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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 7558373" data-attributes="member: 6777737">One of the common themes of the fey is obligation and bargain. The concept of binding agreements is all but mandatory to do them justice. They're almost always required to follow very strict rules, but anything not explicitly covered by those rules is fair game. One common one is that nothing is given or taken for free. There are no gifts unless explicitly mentioned, and if you don't know the terms of the deal before you take something, well, you can end up in lifelong service because you took a cookie without checking to see what the exchange was. It may be that the Feywild itself enforces these bargains. Who knows? But once agreed to, there's no way out of them.Fey are very common in modern urban fantasy.  If you've read Rivers of London, Iron Druid, Harry Dresden, Alex Verus, or any other of a variety of similar stories, you've encountered this idea before.  The fey are very powerful, but they're required by some law not to interfere or involve themselves unless invited. And inviting them is always a bad idea. I think the Kingkiller Chronicle's <a href="https://kingkiller.fandom.com/wiki/The_Cthaeh" target="_blank">Cthaeh</a> is perhaps one of the most terrifying creations in fiction.IMO, the problem isn't that the fey aren't terrifying. It's that the Fey type is grossly underrepresented in the Monster Manual. Take the Rakshasa stats and create a fey creature with them.  Take a lycanthrope and change the damage immunity to everything that's not iron. Shapeshifters as well. Make heavy use of geas, bestow curse, suggestion, charm, and dominate. I'd consider making fey bargains even more binding than the above, however, should the fey be powerful enough.Use mazes of illusion, sleep traps, charmed poisons, etc. Lethal seduction that makes a succubus look like a cheap knock-off. To the fey, mere mortals are just so much chattel to be taken, enjoyed, and disposed of. Not because they have some end. No, it is it's own end. And the PCs agreed to it! It's like quicksand, or a pitcher plant. It looks beautiful, harmless and inviting. But when it turns on you, they won't even find your broken bones.</blockquote>

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