Seelie/Unseelie Court

[Cheiromancer]

Does anyone know of a D20 sourcebook which deals with this aspect of Faerie?

The seelie court is fairly easy to flesh out- there are lots of good fey around; sprites, brownies, elves, and such. The unseelie court is a little tougher, though there are quicklings, drow, and corrupt versions of the good fae.

Is there any sources out there that flesh out the structures of the two courts, their conflict, and their place in a campaign setting?

 

[SylverFlame]

I don't know any d20 products that cover it but the seelie court gets a lot of coverage in the 2e product Monster Mythologies, and the unseelie gets a little coverage in the same book.

It shouldn't be too hard to convert the whole product, plus since it is 2e if you can find it in a used book section you could walk off with it for about $10 to $15 US. Not a bad deal since it gives you over forty different gods for most of the important demi-human and humanoid races.

 

[Crothian]

Fey Magic by Mongoose goes into the pretty much all things fey.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Not until I get my claws into it, anyway!

Since I'm in effect updating Monstrous Myth for 3e, you can bet that said court will be important. Check out the thread link below to see what I've got, and put in a request...the sooner I get a request, the sooner a diety will be done!

 

[Golem Joe]

You may want to check out AEG's Swashbuckling Adventures material. While it isn't a major emphasis, the 7th Sea/SA setting does make use of the Seelie and Unseelie courts.

 

[Cheiromancer]

Now, I only have vague impressions of the whole seelie/unseelie court, but I would think that only the Faerie Queen would be anywhere near deific stature, and most likely she is "merely" an epic character.

But it struck me that the seelie/unseelie conflict could be as potent a source of flavor as the conflict between the Upper and Lower Planes.

For example, orcs, goblins, ogres and such could be the troops of the unseelie armies. Hippogriffs and griffins could be the steeds developed by seelie mages. Dragons could be elemental forces unleashed by either side in the effort to eradicate the other.

If the two sides of the conflict almost destroyed one another, perhaps that is why lesser races (like Humans) were able to come to some sort of ascendancy.

In such a campaign world, gnomes might be a good deal more "fey" than in a standard campaign.

Does the mongoose book talk about such things?

 

[Turjan]

Fey Magic by Mongoose doesn't cope much with Seelies/Unseelies. They think you already know everything about it . If you just want to have information on the topic without appropriate d20 stats I'd recommend the free Birthright download from this page at WotC. It's the book called "Blood Spawn" at the bottom of the page. It's really good for inspiration regarding the Faerie Queen and the Unseelie Court . Highly recommended .

 

[s/LaSH]

I feel compelled to chip in here, not with gaming material but with a book I just read. It's got some very relevant stuff in it. It's book 2 of The Bitterbynde, The Lady Of The Sorrows. (The Ill-Made Mute is the first one.) As far as seelie and unseelie go, it's got a healthy helping, and it's got oodles of history and setting detail that flesh out the whole fey-riddled continent. Highly recommended in any case, but it might have some ideas that are useful...

 

[Nightstorm]

The Manual Of the Planes talk about it a little in the section of the Realm fof Farie. Things to think about
Seelie
Light, Summer and Spring, "good", nobility
Unseelie
Dark, winter, fall, "evil", unhonerable.

 

[Turjan]

I'm using the Birthright model of the Plane of Shadow/Realm of Faerie mixture in my campaign, btw. This makes the D&D Plane of Shadow much more interesting . Who won't be fond of the Wild Hunt .