Sword of Spirit
Legend
I noticed that there are a lot of traditional D&D fey missing from 5e. Since there have been a lot of monsters created over D&D's history, that is not surprising. However, there are a lot of fey that have a really strong tradition and/or just fill roles (in the world, in concept, or just visual) that really would be an improvement to the game to include.
As an example, I searched through a long list of 2e monsters and pulled out the fey ones that I found (there are almost certainly some I missed). I left out the ones that are unique to certain settings, including Ravenloft, Dark Sun, etc. I'm also not including some creatures that don't fit the traditional humanoid form fey, but got associated with that creature type in 5e, such as blink dogs. Most of the category listings I used were taken from 2e, but some of them (like "nymphs") I put together for convenience. I'll use green for the fey creatures that we have in 5e so far, and purple for the ones I think we still need. The rest would just be bonuses.
Boggart
Boggle
Booka
Brownies
-Brownie
-Buckawn
-Dobie
-Quickling
-Killmoulis
Faerie Fiddler
Petty Faeries
-Squeaker
-Stwinger
-Bramble
-Gorse
Gremlins
-Gremlin
-Fremlin
-Galltrit
-Mite
-Snyad/Pestie
Hags
-Annis Hag
-Bheur Hag
-Green Hag
-Sea Hag
Korred
Leprechauns
-Leprechaun
-Leprechaun, Wicked
-Clurichaun
Nymphs
-Nymph
-Dryad
-Hamadryad
-Nereid (technically elemental-kin rather than fey in 2e)
-Grain Nymph (Alseid in Mythic Odysseys of Theros is conceptually, though not mechanically, similar)
-Oread (not similar to the Theros version)
-Nymph, Unseelie
Satyr
Selkie
Sirine
Spriggan
Sprites
-Sprite
-Sea Sprite
-Pixie
-Nixie
-Atomie
-Grig
-Seelie Faerie
-Unseelie Faerie
As you can see from my selections, I don't think we necessarily need a separate stat block for every variant within a category. Some (like buckawns and fremlins) can simply be viewed as different temperaments of the basic creature, while others (such as the Seelie/Unseelie variants) were never really needed as separate creatures, and some (like the faerie fiddler) are pretty rare and niche. But I'd really like stats for the ones in purple in particular, especially since some of those are the baseline for a category and we already have stats for more specialized variants within that category. I didn't mark the petty fairies, but I'd really like to see all of them together (except maybe the squeaker).
So why I am posting this? Three reasons.
1) In case someone has made a quality DMs Guild product with more than one or two of these in it, I might be interested in picking it up.
2) In case someone has not made such a product, to encourage someone to do so.
3) To raise general awareness about the lack of (what I feel are needed) D&D fey updates.
As an example, I searched through a long list of 2e monsters and pulled out the fey ones that I found (there are almost certainly some I missed). I left out the ones that are unique to certain settings, including Ravenloft, Dark Sun, etc. I'm also not including some creatures that don't fit the traditional humanoid form fey, but got associated with that creature type in 5e, such as blink dogs. Most of the category listings I used were taken from 2e, but some of them (like "nymphs") I put together for convenience. I'll use green for the fey creatures that we have in 5e so far, and purple for the ones I think we still need. The rest would just be bonuses.
Boggart
Boggle
Booka
Brownies
-Brownie
-Buckawn
-Dobie
-Quickling
-Killmoulis
Faerie Fiddler
Petty Faeries
-Squeaker
-Stwinger
-Bramble
-Gorse
Gremlins
-Gremlin
-Fremlin
-Galltrit
-Mite
-Snyad/Pestie
Hags
-Annis Hag
-Bheur Hag
-Green Hag
-Sea Hag
Korred
Leprechauns
-Leprechaun
-Leprechaun, Wicked
-Clurichaun
Nymphs
-Nymph
-Dryad
-Hamadryad
-Nereid (technically elemental-kin rather than fey in 2e)
-Grain Nymph (Alseid in Mythic Odysseys of Theros is conceptually, though not mechanically, similar)
-Oread (not similar to the Theros version)
-Nymph, Unseelie
Satyr
Selkie
Sirine
Spriggan
Sprites
-Sprite
-Sea Sprite
-Pixie
-Nixie
-Atomie
-Grig
-Seelie Faerie
-Unseelie Faerie
As you can see from my selections, I don't think we necessarily need a separate stat block for every variant within a category. Some (like buckawns and fremlins) can simply be viewed as different temperaments of the basic creature, while others (such as the Seelie/Unseelie variants) were never really needed as separate creatures, and some (like the faerie fiddler) are pretty rare and niche. But I'd really like stats for the ones in purple in particular, especially since some of those are the baseline for a category and we already have stats for more specialized variants within that category. I didn't mark the petty fairies, but I'd really like to see all of them together (except maybe the squeaker).
So why I am posting this? Three reasons.
1) In case someone has made a quality DMs Guild product with more than one or two of these in it, I might be interested in picking it up.
2) In case someone has not made such a product, to encourage someone to do so.
3) To raise general awareness about the lack of (what I feel are needed) D&D fey updates.
