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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 5455952" data-attributes="member: 42582">This is a pretty loose paraphrase. The actual passages, on pp 38-42, are:Perhaps you're thinking that the Feywild is a happy, magical woodland paradise. If so, you couldn't be more wrong. This is a dangerous, twilight realm of natural beauty . . . Such beauty can be welcoming and cheerful. Much more commonly, though, it is dark, frightening, mysterious or hostile. Denizens include hags, yeth hounds,  . . . the Wild Hunt, and more. These fey aren't good or sweet. Some are wild; others are downright savage. Even fey creatures that were represented in earlier editions as good and kind now have a sharper, darker edge. The prospect of meeting or interacting with a fey is apt to produce shivers of dread. . . The Feywild is very easily integrated into an adventure or campaign. It's a dangerous, flavourful place that's sure to make a strong impression. Adventurers of all levels can find appropriate challenges of combat or intrigue there. . . (per Gwendolyn  F M Kestrel) In 3rd Edition D&D, many fey are mischievous but intrinsically good . . . For the new edition, we discarded that notion in favour of one more in synch with the role of fairy beings in myth and literature, as well as with our design needs. These fey can be beautiful, happy, and kind, but they are just as often capricious, vindictive and cold . . . Dealing with the fairy folk is always a gamble. Eladrins wre already powerful magical beings in previous editions of the game. Now they have a very similar role . . . They are high-level monsters that present both deadly challenges and interesting interactions for paragon-level PCs venturing into the Feywild. They are also, we hope, inspiring examples of what eladrin PCs can aspire to become. . . (per Matthew Sernett and James Wyatt) At the same time that we were thinking about giants, we were also thinking about fey . . . The collision of these two problesm inspired me . . . What if fomorians were fey, not giants? . . . Snicker at the unicorns and nymphs if you want to, but a fomorian is no joke. . . (per Richard Baker) I wanted fey that were alien, scary, and strange. . . I didn't want players to snicker or sneer when Dungeon Masters set fey creatures before them. I wanted to convey the terror of the Wild Hunt in every encounter, the hopelessness of getting lost in a faerie mound, the terrible horro that lurks in the original versions of almost every Grimm's fairy tale. . . [T]he Feywild . . . s a place of magic and mystery, of awesome beauty and wondrous terror. It has its places of light, but also has its dark side - just like everything in D&D should have. (per Bill Slavicsek)This doesn't read to me quite the way it read to you.</blockquote>

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