Comments on: Fey-Touched Backgrounds, Part Two

By: Tim Baker

Tim Baker — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 22:01:00 +0000

I really like the Forlorn. Cool idea and implementation.

By: Brandes Stoddard

Brandes Stoddard — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:36:00 +0000

That’s sort of a question for each campaign’s internal cosmology, but I think the default is that elves are not “true” fey. Eladrin… I have a much harder time saying that they aren’t “true” fey. So I guess it comes down to how much difficulty they present, as sexual or romantic partners, within the campaign?

By: Justin Campbell

Justin Campbell — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:32:00 +0000

In reply to Brandes Stoddard. I assume that that means that if your desire is sex/romance then your lover needs to be fey as well. But would an elf or perhaps an eladrin be sufficiently fey to sate you, or would it need to be some sort of true fey?

By: Brandes Stoddard

Brandes Stoddard — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:44:00 +0000

In reply to Jesse. Okay, I need to clarify that it needs to be fey-sourced artisanal hipster bullshit (whatever). That was so implicit in my head that I didn't write it out clearly. Good catch!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 02:09:00 +0000

Looking at the forlorn, depending on how played, the character might be able to sustain themselves. For instance a bard could compose his / her own music to play as sustenance. But once performed, it no longer is effective, so they need to find new inspiration, thus they continue their travels. A person could paint portraits of things they saw, but need to keep adventuring to see more, and thus paint more.

By: Brandes Stoddard

Brandes Stoddard — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:50:00 +0000

In reply to Sean Holland. Thank you very much!

By: Sean Holland

Sean Holland — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:41:00 +0000

The Forlorn is really clever, true to the stories with a nice mechanical hook to hang some interesting roleplaying off of. Nice work.

By: Manos Ti

Manos Ti — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 12:44:00 +0000

Yeah, the Forlorn is the most difficult to play. I can see its LARP origins. Most D&D players I’ve encountered wouldn’t normally choose a “negative” background but it is a great challenge.

Since I’m really into Primeval Thule these days, I’d say that Forlorn would be a perfect fit for Elves in this setting.