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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM_Fiery_Fist" data-source="post: 2133976" data-attributes="member: 6052">That's an excellent story arc, Raven, you have an excellent gift for tying various plot themes together.  I must admit, I've been rather inspired by your work (especially the new article), so I have decided to include a powerful fey creature in my own campaign.  I'm running a Forgotten Realms game and I'm using the Perilous Gateways supplements on the Wizards of the Coast website ( <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/pg20020605x" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/pg20020605x</a> ).  The characters have slain an evil druid (Thurghom) who guarded a portal of standing stones on an arctic island in the middle of a northern sea.  Amusingly enough, the party has been split up.  One group activated the standing stones portal and went through - unfortunately the portal went out after that and the other half of the group has been stranded on the isle.  They're pretty high level, but I'm going to throw them an unexpected surprise.  The standing stones are a location that is ripe for faerie activity.  Therefore, I'm crafting a faerie guide to emerge from the stones.  Since faeries represent natural things, I'm planning on patterning him after an arctic hare.  I'm thinking that he might be the rightful guardian of the island, but the druid has kept him at bay for many years.  Therefore, he's quite grateful that the party has slaughtered the druid.  I haven't worked out the full story arc yet, but I'm hoping to inject a dose of the fey into the game.  The standing stones surround a sinkhole, which I think fits the well symbolism quite "well".  One of the rangers in the party has expressed a distinct interest in the fey in her backstory, so it works out well for her.  The story arc ought to be fairly interesting, I'm hoping to send the party off to Faerieland for a little while.  It's an online game, so running split groups is manageable.  Anyhow, I just wanted to let you know some of the ideas that your work has inspired.  If you have any suggestions, they would also be greatly appreciated.  I'll probably draw heavily on a lot of the faerie tales you've referenced here, Raven.  Once again, an excellent thread,Josh</blockquote>

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