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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bae'zel" data-source="post: 9550432" data-attributes="member: 7048197">I don't mind the mythical concept of "malevolent creature that takes an attractive or sympathetic guise to trick people into getting drowned" as this idea exists in so many cultures all over the world, mostly as a story to warn children to stay away from dangerous bodies of water (strong currents, thin ice, predators etc...).What I do mind is the lazy trope that these beings are always "hot young women who trick men". Like, the idea is that these being entice all kinds of mortals to their doom. Why be so limited? The original Tome of Beasts from Kobold press has at least half a dozen varieties of this exact same idea (evil pretty seductress who tempts men to their deaths). Boring.It makes more sense to me that a Fey creature may have a grudge against mortals encroaching on their natural terrain, maybe changing their appearance to better lure different kinds of targets. Or maybe they're just predators who feed on people, not specifically "evil" per se, just sentient things that need to feed. Cruelly, perhaps, but that's nature.I think that's the direction that WotC is going; more flexibility and a departure from dull, limited tropes.</blockquote>