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monknwildcat
Learned Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 01 May 2008 : 01:36:34
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Faeries is a book I had to buy twice. It was one of the very first ones I replaced after the fire. 
Right on, then!
Excluding Kestrel's WotC articles, I (and the females who game with us...they love them some faeries) have a rough time finding material on the fey. Fey may be more in vogue now.... 
Have you guys incorporated the material into your Realms? |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 May 2008 : 02:06:03
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Originally posted by monknwildcat
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Faeries is a book I had to buy twice. It was one of the very first ones I replaced after the fire.
Right on, then!
Excluding Kestrel's WotC articles, I (and the females who game with us...they love them some faeries) have a rough time finding material on the fey. Fey may be more in vogue now....
Have you guys incorporated the material into your Realms?
I have, repeatedly. :) But with a few minor adjustments but I love the map that is inside the book and the different fey that are written up. Also, you could look for some faerie material at the local bookstore/amazon by looking for pagan books on faeries/faery wicca/etc as well as historic faerie material. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2008 : 03:12:34
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Originally posted by monknwildcat
Have you guys incorporated the material into your Realms?
I usually do. Rather regularly in fact. Though, I do also tend to combine most of what I draw from the book with my own other pagan/fey/spiritual elements I've established in my Realms. In some cases though, like the various locales that are described, I've largely dropped them "as is" into my Realms.
Plus, Steven Schend, who partly edited the book, had this little bit to say:-
"For those interested in another take/option on Faerie, there is a D20 option from Bastion Press y'all might want to take a look at.....
Bryon Wischstadt, long-time Realms fanatic and all-around good guy, wrote this guide to Faerie (both the realm/plane and inhabitants) and yours truly edited it alongside him. As both of us (and Jim Butler, Bastion's president, CEO, and chief cook and bottle washer) all have a deep and abiding love for the Realms, there's nothing in there that wouldn't work in terms of using Faerie as a source for ancient elves (or other more modern threats). It's a mix of old folklore and modern conceptions of Faerie and even stats up Old Man Winter, Father Time, and Father Christmas if you want such.
Steven
Who apologizes profusely for plugging a product but it seems relevant to the discussion at hand"
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And I'll second Kuje's Amazon book recommendation above. So long as you're specific with the titles you choose, you can really find some useful historical material to help expand on some of the aspects of the Faeries book. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 01 May 2008 : 03:25:56
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I've not gamed in years, but I am still buying gaming stuff. I do hope to use it again sometime!  |
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monknwildcat
Learned Scribe
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2008 : 04:21:28
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Thanks for the suggestions!
The ladies involved are a practicing neo-pagan and an agnostic recovering Wiccan, so they're exposed too and comfortable with--if not fluent in--folklore.
I say this because I enjoy the aspect of the Realms that are fantasy, as opposed to the direct-pull of Earth (e.g. copying Egyptian and Sumerian mythology, even Tyr and Oghma irk me a bit, let alone Chult's dinosaurs and almost all of Maztica).
(Although I will admit to totally loving the Lewis Caroll paradies in Greyhawk.)
Your quote from Steven mentions Faeries's Realms-compatible. In your ops, does it have the creative Realms-feel, too?
Thanks again! |
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monknwildcat
Learned Scribe
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2008 : 04:24:22
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I've not gamed in years, but I am still buying gaming stuff. I do hope to use it again sometime!
There are seasons to everything. I wager you'll find another opportunity to game.  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2008 : 04:36:06
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Originally posted by monknwildcat
Your quote from Steven mentions Faeries's Realms-compatible. In your ops, does it have the creative Realms-feel, too?
Well, I've read practically everything published for the Realms, including most of Steven Schend's material and the bits Wischstadt has added here and there. So you tend to get a feel for how certain developers write for one setting, and then how they write for something else.
Having said that, I can say... for me at least, that Faeries did tend to have parts that felt like I was actually reading Realms material, rather than stuff from a 3rd-party sourcebook. Steven isn't exaggerating when he says they both have "a deep and abiding love for the Realms," and you can feel it in this book.
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 01 May 2008 : 15:56:55
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Originally posted by monknwildcat
(Although I will admit to totally loving the Lewis Caroll paradies in Greyhawk.)
What would those be? |
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monknwildcat
Learned Scribe
USA
285 Posts |
Posted - 01 May 2008 : 16:30:52
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by monknwildcat
(Although I will admit to totally loving the Lewis Caroll paradies in Greyhawk.)
What would those be?
They're "Dungeonland" and "Land Beyond the Magic Mirror," 1st edition
relics of TSR and, IIRC, available for free download as pdf off the WOTC site. I found them via a link here, but you can also reach it through the Download option when you get to WOTC's DND site.
I loved them; my paper mods are in shambles from my use and peruse. I've never unleashed their madness upon anybody in 3rd ed, though.  |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 01 May 2008 : 16:39:23
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| Hey, thanks for telling me about those modules! Later when I get home, I'll likely download them. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 03 May 2008 : 16:33:28
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| Aaron extended the sale until Monday, I just got an email update from him since I'm on the mailing list. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 03 May 2008 : 16:49:33
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That's actually good news. While I was working over my monthly budget for May, I realised I've got about $150 to spare.
Guess where I'm going to be spending it?
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 03 May 2008 : 17:21:08
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Originally posted by The Sage
That's actually good news. While I was working over my monthly budget for May, I realised I've got about $150 to spare.
Guess where I'm going to be spending it?
Cool. :) Grin. |
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