Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild in D&D

Unearthed Arcana: Folk of the Feywild in D&D - Meagan & Todd

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Wander into the magical realm of the Feywild in this month’s Unearthed Arcana! With the playtest options in the PDF below, your D&D character can be a member of one of these new D&D races: fairy, hobgoblin of the Feywild, owlfolk, or rabbitfolk.
We’ll release a playtest survey on this website soon. When we do, please let us know what you think of these options. Your feedback can help shape future D&D books!
This Is Playtest Content
The material in Unearthed Arcana is presented for playtesting and to spark your imagination. These game mechanics are in draft form, usable in your D&D campaign but not refined by final game development. They are not officially part of the game. For these reasons, material in this column is not legal in D&D Adventurers League events.

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@ToddKenreck 3 жыл бұрын

Correction. Though you retain the feat. One you no longer have the prerequisite for that feat you lose the benefits of it.

@jgr7487 3 жыл бұрын

that's gonna be homebrewed out by every table.

@RoninWolfos 3 жыл бұрын

Owlfolk... Ima open a Tavern called Hooters. I’ll see myself out..

@aaronjjacques 3 жыл бұрын

I am so going to steal that for my next campaign

@K_i_t_t_y84 2 жыл бұрын

Take my like and GET OUT 😂

@disciple012 Жыл бұрын

@@K_i_t_t_y84 This is going to show up in my next Spelljammer game...

@sillvvasensei 3 жыл бұрын

Couple interesting notes about the Fairy: - Flight works with heavy armor (it's magical and doesn't require wings) - Flight works in wild shape (same reason) - Fey Passage has no size limitations, so you could fit through 1-inch spaces while huge size (moon druid or rune knight fighter)

@NotYourAverageNothing 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard claims that the Owlfolk’s flight works in Wild Shape too because it’s technically not a numerical speed, preventing it from being “overwritten” by whatever you change into. Plus it’s a racial feature. Not sure I agree with it though, because the relevant rule in Wild Shape includes, “if the new form is physically capable of doing so.”

@sillvvasensei 3 жыл бұрын

@@NotYourAverageNothing Owlfolk flight relies on the wings though, and is not magical in nature. Therefore, being physical in nature, you lose the ability if you lose the wings. That's my understanding. "You retain the benefit of any features from your class, race, or other source and can use them if the new form is PHYSICALLY capable of doing so."

@Wyrmshield 3 жыл бұрын

Damn that's so good

@munchlax9506 3 жыл бұрын

Wait flying bears?

@companyoflosers 3 жыл бұрын

too bad I ban flying races in my games because they break the game.

@seanodonnell8001 3 жыл бұрын

First thing that came to mind with Rabbit Folk was playing as Usagi Yojimbo.

@CelticCubby 3 жыл бұрын

That and Bugs Bunny.

@Lycandros 3 жыл бұрын

Shin'hare

@Tgaxgriffen 3 жыл бұрын

I have been wanting to play usagi forever lol. Im hyped I can now

@NRMRKL 3 жыл бұрын

AND you can do the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Tortles crossover!

@vernonhampton5863 3 жыл бұрын

Or freak people out at Bucky O'Hare.

@panathenaea 3 жыл бұрын

Really need a Fey setting book!

@companyoflosers 3 жыл бұрын

my bet is the fey book is gonna be an adventure. we just got a rule book in tasha's, and a setting book in the new ravenloft book. we are due for a proper adventure book. Candlekeep doesnt count since its an anthology of one-shots.

@Hey-Its-Dingo 3 жыл бұрын

I've been saying this for about a decade now: Twilight would have been way cooler if the Cullens were Fey rather than Vampires.

@CaitSith87 3 жыл бұрын

Really thats the only reason i listened to that books and they were „free“.😅 audiobooks were expensive 10 years ago.

@ScoffMathews 3 жыл бұрын

The wolves were seelie and the cullens unseelie?

