Faery's Tale Deluxe - Etud

Here There Be Dragons: Creatures presents
details on Attributes and Gifts for goblins.
Other dark faeries, such as boggarts, wisps,
redcaps, and phoukas, are twisted shadows of
their former selves.
Boggarts, wisps, redcaps, and phoukas
possess the same Attributes and Gifts
as brownies, pixies, sprites, and pookas,
respectively. They simply use them for evil
rather than good.
All faeries begin as formless, shapeless
mystical energy—pure Essence. When a new
faery comes into being, she chooses a form to
inhabit. Pixies, brownies, sprites, or pookas are
the most common choices, but other shapes
are possible.
The form is just a pattern, or mold. Now the
faery-to-be must fill in the details.
First, she pours some of her primal Essence
into her Attributes, making herself stronger,
smarter, or luckier than other faeries of her
chosen pattern. Each
faery also has a
— One of the Fey —
Creating Faeries
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Fa e r y ’s Ta l e presumes players will be
creating pixies, brownies, sprites, or pookas.
No rules are presented for starting play as a
dark faery, though the Dark Essence rules in A
Sense of Wonder: Rules of Play present a system
by which fey who give in to their darker
impulses may be ensnared by wickedness once
play begins. Players determined to create dark
faeries can easily extrapolate how to do so
from those rules.
number of wonderful Gifts, or special abilities.
Some are associated with being a certain type
of faery, and others are individual talents.
Expending more of her precious primal Essence,
the faery-to-be chooses which individual Gifts
she will possess.
Finally, she chooses a name, gender, and
personality to complete the transformation
from formless energy into a unique, living
faery ready for adventure.
Choose a Form
First, you’ll need to decide what type of faery
to play—a playful pixie, industrious brownie,
courageous sprite, or wild pooka. Then pick
the corresponding pattern.
You may want to talk to the
other players as you make
your choices so you
have a variety of
faeries with a
range of talents
and abilities.