Post #1948166

Recently watched a youtube video on how everyone's idea of the Fairies in D&D work is different (Highly recommend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfGZnClgnCg) I wanted to add in my own little thing here, because I love this idea. When your party encounter the fae, everyone is going to have different ideas of how to handle them. (Learn their true name! No, no, cold iron! They can't hurt you if you wear your clothes inside out!) I think that's actually good for the story. Ask each player "Where did your character learn that?" Not to shut them down, but because everyone and their grandmother thinks they know how to handle the fae. Most of them are wrong. Incorporating your players' own false notions is a great way to make the game world feel full of often-false home remedies and ineffective protections. Embrace what players think they know! Give them lore checks to see if their character believes those notions! This is so cool, I'm going to do this next time my party encounters fae.