Fomorians article on DDI

[Scholar & Brutalman]

To me, the Feydark inspires a vision of fantastic realms more than anything else. It's the classic concept of the underworld dominated by fey described in Irish mythology.

It's the word "Feydark" I don't like, not the concept. As a realm for adventure, it sounds much more interesting that the Underdark (OK, another non-evocative word...)

And please, do not complain about symmetry

I didn't. Please don't quote my post and then follow up with replies to someone else. It's rude.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I like it, and also I don't see where this idea of useless symmetry is coming from, it makes immense sense.

Underdark in the World, would of course be reflected in the Feywild and Shadowfell since they are mirror-worlds of the World. That doesn't mean there are mirror Elemental Chaos or Astral Sea since there is only one of each of these.

I view it like this, the various areas of the cosmology sit around the World with its mirror worlds existing in that exact same place as the World, but simply shifted slightly out of the normal World, creating these parallel Worlds.

Also anyone catch how there are Goblin Kingdoms in the Feywild, does that mean Goblins are Fey? or they simply inhabit the Feywild or live in both the Feywild and World?

 

[Sir Brennen]

"Down with needless symmetry" indeed.

Which isn't the same as "down with all symmetry" obviously.

 

[nick012000]

We've seen Goblin stats; they're Small natural humanoids, not Small fey humanoids.

Most likely, they wound up in the Feywild the same way that the ancestors of the Elves wound up in The World.

 

[I'm A Banana]

I can't wait to hear "For the Fey and Fell!" as a battlecry.

I'm not a huge fan of the word "feydark," but I am kind of a fan of this battlecry.

Or, more appropriately, as a lyric in some sort of magical bard spell or something:

"Body Blessed when all is well,
Animus departs with hoarse yell,
Mortal souls 'twixt Fey and Fell"

Or something.

 

[Doug McCrae]

The Great Wheel is dead. Long live the Great Wheel!

It's not the Great Wheel unless Thor is living on Mount Olympus.

 

[InShambles]

Sounds like something out of greek mythology....

More geek than Greek in this case. The absurdity came from the creatures respective alignments and ecology according to the 2e Monster Compendium. The Giants were evil but the Dryads were not. Also Dryads were solitary creatures. It was a case of the D.M. trying to one-up the players with a difficult challenge.

 

[Fiendish Dire Weasel]

I liked it a lot.

It even inspired a rough concept for a capaign: Start with some small goblin raiders, then move to a goblin kingdom then to find out its a Fomorian lord behind the goblins fiestiness, etc etc. Probably a 1-25ish campaign right there depending how tough those Fomorian lords are.

 

[Atlatl Jones]

In before complaints about "Feydark."

The article sounds great, the art is truly awesome... but yeah. "Feydark" is pretty dorky and uninspiring.

 

[Shroomy]

I don't think that Feydark is that dorky. If I didn't regularly use Underdark I would probably think that was dorky too.