Has you or another player in your games ever tried playing as the fairy companion?
yeah, one of my players was a breezie
>>94732666>Pacifist, Mp3, onaholeYou don't play games.>"You should shove stuff in your pockets!"Her greatness aside, you don't make with the game playing, gacha slavey. You used to be cool, Satan. Now all you do is gachabate and shitpost...>>94732852>/mlp/Uh oh. Rollain to Turn Undead 55, +10 Holy Incense. Wis save, horsefucker!
>>94732666I legit like fairy companions but always have trouble to introduce them on my games because they may be too helpful for the players and because it might be too magical realm for myself only.
>>94732666I've thought about designing a game where playing a fairy would be an option as a saboteur-offense/synergist-support role.The game's roles would have essentially been inspired by the "five man band":>the hero role which would be above average in most areas but not excelling in any single area>the lancer, boasting the strongest offense>the sentinel, priding themself in defense and foe zoning>the mount, whom the hero could ride for collaborative attacks/maneuvers>the guide, which would be the fairy, who could heal, support, cause ailments, etc.I've had other ideas that interested me more since then, though, so I never really put any mechanics to it.Developing it would be good practice for making one of my more complex ideas, so maybe I should get on that sometime.
>>94732666We're just about to get back into a game where one of my fellow players is playing a fairy actually.
>>94732666For a moment I got confused I opened /d/ at work. But I guess I'm fine.As for the fairies - I remember I had to excuse myself from the table when GM once run a crazy dungeon crawl on us and shrunk the only female in the party to fairy-sized. I think that was the only time in my life when I ended up with a boner due to someone simply talking. And I'm actually glad that that PC got turned back to normal size, or else it would get super-awkward for me in zero time.
>>94733289Go on, elaborate.
>>94733326>and shrunk the only female in the party to fairy-sized.Anything happen?
>>94733350You mean the game, the plot or my raging boner?>GameGM-fiat stats on pair of regular fairy, except no flying, since no wings>PlotThe fairies needed a hostage to seal the deal with them, and Ann had the only female PC in the group, so... yeah>BonerWent to bathroom, put it under stream of cold water
>>94733462Did your party do anything with her? You mentioned her talking did it for you, what exactly was she saying? How long did her shrunken state last?
>>94733498You misunderstood:My GM described the character being shrunk, along with an entire swarm of feisty fairies around. And it was described in such a way, it triggered all my fetishes at once, so I ended up having an unironic diamond dick within two minutes. Not exacxtly my fault I've got turned on by shrinking, fairies, being turned into a fairy and also tiny tomboys. And it was all there, so...Nobody else saw it as anything else than playful situation and atypical situation. The chick with shrunk PC just rolled with it, but outright asked if this is permanent or just for the scenario.We were doing that dungeon crawl for two meet-ups, the fairies appeared about 1/3 into the first game and half-way through second, it was dispelled, since our party fulfilled their side of the bargain to deal with the cultists and their summons infesting the tunnels.
>>94732666Yeah. Dude was a massively overconfident dork who would hover above enemies and annoy them with magic. Seemed to forget crossbows existed every combat and got himself pincushioned a ton.
>>94733552I see, so she didn't stay shrunk hardly long at all then
>>94733552How would your character have treated her if she was permanently tiny and you could've contained your personal reaction?
>>94732666I roleplayed as an Amazon delivery drone. Does that count?
>>94732666Yep. In my wife's Legend of Zelda campaign, one of our friends played a Fairy. Thanks to his spell selection, he was a surprisingly buff little dude, and carried (figuratively, and sometimes literally) the squishier members of the party. Here's a drawing another player did of the time the fairy tanked a fireball for her.
>>94734296>Legend of Zelda>male Fair>a surprisingly buff little dudeI can only picture Tingle(yeah I know there are male fairies like Tael, but still).
>>94733341Campaign is set in old school Ravenloft, system is SotWW. Fairy player has a habit of getting lucky crits and the DM doesn't like crunch so every encounter kinda just boils down to wailing on a meat bag for half an hour+.
>>94733112I want her to straddle my tongue.
>>94732666Once, in a MAID game. My character was the fairy, and also a robot. It was fun.
I'm glad that I contributed to this topic that OP clearly cares about.
>>94735670Thank you
>>94733653My character would just roll with thatI, meanwhile, would need extra time in the bathroom and some ice, too.
>>94732666No, but I've played a fairy street thug who didn't take shit from anyone.
>>94733272Feels a little odd to have three of the characters be more traditional party members, but then have two of them be in a much more tertiary role.Having a player be the hero's horse and fairy guide is interesting if you could pull it off, but it feels as though those players just end up with the short end of the stick.To fit the theme of those it almost seems like the other characters should be the hero's talking magical sword and his pet dog, or otherwise a very explicit supporting cast.
