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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5073564" data-attributes="member: 18280">IMHO, the important thing when making fey seem....well....fey is that each fey creature (or group of fey creatures) represents something else.  They are not just races with ecologies, they are representations of powerful undercurrents in nature and human relations.So, in looking at your adventure, the first question to ask is "Why here?"  What is in the town that is attracting this manifestation of hate and (spidery) deviousness?  Who is spinning what web?Then go through the monsters you want to use, decide what they represent, and describe them accordingly.  If you want, you can also adjust their powers to make them more like what they represent.In the thread Rechen linked to, for example, a faerie party is described that is intended to represent a swarm of bees.  Bryne of Lig represents fire.  Etc.Pull out your classic fairy tales (not the Disneyfied versions), and decide how you could use them as D&D encounters.  I recommend the "Coloured Fairy Book" collections by Andrew Lang, editor, or the collection of the Brothers Grimm.RC</blockquote>