@CaitSith87 3 жыл бұрын

@@ScoffMathews cause they are warm and the others cold. Else i dont see much comparison but my knowledge comes from harry dresden so may be less than accurate :)

@lonewolf2399 3 жыл бұрын

Fairy Barbarian : Tankerbell

@jaredpuwalski8545 3 жыл бұрын

Everybody’s a gangster until the barbarian starts flying.

@videogollumer 3 жыл бұрын

Fairy Barbarian swimming in ale: Tankardbell

@anthonyd6619 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you want to play Bunnicula the vampire rabbit!

@shiekahfan01 3 жыл бұрын

An Owl Rogue Syndicate known as The Court of Owls made up of only Owlfolk ;)

@JimMeeker 3 жыл бұрын

I'm hoping this means there is a Feywild source book coming soon!

@krim7 3 жыл бұрын

@@MaleusMaleficarum In 4E, the Heroes of the Feywild goes into some detail about factions within the Feywild Beyond the Seeliee and Unseeliee courts.

@TheRoonage 3 жыл бұрын

Be honest Todd, how long were you passionately describing your owlfolk gloom stalker before the edit?

@ToddKenreck 3 жыл бұрын

Very, very long..

@sanctissimus1 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao 🤣

@IamWalkingDead1 3 жыл бұрын

I like that rabbitfolk aren't fully described. Whether you want to be a talking bunny, an anthropomorphic bunny, or a person with bunny legs and ears like the Final Fantasy Viera.

@krispalermo8133 2 жыл бұрын

USA South Dakota jack rabbit can hit running speeds of 80mph. My game shop drop them into 3.5e Star Wars rpg as force users so we can have a small being that can run pass the sound barrier. Force feat " Burst of Speed x10 movement." requirement: 3rd level force user. Bad news is their home world has natural force sensitive coyotes that can also break the sound barrier at full speed for a few seconds of sprint.

@Aligariusful 3 жыл бұрын

Rabbitfolk is a cool idea. There was a book written 20+ years ago - Perloo the Bold, by Avi - with a whole rabbitfolk group.

@IamWalkingDead1 3 жыл бұрын

I certainly appreciate Todd being able to do these discussions with another person in the same room, especially someone he has so much chemistry with (for obvious reason). He shows so much charisma when person is right there.

@mcullennz 3 жыл бұрын

Undead warlock rabbitfolk is pretty scary

@mimicsandmonstrosities 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy this format with you both talking about this kind of stuff.

@koboldmartian4063 3 жыл бұрын

I am already thinking up of some characters similar to Hayao Miyazaki spirits or the spirits from the spirit world of Legend of Korra! A lot of diversity with this template, I love it!

@bryanabbott6169 3 жыл бұрын

For the Fairy, I think they should have a chance to have multiple features like Teiflings (i.e. roll 1d4 to determine the number of features, such as large ears, insect wings, and smell of elderberries, err, brownies).

@munchlax9506 3 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of a fairy druid who can squeeze through a one inch hole then bam grizzly bear

@spambaconeggspamspam 3 жыл бұрын

Owlfolk flying speed scales with movement speed by the way. So things like gloomstalkers (+10feet on turn one), The mobility feat, Monks (unarmored movement), Rogue (bonus action dash) all make you not just run, but fly better too!

@kylecoble9118 3 жыл бұрын

Great review, and helpful descriptions for mechanics and flavor. There is an old Mystara BECMI book, Tall Tales of the Wee Folk, that had about a dozen races in it. I'm hoping we're getting a 5e update of sorts with this! Loved the Sidhe...

@shankmaster3607 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly with how diverse fairies are in fiction, I wouldnt even mind if my players wanted to be medium instead of small but other than that I really love these new race options!

@simmonslucas 3 жыл бұрын

I would be a medium sized Redcap lol.

@user-qd8yy9lc4g 3 жыл бұрын

You can get different fairies in Pathfinder. Wonder when we will see half-lycanthrope linneage in D&D now.

