Titania and Oberon | Worldbuilding the Feywild for D&D Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ธ.ค. 2022
- I'm turning the Feywild into a playable realm for our Dungeons and Dragons campaign, starting with the major archfey Titania and Oberon.
Thank you as always, and comment below any Feywild or D&D topics you want to see me cover!
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Original Titania - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titania...)
D&D Titania - forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wi...
Original Oberon - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon
D&D Oberon - forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wi...
Oberon Character Sheet - www.5esrd.com/database/creatu...
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I realized that Oberon is described as both an elf and a fairy, which I took to mean “fey” in general, but D&D distinguishes the two! What do you think: fairy or elf?
More fairy in my opinion, I always saw the elves separate from the fey and feywild, with only Eladrin being of both worlds. Perhaps if one were to consider the archfey as the first fey, they were all originally elves who settled in the feywild and were imbued with its nature, which would explain their elf like appearance but fairy fairy attributes.
That also gets a bit into the origin of worlds, which is always mind blowing. I think I agree with you, since Oberon apparently emerged from feywild nature, and if that’s not quintessential fairy behavior I don’t know what is. Since he came from nature itself, I also wonder if there’s a non-categorization option too! Fairy and elf-like, like you suggested.
I went Eladrin when making him as an NPC. The right mix of classes can give him all the elevation beyond that you need, but if you wanted to make some abilities innate, I'd go with bold powers in the custom build route and merge the duergar and fairy size manipulation to incorporate the myth of his stature to his actual build.
I'd also like to add, part of the reason he's described as short in Shakespeare is because Elves and Dwarves were largely the same creature pre-Tolkien. And also elves and fairies have overlap as well (even in Shakespeare they shift sizes from sitting on flowers in a scene to standing side by side with humans in another)
Oh, I am so excited about a pair of lovers, each taken as a Warlock by Titania and Oberon respectively, who love but also must oppose each other according to their Patron's whims!
I must go write a poem about this.
I know I'm late to the party, but I did have a wondering that might be a cool addition. How you described Oberon had me thinking of the Oak King. The Oak King vs. The Holly King folklore could be an interesting inclusion if that's not already a thing.
Wow! I'm so glad I found your channel. I just finished running the initial carnival stage of Wild Beyond the Witchlight for my daughters, and their friends. Next time we meet, we'll be in Prismere.
Great video, I’m planning a warlock character with Titania as a patron so this is gonna be really useful! (Also heads up- Meabh’s name is pronounced same as the name “Maeve”, the Irish language has a different alphabet than English and b’s are pronounced as v’s!)
Your covering of Oberon gave me some ideas for my own setting's Feywild! I'd picture Oberon as more of a dwarf-like figure mixed with an inherent wilderness, which is to say short, with wild and dark hair/facial hair, maybe with goat legs and antlers like satyrs and other "wild" fey. I think it'd be interesting to have him contrast with the elegance and elf-ness Titania has. (and give us that short king x giant woman dynamic)
The goat legs is a cool idea since Dahm also has them! Like father like son.
Now that you mention this, I think this is something that can be used as an overall theme in the Feywild. It's supposed to be a place where nature manifests at its fullest. On one side we have Titania, who represents the beauty of nature. On the other we have Oberon, who represents the wilderness of nature. They are both part of the same thing, nature, but evoke it in different ways.
As a huge fan of Changeling the Lost, I am looking forward to seeing D&D's take on it
If you want to learn more about the Feywild, specifically how it ties into the Forgotten Realms, I highly recomend Jorphdan's TH-cam channel. He goes over all the lore and history that's been made over the last 40 years and is a great source for all things FR.
Check out the Puck character, and maybe read a synopsis of the Avalon arc of Disney's Gargoyles animated show. Great show, all around, but those aspects may help you with some ideas for a fey campaign, and some inspiration into portrayals of the different fey. I'm also extending Wild Beyond beyond and found it pretty helpful.
