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<blockquote data-quote="Nonlethal Force" data-source="post: 3503597" data-attributes="member: 35788"><p>I appreciate all the wonderful references to fairies and mythology and everything.</p><p></p><p>The thing is that I don't get D&D fey. I mean, elves are mythologically considered fey. But those elves are not 5'8" with slender bodies who love the forest. And the who D&D pixie/nixie/grig stuff just doesn't make sense according to their sizes. I mean, it does if you only read some stories - and totally doesn't if you read others. I think that is my problem with fey. They never match up with what I expect fey to be. In other words, I think D&D has done a poor job making D&D fey match up to mythology/fairy tales.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I wouldn't mind a fey oriented book. To be hnest, I think would go a long way in helping create a D&D "fey" concept. My suggestions would be to get rid of the commonly used names like "pixie" and come up with new creatures. Tere are simply too many expectations around what a pixie should be to ever meet the expectations of all people. So, make up new creatures that are D&D fey. I'd buy into that.</p><p></p><p>After all, I love the Draconomicon and I love Lords of Madness. I think the Draconomicon does a good enough job pulling away from dragonology and makes its own case for a D&D dragon. [Chromatic vs. Metallic alone goes a long way in this.] Aberrations, beholders, etc are almost purely a D&D baby - even if they do have some basis in mythology. People have really bought into those concepts. I think they would buy into a D&D fey that may be based in stories but truly comes into its own light as a D&D creation.</p><p></p><p>That's what I want. Own fey and make them D&D. Quit trying to make fey that match mythology or fairy tales. because so long as that continues, I'll always be dissappointed. Stories about specific fey are too widespread and varied to ever truly be satisfied by a statblock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nonlethal Force, post: 3503597, member: 35788"] I appreciate all the wonderful references to fairies and mythology and everything. The thing is that I don't get D&D fey. I mean, elves are mythologically considered fey. But those elves are not 5'8" with slender bodies who love the forest. And the who D&D pixie/nixie/grig stuff just doesn't make sense according to their sizes. I mean, it does if you only read some stories - and totally doesn't if you read others. I think that is my problem with fey. They never match up with what I expect fey to be. In other words, I think D&D has done a poor job making D&D fey match up to mythology/fairy tales. Having said that, I wouldn't mind a fey oriented book. To be hnest, I think would go a long way in helping create a D&D "fey" concept. My suggestions would be to get rid of the commonly used names like "pixie" and come up with new creatures. Tere are simply too many expectations around what a pixie should be to ever meet the expectations of all people. So, make up new creatures that are D&D fey. I'd buy into that. After all, I love the Draconomicon and I love Lords of Madness. I think the Draconomicon does a good enough job pulling away from dragonology and makes its own case for a D&D dragon. [Chromatic vs. Metallic alone goes a long way in this.] Aberrations, beholders, etc are almost purely a D&D baby - even if they do have some basis in mythology. People have really bought into those concepts. I think they would buy into a D&D fey that may be based in stories but truly comes into its own light as a D&D creation. That's what I want. Own fey and make them D&D. Quit trying to make fey that match mythology or fairy tales. because so long as that continues, I'll always be dissappointed. Stories about specific fey are too widespread and varied to ever truly be satisfied by a statblock. [/QUOTE]
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