@tobyforrest3877 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-qd8yy9lc4g That's kind of what shifters are from the Eberron book

@user-qd8yy9lc4g 3 жыл бұрын

@@tobyforrest3877 Very much on point, thank you very much! We'll wait for robot-people then.

@egrettacaerulea 3 жыл бұрын

Eladrin probably count as reasonable medium fey, too.

@Berekona 3 жыл бұрын

Great episode Todd & Megan

@summersw1rl 3 жыл бұрын

Really loving the vibe of this channel and love this style of video! Hope you and Meagan do more!

@smeg0911 3 жыл бұрын

I love watching the piece by piece style videos of longer interviews but a Saturday/Sunday release of the weeks pieces in one long cut would be awesome Sauce 🤙🏻

@randallgpreston 3 жыл бұрын

Hobgoblin + mastermind rogue. Help action as a bonus action and help at 30feet. Such a good combination.

@antonioandrade459 3 жыл бұрын

So glad youtube recomended me this vid. I'm so happy to see you're keeping up the good work. Thanks Todd, and now Megan too :)

@calql8ing 3 жыл бұрын

I’m thinking Jorgen Von Strangle for a fairy from Fairly Odd Parents

@starsgears9200 3 жыл бұрын

Fairy Barbarian. Yes.

@Stringbean670 3 жыл бұрын

I really like the idea of a chaotic fairy wild magic sorcerer that flies around and makes random magic happen

@alanschaub147 3 жыл бұрын

The Fairy reminds me of Oona in Legend, who moved back and forth from small to tiny and squeezed through small spaces. 🧚🏻‍♂️ 💫

@arlem525 3 жыл бұрын

What care I for human hearts? A fairy's heart beats fierce and free!

@DarkElfPaladin 3 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking rabbitfolk ranger from the long patrol

@davidmorgan6951 3 жыл бұрын

The rabbitfolk barbarian got me thinking of the rabbit in monty python holy grail

@bryannorris8049 3 жыл бұрын

The interesting thing about the Thor thing to me is that he possibly wouldn't have spent any significant time in the part of Midgard that had racoons and he totally could have missed that there were such a thing. Rabbits however do make their way into Norse mythology. Thor just substitutes small fluffy animal that he knows the name of.

@SaintofM 3 жыл бұрын

The dragonfly soldier on the cover of hybrid theory album

@elliotbryant3459 3 жыл бұрын

I really want fairies to be tiny sized, it would create an interesting exception and would make sense. -But I could see it as immersion breaking when a tiny creature can deal as much damage with its weapons as a quasi-large one -especially with the newfound aversion to stat penalties. Maybe a built in weapon attack debuff vs bigger creatures, like not adding their ability modifier to the damage rolls of weapon attacks and unarmed strikes to creatures 2 sizes or more larger than them? -then maybe compensate with fey ancestry or magic save advantage.

@jimmybob7873 3 жыл бұрын

My solution would be to simply halve the tiny-sized weapon's damage dice before adding the modifiers. For example, if a Tiny creature hits with a tiny-sized mace and then rolls a 6 on the d6, the damage roll is halved to 3 before adding the creature's strength modifier to the total. Also, I'd rule that Tiny creatures can't effectively wield Heavy and Reach weapons (though they could still be used as improvised weapons in a pinch), as well as imposing disadvantage on attack rolls made with normal-sized weapons that aren't Light.

@elliotbryant3459 3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmybob7873 ya, most reach weapons are at disadvantage for small or smaller creatures due to the heavy property so that makes sense. -but a tiny fairy riding a fire beetle wielding a normal reach lance [which lacks the heavy property] seemed absurd haha. -I feel wielding a reach whip might be fine though. -This is under the notion that they are using either non-magical weapons sized for their race and that magical items adjust to the wielders size. -Alternatively, there is always faeries traditional fear of/aversion to iron -which could be consolidated as metal objects [like how druids refuse to wear metal armor]. give them disadvantage to everything while wearing/wielding metal, or a charisma or constitution save to avoid the poisoned condition? Could throw them a bone and give them the shillelagh cantrip to compensate. -this is looking more extreme than a mere stat penalties though, lol.