>>94732666Hiw did this impact your last gaming session?
>>94732666I've tried playing a spirit possessing the armor of another player but nobody was into the idea
Probably closest thing to this as a role was playing the informorph AGI in an Eclipse Phase game and playing the AI in a shadowrun 5e game.In terms of actually being diminutive or a fairy, plenty of times either myself or another player in 3e. We've got someone who really loves the "titan bloodline fairy" meme, as well.
A player played as a faerie in a Shadow of the Demon Lord game I ran once and immediately got pancaked by a possessed statuegood times
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>>94736361The idea came up in a thread we had a while back about asymmetrical player roles, and with my pitch I'd brought up the possibility that players might not appreciate being stuck in intentionally less glorious roles or those with less agency. However, many people pointed out to me that I'd be surprised at how many players would be fine with it.Kinda wish I knew the exact thread, it was a decent discussion, I thought.
>>94737473There's a game called Rob Bot and His Robotic Buds where the players switch out characters every scene so every player gets a chance to be the "protagonist" character while the other players act as his friends. Might be something you're interested in.
>>94737473It'd definitely need players with the right attitude, but having it focused on strictly asymmetric roles feels like it gives it a much better niche.People who want to play a fantasy game about a team of heroes already have a lot of options for games out there, but a game that really leans into most of the PCs being secondary companions would be more distinct.Definitely an interesting idea though.
>>94732666>beg multiple GMs to let me play a fairy>all of them say no>one changes his mind>curious because he hates fairies, why is he of all people letting me play one?>lets me play as a fairy for two sessions>fairy gets oneshot from full hp by a spell and "there is no body to revive">he starts laughingIt was entirely a spite thing. I don't trust GMs with DnD/PF at all anymore and run my own games.
>>94740347"Oh shit, she's got a gun!" will always be the funniest part of that fight.
>>94740347There seems to be fair bit of prejudice against fairies for whatever reason. Not quite as bad as against Kender, but perhaps close second.I can see why they would be nuisance to work with mechanically, innate flight+tiny size means they can way too easily get in way too many places, but thematically I don't see why they should be any worse than elf or dwarf.
>>94742020Its really just what you said. GM's dislike fairies for the same reason they dislike centaurs or other such non-standard PCs. It forces them to rethink and redesign their entire level/encounter structure, because they are not just dealing with basically human-sized and human functional people. There might be some people that dislike fairies for other subjective reasons, but it being an imposition on the GM will always be the major one. Its the sort of thing that I would be happy to allow for a player I trust but would be braced for frustration if a 'that guy' wants to play it because it can very easily turn into "I want this scene to be about ME! I want to go somewhere/do something that no one else in the group can participate in!"
>>94742020I find it a bit funny, since a lot of the balance concerns seem really easy to address.Being tiny is useful, but not inherently more useful than someone shapeshifting into a mouse, spider, or bird. And there's even an easy justification for why a faerie would be bad as an infiltrator if their flight leaves behind a glowing trail of sparkles. And similarly the flight itself could be easily restricted when anything more than a stiff breeze should be capable of throwing them off course. I expect a bigger factor is that people have trouble envisioning how a fairy would be helpful or would survive against anything. A human with a greataxe surviving getting stomped by a house-sized dragon only to chop into its leg afterwards is already a stretch, but when you take it even further and have a tiny fairy living through that and then somehow also dealing that sort of damage with a needle, it just stretches the suspension of disbelief too far for some people.Ironically they probably work best in a gritty lower-fantasy game, where the expectation is that any character could die in one or two solid hits and the most dangerous enemies faced are on par with a knight or a grizzly bear. Though then it's the problem that they really don't fit the tone.
>>94742180I mean, tbf, fairies fit in fairly well in fucking Berserk so...
>>94732666D&D 3.5 had a few "tiny companion with no combat skills, possibly no ability to speak" races... where people just played Warlock or Dragonfire Adept and became nigh-impossible to hit with no downsides.The most infamous was probably sparrow hengeyokai in animal form (Diminutive flyer with a large Dex bonus for LA +0), but you also had cat-sized fairies like Petals, who even had damage reduction that stacked with warlock.Then there was Pixie, which was only about halfling-sized but still had wings and a ton of good spell-like abilities.
>>94732666One of our party was a Pixie Barbarian. Wieped a sharpened letter opener as a greatsword.
