Fey Types
Different fey can offer different things. Unlike devils, fey lack
a strict hierarchy, so they have been arranged into four broad
categories; Wild Fey, Minor Fey, Major Fey and Archfey. Some
of the fey listed are found in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
(MTF) and Volo’s Guide to Monsters (VGM) . The catagories
listed here aren’t strict so feel free to assign fey as you see fit.
After all, fey take many forms, who’s to say that pixie isn’t an
archfey in disguise?
Wild Fey
Some fey do not make bargains either because they lack the
intelligence, cannot communicate or have no interest in
bargaining with mortals. These include blink dogs, madcaps
(VGM), meenlocks (VGM), yeth hounds (VGM), and the
animalistic fey spirits summoned by the conjure animals
spell.
Minor Fey
Sometimes called the wee folk, these more diminutive fey
lack the great powers commanded by major fey but are
nonetheless powerful in their own right. Their craftiness,
stealth and sheer number make them valuable allies and
incredibly irksome enemies. Minor fey include boggles
(VGM), darklings (VGM), pixies, quicklings (VGM), and
sprites.
Major Fey
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The abilities of major fey are a step above those of minor fey,
especially when they gather together in courts and covens.
They possess powerful sorcery, long-forgotten magic items,
ancient knowledge, innumerable enchanting talents, and a
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very strange sense of humour. Major Fey include dryads,
eladrin (MTF), hags, korreds (VGM), and satyrs.
Archfey
The lords and ladies of the fey, archfey command not only the
power of a demigod but also whole courts of lesser fey
creatures. Few things are beyond there power; making both
the prize and price of there bargains costly indeed. Examples
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of archfey include the Prince of Frost; the Queen of Air and
Darkness, ruler of the Gloaming Court; Titania of the
Summer Court; her consort Oberon, the Green Lord;
Hyrsam, the Prince of Fools; and ancient hags.
What Fey Want
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Fey have little interest in wealth or material goods, unless of
course they think depriving someone of such things would be
funny. Anyone who attempts to pay the fey in gold or jewels
will be met with laughter. These are what the fey truly desire:
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Fey find nothing more entertaining than putting mortals
under their enchantments. Wicked fey enjoy having docile
servants to torment. More benevolent fey delight in keeping
enthralled mortals as pets. Either way, the enchanted mortal
has no say in the matter. Those taken by the fey become
content to live forever, glassy-eyed and delirious, by their
master’s side.
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Even if rescued,
the enthralled mortal cannot
endure leaving the Feywild; finding
the material plane a harsh and sickening place.
Fey will only ask for you to become enthralled if they’re in a
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strong negotiating position. If the fey cannot have all of you
then they might settle for a piece of you such as a lock of your
hair or your firstborn child. Fey, being chaotic creatures,
delight in contradiction and paradox, thus enjoy taking things
that no one should be able to take like your shadow or your
memories.
Amusement
The interests of the fey are manifold and often change on a
whim, but above all other things the fey seek amusement.
Unfortunately for mortals, the fey can have a very strange
sense of humour. Their idea of what’s amusing can swing
wildly between the benign and the sadistic. A fey might ask
for anything between a small prank and a kidnapping
depending on their alignment and mood.
Fealty (Archfey)
Archfey have schemes which stretch the length and breadth
of reality. Mortal servants can often be useful, even essential,
to furthering their plans. A mortal may demonstrate their
fealty to an archfey by leading a mystery cult devoted to the
archfey. Such cults typically centre around wild celebrations
or dark sacrifices depending on the archfey in question. A
character can also enter into an agreement to serve the
archfey as a warlock. Such a character must take at least one
level in the warlock class, choosing the Archfey as their
otherworldly patron.
Taken by the Fairies
A character who has been enthralled by a fey
becomes unquestioningly loyal; they obey all
commands given by their fey master without
hesitation. When they’re not acting on orders from
their fey master, the enthralled character enters a
dreamy, childlike state. While in this state they are
incapacitated. They will only act to avoid harm or
return to their master. The character gains a level of
exhaustion for each day they spend outside the
Feywild.
A character enthralled by a minor fey can be cured
by the remove curse spell. A character enthralled
by a major fey can only be cured by the greater
restoration spell. A character enthralled by an
archfey can only be cured by a wish spell.
 Fey Requests
Roll on or choose from the appropriate fey table to determine
their request. These tables are intended to be inspirational
and to give an idea of what the fey want. Feel free to add your
own requests or use ones from different tables to raise or
lower the stakes.
Minor Fey Requests
d20 Request
1 Give me your hair. Characters who agree to this will
become permanently bald.
2 Give me a tooth.
3 Give me the colour from your eyes.
4 Give me the colour from your hair.
5 Give me your sense of taste.
6 Give me your sense of smell.
7 Give me your shadow.
8 Give me your reflection.
9 Give me a daily offering of food, equal to the amount
you eat, for a year and a day. Just leave it out in the
open, I'll find it.
10 Throw away a silver coin into the nearest convinant
body of water every day for a year and a day.
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11 Give me a year of your life, or about 1% of your life
expectancy if you’re of a long-lived race.
12 Give me your ability to distinguish between ropes
and serpents.
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13 Speak only in rhyme until the next full moon.
14 Replace a statue at the local temple with a statue of
me before the next full moon.
15 Tar and feather an important official before the next
full moon.
16 Kidnap a sleeping noble and set them adrift on a river
before the next full moon.
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17 Sneak nine hundred and ninety-nine ferrets into the
home of a local wizard before the next full moon.
18 Glue a local monster to the ceiling of its lair without
harming it in any other way before the next full
moon.
19 Dig up all a framer’s crops and replant them on the
other side of the village before the next full moon.
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20 Kick the kingdom’s highest-ranking priest in the rear
before the next full moon.
Major Fey Requests
d20 Request
1 Give me your first-born child.
2 Give me your voice. Characters who choose this will
be rendered mute.
3 Give me your sense of hearing.
4 Give me three spells of my choice. Characters who
agree to this lose there ability to cast these three
spells, they cannot be relearned.
5 Give me your face. You’ll get a new one of course but
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the experience isn’t pleasant.
6 Give me your name. You and anyone who knows you
will forget it. Any written references to it will be lost
over time.
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7 Give me a language you speak; this cannot be
relearned.
8 Give me your skill. The fey takes three of your tool,
weapon, or skill proficiencies; these cannot be
relearned.
9 Give me a treasured memory; this cannot be recalled.
10 Tell me your deepest secrets.
11 Replace a new-born baby with a fey child before the
next full moon. Do what you want with the baby but
never tell it its origins or return it to its parents.
12 Destroy a temple which occupies former fey territory
before the next full moon.
13 Disguise a beggar as the local lord or lady and
convince their court that they’re the real one before
the next full moon.
14 Steal the treasure hoard of a dangerous monster then
throw it all down a well.
15 Hide near a wishing well and fulfil the wish of the
next child who throws in a coin.
16 Write a tale or song that promises riches to anyone
who follows its directions and perform it at every inn
you visit. Anyone who follows these directions will
become lost in the Feywild.
17 Get a goat elected as the mayor of a nearby town
before the next full moon.
18 Disguise yourself as a monster and scare travellers at
a crossroad. Keep doing this until the next full moon
without getting caught.
19 Take this iron flask (see "Magic Items" in chapter 7
of the Dungeon Master's Guide) and open it in the
middle of a city. Magic does not reveal its contents.
20 Take care of my blink dog until the next full moon.
Treat it well and don’t let it escape.