@autisticallyaccurate 3 жыл бұрын

A Bipedal Displacer Panther/Beast would be cool.

@stevo92100 3 жыл бұрын

I can't wait to see what book this will come out in. I would love a feywild adventure!

@zakskakum7444 3 жыл бұрын

Todd: Glittery Vampires Laura Urban: Hello!

@MikeDonegan 3 жыл бұрын

I am enjoying these videos. My only suggestion is, each episode you need to take a sip from the epic golden skull chalice.

@aliceofspades 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so excited for Owlfolk! Owls are my favorite thing! :D

@VerityAmul 3 жыл бұрын

Great content as per usual Todd Kenreck Also, I’ve been wondering where those glowing green flasks come from?

@joshuahendershot196 3 жыл бұрын

I should also mention the regular Hobgoblin had the same ability called Saving Face up to +5 on a failed save/ability check/attack roll the rest of that is new. Though Saving Face was once per short rest not PB times per long rest.

@NigeltheLucky 3 жыл бұрын

I like that Decide to look like anything... like 2nd edition tieflings used to be :)

@SenatorAwesomesauce 3 жыл бұрын

A rabbitfolk cleric who’s daily prayers include the classic line from watership down. “All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies. And whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first, they must catch you, digger, listener, runner. Prince with a swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed.”

@sephirothii13 3 жыл бұрын

I love the Owlfolk, doing wizard because of course...

@kathyduncan8423 3 жыл бұрын

I mean, I did build an Owlfolk monk/druid, and I already have a whole backstory brewing as to how and why she took up druidry after training as a monk.

@sephirothii13 3 жыл бұрын

@@kathyduncan8423 Oh yeah I see that I also did a rabbit samurai but that’s a given... decided to do a lion psy warrior as well. But owlfolk monk Druid sounds great

@girlwithtehface5880 3 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely using Fairy to play a Moogle, first chance I get.

@Wyrmshield 3 жыл бұрын

Owlfolk seems so strong, especially compared to fairy. I still really want to play a fairy though, I just wish they could be tiny

@loganhart3489 3 жыл бұрын

Bunnyfolk just makes me think of Usagi Yojimbo.

@papatraildoc 3 жыл бұрын

You two are great together... love your episodes. I've had a thought, not sure if it is a good one... Owlfolk Druid / wildshape of an Owlbear? Am I right?

@TheHareedo 3 жыл бұрын

Going Gloomstalker Rabbitfolk to crank up my initiative and movement. My other thought is a heavy armor Powladin.

@Dark-Lord-Of-The-Sith 3 жыл бұрын

Bunnicula has come to D&D!

@spambaconeggspamspam 3 жыл бұрын

Flying monkey fairy: Reject the courts, return to OZ

@jeffersonleque7935 3 жыл бұрын

You got my like for the Twilight reference haha

@InquisitorThomas 3 жыл бұрын

I want to play an Owlfolk Armor Artificer with the Criminal Background to essentially play Clockwerk from Sly Cooper.

@noa728 3 жыл бұрын

Archfey warlock fairy who uses her pseudodragon familiar as a mount (I know they're technically not tiny but they are in my head)

@arlem525 3 жыл бұрын

Bunnicula!

@JuniperHedge 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoying the new show! The staging and cutting back and forth is a bit jarring, are they not in the same room?

@kuroganematisson9800 3 жыл бұрын

So, Viera are now somewhat playable in D&D...?! I am already envisioning all the rabbit holes to hop into...lol

@marcosmiotti7399 3 жыл бұрын

I can't think of Hobgoblins of the Feywild without thinking of David Bowie's Labyrinth!

