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Other hags have glamour magic, which they use to force people to do their bidding. Glamour magic tricks people into trusting and believing the hag, even if they would normally be suspicious of her. Hags also can brew poisons and magic potions using disgusting ingredients like eye of newt and toe of frog. Some especially powerful potions require special ingredients, such as the feather of a magical bird or petals from a flower found only in a king’s garden. There are all kinds of potions, including those of love, sleeping, and invisibility. Poisons, on the other hand, can sicken, cripple, or even kill. Hags occasionally trade their potions to humans, sometimes for goods they need and sometimes just to cause mischief. The greatest potions are sold for the greatest price: the hag demands the next-born daughter of the customer. When the child is born, however many years later or however far away (and a girl child will be born eventually), the evil hag appears, claiming her and taking her into the wilderness. No one knows what happens afterward, but somehow the baby girl grows up to become a hag. Many hags have familiars, animals who live with them and help them carry out their malevolent schemes. Some hags can see through the eyes of their familiars, using them as spies or scouts. Toads, rats, ravens, and black cats all are common familiars. Trolls Trolls come in many sizes, but most are bigger and stronger than humans. River trolls lurk under bridges, where they either rush out to gobble up travelers or demand they meet a challenge, such as answering a riddle, to pass safely. Night trolls, on the other hand, skulk about looking for people to eat but turn to stone if touched by the sun’s rays. Tunnel trolls are the smallest of trolls, barely larger than a human child and not much more menacing—at least, not on their own. Mountain trolls are the biggest and strongest trolls of all, but are rarely seen in Brightwood. — Once Upon a Time — — 21 — Giants Immensely strong, giants resemble enormous humans. The very footfall of a giant makes the ground shake. Giants call caves or mountain peaks home, although a few of the most powerful live in magical cloud castles. Most giants are bad-tempered and dangerous. They even hate other giants, so they almost always are found living alone. Some capture and devour humans, just for fun. Evil giants sometimes also are called ogres. A few giants, though, are good-hearted sorts. They just want to be friends and don’t understand why people run away from them. Of course, even a friendly giant can be very dangerous to smaller folk; a pat on the head could knock someone out! Giants also tend to be clumsy and not too bright, so even a wellmeaning giant can cause a lot of damage just by accident. Giants do not practice magic but, then again, they are big and strong enough not to need any. Dragons Dragons are the most powerful, most ancient, and most magical beings in Brightwood. They are enormous, reptilian creatures that can breathe fire. Sparkling scales cover their hides, and huge fangs fill their mouths. Wings that can resemble those of butterflies, bats, or bees spring from their backs. Dragons come in many colors, from emerald green to crimson red. The Rainbow Dragon, whose scales reflect many colors as light plays across them, is the grandest and greatest dragon of all. Dragons love gold and treasures, and amass gigantic piles of riches in the huge caverns in which they dwell. Dragons spend most of their time sleeping atop their beloved hoards of treasure. Dragons are ancient beings with long memories, so they know the answer to almost any question. Faeries and other inhabitants of Brightwood sometimes seek out dragons to ask them important questions, but this is always very dangerous. Dragons are fickle beings who dislike being disturbed. Most people stay away from dragons unless their need is very great.
Faeries are defined by Attributes and Gifts, giving each her own strengths, weaknesses, and talents. Each faery has a magical life force known as Essence that she uses to achieve amazing feats, work magic, and resist injury. The rules in this chapter show you how to create your own faery. Attributes Each faery has three Attributes—Body, Mind, and Spirit—rated from 0 to 5 to start. The higher your faery’s score, the better off she is in that aspect of her makeup. Body What The Numbers Mean Score Rating 0 Deficient 1 Poor 2 Everyday 3 Capable 4 Exceptional 5 Elite 6+ Legendary Body defines your faery’s physical strength, stamina, agility, reflexes, and overall health. Mind Mind reflects your faery’s intelligence, willpower, memory, and personal magnetism. Spirit One of the Fey Your Faery Spirit describes your faery’s inner strength, innate luck or good fortune, and sensitivity to magical forces. Spirit also determines Fairies, black, grey, green, and white, You moonshine revelers, and shades of night, You orphan heirs of fixed destiny, Attend your office and your quality. — 22 — how many motes of Essence your faery has at the start of each story. Essence Essence is your faery’s magical life force. Faeries use Essence to exceed their normal abilities, work magic, and accomplish incredible feats. Attacks on your faery sap her Essence. Finally, Essence can be used to change the story itself! When your faery’s Essence runs out, she falls into a magical sleep until it replenishes. Gifts Your faery possesses two or more Gifts. A Gift enables your faery to do something extraordinary, like fly or work magic. Some Gifts are associated with being a pixie, brownie, sprite, or pooka, while others are individual talents. Some Gifts cost Essence to use. Boons, Titles & Charms Boons are favors owed to your faery. Titles, such as Knight of Flowers or Duke of Oranges, are granted to your faery in recognition of great deeds. And charms are enchanted items, such as a Sword of Truth. Boons, titles, and charms are normally acquired in play. Dark Faeries Dark faeries, or fallen fey, once were goodhearted brownies, pixies, sprites, or pookas whose wicked deeds left them twisted in body and spirit. Some, such as goblins, are wholly transformed by their fall from grace—losing their previous Attributes and Gifts in favor of those appropriate to their new goblin form. —William Shakespeare
Page 2 and 3: — Credits — Authors: Patrick Sw
Page 4 and 5: Preface It is not children only tha
Page 6 and 7: — A Pixie’s Tale — Flynn smil
Page 8 and 9: Introduction You are a tiny, magica
Page 10 and 11: A Brownie’s Tale Katria the brown
Page 12 and 13: Once Upon A Time The Faery World No
Page 14 and 15: — Once Upon a Time — Faery Lore
Page 16 and 17: Sprites, unlike most other faeries,
Page 18 and 19: Befitting their nature, pookas take
Page 20 and 21: — Once Upon a Time — Faery Lore
Page 24 and 25: Here There Be Dragons: Creatures pr
Page 26 and 27: Choose Attributes Next, you begin d
Page 28 and 29: A brownie can only turn herself, he
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Page 32 and 33: Lore 2 points Your faery’s love o
Page 34 and 35: A Sense of Wonder How to Play Fa e
Page 36 and 37: Challenge Difficulty Task Rating Ev
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Page 42 and 43: Arms & Armor Some faeries fight wit
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Page 52 and 53: Faery Princesses & Magic Wands Titl
Page 54 and 55: — Faery Princesses & Magic Wands
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Page 58 and 59: Here There Be Dragons Creatures, Be
Page 60 and 61: Effortless feats of magic, such as
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Page 66 and 67: Adversaries and Challenges Throw in
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to help a princess in distress, eat
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Allow the faeries time to discuss h
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Tight-lipped, Isabelle picks up the
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Example summons might include: •
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excuses himself and suggests the fa
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William makes a big show of taking
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• Maggie Tanner: Berthold’s pre
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never so much as raised their voice
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A Pooka’s Tale His pumpkinish hea
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Reference Bibliographies Andersen,
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