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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[Dire Bare]

BECMI shared a lot of similarities as well. In fact, when we started playing D&D we had both and didn't realize they were different games. We made characters with the boxed sets, referenced the DMG, and used creatures from the MM. They were basically the same game.

Well, it's all different takes on the same basic idea, with the same language and basic concepts. Just realized differently, to different degrees. But if you are going to make a distinction between "advanced" and "basic" D&D, I do think modern D&D is closer to "advanced" than "basic" (or BECMI, or B/X, etc).

Most of us who were young and found the game in the 80s didn't understand, at first, that basic D&D and advanced D&D were different games. Many of us found the differences very confusing . . . when I finally figured out they were different games, or different editions of the same game . . . I was irritated! Some play groups found it easy to convert from one to the other, others did not. Just as today, some gamers can easily convert on the fly from any D&D edition to any other, but others of us can't.

 

[Older Beholder]

Another really interesting UA.
I'll be keen to play a barbarian fairy when these get released officially.
(I think Terry Pratchett's 'The Wee Free Men' is still floating around in my subconscious somewhere)

 

[Hussar]

Another really interesting UA.
I'll be keen to play a barbarian fairy when these get released officially.
(I think Terry Pratchett's 'The Wee Free Men' is still floating around in my subconscious somewhere)

NAC MAC FEAGLE!!!

 

[Parmandur]

so I wasn't the only one who thought that was a fun idea.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

Nae King, Nae Quin,
We'll nae be fooled again
We're the Wee Fee Men

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Coming in late her but the idea that this is ripping off Humblewood is pretty hilarious. What this does seem to be inspired by though is the general increasing popularity of animal-people, now that the well, prevalent fear of the '90s and '00s, where any animal-person was potentially intended solely as "furry-bait", is basically over. Animal-people races in 3PP stuff are now extremely common and don't seem to have the same stigma at all. Amusing to see my players, who still frown about Albedo, extremely excited about this.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

I like pretty traditional tropes usually but really like the idea of this overall. I enjoyed cs Lewis as a kid and would not mind a fey and animal group striving against a corruptions sorcerer king or queen.

I also have a golden opportunity to get my daughter interested in D&D with the rabbits at least

 

[Parmandur]

I like pretty traditional tropes usually but really like the idea of this overall. I enjoyed cs Lewis as a kid and would not mind a fey and animal group striving against a corruptions sorcerer king or queen.

I also have a golden opportunity to get my daughter interested in D&D with the rabbits at least

These are actually pretty traditional Fantasy tropes. It's nice to see something break out a little bit from what's been done before.

 

[Warpiglet-7]

These are actually pretty traditional Fantasy tropes. It's nice to see something break out a little bit from what's been done before.

Yeah very folklore kind of stuff. I would specify my preferences are for traditional D&D but surely can see how this could be fun.

for me, I would prefer a whole party like this maybe with elves or half elves or a firbolg! I don’t think I would like them dropped into an otherwise standard D&D party myself.

I like the idea of a fey theme though. I could see good fun with a swarm keeper ranger in the mix. Maybe a fairy with pixies or a firbolg with pixies

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

An "interesting" combination is a Fairy Rune Knight, that at level 18 can become Huge and still fit through holes/gaps of 1-inch or larger.