold significant numbers of seasonlinked fearies. The Yuirwood, the Duskwood and most old elven forests should be able to hold several smaller communities of Nixies, Pixies and Sprites.
Iakhovas 12-07-07, 09:35 AM	Suin Bahhar is spot on, but I'll add one more to the list: The Moonshaes, particuarly on the isle of Gwynneth in and around Myrloch Vale.
Hanali-in-Love 12-07-07, 01:24 PM	It's just a shame that with all the races and deities in the realms that there is hardly any fey or relation to the Seelie court.
Lord Karsus 12-07-07, 01:29 PM	-What was it...Unicorn Run? -And, if you want to be technical, Elves could be considered Fey creatures, depending on what you want to define 'Fey'.
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin 12-07-07, 01:56 PM	The description in the FrCs says nothing about fey in Neverwinter. I've noticed in all my many years of playing in forgotten realms that there is basically no fey community at all whatsoever in Faerun. Bullocks! The FRCS doesn't tell you everything (if fact, neither does any other sourcebook). It's fair to imagine fey communities in most forests--just because they aren't mentioned in the FRCS doesn't mean they don't exist.
Lord Karsus 12-07-07, 02:05 PM	-Heh, Fey communities do their best to make sure that they are not mentioned.
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin 12-07-07, 04:09 PM	-Heh, Fey communities do their best to make sure that they are not mentioned. Indeed--in that sense the FRCS is actually quite realistic.:)
Green Elven Vampire 12-07-07, 04:36 PM	I believe book 2 In Sylvan Shadows of The Cleric Quintet had a Dryad in it, and that took place in the forest of Shilmista. Though it never mentioned if those elves were Moon, Gold or what. I'd assume Moon elves. So Dryads are in Shilmista.
Lord Karsus 12-07-07, 05:12 PM	Though it never mentioned if those elves were Moon, Gold or what. I'd assume Moon elves. -A combination of Moon Elves and Wood Elves, as some of the Elves featured had the characteristics of Moon Elves, and other had traditional Wood Elven characteristics.
Green Elven Vampire 12-08-07, 01:08 AM	I'd say the Winterwood, The Laughing Hollow, The Ardeep forest, The High Forest, Kryptgarden forest and The Forgotten forest all would have a fairly high concentration of Fey in a surrounding community.
Dark Wizard 12-08-07, 01:52 AM	Isn't Chondalwood also known as the Satyr Wood?
Stigger 12-08-07, 02:46 AM	Last I checked it was.
Hanali-in-Love 12-08-07, 03:23 AM	Isn't shilmista forest vacant? There is not even an entry for it in the FrCs, which I found odd.
Zanan 12-08-07, 04:22 AM	Have a look at the Border Forest (FRCS, p. 127) east of Anauroch. It is said to be home to various sort of fey. Having said that, methinks that many fey entered the Realms' "monster catalogue" rather lateish, so no wonder there ain't any large fey community, if you'd call it "community" at all.
Fingoldfin 12-08-07, 08:21 PM	-What was it...Unicorn Run? -And, if you want to be technical, Elves could be considered Fey creatures, depending on what you want to define 'Fey'. Unicorn Run is in the Star Mountains in High Forest. It does have a community of fey and ahh... unicorns. The largest concentration of fey in High Forest is around the Lost Peaks in the north western part of the forest. In addition to a large fey community it is also home to a large tribe of centaurs. Satyrs and pixies are the most common fey in the area. In my game I created something known to fey in the High Forest as the Pixie Tree. It is an ancient oak tree more than 15ft wide located east of the Lost Peaks. It's home to at least 100 pixies, grigs, and pedals (mm3). The size of the community tends to fluctuate do to the capricious nature of fey. The tree has been shaped by magic over the centuries to provide numerous holes for the pixies to hide in. All non-evil fey within 500ft of the Pixie Tree are always under the effect of barkskin (+2) and protection from evil. All evil creatures within 500ft of the Pixie Tree are under the effect of faerie fire spell (no SR). I created a few colorful "protectors" of the Pixie Tree. I'll list them below. They protect the tree by playing practical jokes (harmless for good PCs and harmful for evil PCs) on non-fey that come too close to the tree. If they talk to the players Nix and Blipophilious do most of the talking. They always give themselves and their companions long-winded royal-sounding titles. A good example is "Lord Nix, Hero of the High Forest, Archmage of Unicorn Run, and Savior of Turlang the Treant." Their titles always change from sentence to sentence. Nix Brighteyes pixie sorcerer level 5 Twix Brighteyes pixie Druid level 4 Chrip grig ranger level 4 Blipophilious faerie dragon (as many hit dice as you want) Let me know what you think about the Pixie Tree. I've had a lot of fun with it in my game. :)
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin 12-08-07, 08:48 PM	Isn't shilmista forest vacant? There is not even an entry for it in the FrCs, which I found odd. In my opinion no forest should be "vacant". I'd like to mention the Reaching Woods, if no one mentioned it before.:)
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin 12-08-07, 08:49 PM	Let me know what you think about the Pixie Tree. I've had a lot of fun with it in my game. :) I think it's very cute, and I'd love something like that in my Realms.:)
Green Elven Vampire 12-08-07, 11:12 PM	Ahhh yes, The Border forest! If I remember right, it has the most mention of Fey in all the FrCs. I would LOVE to see a group of roguish Quicklings with various class combos all beginning with rogue. A Quickling Rogue/ Wizard/ Uncanny Trickster would be a serious opponent for even high level PC's.