@meikahidenori 3 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of new races, however stuff like Shifters I'd like more fleshing out. Trying to dig through Keith Baker's blogs for them gets messy and the best info is back in 3 & 3.5 and I'd really love that to be fully updated than just a minor paragraph.

@NRMRKL 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't really understand what you meant in your comment. Going by the example you gave of Shifters, do you want the lore updated? or additional subrace options for a Shifter?

@Lujuria406 3 жыл бұрын

Me personally I believe the bunny is a little bit broken because all you have to do is move 5 feet to hop and it does not count against your movement so you would move pipe beat roll a d 12 move another 5 feet roll a D12 you could average out 60 feet without taking the dash action every turn

@firefreak122 2 жыл бұрын

A tinker fary artificer!!!

@zenuuleflamesinger1469 3 жыл бұрын

*Hey you guys!* Any news of Spell Jammer?

@spambaconeggspamspam 3 жыл бұрын

Rabbit folk? Watership Down anyone?

@levkrasovsky4920 3 жыл бұрын

When I've first seen the fairy, them being small, being able to hover, and being able to squeeze through 1-inch spaces despite their size, I immediately thought about playing them as small hovering fey slimes instead of the traditional pixie- or sprite-like humanoid with wings. I've seen people saying that not making Fairy Tiny is a flavor fail, but in my opinion, it does create a uniquely D&D 5e version of the concept far separate from the sprite and the pixie found in the moster manual (which you can play as anyway using the sidekick rules in Tasha's cauldron). Flying glittering fairy slimes for the win, even if it is slightly terrifying! :D

@krispalermo8133 2 жыл бұрын

Years ago I set up a campaign were the PC had to defend their home village from a storm giant and his cat. After they got their boots of striding sprint, they realize they where playing the Smurfs. Just tell the players they are living in the redwood forest and there are giant mushrooms all around them.

@jgr7487 3 жыл бұрын

if you ever wanna play a Decidueye in D&D, the Owlfolk is your choice.

@docnevyn5814 3 жыл бұрын

Rabbitfolk "play against type and go dark". Some y'all didn't encounter Watership Down way too young and it shows. fey hobgoblin mastermind rogue can do bonus action hospitality every round.

@kevineldridge9452 3 жыл бұрын

So Feywild is gonna be the July Forgotten Realms adventure / source hardback, with tie-is to the (forthcoming) Forgotten Realms Magic: The Gathering card set, AND will be the basis for Season 11 Adventurer's League...?!?

@pitchforksdragon1252 3 жыл бұрын

Fairy barbarian welding a great spoon. That said, fairies should be tiny lore wise.

@Wyrmshield 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I wish they would be more open to letting players be more than medium or small and just give those races less traits to compensate

@peterterry7918 3 жыл бұрын

Little scared of what a DM would do with Feywild hobgoblins...

@Wickerless 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly with the squeze thingy, they might as well made fairies tiny - as we all expect them to be. If it ever gets to my table, I'll probably just say they are tiny.

@videogollumer 3 жыл бұрын

Half the usual carrying capacity? Weapons fit for small and medium creatures being unwieldy? Weapons fit for tiny creatures dealing 1 point of damage?

@Wickerless 3 жыл бұрын

@@videogollumer Well yeah! That's what fairies are no? They are not hardcore naked barbarians, they are small and cute magic things. Imagine the fun playing a tiny barbarian though, in my book fairies not being tiny is a missed slamdunk.

@videogollumer 3 жыл бұрын

@@Wickerless Not all fairies are tiny; take the Blue Fairy from Pinocchio, for example. In fact, Sprites and Fairies are often designated as smaller fairies.

@studynot757 3 жыл бұрын

Bunnicula can be real! Rabbit-folk Dhampir!

