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Arms & Armor Some faeries fight with punches and kicks, while others use swords, bows, lances, staves, axes, or other weapons. Faeries also wear leaf, bark, or gossamer armor into battle. None of this has an effect on how duels are resolved, although it has a great deal to do with how you envision your faery—not to mention her status within the fey realm. Only great faery heroes wear gossamer armor, for example, while ogres never fight without a club at hand. Charms are the exception to this rule—an enchanted faery sword, for example, may add success bonuses to attacks, defenses, or both, or have other qualities. Faeries are not creatures of bone and blood, but magical beings. Hence, all faeries possess a mystical life force known as Essence. Faeries use Essence to work wonders—achieving amazing feats, casting spells, using fey powers, or even altering reality. Attacks on a faery or other injuries sap her Essence. A faery who runs out of Essence falls into a deep, magical sleep while it replenishes. Tracking Essence Your faery starts each story with twice her Spirit score in motes of Essence. Use something tangible to represent your faery’s Essence pool. Dice, coins, chips, or even candies will work, but it’s more fun to use something interesting, like polished rocks or decorative glass beads, such as those available at most game shops or any craft supply store. — A Sense of Wonder — For Kids — 41 — Ending Duels A duel ends when one side has been defeated or retreats. Duels also can end when both sides agree to stop fighting, or when the duel cannot continue for other reasons, such as when a brownie turns invisible and her foes cannot find her. Example Essence NARRATOR: “They’re too powerful. We can’t win,” shouts one of the goblins. “Let’s go!” The goblins run away from your faeries. “But what will we tell King Sluag?” one asks. “Who cares? Let’s say a giant beat us up,” says the other as they flee into the tall grass. You’ve driven them off, and saved your friend the field mouse. When your faery uses some of her motes of Essence, hand the right number of stones or other markers to the Narrator. When she gains Essence motes, the Narrator will give you markers to represent them. Gaining Essence Your faery gains new motes of Essence through her actions in the story. This can replenish lost Essence or boost her Essence pool for the challenges ahead—there’s no limit to how many motes of Essence your faery can accumulate during an adventure. Only the Narrator can give out Essence. The Narrator should use Essence as a reward for good ideas, heroic actions, risk-taking, and good sportsmanship. This encourages better play and helps everyone have more fun. Essence awards also can be used as a teaching tool for younger players. For example, a Narrator whose child is learning the importance of telling the truth might award Essence each time her faery tells the truth in a difficult situation in the game. Likewise, Essence can be awarded for avoiding unnecessary fights, treating others with kindness, being polite, or other behavior the Narrator would like to reinforce both inside and outside the game.
Essence normally is given out 1 mote at a time, but the Narrator can award multiple motes for truly exceptional actions. No matter how much Essence a faery accumulates or spends during an adventure, she always starts the next story with double her Spirit score in Essence motes. This rule encourages a player to use her faery’s Essence instead of hoarding it. Awarding Essence Here are some examples of times when a Narrator might choose to award Essence: • A faery chooses to rescue someone instead of chasing the escaping villain. • A faery loses a battle or fails a task, but doesn’t let it get her down. • A faery dares to cross a rickety rope bridge across a deep chasm. • A faery stands up to goblin bullies despite being outnumbered. — A Sense of Wonder — — 42 — • A faery resolves a confrontation without fighting. • A faery learns from a mistake. • A faery turns an enemy into a friend. • A faery gives up a prized possession to someone in need. Adding Complications Normally, the Narrator comes up with the challenges, contests, and duels in a story. Players can earn Essence by suggesting new complications for their faeries to overcome, however. As always, the Narrator has the final say on whether to accept such suggestions. The Narrator awards 1 to 3 Essence to the suggesting player’s faery, depending on the severity of the complication. No one can think of everything, and players often come up with some great ideas that will make the adventure more challenging, but also more fun, for everyone. This rule actively encourages such brainstorming and cooperative storytelling. In addition, this rule allows players who are feeling bored with the adventure to proactively introduce something that will excite their interest rather than simply hoping the Narrator has something more rousing on the way. Example NARRATOR: After a long journey through the snowy mountains, you arrive at the great stone castle of the Ice Queen. ELIZABETH: Wait. If she’s an Ice Queen, shouldn’t she have a castle made of ice? A magical ice castle? So the walls will be all slippery and hard to climb. NARRATOR: Oh, good suggestion, Elizabeth. Here, have 1 mote of Essence for adding a complication. OK, you look out and see the glittering, frozen palace of the Ice Queen! ZACH: That’s neat, but I’m bored with this story. NARRATOR: OK, Zach, what would make things more interesting for you? ZACH: What if the Ice Queen has a general, and the general is Flynn’s old sword-fighting teacher
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 22 and 23: Other hags have glamour magic, whic
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
Page 30 and 31: pooka, has a Body score of 4, but h
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
Page 38 and 39: herself. When two or more faeries c
Page 40 and 41: during the duel. This might be a br
Page 44 and 45: who’s now a dark faery? Then they
Page 46 and 47: For example, on a quest to save chi
Page 48 and 49: good intentions gone awry leads to
Page 50 and 51: A Sprite’s Tale Riding on the bac
Page 52 and 53: Faery Princesses & Magic Wands Titl
Page 54 and 55: — Faery Princesses & Magic Wands
Page 56 and 57: — Faery Princesses & Magic Wands
Page 58 and 59: Here There Be Dragons Creatures, Be
Page 60 and 61: Effortless feats of magic, such as
Page 62 and 63: Fantastic Creatures Fantastic creat
Page 64 and 65: Hummingbird Attributes Body Mind Sp
Page 66 and 67: Adversaries and Challenges Throw in
Page 68 and 69: — Tales of the Fey — Jack and t
Page 70 and 71: If the faeries approach her after e
Page 72 and 73: with them unless they manage to tri
Page 74 and 75: to help a princess in distress, eat
Page 76 and 77: Allow the faeries time to discuss h
Page 78 and 79: Tight-lipped, Isabelle picks up the
Page 80 and 81: Example summons might include: •
Page 82 and 83: excuses himself and suggests the fa
Page 84 and 85: William makes a big show of taking
Page 86 and 87: • Maggie Tanner: Berthold’s pre
Page 88 and 89: never so much as raised their voice
Page 90 and 91: A Pooka’s Tale His pumpkinish hea
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Reference Bibliographies Andersen,
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Name: Faery’s Tale Character Shee
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