Daemonfey (Fey'Ri) as a Favored Enemy

[Kai Lord]

I'm creating a ranger for whom I would like to have Daemonfey (Half-elf/Half-succubus) as a favored enemy. What type would it fall under? Demon? Elf? Tiefling? A subgroup all its own?

 

[Crothian]

That's a good question. What is it from? Is it classified as Humaniod or Outsider? If humaniod I'd recommend allowing elf apply to it, if outsider I'd recommend allowing Teifling to apply to it.

 

[Kai Lord]

That's a good question. What is it from? Is it classified as Humaniod or Outsider? If humaniod I'd recommend allowing elf apply to it, if outsider I'd recommend allowing Teifling to apply to it.

They're from Monsters of Faerun, but I'll be playing in a homebrew world. They're listed as Outsider, under the heading (Tiefling/Fey'Ri). The thing is they've basically become their own race through repeated attempts to corrupt elves by capturing them and breeding them with incubi/succubi and they breed true with each other which to me raised the question of whether or not they might just be their own unique subgroup or even included with other demons due to their universally demonic heritage. Of course each and every one is descended from elves so that made me curious as well. I assume that half-elves (standard core race) would be a unique heading for favored enemies so I was leaning toward having that be the ruling on daemonfey as well.

This somewhat limits choosing them as a favored enemy but I would like to be confident that the ruling is legit. It just really fits my character concept.

 

[Crothian]

Hmm, this is a tough one. Going from the PHB it says you can take demons as your favoreed enemy, so that should work. Or you can choose elf, assuming favored enemy elf works for half elves. I don't know if it does.

If this race is going to be a very common race on the world (like humans, elves, dwarves, etc) then you might just want to take favored enemy Daemonfey.

 

[Cyraneth]

Well, since the fey'ri are listed as tieflings in the Monsters of Faerûn book, I would classify them as such. That goes for the tanarukk too.

As groups like aasimars or tieflings are rather tight groups, compared to more covering groups like animals or goblinoids, some DMs allow groups such as planetouched, a group that includes aasimar, tiefling, and genasi. Mostly it is up to your character concept and what your DM's judgment.

Just my two cents...

- Cyraneth

 

[Kai Lord]

Hmm, this is a tough one. Going from the PHB it says you can take demons as your favoreed enemy, so that should work. Or you can choose elf, assuming favored enemy elf works for half elves. I don't know if it does.

If this race is going to be a very common race on the world (like humans, elves, dwarves, etc) then you might just want to take favored enemy Daemonfey.

We'll have Daemonfey be pretty much as they're presented in the Forgotten Realms. They're trying hard to breed up their numbers but they have *powerful* good-aligned elven enemies that have almost wiped them out. They're pretty wicked, looking like elves with large bat wings, demon tails, and red-eyes, and they can alter form at will just like succubi.

Hmmm, part of me thinks they should be their own group, but they definitely have more in common with succubi than balor do, and Favored Enemy: Demon covers both the latter. It'd be nice to not spend a whole favored enemy slot on such a fringe race, but then there's the coolness of being an expert against things that any old demonhunter would be at a loss against. I'll have to think about it....Thanks for the feedback guys.

 

[Tewligan]

Did you ask your DM how he'll categorize them? Because, really, his vote is the one that's gonna count here...

I used fey'ri in the campaign I DM'ed. All elves in my world were originally descended from the evil grey elves, who were brought here several millenia ago from one of the lower planes. Since then, the elves have "settled in" and lost all of their outsider traits - except for the ruling houses of the grey elves, who regularly infuse fresh demon blood into their bloodlines.

 

[Kai Lord]

Did you ask your DM how he'll categorize them? Because, really, his vote is the one that's gonna count here...

I'm asking as both a DM and a player. I'll be playing a solo campaign in this case, but when it comes to straight game mechanics, I'm pretty much co-DM with the guys that run the games, at least before play starts.