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[zorlok-if]

The fey campaign technically won both of the polls (if you have no idea what I'm talking about, click here). So, it's time to vote for the fey campaign's cast. I'll take the top few results from this poll and they'll be the cast of people the MC plays with. For more information on the world of the fey and the courts mentioned in the character descriptions below, click here. If you have any questions or desire more context/lore, I encourage you to psychically send me a message.

CAST YOUR VOTES

This poll will close at 23:59 UTC on April 16th.

Note: there will be a second poll coming out in a short while to determine the cast of the second-place campaign—a game where you play as cyberpunk fairy tale characters.

As a reminder, here's the quick description of the fey campaign:

"If you're familiar with A Court of Fey and Flowers: yes, basically that. If not: political intrigue where you play as a representative of a fey court hanging out with other fey at a magic festival. Optionally, very sexy and/or romantic. Always, very fun and chaotic."

This campaign will last eight sessions/episodes.

Below the cut you'll find a list of the potential cast members along with a description of the character they'll likely play. Remember, you can read more about the Fey courts and more in this lore post. I highly suggest you look at that beforehand.

The Potential Guest List:

Dev as a trickster princeps from the Marine court with a scandalous reputation

EJ as an introverted Seelie royal with a strong interest in the human world

Adam/Eve as a dutiful Sylvan champion, avoiding scandal and seeking satisfaction

Ciel as a mercurial prince of the Gloaming, begrudgingly seeking a spouse

Danny as a gentle knight from the court of Craft hiding a mysterious past

The Celestial as a noble from the court of Wonder, trading in secrets to hide eir own

Rose as a famously charming but bored party planner from the court of Wonder

Nasir as an awkward Unseelie prince trying to prove and redeem themself

Adonis as a wistful, overlooked Sylvan servant in search of something more

Cecil as the disgraced heir to the Seelie court who just wants to cause chaos

Alaric/Aria as a suspiciously chivalrous champion from the court of Ruin

Jovy as a mischievous attendant from the Faunal court collecting others' secrets

Andrey as a cutthroat Unseelie noble struggling to find peace in a violent world

Katya as the elegant princess of the Gloaming eager to change her reputation

If you don't see a character listed above, there's an option to write them in at the bottom of the Google Form.

[blackdragonrogue]

I'm planning a campaign based in the Feywild to run after my current campaign is over, and due to deciding not to include certain races in the Feywild I wanted to add some Fey based races for my players to choose from, and the first I finished making is the Dryad race! If anyone wants to try out playing one based on this homebrew please let me know how it goes.

[zorlok-if]

Since at this point it would take a miracle for the fey campaign not to be one of the poll winners, here's some more information about my vision for the fey and their courts.

Gather your intel, bury your secrets, hide your weapons, ready your spells, don your regalia, and leave all your morals and inhibitions at the door, friends. The Gala Antheia is upon us once more, and the fun's about to begin...

Fey and the Feywild

The Feywild is magic incarnate and the source of all arcane power. It is a fantastical reflection of the mundane Material Plane and the fey are the beings who inhabit it. All fey are inherently magical but different fey have different specialties and interests. Fey that are like one another tend to flock together, and over time these biases led to the formation of nine fey courts—the six natural courts and three material courts.

Fey don't just use magic for power, they need it to sustain themselves. If their connection to magic is severed, fey creatures are fundamentally and irreversibly changed (they may perish, if they're lucky, or they may be transformed into someone or something else entirely). This need for magical control is a source of great strife and conflict and tends to exacerbate the courts' already complex relationships with one another.

The Natural Courts

The six natural courts are concerned solely with the Feywild. The physical courts and their members remain in the Feywild year-round and most hold strong prejudices against the inhabitants of the Material Plane, seeing non-magical creatures as trivial, inferior, or pathetic. The natural courts are almost always at war with at least one other court (if not more). The natural courts are:

The Seelie Court - magic centering around light and the sun, earth and dirt, warmth and drought (at their strongest in the summer)

The Unseelie Court - magic centering around darkness and moonlight, air and smoke, water and storms (at their strongest in the winter)

The Gloaming Court - magic centering around dawn and dusk, twilight and stars, fire and stone (at their strongest in the spring and autumn)

The Marine Court - magic centering around the sea and underwater life, creatures of the shores and the abyss (unaffected by the seasons)

The Faunal Court - magic centering around animals and beasts, notorious and curious shapeshifters (unaffected by the seasons)

The Sylvan Court - magic centering around plants and fungi, vines and flowers, myconids and some insectoids (unaffected by the seasons)

There are three sets of rivals, courts that despise one another and are constantly vying for dominance against one another:

Seelie vs. Unseelie, Gloaming vs. Sylvan, Marine vs. Faunal

There are also three sets of allies, courts that consider one another to be their closest supporters in their power struggles:

Seelie & Sylvan, Gloaming & Faunal, Unseelie & Marine

(I've literally drawn out a little Venn diagram looking thing for the court's main relationships)

The Material Courts

The material courts align themselves more with the Material Plane. They are still deeply invested in the Feywild and as concerned with magic as all other fey, but these three courts find themselves drawn to the nonmagical world and its inhabitants for various reasons. While these courts don't get along with one another, they are known to have shifting alliances with the natural courts and have been known to turn the tide in many a power struggle. Despite this, the natural courts tend to look down on the material courts due to their great interest in something the natural courts view as inherently lesser. Likewise, the material courts tend to see the natural courts as old-fashioned, pretentious, and lacking in vision and ambition.

