D&D 5E New Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild!

Wander into the magical realm of the Feywild with our latest Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild!

Your character can be a member of one of the new D&D races: fairy, hobgoblin of the Feywild, owlfolk, or rabbitfolk. Which will you choose?

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[Warpiglet-7]

what exactly do you want in stead?

Good question. I like Options grounded with some limitations and connection to mechanical representation.

 

[tetrasodium]

I haven't got Theros, Ravnica, or Eberron, so can someone tell me if the Fairy is the first PC species we've seen that isn't of Humanoid type at all? Even the three lineages from the Gothic UA had the Humanoid type along with another type.

This is a pretty handy low-level feature, isn't it? Complete immunity to Hold Person, Charm Person, Dominate Person? Enchanters are going to hate them. What other humanoid-only spells are there? And are there any beneficial humanoid-only spells a fey-type PC would not be able to benefit from?

Edit: on the other hand, Protection From Evil And Good would make your life suuuuuck.

Moon druids are frequently type:beast & aside from the occasional unexpected surprise/long worried horror it's not usually an issue. The humanoid->fey is an example of the sort of failures caused by the old 5e creatures only have one type rather than the oldCSV types & subtypes. With more wprds Wotc admitted in the undead(?) races UA that they were going to be changing back to the CSV style.

As to actual player problems, the 3.5 warforge pc race was a living construct that made it subject to spells that affected either creatures or constructs & immune to things that either was immune to. Back then that meant wayyyy more than 5e fey/humanoid targeting stuff & was a big part of the race's feel for mixed charm stemming from innocence & inhumanness in ways that made it not just rubberforehead alien that was unfortunately lost in the 5e translation.

 

[tetrasodium]

I think the core idea is that WOTC is letting DMs and worldbuilders can freely design new settingss and worlds with explaining a whole mess of changes. People not curating from there is not D&D's problem. People have to make the fey campaign.

I find that many advertised official and homebrew settings are just too similar. And with medieval fantasy being a the common theme in board and video games, playing to the world doesn't have any freshness for even newcomers. I find more deep or different world building in board games than pen and paper RPGs these days. I think this is pulling people into making their own story rather that putting themselves in the world.

Tell me your game has owlfolk and rabbitfolk and my first expectation would be a worker placement board game.

They also realized with Rising that people who love the original setting(s) are eager to pay for a book that covers the same world but goes into detail on areas that didn't get covered before & they don't need to invent some cheezy lead balloon metaplot to justify publishing the same material with a new coat of metaplot inspired paint. I think a lot of the ravenloft excitement is because, at least from the few details we have, wotc is probably doing that or coming close to it barring a few domains that were just bad getting fixed up

 

[Remathilis]

I haven't got Theros, Ravnica, or Eberron, so can someone tell me if the Fairy is the first PC species we've seen that isn't of Humanoid type at all? Even the three lineages from the Gothic UA had the Humanoid type along with another type.

This is a pretty handy low-level feature, isn't it? Complete immunity to Hold Person, Charm Person, Dominate Person? Enchanters are going to hate them. What other humanoid-only spells are there? And are there any beneficial humanoid-only spells a fey-type PC would not be able to benefit from?

Edit: on the other hand, Protection From Evil And Good would make your life suuuuuck.

The best part is when your party's Oath of the Ancients Paladin makes you run for the hills whenever he Turns The Faithless...

 

[Weiley31]

How do you explain Krilin and Son Goku (child) killing dinosaurs with their own fists?

Well, I think, IIRC, by the time of Dragonball Super, Krillin is technically the strongest regular human compared to most of the humans on earth in regards to fighting skills. And his job is being a cop by that point. So basically he's a Super Cop.

 

[Weiley31]

The best part is when your party's Oath of the Ancients Paladin makes you run for the hills whenever he Turns The Faithless...

Or if your a Fey.

 

[Weiley31]

I haven't got Theros, Ravnica, or Eberron, so can someone tell me if the Fairy is the first PC species we've seen that isn't of Humanoid type at all? Even the three lineages from the Gothic UA had the Humanoid type along with another type.

This is a pretty handy low-level feature, isn't it? Complete immunity to Hold Person, Charm Person, Dominate Person? Enchanters are going to hate them. What other humanoid-only spells are there? And are there any beneficial humanoid-only spells a fey-type PC would not be able to benefit from?

Edit: on the other hand, Protection From Evil And Good would make your life suuuuuck.

Theros gave us the Satyr and Ravnica/Volo/UA gave us the Centaur: Both are Mono-Typed as Fey. Fairy, from this UA, would technically be the third Fey player option now available to players. Ignores all the booing DM's who swear on non-UA material and only official WoTC gospel works.

And in my opinion, I've got no probs with the DM issues that said typing could cause in regards to giving the finger to PC/NPC Spellcasters when it comes to certain spells. OR flying heavy armored tank platforms. As I've mentioned before, WoTC has faith in DMs apparently and has no probs giving PC options that are a tad stronger ala Volo disclaimer. DM table discussion is encouraged.


Also I'm big on the whole anime trope of an antagonist trying to do a usual trick on the hero, that has worked on non heroes before, and the protagonist just basically no sales it due to heritage or some other trait/trick/ETC.

Cuz, ya know, NANI!?

 

[Faolyn]

The reference I was making was back to flying. Since it does effect speed on foot what would it do to flying speed. Is the loss the exact same (10', 20', is it a proportion of your flying speed (1/3, 2/3), when does it become impossible to fly etc. They haven't exactly been forthcoming on "flying" as a form of movement for PCs. I would think weight would have a greater impact on flight than on ground movement, but that's just my thinking. Maybe they will be more explicit on whatever they are working on in it's final form. I would have thought they might have put something out for playtesting on that. Test the waters and see what people think / how it works...

The bit I quoted refers to speed, not walking speed, which means that your flying (and swimming) speed will drop as well. So far they haven't said anything about losing the ability to fly because you're carrying too much, but those rules are from the PH and there are no flying races in there.

 

[Chaosmancer]

They don't do size bonuses for AC or anything like that anymore. But I could see letting them take their reaction to dodge and add their proficiency bonus to their AC.

Huh, I don't know if anyone ever made a comment on this, but an ability to add a bonus to AC when dodging is kind of a neat one.

I wouldn't let it be Prof bonus, because that is way too good for Monks to get a +6 bonus action AC bump, but Maybe a +2? How would people balance this?

 

[ccooke]

Huh, I don't know if anyone ever made a comment on this, but an ability to add a bonus to AC when dodging is kind of a neat one.

I wouldn't let it be Prof bonus, because that is way too good for Monks to get a +6 bonus action AC bump, but Maybe a +2? How would people balance this?

Well, for a base, look at the Defensive Duellist feat - requires dex 13 and that you are wielding a finesse weapon you are proficient with. It triggers when someone hits you with a melee attack, and allows you to spend a reaction to - yes - add your PB to your AC. That's straight out of the PHB, too. The dagger and short sword are both standard monk weapons and finesse, so as long as you have one wielded, you can use this feat.