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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6053558" data-attributes="member: 92511">Yeah, I always thought fossergrim were male.Dryads and nymphs are female...I suppose unless they don't want to be. Works for nymphs. Part of the whole dryad shtick is to charm men/males and take them into their trees. So making a male dryad doesn't make a lot of sense...not to mention lacking any folkloric/mythological basis.As opposed to Nixie, who have been made to appear male or female (or just water) throughout the editions, and charm just to take folks below as &quot;slaves&quot; (albeit oblivious happy slaves) and then release them after a year and day (or whatever it was).Satyrs can by male fey, I suppose, if they work the satyrs as &quot;faye beings.&quot; Personally, I use them as a PC race in my campaign world, so there are male and female satyrs who reproduce as normal mammals. Kinda have that &quot;once were faye&quot; or &quot;tangentially faye&quot; thing that gnomes are sometimes given.They could always fluff Selkie as a male faye...I think they are traditionally or usually depicted as male.And who's ever seen a female brownie, grix or spriggan? (Note to self: female spriggans with rolling pins...)Faye, as in &quot;real/full-blooded faeries&quot; are supposed to be immortal, aren't they? Ageless but Soulless? So I don't see what the problem is of a supernatural being (or &quot;nature spirit&quot; if you prefer) that is &quot;always male&quot; or &quot;always female.&quot; But I don't think every faye needs to be made into transgendering individuals.&nbsp;I think the question of what's male or female (and/or what can appear male or female) is a case by case...if there's mythological basis or even just a D&amp;D lore that justifies it, go with it.OH, and [MENTION=70]Nellisir[/MENTION], there are male succubi, they are called incubi [pl. incubus, singular]. Now, whether you treat them as a separate demon (I don't believe D&amp;D ever has...<img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm&nbsp; &nbsp; :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" /> naturally) or just consider them a &quot;shapechanged succubus&quot; which is more than adequate (they being demons of temptation, after all) is up to whatever you want.But worrying that dryads only having tanned or golden skin and greenish or brownish hair and &quot;nymphs&quot; (naiads) just have milky skin and blue hair (for example, I don't really care what color their hair is) and that not being &quot;different enough&quot; for creatures that ARE essentially just different &quot;breeds&quot; of the same creature is a waste of time and creating work where there is none.Or, hell, just both of them looking like completely normal beautiful women (we're gonna argue over whether they appear human or elvish? Really?...&quot;Seriously??&quot; hahaha.) but one's in the woods and will run away or charm you...and one's by the mountain lake and will run away or charm you (and curse/kill you if you piss them off). Again, not &quot;a problem&quot;, which was the subject of the article.Their charms are magical, so I suppose it doesn't matter what they look like...so, one more time, why mess with it when there are tons of other creatures to work on?--SD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6053558, member: 92511"] Yeah, I always thought fossergrim were male. Dryads and nymphs are female...I suppose unless they don't want to be. Works for nymphs. Part of the whole dryad shtick is to charm men/males and take them into their trees. So making a male dryad doesn't make a lot of sense...not to mention lacking any folkloric/mythological basis. As opposed to Nixie, who have been made to appear male or female (or just water) throughout the editions, and charm just to take folks below as "slaves" (albeit oblivious happy slaves) and then release them after a year and day (or whatever it was). Satyrs can by male fey, I suppose, if they work the satyrs as "faye beings." Personally, I use them as a PC race in my campaign world, so there are male and female satyrs who reproduce as normal mammals. Kinda have that "once were faye" or "tangentially faye" thing that gnomes are sometimes given. They could always fluff Selkie as a male faye...I think they are traditionally or usually depicted as male. And who's ever seen a female brownie, grix or spriggan? ([I]Note to self: female spriggans with rolling pins...[/I]) Faye, as in "real/full-blooded faeries" are supposed to be immortal, aren't they? Ageless but Soulless? So I don't see what the problem is of a supernatural being (or "nature spirit" if you prefer) that is "always male" or "always female." But I don't think every faye needs to be made into transgendering individuals. I think the question of what's male or female (and/or what can appear male [I]or[/I] female) is a case by case...if there's mythological basis or even just a D&D lore that justifies it, go with it. OH, and [MENTION=70]Nellisir[/MENTION], there are male succubi, they are called incubi [pl. incubus, singular]. Now, whether you treat them as a separate demon (I don't believe D&D ever has...:hmm: naturally) or just consider them a "shapechanged succubus" which is more than adequate (they being demons of temptation, after all) is up to whatever you want. But worrying that dryads [I]only [/I]having tanned or golden skin and greenish or brownish hair and "nymphs" (naiads) [I]just[/I] have milky skin and blue hair (for example, I don't really care what color their hair is) and that not being "different enough" for creatures that ARE essentially just different "breeds" of the same creature is a waste of time and creating work where there is none. Or, hell, just both of them looking like completely normal beautiful women (we're gonna argue over whether they appear human or elvish? Really?..."Seriously??" hahaha.) but one's in the woods and will run away or charm you...and one's by the mountain lake and will run away or charm you (and curse/kill you if you piss them off). Again, not "a problem", which was the subject of the article. Their charms are magical, so I suppose it doesn't matter what they look like...so, one more time, why mess with it when there are tons of other creatures to work on? --SD [/QUOTE]

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