D&D 5E New Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild!

Wander into the magical realm of the Feywild with our latest Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild!

Your character can be a member of one of the new D&D races: fairy, hobgoblin of the Feywild, owlfolk, or rabbitfolk. Which will you choose?

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[darjr]

The art isn’t from the article, from the PHB

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

While these ones are less flashy than the gothic ones from last UA, this way of doing ancestries really is more appealing to me than what's presented in the PHB.

 

[Remathilis]

Dungeonland/Through the Magic Mirror redux confirmed?

 

[darjr]

If I run a playtest anyone want in?

 

[Xeviat]

Interesting. I like giving goblins a fey origin, it will allow them to broaden them out to more archetypes.

 

[cbwjm]

With the racial spells being able to be cast with spell slots as well, it's looking more and more like pre-tashas needs errata because that's a great change.

 

[Scribe]

Where is the quick build section...

 

[Faolyn]

Combined with the dragon one from before, I wonder if they're going for a Feywild-type book instead of a Draconomicon-type book.

Edit: The Drakewarden feels like it could be fey, although the Ascendant Dragon has less of a fey feel to me.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

So what terms should we use to distinguish the Fey Hobgoblin from the other Hobgoblin that appeared in Eberron Rising from the Last War?

 

[jgsugden]

Kind of meh on these.... nothing speaks to me too much.

 

[Reynard]

It seems weird that the rabbit folk are not faster than typical humanoids.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

"Hare-Trigger. You add your proficiency bonus to your initiative rolls"

I wonder what this could be presaging - a Feywild adventure path, Planescape, Manual of the Planes?

 

[Faolyn]

So what terms should we use to distinguish the Fey Hobgoblin from the other Hobgoblin that appeared in Eberron Rising from the Last War?

Yeah, I'm thinking they need to change the name. Although I'm not sure to what, since hobgoblin does have fairy-tale usage. Maybe just hob? It wouldn't be the first time that D&D used some minor variations of a word to denote entirely different creatures.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

If I run a playtest anyone want in?

Oh I wish!

but I seem to recall being a few timezones away from where I live and I'm to shy to voice + cam in English in live games, I only do chats.

Still keep us informed of how it went!

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Yeah, I'm thinking they need to change the name. Although I'm not sure to what, since hobgoblin does have fairy-tale usage. Maybe just hob? It wouldn't be the first time that D&D used some minor variations of a word to denote entirely different creatures.

Wouldnt it be possible for the first hobgoblins settlers of the old Dakanhi (sp?) empire of Eberron to come from Thelanis, the fey-plane of Eberron?

 

[Remathilis]

Hmm... The names seem awfully generic and there isn't much lore on each race. I'm going out on a limb they are placeholder info for some rules and the real lore if being hidden to not give away the project...

Anyone know enough about MTG lore to see if these line up with any creature types? Lorwyn perhaps?

I could be wrong, but this feels a little like the centaur minotaur UA or the School of Invention/Circle of Spores UA...

 

[Demetrios1453]

Combined with the dragon one from before, I wonder if they're going for a Feywild-type book instead of a Draconomicon-type book.

Edit: The Drakewarden feels like it could be fey, although the Ascendant Dragon has less of a fey feel to me.

Maybe a monster book concerning innately magical creatures, which would include both dragons and fey? Volo's and Mordenkainen's both had a mix of creature types, so doing both fey and dragons in one book wouldn't be unprecedented...

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

My guest is we are going to see a Feywild equivalent to Ravenloft's ''Shadowfell-themed'' book.

 

[Faolyn]

Hmm... The names seem awfully generic and there isn't much lore on each race. I'm going out on a limb they are placeholder info for some rules and the real lore if being hidden to not give away the project...

Anyone know enough about MTG lore to see if these line up with any creature types? Lorwyn perhaps?

I saw Thrones of Eldaine, but all I know is from that article, since I don't play MtG. It "involves cards inspired by Grimm's fairy tales and Arthurian legend."