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Post by mao on Jul 30, 2021 6:25:24 GMT -5
Do you use the idea that you need cold iron to hit fey? I am seriously considering it and was hoping their was some one out there that had tried it.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 30, 2021 11:19:03 GMT -5
Do you use the idea that you need cold iron to hit fey? I am seriously considering it and was hoping their was some one out there that had tried it. I have not used it, but I have played around with the idea. For me it would require a complete re-write of how elves are run and adding at least a couple of dozen fey races. Also then using cold iron as deadly poison to fey, but compared to a steel sword, cold iron is weak towards all non fey and can be cut by steel. |
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Post by hengest on Jul 30, 2021 12:14:54 GMT -5
I quite like what The Perilous Dreamer has above. An idea I have toyed with is to work up something suggestive based loosely on what Gandalf says in "Many Meetings" when he says that Frodo saw Glorfindel as he is "on the other side" briefly. i.e. the idea that fey races are only partly "visible" to mundane types, they seem fully visible but they have something "else" going on. And then attendant consequences for what affects them. Perhaps only fire and cold or magic weapons, where magic weapon is something other than simply having a +. To me a masterwork sword is +1 or more, and magic weapons are something different or overlapping. |
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Post by mao on Jul 30, 2021 13:39:03 GMT -5
I quite like what The Perilous Dreamer has above. An idea I have toyed with is to work up something suggestive based loosely on what Gandalf says in "Many Meetings" when he says that Frodo saw Glorfindel as he is "on the other side" briefly. i.e. the idea that fey races are only partly "visible" to mundane types, they seem fully visible but they have something "else" going on. And then attendant consequences for what affects them. Perhaps only fire and cold or magic weapons, where magic weapon is something other than simply having a +. To me a masterwork sword is +1 or more, and magic weapons are something different or overlapping. I think I am going to have a class of creature that can only be struck by Cold Iron or hands and paws and claws. I am also adding silver, but I have both magical and masterwork +1. The enchantment is prob easier to come by. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jul 30, 2021 14:13:35 GMT -5
I quite like what The Perilous Dreamer has above. An idea I have toyed with is to work up something suggestive based loosely on what Gandalf says in "Many Meetings" when he says that Frodo saw Glorfindel as he is "on the other side" briefly. i.e. the idea that fey races are only partly "visible" to mundane types, they seem fully visible but they have something "else" going on. And then attendant consequences for what affects them. Perhaps only fire and cold or magic weapons, where magic weapon is something other than simply having a +. To me a masterwork sword is +1 or more, and magic weapons are something different or overlapping. I think I am going to have a class of creature that can only be struck by Cold Iron or hands and paws and claws. I am also adding silver, but I have both magical and masterwork +1. The enchantment is prob easier to come by. I like that dual world straddling of fey. |
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Post by mao on Jul 30, 2021 14:51:46 GMT -5
Yea , it's pretty good, just don't want t used for a player race, they can all be 1/4 fey
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Post by Morose on Aug 6, 2021 2:31:26 GMT -5
Cold iron being deadly to fey is a great rule, the slightest touch is all it takes.
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Post by hengest on Aug 6, 2021 12:25:15 GMT -5
Cold iron being deadly to fey is a great rule, the slightest touch is all it takes. Now there's an idea. Maybe they take half damage from normal weapons but cold iron kills them in a single touch. |
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Post by Morose on Aug 6, 2021 20:43:58 GMT -5
Cold iron being deadly to fey is a great rule, the slightest touch is all it takes. Now there's an idea. Maybe they take half damage from normal weapons but cold iron kills them in a single touch. That is the way that I run it, but they get a saving throw against normal weapons and if they make the saving throw no damage, missed saving throw half damage. |
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Post by hengest on Jan 16, 2022 10:39:49 GMT -5
Now there's an idea. Maybe they take half damage from normal weapons but cold iron kills them in a single touch. That is the way that I run it, but they get a saving throw against normal weapons and if they make the saving throw no damage, missed saving throw half damage. I like everything on this thread, but it reminds me of my desire (if doing something like this) to have fey be rare, special, and rarely met with in combat. This stuff gets to be too much for me if it's just one of a hundred different bonuses and penalties for different groups. But I do love it for the odd fey solider, warrior, or even king. Or even for those long-enchanted by the fey, like Tam Lin. |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jan 16, 2022 15:15:32 GMT -5
Now there's an idea. Maybe they take half damage from normal weapons but cold iron kills them in a single touch. That is the way that I run it, but they get a saving throw against normal weapons and if they make the saving throw no damage, missed saving throw half damage. I think I'm going to try that. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jan 16, 2022 21:16:00 GMT -5
That is the way that I run it, but they get a saving throw against normal weapons and if they make the saving throw no damage, missed saving throw half damage. I like everything on this thread, but it reminds me of my desire (if doing something like this) to have fey be rare, special, and rarely met with in combat. This stuff gets to be too much for me if it's just one of a hundred different bonuses and penalties for different groups. But I do love it for the odd fey solider, warrior, or even king. Or even for those long-enchanted by the fey, like Tam Lin. That is a great old tale. |
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Post by True Black Raven on Feb 5, 2022 16:15:30 GMT -5
Cold Iron and the Fey is a great idea. First I think would be deciding on several Fey races and where Elves fit into it.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Feb 5, 2022 20:39:42 GMT -5
Cold Iron and the Fey is a great idea. First I think would be deciding on several Fey races and where Elves fit into it. I have thought about that quite a bit, but have never settled on anything. It goes with the Seelie and Unseelie courts that we have talked about in another thread or two. One thing you would have to do is look at all the mythical creatures and decide which ones are part of the Fey. It would be a pretty good sized list and the Dunham Tracts that I addressed in some other threads is a good place to start on that list. |
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Post by Vladimir, The Dark Prince on Feb 21, 2022 20:51:54 GMT -5
Cold iron being deadly to fey is a great rule, the slightest touch is all it takes. Now there's an idea. Maybe they take half damage from normal weapons but cold iron kills them in a single touch. Cold Iron, the original and mayhap inspiration for Disruptor Weapons? |
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