About the Fey [Archive] - Wizards Community

About the Fey [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Fable
09-30-03, 11:46 PM Anyone seen online references for the fey? I have read the fey feature and think it is very cool but I was really looking for a basic overview. I am familar with the general mythology but not sure how they fit into the d&d realm. Is fey a template?

Lastly, would you think that a fey courtier might use a giant dragonfly as a mount?

Many thanks.
Malben
10-01-03, 12:19 AM Fey is simply a type. This is a technical term in DnD -- Fey are subject to fey-bane weapons, in the same way that dragons are subject to dragon-bane weapons and orcs are subject to orc-bane weapons. And so on.

As I recall, there are also a handful of special abilities/qualities associated with the type.

And no, "fey" is not a template, any more than "orc" is a template. "Half-fey" is, though. I think I recall that one as being in the Fiend Folio.

Finally, on the subject of the giant dragonfly as a steed:

I don't see why fey shouldn't use one as a steed. I think you'd need magical items to do it, though -- vermin are not normally subject to training as mounts because they have a teeny little Int score, and this gets in the way of the conditioning for complex behavior that you need to train them. So you'd need to have a magical saddle/bridle to do this.

Personally, I'd just have them ride something that's easier to train. Maybe pull a line out of one of Ariel's lyrics from The Tempest: "On the bat's back I do fly / after summer merrily" and give your fey a bat to ride -- or in the case of the medium-sized fey, a dire bat.
HvF
10-01-03, 04:23 AM Or slap the half fey template on the dragonfly. If its an evil fae maybe even the fiendish or half fiend template.

-Eric Gorman
SmiloDan
10-01-03, 12:04 PM Or Celestial if it's a good fey. In the Manual of the Planes (I think) they suggest making the Seelie Court elves with the Celestial or Half-Celestial template and the Unseelie Court the Fiendish or Half-Celestial template. I think.
Fable
10-01-03, 12:38 PM Originally posted by SmiloDan
Or Celestial if it's a good fey. In the Manual of the Planes (I think) they suggest making the Seelie Court elves with the Celestial or Half-Celestial template and the Unseelie Court the Fiendish or Half-Celestial template. I think.

Oh, excellent!! That is very helpful. I want to have the bard in my game invited to play for the unseelie court so I need info!
Nightshade22
10-01-03, 06:43 PM Originally posted by SmiloDan
...Fiendish or Half-Celestial template. I think.

um, don't you mean half-FEIND?

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Fable 09-30-03, 11:46 PM	Anyone seen online references for the fey? I have read the fey feature and think it is very cool but I was really looking for a basic overview. I am familar with the general mythology but not sure how they fit into the d&d realm. Is fey a template? Lastly, would you think that a fey courtier might use a giant dragonfly as a mount? Many thanks.
Malben 10-01-03, 12:19 AM	Fey is simply a type. This is a technical term in DnD -- Fey are subject to fey-bane weapons, in the same way that dragons are subject to dragon-bane weapons and orcs are subject to orc-bane weapons. And so on. As I recall, there are also a handful of special abilities/qualities associated with the type. And no, "fey" is not a template, any more than "orc" is a template. "Half-fey" is, though. I think I recall that one as being in the Fiend Folio. Finally, on the subject of the giant dragonfly as a steed: I don't see why fey shouldn't use one as a steed. I think you'd need magical items to do it, though -- vermin are not normally subject to training as mounts because they have a teeny little Int score, and this gets in the way of the conditioning for complex behavior that you need to train them. So you'd need to have a magical saddle/bridle to do this. Personally, I'd just have them ride something that's easier to train. Maybe pull a line out of one of Ariel's lyrics from The Tempest: "On the bat's back I do fly / after summer merrily" and give your fey a bat to ride -- or in the case of the medium-sized fey, a dire bat.
HvF 10-01-03, 04:23 AM	Or slap the half fey template on the dragonfly. If its an evil fae maybe even the fiendish or half fiend template. -Eric Gorman
SmiloDan 10-01-03, 12:04 PM	Or Celestial if it's a good fey. In the Manual of the Planes (I think) they suggest making the Seelie Court elves with the Celestial or Half-Celestial template and the Unseelie Court the Fiendish or Half-Celestial template. I think.
Fable 10-01-03, 12:38 PM	Originally posted by SmiloDan Or Celestial if it's a good fey. In the Manual of the Planes (I think) they suggest making the Seelie Court elves with the Celestial or Half-Celestial template and the Unseelie Court the Fiendish or Half-Celestial template. I think. Oh, excellent!! That is very helpful. I want to have the bard in my game invited to play for the unseelie court so I need info!
Nightshade22 10-01-03, 06:43 PM	Originally posted by SmiloDan ...Fiendish or Half-Celestial template. I think. um, don't you mean half-FEIND?