Titania and Oberon have been a part of D&D fey lore as long as there has BEEN D&D fey lore. In BECMI's entirely separate Mystara continuity, they were the lords of the fey, mentioned briefly in "Tall Tales of the Wee Folk". In 2nd edition, they were the chief god and goddess of the sylvan gods, the pantheon of deities who governed the fey races and inhabited a small demiplane that wandered around the chaotic good/chaotic neutral corner of the upper planes. 3rd edition didn't really mention them, but didn't retcon them either. 4th edition tried to do its own spin on their archetypes, with the Summer Queen as ruler of the generally mortal-friendly Summer Fey and Oran the Green Lord as ruler of the nature-protecting Green Fey. And finally, 5e brought them back, as little info as it bothered to present for them.
I just found out about these videos almost a year after you started making them. The feywild has a special attraction to me and have incorporated it into my campaign. Plus I have also just started another D&D group that are doing The Wild Beyond the Witchlight and they are loving it.
There is a privately owned woods area open to the public near my house. I walk through it all the time and imagine it as the Feywild and also want to create a live adventure for my players to experience while going through the park.
I have enjoyed your first 2 videos and will certainly watch the rest as I get time. Thank you for making these videos and I enjoy the history you provide and your take on the Feywild.
A feywild game being played out in some actual woods sounds so cool!
In ravenloft there are the two courts. Though they are different in ravenloft, both due to the nature of the setting and coming out before the Feywild was part of DnD.
In ravenloft the Seelie court is ruled by Meave, the white lady, the Faerie Queen. Unlike Titania and Oberon, she is True Neutral. She is the twin sister of Loht, who is the leader of the Unseelie court. Similar to Loht she opposes Gwydion and its agents, but views a physical confrontation with the eldritch being as too dangerous, seeking other schemes to keep it bound and away. Even if you keep Titania as the ruler of the Seelie Court, Maeve could make for a cool archfey, potential patron.
The seelie court in ravenloft is made up of flighty and frivilous Avlen, the Shy Fir, the Rare Portune, the sensual, amoral Shee are the main types of fey that make up the court. these could be things to make up the feywild version as well.
When you mentioned not waging war against one another, that actually fits in with the shadow fey of ravenloft. Their is but one law that all shadow fey follow no matter which court, if any that they are a part of. That is the Law of Arak, that is that the Shadow Fey, or Arak as they call themsleves, shall not kill one another. it was only broken once in 5,000 years. The Law does not apply to mortals or changelings though, who may war on behalf of the various of their fey overlords.
Also you mention Changelings. in Ravenloft, changelings are a thing often following the folkloric takes on them, though unlike folklore its not always children. One of the things that I think that can help sell that the Seelie court are not good in the way mortals might understand is how they view turning people into Changelings. Namely they see it as a boon, a gift to make someone a changeling. They might be shocked at people being horrorfied at their gift.
While it is for ravenloft, the 3rd edition book, Van Richten's guide to the shadow fey has lots of fun information on the fey that could probably be adapted for a feywild campaign without needing to change much. Other ravenloft books that touch on the fey include, Gazetteer V, and the 2nd edition book Shadow Rift.
Thank you for all this information! I've been thinking about this comment for a few days now lol, especially Maeve and the changelings. I might have to pick up this book!
Nice vid
Also an English major and theater kid, already planning on a cursed item that gives you a donkey head.
You should check The Dresden Files. Jim Butcher's Nevernever contains the Feywild and how it changes in a really creative way that may help your game. Book 3 is where the Nevernever is shown to have any depth but pales incomparison to later books.
I've heard of the series but never read it, I'll add it to my list!
I recently saw a bit of The Ancient Magus's Bride anime and both Oberon and Titania make an appearance. Before that, I was never particularly interested in the fey, now that is no longer the case. I want more interesting fiction that features nonhuman creatures in an otherworldly fashion. And yes, I think you should check out the anime if you are interested. It is a show that really nails making a fantasy setting feel fantastical.
I'm totally with you in wanting more fiction surrounding nonhumans! I recommend Stardust by Neil Geiman, I've been getting some great ideas from that novel.
@@feywildfiend Noted.
Come to think of it, I have heard that the anime is like something you would expect from Neil Gaiman. Also, the mangaka (manga author) wrote the Ancient Magus's Bride because she was tired of Beauty and the Beast stories always ending with the beast turning into a human in the end. She is not alone if we also account for the authors of Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts and my personal favorite classic anime that everyone must watch at least once, Inuyasha, a Feudal Fairy Tale. Not all manga and anime are absolute greats, some are pretty derivative, some are duds, some fell in quality. But every once in a not too long while, something special truly is made.