Vulpes 12-09-07, 01:17 AM	I just sort of scanned through it, so I may be incorrect, but the recent Shadowdale adventure makes it sound like there is now a large fey community in the woods around the dale.
MarkusTay63 12-09-07, 03:26 AM	There are large communities of Fey in the Ama-Basin region of northern Kara-Tur, shown as the Pazruki Forest in the map that came in issue #349 of Dragon Magazine. In fact, one large community of Pixies was detailed in The Horde boxed set (Panjuis), but that Tree-fort has since been taken over by Bakemona (Oriental-style goblins). If you can look it up, it gives a very good description of a typical Torillian Pixie/Sprite dwelling.
Suin Bahhar 12-09-07, 10:49 AM	Could a fey community muster enough strength to oust an neighbouring country? Fey wars has a nice ring to it. Crusading armor clad nixies or swarms of sprites descending from the sky like locusts. Somehow I doubt they would wage wars on the material plane of Fearun.
Fingoldfin 12-09-07, 11:33 AM	Ahhh yes, The Border forest! If I remember right, it has the most mention of Fey in all the FrCs. I would LOVE to see a group of roguish Quicklings with various class combos all beginning with rogue. A Quickling Rogue/ Wizard/ Uncanny Trickster would be a serious opponent for even high level PC's. I'm gonna use this because it's just cruel. :evillaugh Does anyone know where I can find Quickling stats for 3.5e?
Iakhovas 12-09-07, 11:49 AM	Ah yes, Vulpes is absolutely correct. There is quite a large fey population in and around Shadowdale now thanks to Azalar Falconhand, the new Lord of Shadowdale. I just sort of scanned through it, so I may be incorrect, but the recent Shadowdale adventure makes it sound like there is now a large fey community in the woods around the dale.
Alediran 12-10-07, 08:44 AM	Ah yes, Vulpes is absolutely correct. There is quite a large fey population in and around Shadowdale now thanks to Azalar Falconhand, the new Lord of Shadowdale. What happened to Lord Mourngrim Amcathra?
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin 12-10-07, 11:00 AM	What happened to Lord Mourngrim Amcathra? Depends on how you play through the module (you can reinstate him, in fact), but the official ending is that, with great sadness over all that happened in the module, he stepped down.
Lord Karsus 12-10-07, 11:02 AM	-Well, that's nice. I figured he was dead.
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin 12-10-07, 11:12 AM	-Well, that's nice. I figured he was dead. From what I recall, he's still alive.:) It is nice, but I still can't say I love all the plot developments in that module, or the fact that the module is so heavy-handed about what happens "officially". Also, I think one of the designers (Eric L. Boyd?) said all these modules can be run at any time without being explicitly tied to the official timeline...but they are heavily tied in with the timeline (at least Shadowdale is).
Hanali-in-Love 12-13-07, 06:30 PM	How did a large population of Fey spring up in Cormanthyr? What kind of fey?
Alediran 12-13-07, 06:43 PM	How did a large population of Fey spring up in Cormanthyr? What kind of fey? During Myth Drannor's time there was a large population of Satyrs.
Hanali-in-Love 12-13-07, 06:52 PM	During Myth Drannor's time there was a large population of Satyrs. But Satyrs don't count as a large population of fey.
Lord Karsus 12-13-07, 07:19 PM	But Satyrs don't count as a large population of fey. -Sylvan and Fey are virtually synonymous. Thus, if a Satyr is a Sylvan creature, it could also be considered a Fey creature, in many circles.
Stigger 12-13-07, 08:18 PM	Funny, I consider them very different things, but then I very much come from a C:tD perspective rather than a D&D one.
