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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8341781" data-attributes="member: 2629">This depends mostly, almost entirely, upon your players, and to a much smaller extent their PC choices.My fey tend to be tricksters.  The natural state of most Fey is to be giddy as they are 'high on life' from the life force that suffuses the Feywild.  This leaves them with a tendency towards selfishness and a lack of empathy.  When they encounter others, they enjoy playing tricks and don't really sweat the ramifications - unless the ramification ruins their fun.  Even then, they tend to have short memories when it comes to frustration and anger.  It is not uncommon for fey to swear a death vow against someone that hurt them only to greet them with a hug and laughter when they meet again soon after.However, some players do not appreciate it when their PC is made to look foolish.  They get surly and do not have a good time.  For these particular players, it doesn't matter what PC they are playing - they want to feel like heroes on the rise (or feel another way that is driven off course by trickery) and don't want to suffer something that diminishes their luster.  When I have these players at my table, I don't lean into the Feywild, and when it does appear before them, I am careful in how the fey interact with these PCs.  Other players have PCs that feel that way about themselves, and other PCs are game to play with the fey.  If I know this about the player, I am more inclined to let them encounter trickster fey, regardless of whether their PC likes it.  Making the PC miserable is a nice source of conflict for the story if the player can appreciate the story element.  Their character may be miserable when the fey pranks them, but the player may be in stitches.</blockquote>

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