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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aloïsius" data-source="post: 3144402" data-attributes="member: 1191">In most settings, the powers that be are outsiders (demon, devil, celestials), dragons, powerful aberations (mindflayers, beholder), undead (vampire, lich lords...) and humanoid spellcasters (clerics, wizards mostly). They are the big shakers and movers of most high level adventures, and the most frequent BBEG the PC must fight (and their most frequent mentors/protectors). Strangely, two multisecular figures of Fantasy are not commonly used this way : Giants and Fey. I won't speak about giants this time, even if a world dominated by Giant kingdoms, where the small humanoid would have a secondary role could be interresting. But what could be a world where the great surnatural powers are the Fey ? We could imagine a world divided between seelies and unseelies, where the humanoids races are the pawns and toys of a ritual war they don't understand. Clerics would gain their spells from Oberron, Titania and the Queen of Air and darkness (or whatever you choose to rule over the Fey). Sorcerers would trace their lineage to Fey creatures rather than Dragons. Wizards could be some sort of heretics, people using magic outside of the path defined bu Fey powers. The astral plane could be sealed, blocking passage to and from the outer planes, explaining the absence of both fiendish and celestial interferences. Fey could be to this world what dragons are to Dragonlance. What kind of adventures/plots could be designed with such a setting ? What would be the pro and con of such a world ? Why aren't fey more used in most campaigns ?</blockquote>

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