@DonnyDunne 3 жыл бұрын

Totally not going to make a Rabbit folk monk called Basil Staghare *shifty eyes*

@horusgrimwulff8659 3 жыл бұрын

I could see a Mr Owl from Mr Rogers NPC my bad snickers

@horusgrimwulff8659 3 жыл бұрын

got a whole wierd you walk into Capt Kagaroo /Mr Rogers tolly world kinda viv you could mess with party with

@dustindroney5116 3 жыл бұрын

A leprechaun as a rouge or bard

@TheTerrainWizard 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like D&D is very slowly evolving into a Gamma World vibe, except crystals, magic, and black powder are used instead of technology and lasers.

@samtheactualkenku6205 3 жыл бұрын

so we aren't going to talk about playing Roger Rabbit as a Rabbitfolk Bard? Or Toot Toot from the Dresden Files as a Fairy Fighter/Rogue? Or LITERALLY any of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole?

@berserkervtuber6285 3 жыл бұрын

They play up the rabbit folk with luck, but nothing played up with owlfolk within wisdom. That's a miss I didn't think D&D would do this.

@Lycandros 3 жыл бұрын

Rabbit-Folk? I invite people to look up the Shin'hare from Hex tcg and learn about their culture.

@morganbush7775 3 жыл бұрын

Miss seeing you on DND Beyond Todd :’(

@DemoBytom 3 жыл бұрын

If you are a fairy dhampir - what creature type(s) are you? Pixies in UA are simply Fey. Dhampirs in their UA are humanoid and undead. Now, assuming you start as pixie and get dhampired (either during game or in your backstory) so you retain the fay creature type and become triple type - Fey/humanoid/undead? Or does dhampir take over and you only become the two it has listed?

@Pandaemoni 3 жыл бұрын

I am a little over [insert animal]-folk. I am disappointed they have two of those and only one other race. The only interesting thing to me is making owlfolk the predators on the nearby rabbitfolk, but I would have done that with giant owls anyway.

@MrSeth360 3 жыл бұрын

🔥🔥🔥

@TyanFH 3 жыл бұрын

Bunny Barbarian for the win. Just say'n.

@laffuntilucry 3 жыл бұрын

What book are the gothic lineages in? First I have heard of them.

@jackdizzy123 3 жыл бұрын

They were the previous unearthed arcana

@bitterblossom271 3 жыл бұрын

So, if the fairy is a small creature and it can look like anything as long as it’s small… could It look like a cat? 😳

@MischiefHowlVA 3 жыл бұрын

*Feywild is introduced* Hah, they can't say no to my Peter Pan inspired fey now bwahaha.

@Blextine 3 жыл бұрын

Hope this is singes of a futer Feywild book, is so litel Loré about Fey and the Feywild, there is like noting in 5e about Archfey or the Feywild so let us hope That we get some Fey Love in the futer. Also If Hobgoblins trace their origin to the Feywild then i Have some questions like, 1:dos it exist Archfey who are this Fey Hobgoblins. 2:Do this original Fey Hobgoblin inbody a emotion like most 5e Fey do, 3:is this Hobgoblin strongly conected to some form of force of Nature then?

@alanschaub147 3 жыл бұрын

Does a familiar count as an ally?

@videogollumer 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it does.

@NotYourAverageNothing 3 жыл бұрын

5:23 Pretty sure this is incorrect. If you change races, you [likely] no longer meet the prerequisite for the feat, and therefore cannot benefit from it. Though you do technically still *have* the feat, if that’s what you meant.

@nicolashuerta353 2 жыл бұрын

it is possible to create a fairy with an more animal appearence? like walking en four legs or something like that? after all their creature type is not humanoid.

@BMKoolaid 3 жыл бұрын

Fairy = Orco Flying wizard without a real body!!

@christopheroneill77 3 жыл бұрын

I love the hop - I wish it was in 5 ft increments.

@videogollumer 3 жыл бұрын

Centaurs have a speed of 40 and require 4 extra feet of movement to climb. This means they can only climb 8 feet per turn, also breaking 5 ft increments. Does this bother you as well?

@christopheroneill77 3 жыл бұрын

@@videogollumer you sound like the 6 fingered man please be honest about your suffering its for posterity.