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Message: <blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7428850" data-attributes="member: 6704184">I have long been of the opinion that the Fey are the most interesting and underrated group of potential NPCs and enemies in DnD, and so far I haven't been impressed with them in 5e. So, I'm working on ideas to flesh them out more, and I'd love to hear your thoughts! My own thoughts regarding using the Feywild and Shadowfell, and expanding Fey lore in dnd can be found here: <a href="http://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/story-lore/2776-the-fey-a-lore-thread" target="_blank">www.dndbeyond.com/forums/d-d-beyond-general/story-lore/2776-the-fey-a-lore-thread</a>For some thoughts on tweaking some options in 5e mechanically, check out this Web DM video: <a href="https://youtu.be/s-Z2RDNn1sY" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/s-Z2RDNn1sY</a>I definitely agree with the notes about Dresden Files' Fey, although I don't use the Summer/WInter=Seelie/Unseelie dichotomy, personally. I love the idea of taking non-fey monsters and adding the Fey type to them. Displacer Beasts, Nilbogs*, most or all Hags, Dopplegangers, Were-creatures, Blights, Centaurs, possibly Minotaurs, and many others can easily be Fey. *Nilbog make great fey goblins, and adding some fey traits to hobgoblins and bugbears helps flesh out a fey goblin kingdom. I also like to let the Feywild and Shadowfel bleed into the Material Plane a lot more, sometimes overlapping depending on season, time of day, etc, so your Fey descended races live in realms and communities that feel different, and their immigration into a new area can actually cause that area to become closer to the Fey, leading to strange places out of Labyrinth in the middle of a city, and entire Gnome communities hidden in places that are only there if you know how to find them, like something from Harry Potter. I want to figure out Fey subraces from some existing races, as well, though I haven't quite figured out how. Dwarves, for instance, I would love to have a Fey-influenced subrace for, as well as maybe Halflings, and perhaps a more explicitly Fey gnome subrace. But how do you use the Fey in your games? What do you hope comes in the future in 5e for the Fey, and what do you want even though you don't expect to ever see it officially supported? Do you have any homebrew monsters or races you'd like to share that are Fey or tied to the Fey? Any ideas for more directly Fey associated subclasses for classes that don't already have them, like the monk, sorcerer, ranger, or barbarian?</blockquote>

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