@@jacqueshardin4601 I appreciate the recommendations! I've been told I should watch a few different animes, but I've not heard of a single one of those!
@@feywildfiendYou're welcome!
Although, one last rec and I will leave it at that. The Witch and the Beast is a film noir fairy tale that has an interesting use of necromancy from what I hear.
Lastly, there is no shame in listening to dubbed anime these days.
So could order of ancients paladins pledge loyalty to Oberon? They’re known as “green knights”
I love this idea! Archfey are seen as deities by some, so it would just depend on your campaign, but I don't see why not! I'm totally mentioning this in the next video--I'm literally talking about Gawain and the Green Knight. Thanks!
@@feywildfiend I was just thinking like, warlocks and pallies have incredibly different morals and flavor, so how could it be reconciled? But I see it like he’s granting the warlocks the strength of his power, and the paladin would be embracing the righteousness of his nature, kind of taking different aspects of his power
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Alright, if they are gone then....
My version of Oberon does follow that same description of wingless, green cloak, etc., but is still considered "fairy" by the denizens of the Feywild. I suppose if some random joe shmo of the material world did ever stumbled into the presence of Oberon, they would consider him some souped-up druidic elf, but since that hasn't happened, fairy. It is also certainly a good note to know that, for what I assume, regular animals of a forest in the material world worship him, gotta add that in. As of now, I've taken full use of the 3rd lvl spell "Conjure Animals", more specifically the part that mentions the summoned fey spirits take the form of the beasts, and made the fairies and spirits under Oberon transform to some animal, explaining the worshipping.
I also find it funny that you mentioned the idea of what would happen if one of those Archfey could not return. Well, while I'm somewhat still working that out, I've got that phenomena going on in my campaign. Utilizing the fey crossing as a means of traveling between the planes, Oberon is currently 'residing' in one of the main forests the players have visited, t🤔. To the neighboring towns settled by the border of the forest, the name comes from old stories/legends of sightings of strange, tiny butterfly like humanoids that liked to play silly pranks, but none have ever been proven to exist. To the party, that had just recently ventured into the Heart of the Pixie Forest, that which is barred with a thick fog that attacks their psyche with tricks, they have learned that the deeper parts of the forest are akin to the Feywild and that fairies and pixies really do exist. For a bit of quick context for the history of the world, a Great Scrambling of the planet occurred some centuries ago by some foreign Gods (not of this world) and have greatly reshaped the landmasses and oceans of the world. This, of course, largely impacted the mirrored planes, in this case the Feywild. With those planes not being able to remain stable as a result of humongous differences, the fey that managed to find any remaining fey crossings are now trapped in the material world and are shifting the terrain to be that like the Feywild. At least from what I have so far in my notes. As of now, only Oberon has appeared and along with him fey beasts, like that of Conjure Animals.
Can't wait to learn more from this series and from anyone who has run the Fey.
Nice!! Branching off your idea, I like the idea of the material realm not just becoming like the feywild but the two planes actually merging in places. But I guess with the strong magic of fey creatures that’s sort of what’s happening in your campaign. I’d love to hear how all this develops!
@@feywildfiend I believe I am sort of stuck between the two ideas of merged planes and the presence of strong magical creatures reshaping the terrain. Looking back through my session notes, I have mentioned to the party from Oberon, that only the locations of high magical resonance, be it by multiple intersecting leylines or innately high in magical energy, were the only areas where the unstable/crumbling Feywild was able to appear, thereby also trapping the fey creatures of this merged section of land into the material realm because there is no more Feywild to go back other than what has merged here. The party is only aware of two locations, the deeper parts of Pixie Forest as a result of potent leylines, and to the far west of the continent, the Dragon Aisles, which one of the party members, through her backstory, is aware has been completely engulfed in a thick fog. And now with the presence of so much Fey creatures, much like how a dragon can have regional effects when they set up their lair, why not these fey creatures use similar tactics in expanding their small section of the Feywild.
That’s really cool! It reminds me of when we played Icespire Peak and rifts started to form between worlds, but of course those were worlds of ice. The innate chaos of the feywild would also naturally complicate that process, especially with the unpredictability of good and evil where fey creatures are involved.
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