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| Author: | Ulir [ Sat, Jul 17 2010, 15:11 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Race Question: Don't touch my fey! |
Feytouched! How much elf is there in them? Can a moon elf and fey, produce a feytouched? I found info on the net, but didn't make it very clear. Since the feytouched are under the elf section in the subraces menu, I wonder how close they are related. Any good information from the playerbase/DMs about feytouched and their relation to elves? Thanks in advance! |
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| Author: | BrainSplitter [ Sat, Jul 17 2010, 15:26 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Race Question: Don't touch my fey! |
'Not very'. Certainly not Half Fey. Far closer to 1/8th fey, -if- that much. It's typically described in much the same vein as proper RDDs are - just a faint amount of the blood brought to the fore. In Feytouched, though, it wasn't through effort but luck of the draw. Damn chaotic fey. |
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| Author: | Gravemaskin [ Sat, Jul 17 2010, 16:10 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Race Question: Don't touch my fey! |
I'll list what I've dug up on the matter in the past. Though keep in mind these books are D20 and not Forgotten Realms, so it's not completely cannon. Still a good guideline, I think. Complete Guide to Fey, p 10-11 wrote: There are five ways that new fey may come into existence. These methods are: 1. They (male or female) may mate with mortals, drawing on their unbound life energies to create progeny. Fey created in this way show no physical signs of their mortal parent, though a bit of the mortal’s emotional tendencies and attitudes will carry over. The mortal supplies the clay and the fey supplies the design. Fey born of a human mother will always be the same type of creature as the father. Children of the Fey, p 2 wrote: The feyborn are the product of mortal parents whose blood contains some tinge of fey magic. Many are born to mortal parents, although their ancestry may be tinged by a great-grandfather cavorting with a dryad, but some are the result of a powerful blessing from a fey creature of great power while the child is still in the womb. The favor of a fairy is a powerful thing, and their good will towards one who is not yet born can have a powerful effect on their blood and destiny. The feyborn are marked with strangeness, right from their moment of birth. There is something strange and magical about them even when they lie in the cradle, their mis-matched eyes changing color with the shift of the winds. As they grow up, they exhibit an even stronger affinity with fey magic, possessing a natural way with the plants and animals of the woods and occasionally exhibiting some outward flash of fey magic. Feyborn are more at home in the wilds of their fairy ancestors than large cities. Many suffer torment and ostracism at the hands of superstitious villagers that fear their fey nature, while others find the touch of fey-blood a blessing as they grow into maturity. From a young age, they exhibit a strong connection with the natural world and magic, and many use their skills to play practical jokes and tricks on those that surround them. According to the last book, "Feyborn" is the more general term of fey+nonfey parents. As to the two questions, I'll answer them with my opinion on the matter. Not that I know for sure if my opinions are following what little Forgotten Realms cannon lore there is on the matter or not though. According to the first book, on the first way to "create a fey", it lists that fey born to a non fey mother, is always the same type of creature as the father. And when a non fey male mates with a fey female, it is a fey. It's somewhat conflicting, since according to that they can never really be any half-fey. Though I would say that the race of the offspring from a fey+nonfey coupling is dependant on the parents, since some fey seem to be able to "choose" how much of themselves to give over. Making either a fey child, with little signs of the mortal parent, a feytouched or a child of the same race as the parent, in this case a moonelf or other kind of elf. If it's not fey, it would say it still carry part of the bloodline from the fey parent, though not showing many symptoms of it. Sory of like the cases where seemingly "normal" parents give birth to an Aasimar or a Tiefling. I.E you can have two seemingly normal elves, where one of them has a fey grandfather or great-grandfather or whatever, then ends up giving birth to a feytouched child. I'd say go with the same general guidelines as you would with a tiefling or aasimar's heritage. Like the first way to create fey lists, FEY born from an unity between mortal and fey look like their fey parent, but take on the emotional tendencies of the mortal parent. It doesn't list any other outcomes spesificly, so I wouldn't know if only fey are born by that unity, or not. I'd say it's likely they can create an elf or a feytouched, but that some characteristics would definatly carry on from the fey. Such as the unnatural grace (and the charisma + charm boost that comes with it), and maybe some personality quirks. But overall resembling the elf more. In example, human+human coupling often ends up with the kid looking like either of the parents, not too common to carry alot of traits from both since some genes are stronger than others. The Children of the Fey book, lists the same general type of racial traits as a feytouched, except they call it a feyborn. So I would guess a feytouched is the result of an elf+fey, where feyborn is the general term for fey+nonfey. I'll list them below. Children of the Fey, p 4 wrote: Feyborn Racial Traits
· +2 bonus to Charisma, -2 penalty to Constitution. Feyborn possess powerful personalities and a strong sense of selfawareness, but they are frailer and weaker than normal humans. · Medium: As Medium-size creatures, Feyborn have no special bonuses or penalties due to their size. · Feyborn base land speed is 30 feet. · Low-Light Vision: Feyborn can see twice as far as a human in starlight, moonlight and similar conditions of poor illumination. He retains the ability to distinguish color and detail under these conditions. · Spell-Like abilities: A feyborn with a Charisma score of at least 11 may choose one of the following abilities: 1/day – charm person, 1/day – disguise self, 1/day – entangle or 1/day – faerie fire. Caster level 1st; save DC 10 + feyborn’s Charisma modifier + spell level. Once chosen, this ability cannot be changed. See the spell descriptions for more details. · Add +1 to the Difficulty Class for all saving throws against enchantment spells cast by the feyborn. Their innate connection to fey magic gives them a talent for beguiling others. This adjustment stacks with those from similar effects, such as the Spell Focus or Fey Sorcery feat. · Automatic Languages: Common. Bonus Languages: Draconic, Elven, Gnome, Sylvan and Goblin. Feyborn learn the languages of many creatures that inhabit their forests. · Favored Class: Bard. A multiclass feyborn’s bard levels to not count when determining whether he takes an experience point penalty. |
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| Author: | Galenson [ Sun, Jul 18 2010, 0:13 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Race Question: Don't touch my fey! |
Anything fey or fey related should die horribly. That's all you really need to know. |
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| Author: | DerkDerkistan [ Sun, Jul 18 2010, 22:26 PM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Race Question: Don't touch my fey! |
I read somewhere that the forgotten realms wiki is moving (or has moved) to 4e, but upon doing a little research, this is what I found for Feytouched. It seems like it's more of a Blackguard thing but with fey.... http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Feytouched |
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| Author: | Selvec Darkon [ Mon, Jul 19 2010, 1:36 AM ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Race Question: Don't touch my fey! |
...I thought Feytouched was one of those "Amia Races". Just like Shadow Elves. |
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