Fey Lore

[RSKennan]

Right. The CG to Fey is coming out in print in the next few weeks. I've seen the PDF, I like the art a lot.

 

[Banshee16]

Right. The CG to Fey is coming out in print in the next few weeks. I've seen the PDF, I like the art a lot.

You've seen it? What's it like? Is it balanced well? Cool fluff? What's in it?

I've got the book Faeries by Bastion Press, and it's pretty cool...but not everything is balanced straight. I like the way Faeries are portrayed in Van Richten's Guide to the Shadow Fey, and are hoping for similar quality from Goodman Games.

Banshee

 

[DMH]

I hope he has seen it since he wrote it

But I too would like you to "spill the beans" as it were.

 

[BastionPress_Creech]

You will also find a lot of fae-related stuff at d20 Magazine Rack under the Leylines header.

 

[Banshee16]

I hope he has seen it since he wrote it

But I too would like you to "spill the beans" as it were.

That's basically what I meant....I didn't realize he was the author though...I want to know what's in the book. I'm not a buyer of PDFs, so I don't want to, if I don't have to. I'd prefer to find it in print format.

Banshee

 

[RSKennan]

I'm not sure I can give too much away, but I think I can do what a normal reader could do- which is post the table of contents:

Preface............................................................................................2
Introduction....................................................................................6
Chapter One: Traits of the Blood ..................................................8
Cynosure and Cycle.............................................................15
Dwindling ............................................................................17
Chapter Two: Fey Society ...........................................................19
Courts, Hosts, and Cycles....................................................19
The Court of Dreams ...........................................................19
The Gentry ...................................................................19
The Yarthkins ...............................................................20
The Portunes ................................................................21
The Revelry..................................................................22
The Court of Nightmare ......................................................24
The Horde ....................................................................24
The Grims ....................................................................25
The Bogeys ..................................................................26
The Uninvited ..............................................................27
The Court of Twilight ..........................................................28
Court Politics .......................................................................28
Customs and Cultures ..........................................................28
Chapter Three: Fey Characters ....................................................30
Fey Races.............................................................................30
Grogans........................................................................30
Pucks............................................................................31
Shee..............................................................................32
Urchins.........................................................................33
Fey Infusions (Templates) ...................................................35
Fey-Shaped ..................................................................35
Malekin ........................................................................35
Fomori..........................................................................36
Fey Classes ..........................................................................36
Hero..............................................................................36
Empyrean .....................................................................38
Mysterial ......................................................................39
Ruffian .........................................................................39
Prestige Classes....................................................................40
Horde Rider..................................................................40
Twilight Warlock..........................................................41
Fey Feats ..............................................................................42
Chapter Four: Magic....................................................................46
New Magic Type: Fey .........................................................46
Hedge Magic................................................................46
Fey Spells Master List .........................................................47
Fey Spell Lists by Host........................................................49
New Spells ...........................................................................60
Chapter Five: Adventures in Dreaming.......................................63
Chapter Six: Fey Realms .............................................................68
Chapter Seven: Monsters of the Fey Realms ..............................71
Asrai.....................................................................................71
Fideal....................................................................................72
Monathe-Duine ....................................................................73
Taran ....................................................................................74
Appendix One: Magic Weave Worksheets ..................................75

Note that the first three specific monsters listed in chapter 7 are just examples of what can be done with the system. That chapter also discusses the ecology of fey realms, and which non-fey are likely to cohabitate with them. The taran is an example of a non-fey monster that exists because of the fey. Tarans are undead (they're 'lost souls'), but don't think I could properly convey what they're about here. They're creepy, but they're not meant to gross you out- they're tragic.

The Magic weave stuff is the system for giving fey their spell-like abilities. You can build the MM fey pretty closely- to within an ability point or two.

Inspirations for the fey laid out in this book ranged from Folklore and the works of Katherine Briggs, Neil Gaiman's Sandman, various movies like the film Legend, Arthurian legend, etc.

That's about as much as I can get into here. I hope that's enough to tell you if it would be for you.

 

[DMH]

I'm not sure I can give too much away, but I think I can do what a normal reader could do- which is post the table of contents:

It's out- as long as you don't post reams of closed content, you can say pretty much anything you want.

And thank you for posting what you have!

 

[DM_Fiery_Fist]

For those of you who may be interested, I would once again recommend visiting Raven Crowking's faerie encounters thread, as I am posting up my own material for the Plane of Faerie there as well.

 

[qstor]

I think it mentioned it before. Although its non d20 the old Faeires book for Ars Magica is pretty good.

Mike

 

[Raven Crowking]

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