need ideas for Fey creatures

[Greatwyrm]

I'm working on an upcoming campaign and I need some ideas for more fey creatures. I don't really even need anything statted out at this point, I'm just stuck for ideas to start with. So, if you have any ideas for fey critters, please toss 'em in. Mythical, literary, and downright weird -- all are welcome.

 

[mroberon1972]

Try this:

http://www.ancient-awakenings.com/m...e=Downloads&file=index&req=viewdownload&cid=3

It's a freebie. You might be able to use it...

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

I haven't got the address, but look for Gareth Long's Monster Encyclopedia online. It has much goodness, and short descriptions of many fey. There's a really good series of books in my library about various mythical/legendary creatures, but I can't remember the name.

 

[Gez]

What monster books do you have? Because a lot of ground is covered by the Tome.

You may also look in other games, notably Changeling: the Dreaming, if you can access it.

Other, radically different ideas:
Feys that are magically sentient automatons, à la Edward Scissorhands, or, if you can get past the mawkish Disney treatment, à la Pinocchio. There's a very beautiful (and totally unknown) French comic on that theme.

Feys that are sentient illusions. They exist, but they aren't real. If you disbelieve them, you don't see them -- and they can't interact with you. Like the Chimeraes in Changeling.

 

[BOZ]

don't forget the fey we have here on the Creature Catalog! and i'll be adding the Flitterling and Ekrat within the next 24 hours...

 

[Filby]

Also, if you can find it, you might try looking at Relics and Rituals: Excalibur from Sword & Sorcery, a sourcebook on chivalric Arthurian fantasy. It's got several "fae" races ("others", the not-quite-human peoples of the old British Isles) that are humanoids but could probably be converted to fey with little trouble, which include fae reminescent of elves (two different races), dwarves, halflings, and hobgoblins. It also has ideas for using standard non-human races (including all of the PHB races plus orcs and goblins) as fey-like "others".

However, the best thing you can hope to find is An Encyclopedia of Fairies by Katherine Briggs. It's got everything you can possibly imagine about English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh fairies from brownies and leprechauns to daoine sidhe and hobyahs. The authority on all things fey.

 

[Gez]

However, the best thing you can hope to find is An Encyclopedia of Fairies by Katherine Briggs. It's got everything you can possibly imagine about English, Scottish, Irish, and Welsh fairies from brownies and leprechauns to daoine sidhe and hobyahs. The authority on all things fey.

As long as you stay in the British Isles. You won't find Russian Leshyes, or German Loreleien, or Spanish Majas, Mijas, and Meigas... You won't find the Lorialets, or the Apsara, or the Kami...

I recommend you the Great Encyclopedia of Faeries. Amazon link to show you what I speak of.

 

[Filby]

That link reminds me... also look for Faeries by the incomparable Brian Froud and Alan Lee.

Another good book is Gnomes by Will Huygen. Also, if you're looking for something a little more lighthearted, check out Lady Cottington's Fairy Album by Brian Froud.

I understand that S&S is coming out with a sourcebook on the Shadow Fey of Ravenloft, if you want something a little darker.

Finally, you can go here on the D&D webpage to download Blood Spawn, a sourcebook featuring the dark fairyland of the old Birthright 2E campaign setting, the Shadow World.