>>94742180>Ironically they probably work best in a gritty lower-fantasy game, where the expectation is that any character could die in one or two solid hitsNah, they work completely fine in 3.5, which is probably the highest power game on the market.There isn't any more suspension of disbelief between a diminutive fairy hitting you with a gargantuan maul and the guy with a lance doing enough damage in a single round to kill a fleshblob larger than any modern skyscraper.Not like people die from getting hit in general.>A human with a greataxe surviving getting stomped by a house-sized dragon only to chop into its leg afterwards is already a stretch, but when you take it even further and have a tiny fairy living through that and then somehow also dealing that sort of damage with a needleThese are literally the same thing. Actually a bug getting squished but the ground giving way before the magic bug-sized person is more likely than the larger amount of ground that would have to give way for a human to not get squished>it just stretches the suspension of disbelief too far for some people.Those people don't belong anywhere near TTRPGs
>>94732666We had a 3.5e Petal PC in our game. She was impossible to balance. Had too much dex and AC but was too squishy. She could also fly which was the worst feature. It destroyed how DM planned every scene/area to be explored/fought/interacted.
>>94744008>but was too squishy>swaps two LA for +4 racial con and a robust DR type>She could also fly which was the worst feature. It destroyed how DM planned every scene/area to be explored/fought/interacted.Was this like a level 3-4 game?
>>94742020>There seems to be fair bit of prejudice against fairies for whatever reason.>thematically I don't see why they should be any worse than elf or dwarf.It's not a matter of theme. Asking for a speshul race is a red flag. Asking for a speshul race that's also some people's exact fetish is a HUGE red flag. Innocently claiming not to understand why your speshul race fetish bait wouldn't thematically fit in to the world is no longer a flag, it's confession by omission.
>>94744207What if it's a fairy boy? No fetish there.
>>94744207So...>Ban elves because they're femboys with special magic>Ban dwarves because bara + women with beards>Ban orcs and half-orcs because kukkorose is a thing>Ban halflings and gnomes for being pedo baitAm I missing anything?
>>94744207>Asking for a speshul race is a red flag.>any rpg with more than irl humanYou are just retard.
>>94744207Everything can be someone's fetish, you retard.
>>94744367Beat me to it. Don't forget tieflings, aasimars, genasi, and warforged. Pure fetish fuel, would never allow some filthy pervert to play them! >>94744207 You're either baiting or channeling your crippling OCD. Either way, get back to your 1-race, 1-class, diceless OSR, faggot.
>>94742020"Prejudice" implies it's unjustified.
>>94744227>not only built for the sizefag or "giantess" (relatively speaking) fetish but also gets magic and wings.You know exactly why, I shouldn't have to explain it.
>>94732666no, but I did help a girl create a fairy as her first dnd character
I have a 5e fairy char in my sideline of characters I'll never get to actually play because I'm the forever DM. Divine soul sorc/celestial warlock so he can be a healslut but also doublecast eldtritch blast with sorcery points so he's not entirely useless in combat.
>>94732666Is it porn? This pic looks like porn.
>>94745314How so?
>>94745714>That suggestive look she's giving>Cheek rub using his thumb
>>94746096she (?, you know how fae are) pouts, that's look of mild annoyance or disapproval
>>94744837Nobody has a fetish for fairy boys.
>>94746371/cm/ would disagree
>>94746371No, the real black pill is that there are women who are into it, but it's always some sadistic shit and never gentle and loving.
>>94746096There isn't a reaction image on the entire Internet that can express my disappointment in you.
>>94732666Why would I play as the fairy companion when I can just play a fairy as a regular player character teaming up with others and being a part of a party?
A fellow player was playing one that was also my character's friend/parole-officer.She later got my character involved with the local yakuza family & then we fought off a terrorist attack with the help of a kobold hive mind.Good times.
I once played a Pixie Warlock in D&D 3.5e. She was modelled after Etna from Disgaea and was foul-tempered and sociopathically violent. Leaned into the whole "six-inch bitch" role and loved to invisibly pretend to be people's consciences and tempt them to do evil things.
>>94746558here, use it sparsely and don't ask where it comes from
>>94750459It also came from porn, didn't it?
>>94751056To you, everything is porn.
>>94750459I recognize that Holocaust hentai
>>94750459haven't seen anybody post the gif in a while
>>94733272Go for it; pop into the amateur thread, and find some mechanics you like. Mount sounds like it would have too much overlap between Sentinel and Guide.Ten internets for putting zoning in the Sentinel's kit, instead of making him an impotent meatshield.
>>94732666Yeah and he did it so poorly we didn't even think of him as a fae that can fit in your hand but as just another human.
>>94737473I once played as a character's familiar. I was essentially a 4m tall living statue of the god who sent him and did really whatever he said to. I couldn't talk to anyone else excluding sign language and could only see about 5m in any direction. It was a ton of fun for both of us and the rest of the party too.
>>94752921Elaborate