Lord Karsus 12-13-07, 08:32 PM	-Well, to be more specific, Sylvan creatures are more "woodsy", whereas Fey creatures are more "otherworldly". However, Sylvan creatures are often "otherworldly", and Fey creatures are often "woodsy".
Stigger 12-14-07, 12:12 AM	Hmmm... guess I do use those definitions actually. I usually equate Fae with more 'power' though.
Vulpes 12-15-07, 01:26 AM	How did a large population of Fey spring up in Cormanthyr? What kind of fey? Again, I didn't read the module in depth, so I'm sure someone else could explain it better and in more detail, but apparently when Azalar Falconhand was trying to free Shadowdale, he allied with the fey and opened a bunch of backwoods crossroads gates that let in a whole bunch of fey.
Mr_Miscellany 12-15-07, 01:51 AM	Magic of Faerūn (page 45-46) lists nine fey-guarded crossroads that exist in Faerūn. Whether any of these locations is next to/near a largish fey community is of course up to the DM.
Stigger 12-15-07, 02:33 AM	Pretty sure the Waterdeep one isn't a sizeable fae community... :D
sfdragon 12-15-07, 05:04 AM	it just says large fey numbers at the end of shadowdale, nothing on the type. imo this would mean nymphs, satyrs, few others. dryads on the otherhand require their tree so i doubt them.
Suin Bahhar 12-15-07, 07:22 AM	You mean dryads cant bond to a new tree or that Shadowdale has no trees left?
Hanali-in-Love 12-15-07, 12:18 PM	You mean dryads cant bond to a new tree or that Shadowdale has no trees left? I played a Dryad in a campaign two years ago and my DM got around the tree thing by allowing my character to carry several pieces of bark from my tree on my person. If those pieces of bark were removed more than 100 yards from my person, then I would begin to get sick and eventually die within a week if not brought back to my tree.
Lord Karsus 12-15-07, 01:36 PM	You mean dryads cant bond to a new tree or that Shadowdale has no trees left? -Are you just being silly, or did that module actually do that to Shadowdale, a la Razing of the Shire?
Hanali-in-Love 12-15-07, 02:20 PM	Razing of the Shire? Scouring of the Shire perhaps? :D
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin 12-15-07, 05:58 PM	-Are you just being silly, or did that module actually do that to Shadowdale, a la Razing of the Shire? Not that I recall!:eek:
Suin Bahhar 12-15-07, 06:14 PM	-Are you just being silly, or did that module actually do that to Shadowdale, a la Razing of the Shire?Sorry I forgot the smiley. :D
Lord Karsus 12-15-07, 10:03 PM	Scouring of the Shire perhaps? :D -I don't like "scouring". Reminds me too much of a scouring pad, and then I can't get the image of Grima stooped down scrubbing floors. Don't ask. Sorry I forgot the smiley. :D -Oh, okay. Phewf.
sfdragon 12-16-07, 04:26 AM	well i dont know if they can bound with a new tree, you could animate the tree and then give it fire resistance among other things....
Khaelieth 12-16-07, 02:18 PM	I'd say the Winterwood, The Laughing Hollow, The Ardeep forest, The High Forest, Kryptgarden forest and The Forgotten forest all would have a fairly high concentration of Fey in a surrounding community. The Kryptgarden forest has a Verdant Prince with some sort of community, I believe.
Suin Bahhar 12-16-07, 02:43 PM	I love Verdant Princes. Do they hold any power in green elven courts or communities? Or are they too selfish and evil...
Green Elven Vampire 12-16-07, 03:12 PM	Never heard of a Verdant prince before. What are they and where can I read about them? I know in the 3ED accessory Masters of the wild, there is a PRC called Verdant Lord, which is a class available to Druids.
Suin Bahhar 12-16-07, 04:03 PM	They are featured in Monster Manual 4. They are basicly a CR 11 fey with arcane and melee capabilities; who ruthlessly plot between and against the Fey and Unseelie courts for their own benefit and power.
Khaelieth 12-16-07, 04:46 PM	I love Verdant Princes. Do they hold any power in green elven courts or communities? Or are they too selfish and evil... If I remember correctly, he was blackmailing or extorting money from some Waterdeepian noble last I checked=) Serves the humans right for building their shacks on my land!
Suin Bahhar 12-16-07, 05:23 PM	Nice. I might use something like that in my campaign. Bernstein did a splendid job (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/frcc/20070328) on Unseelie warlocks. What embarresing morsel of information does King Witchthorn (male verdant prince druid 18; CR 31) have on the Adarbrent family?
Khaelieth 12-16-07, 05:41 PM	No idea, could be the Verdant Prince has got some knowledge of where their wealth came from or summat. Just guessing though=)