Need fey plot ideas

[Gnome]

My creativity seems to be on vacation right now, so I'm going to attempt to tap into everyone else's. Right now I am running a campaign in a "Gilligan's Island" kind of setting: it's on a remote island in the Realms where a slaver ship got marooned some 40 years ago, and the survivors formed two opposing camps on opposite ends of the island.

The big wildcard in the setting that I haven't used much is that the island is largely covered by a magical jungle home to a lot of magically-altered creatures and powerful fey creatures. I haven't given much in the way of specifics about the fey yet, and are mainly there to be terribly mysterious at this point.

Anyway, the party is 10th-level at this point ... any good ideas on what fey creatures to use, and plot ideas for powerful mysterious few that perhaps aren't crazy about these "newcomers" on their special island (I'm thinking that it is special to the fey in some way - maybe a hub of fey pathways, or a portal to a fey plane, etc.).

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or inspiration!

 

[InVinoVeritas]

If by "fey" you mean "mysterious, fleeting, otherworldly powers hidden in the dense foliage" then you don't even have to use fey. Mind flayers could work just as well.

What events have been attributed to the fey in the past in your campaign?

 

[Raven Crowking]

Pick three fairy tales. Any three fairy tales. Read them. Consider the implications in a D&D world. Toss together, and make into a salad.

Also read the Faerie Encounters article linked to in my sig. EDIT: Never mind this last. I see the article links are down.

RC

 

[Martian Agitator]

I hate to follow Raven Crowking when it comes to fey, but what if the fey were stuck there too? Shanghaied and robbed of most of their power by some vindictive force.

However, they draw energy from the conflicts, rage and sorrow of mortals...

They don't want the camps on the island to kill each other, but they could certainly cause some chaos. They plant a dream in the minds of one member of each camp; a dream showing them an item that could help them escape from the island. But it has a limited number of uses, so each camp must retrieve it first.

A classic red herring mcguffin, seems pretty fey to me.

 

[Whisper72]

Hmm... some ideas....

- portals to 'fey' worlds with the magic seeping through and corrupting / mutating living beings (including plants!!). Look to Raven Crowking's thread for further ideas.
- a meteor crashed here a long time ago. The metal or crystals of the meteor emenate some corrupting chaos like energy mutating plants and animals. The 'master' of the meteor gets strange powers, but the link keeps him/her within one mile of the meteor. He/she needs minions to do stuff. The corrupting process takes time the farther away you are. The survivors are already showing some signs of the corruption. The Master is waiting for the process to progress so he/she can enslave the humans as well. Maybe the first humans have already progressed far enough to be mentally influenced by the master.
- the centre of the island holds an entrance to the underdark, to an exile enclave where exiled aboleth, mindflayers, beholders etc. have an uneasy truce. They fear that the coming of the humans may upset the balance. None of them dared yet take the first step to contact / enslave them, but this time is now drawing near. Each side is approached by another faction, adding a whole new level of intrigue and power to the conflict.
- the centre of the island holds a crashed spelljammer. A few surviving Neogi and their umberhulk servants are holed up there attempting repairs. The humans are too numerous to enslave / overcome, so the Neogi have been using magic to transform and grow mutant animals as servants. Once they have confidence they are powerful enough, they will attack the human encampments with the intent of enslaving them all. Maybe they have already done this to one encampment. Now the fued between the two human sides seems trivial. The PC's may need to rescue the captured enemy humans since the combined might is needed to defeat the Neogi and their spawn...

 

[Zogmo]

Hmmm...

Introducing Katie Fey into a "Gilligan's Island" campaign would be very interesting indeedy.

 

[Raven Crowking]

This thread might be of some help: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=86637

 

[Herobizkit]

Hmmm...

Introducing Katie Fey into a "Gilligan's Island" campaign would be very interesting indeedy.

The fact that I know who you mean suggests we frequent the same websites.
Might as well add Felicity Fay and Faye Valentine onto that list.