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Gray Richardson
Master of Realmslore
USA
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 Posted - 17 Jan 2005 : 07:35:03
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Faeries by Bryon Wischstadt is still in print and is available for purchase directly from www.bastionpress.com. I did a quick web search and found it also available on such popular online stores as amazon and barnes&noble. You will doubtless find it available on countless other web stores.
Further reading on my part leads me to recommend this book even more highly.  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2005 : 07:54:06
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Originally posted by George Krashos
My local gaming store stocks nothing at all from Bastion Press so I'd be interested to know where you track down a copy here, Sage.
-- George Krashos
Will do  .
As it is, I'm waiting to hear back from Jedko, and a number of other stores across the country.
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Vangelor
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 01:43:00
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Originally posted by Gray Richardson
I didn't think you would be able to use any of the D&D faerie gods from Monster Mythology, but I saw some old familiar names in there: Queen Titania, Queen of Air & Darkness, Verenestra. They have lost their godly status though, now just high-level fey NPC's but that is not really a drawback for me.
Well, the name Verenestra is unfamiliar to me, but the other two are from RL faerie lore.
As far as divine status goes, the longer and closer one studies what people do believe and have believed about fairies (bless Them), the blurrier the line gets between what is a god, a fairy or a ghost. Father Time is a great example! Cronos, banished with the Golden Age, to become Chronos and sleep through the dull march of Time...
Or Pan, who plainly has fey traits, but is a god, and (by popular report toward the end of the Classical age) is "dead".
So put their stats where you like... Myself, I could never actually assign ~numbers~ to Them. What do they do when my players encounter them? Why, whatever I want! 
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 02:52:23
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Originally posted by Vangelor
Well, the name Verenestra is unfamiliar to me, but the other two are from RL faerie lore.
Verenestra is the goddess of dryads, nymphs, and sylphs. She remains loyal to the Seelie Court.
Details on her can be gleaned from the 2e Monster Mythology tome. I'm sure there was another source on her, but I can't recall the tome's title at the moment.
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 02:55:32
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Vangelor
Well, the name Verenestra is unfamiliar to me, but the other two are from RL faerie lore.
Verenestra is the goddess of dryads, nymphs, and sylphs. She remains loyal to the Seelie Court.
Details on her can be gleaned from the 2e Monster Mythology tome. I'm sure there was another source on her, but I can't recall the tome's title at the moment.
On Hallowed Ground from Planescape has a bit in the back. |
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 - 28 Jun 2005 : 03:21:47
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Vangelor
Well, the name Verenestra is unfamiliar to me, but the other two are from RL faerie lore.
Verenestra is the goddess of dryads, nymphs, and sylphs. She remains loyal to the Seelie Court.
Details on her can be gleaned from the 2e Monster Mythology tome. I'm sure there was another source on her, but I can't recall the tome's title at the moment.
On Hallowed Ground from Planescape has a bit in the back.
That's the one.
I can't believe I missed that ONE  ...
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 03:25:28
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Originally posted by The Sage
That's the one.
I can't believe I missed that ONE ...
I know! I had to stop and stare for a moment and ask myself, "What? He forgot?! OH MY GODS! I'm boggled and my world now went aschew because of that!" |
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 - 28 Jun 2005 : 03:33:00
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by The Sage
That's the one.
I can't believe I missed that ONE ...
I know! I had to stop and stare for a moment and ask myself, "What? He forgot?! OH MY GODS! I'm boggled and my world now went aschew because of that!"
That's alright. The other day I actually forgot the names of most of the more prominent 'loths currently at work in the multiverse. When asked to provide a short listing, I actually had to look most of them up  ...
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 03:52:43
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Let's cut the Sage some slack. He's a new daddy, so the lack of sleep has obviously put some brain cells on power-saver mode.  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jun 2005 : 05:24:11
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Let's cut the Sage some slack. He's a new daddy, so the lack of sleep has obviously put some brain cells on power-saver mode.
That's true. But it's still PS... I just should never have forgotten  .
But anyway, enough of this. Let us get back to the Realmslore .
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cpthero2
Great Reader
USA
2286 Posts |
Posted - 19 Feb 2020 : 16:26:56
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Senior Scribe Melfius,
It kind of makes you wonder...
Could they turn back time (no, not channeling Cher, really)? What if Elves retreated back there?
That is kind of crazy to think about.
Best regards,
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Originally posted by Melfius
The Realm of Faerie is a parallel world that (as the books put it) "exists for only one, long day."
Basically, it is the homeworld for all elves and fey creatures, where (again, according to my sources) it is currently mid-afternoon, telling us that it has passed the halfway point in it's long day and is currently in decline. This is why all these races are coming into the world, preparing for the eventual (in the next few millennia or so) demise of Faerie.
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cpthero2
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 19 Feb 2020 : 16:29:26
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Senior Scribe Melfius,
And that is how you get rid of a party...lol.
I'd love that source if you ever managed to find it!
Best regards,
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Originally posted by Melfius
You know, I honestly can't remember where I read that at. It was a LONG time ago, and it just sort of stuck in my brain.
It is a seperate Plane, with a wildly varied timespan. I think it's around 1 minute there is like a year here.
I also think it's where Rip Van Winkle disappeared to, hence his long absence.
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cpthero2
Great Reader
USA
2286 Posts |
Posted - 19 Feb 2020 : 16:31:51
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Mr. Schend,
I thank you greatly good sir. No problem with plugging a product from my end.
Thank you for that!
Best regards,
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
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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