The Court of Wonder - associated with grander, more impressive magic, thrives off of awe and worship, grants showstopping miracles and fantastical spectacle

The Court of Craft - associated with subtle, almost hidden magic, grants reprieve, pursues knowledge, driven by curiosity, creates unnoticed, everyday gifts

The Court of Ruin - associated with destruction and disruption, grants nothing and steals all it desires, driven by hunger and thirst, thrive off of chaos and frustration

The Anthesis and the Gala Antheia

The Anthesis is a surge of magic that occurs roughly once every two to three years. It doesn't follow a strict calendar and raw magic must be studied and observed overtime to predict when the next Anthesis will occur. The Anthesis is a boon to all fey because it provides a welcome, restorative supply of magic.

The Gala Antheia is a 15-day long festival celebrating the Anthesis. It is a time and place of "peace" where each court is invited to share and celebrate their unique perspectives, innovations, and talents. It is also the premiere spot for politics and matchmaking. The sidhe, the fey nobility, utilize the gala as an opportunity to strengthen connections with other courts and secure political deals, trades, secrets, and marriages. There is no better place for love and gossip. The Gala Antheia is also a time of jubilation and the parties thrown by the fey are uniquely absurd and chaotic.

All fey who run the gala are known as antheists and relinquish all ties and duties to their courts while setting up and running the event.

The first three days are run solely by the antheists and are meant to establish neutral, common ground. One day is then given to each court to showcase their best and demonstrate their power to the rest. The final three days are run by the antheists but are meant to be a synthesis of what each court has brought to the proverbial table.

In the fey campaign you would be able to play as a member of the sidhe (or perhaps one of their attendants) looking to further your own goals or the goals of your court through political moves, underhanded tricks, romantic arrangements, intimate entanglements, and more.

Images from Unsplash

[snoozlebee]

last night was session 2 of the fey campaign:

Bosch got called a commoner and absolutely lost his fucking mind (but quietly)

the party was given a series of tasks to complete before they could complete their original task

the other paladin in the party (ERIK THE HUMAN LAWYER FROM NEW YORK) did that thing where you grab a dog’s front legs and make it look like it’s dancing, only he did it to Bosch, who was INFURIATED

right before we could start completing task 1 on our list of sub-tasks, the tavern we found ourselves in got violently remodeled by ice giants

Vira gave Erik and Bosch some Fantasy Weed to help them chill out, but it turns out that it just makes Bosch even more high-strung.  Bosch subsequently had a meltdown over the sheer quantity of sub-tasks they were all taking on and threatened to slice someone in half if they acquired any more.

Bertie enchanted one of Erik’s vape cartridges to make it shiny, and Bosch convinced the ice giants that it was a lucky artifact they could have in exchange for the hostages they took

everyone went back to the spring palace and interrogated Erik about his origin with LITTLE success. 

this game is going to be fucking WILD and i’m very excited for the next session

[feywildcampaign]

Session Recap:(5-6)   Sleeping Kingdom Aroriell

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The caravan comes upon the kingdom of Aroriell, within the Thornwoods. Elderly Pixie Mender Merryflora coaxes them to the castle surrounded by shifting vines. She begs them to wake the princess, and thus the realm, warning them that they must get past the dragon (who turns out to be an half-ravenkin shifter named Maleficent). Pixie says only a royal fey's kiss can wake her, and none have been by in 100 years, none will answer her summons. Malvasus finds and captures a new pet while they explore the castle filled with sleeping, and sometimes munched on bodies of the court. They loot as they go, fighting dangers and collecting ingredients for their crafts. Tika is depressed when a vine trap rips off her wings, but she still desperately wants to try kissing the princess. Vayl hogties her twice during their path through the tower - determined to be the one to wake the princess. Louis secretly had been following, and while they fought two massive spiders he slipped by to find the sleeping queen. He lures the dragon in, attempting and failing to seduce her. He does manage to convince her that he’ll help her get to the princess to kill her. Not long after, the others catch up and follow Louis’ lead. While they try to open the door to her rooms, they ask Maleficient the story behind her rage against the princess and kingdom. Maleficent says she was a scorned lover of Briarie, who misled her and betrayed her for money and status for her kingdom. Maleficent then attempted to murder the princess, and her precious kingdom. Merryflora stepped in and was able to shift the curse to sleep rather than death. Only the princess’s greatest wish could wake her. Maleficent, in her crazed grief, turned into a dragon and stalked the castle in a 100 year bout of insanity. She asks for a piece of sanity from as many of them as possible, so she can return her senses enough to take her true form again. When Vayl’s nobleman’s kiss does not wake her, they wonder aloud if a wealthy fey would do the trick. She wants either to be in love, or to have the security of her people via a royal marriage - would not wealth result in security? Louis attempts to disguise himself as Rylek to preform the kiss that wakes her. He immediately runs from the room, and returns in his fey form. Much confusion ensues, and Maleficient makes off with the now woken princess, taking dragon form once more and escaping out the window. Now awake, the King thanks the ‘heroes’, and asks them to save their princess from the dragon witch’s clutches. They offer what limited riches they can, and point them towards the near by mountains where her lair should be.