tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post2769253334455996691..comments2024-03-25T00:18:14.319-07:00Comments on Against The Wicked City: New B/X class: the faerieJoseph Manolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-37941938199839426542017-02-13T10:41:02.542-08:002017-02-13T10:41:02.542-08:00On the contrary I think that having a super "...On the contrary I think that having a super "Other" character is a lot of fun. It allows you to work in what otherwise might be metagame remarks in a more immersive manner.<br /><br />It really depends on your group though, some people are not down.Connor W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13152164902819709334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-6739065948101584242017-02-13T07:27:00.503-08:002017-02-13T07:27:00.503-08:00I think the rules I've outlined here could be ...I think the rules I've outlined here could be used to model half-fae, changelings, mortal users of faerie magic, and so on, just as easily as full-on, honest-to-Oberon faeries. Even if you are playing the latter, though, it's only a problem if your setting has already established that such creatures are genuinely Alien and Unknowable, rather than 'just a bit odd'.<br /><br />I agree that playing a truly Alien and Unknowable character would be a challenge, though. Maybe just roll every few minutes on an 'inexplicable faerie actions' table?Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-18149359804475953892017-02-12T15:21:58.154-08:002017-02-12T15:21:58.154-08:00I think the archetype I think you're trying to...I think the archetype I think you're trying to evoke might be a hard one to play satisfyingly. To me, one of the key qualities that goes with it is incomprehensibility - fairies in stories usually specialise in sourceless information - "you must travel for three days, striking off the head of everyone who helps you, and when pursued you must throw down your comb" and such like.<br /><br />"Humans in funny suits" is usually used as a pejorative, but I think it's a virtue - for me, and I suspect a lot of people, to enjoy playing a PC, they have to be human enough for me to be able to supply an inner monologue.<br /><br />That said, there are all sorts of other tropes - the half-fey or changelings that are staples of modern urban fantasy, for example, or your original examples of Greek nymphs - that I think you could use this for and that might be more relatable than the fairies of medieval European folklore.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292062128781092862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-37525788633341749202017-02-12T15:13:15.004-08:002017-02-12T15:13:15.004-08:00Well, if they're anything like folkloric faeri...Well, if they're anything like folkloric faeries they're probably whimsical, cheerfully amoral, and easily bored, so 'let's go and steal pretty and/or cool stuff from someone horribly dangerous' probably sounds like their idea of a good time. In terms of party roles, they're basically mage-thief types: they deal with diplomacy, information gathering, subterfuge, and stealth. I think they should fit into the average band of dungeon-delving loons without too much strain, if only because most 'normal' PCs are likely to be almost as weird and crazy as they are...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-31712614196713871652017-02-12T14:01:05.431-08:002017-02-12T14:01:05.431-08:00This is wonderful, although I have trouble envisag...This is wonderful, although I have trouble envisaging how one of these otherworldly guys would rub along with a bunch of prosaic PCs whose focus is killing monsters and nicking stuff. Probably just my lack of imagination, however.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10910170906278532034noreply@blogger.com