| This page contains one or more unofficial conversions of Classic material that can include fan expansion of canonical material (which should be noted in body text). |
Other Names: Agogwe (East Africa); Anhanga (Amazon); Bela (Indonesia); Brushman (Vanta-Kutchin); Dama Dagenda (New Guinea); Dame Verte (France); Fänkenmannikin, Seligen Fräulein (Germany); Faun (Mediterranean Europe); Lampong (Philippines); Leshiy (Russia); Lipsipsip (New Caledonia); Nat (Myanmar); Phi (Thailand); Saci (Brazil); Skovmand, Skogsnufva (Sweden)
Sylvan Faerie
Cost: 153 ([120]+[0]-[55]+[88]+[0]) points
Description
Sylvan faeries usually look like fine-featured humans. Their clothing, and even their skin, is often green.
- Attributes and Secondary Characteristics [120]: Absolute Direction [5]; Alertness +2 [10]; Animal Empathy [5]; Plant Empathy [5]; Speak With Animals [15]; and [80] points from Ally Group (Sylvan faeries in same forest, 100%, x12, <9) [60], Limited Magery +1 (One College Only, Animal Spells) [10], Night Vision [10], Speak With Plants [15], Unaging [15], and Ultrahearing [5]
- Advantages and Perks [0]: None
- Optional Advantages [N/A]: None
- Disadvantages and Quirks [-55]: Fanaticism (Forest) [-15]; Vow (Protect for- est) [-15], and [-25] points chosen from Capricious [-15], Compulsive Behavior (Playing tricks on mortals) [-10], Curious [-5], Gregarious [-10], and Unnatural Feature (Animal body part) [5/feature]
- Optional Disadvantages [N/A]: None
- Skills [88]: Area Knowledge (Home forest) IQ/E at IQ+6 [20]; Pharmacy/TL (H, Herbal) at IQ+2 [12]; Naturalist (H) at IQ+4 [20]; Survival (A, Woodlands) at Per+6 [20]; Tracking (A) at Per+4 [16]
- Optional Skills [N/A]: None
- Innate Magic [0]: None
- Features: Likes to wear green
Lenses[]
- Agogwe [+7]: Fur (Classic) [7]
- Anhanga [+40]: Insubstantiality (Always On -50%) [40]
- Leshiy [+153]: Growth +3 [30]; Magery 0 [5]; Magery +3 (No Spell Prerequisites, +30%) [39]; Shrinking +3 [30]; Callous [-6]; Compulsive Behavior (Gambling, 1-6 hours/day) [-10]; Low Empathy [-15]; Shape Air-17 [20]; Clouds-17 [20]; Rain-17 [20]; Lightning-17 [20]
- Skogsnufva [+39]: Invisibility (Switchable, +10%) [44], Compulsive Behavior (Leading mortal men astray in the forest) [-5].
Magic[]
- Animal Spells: Any
- Body Control Spells: A few sylvan faeries use aggressive Body Control spells.
- Air Spells: Powerful sylvan faeries – such as the Leshiy use weather-related Air Spells. Their effects are limited to hexes that contain at least some vegetation – grass, bushes, or trees.
- Healing Spells: Sylvan faeries rarely use Healing spells on mortals, but may use them to help animals wounded by mortal hunters.
- Illusion and Creation Spells: Sylvan faeries may use Simple Illusion, Complex Illusion, or Perfect Illusion to hide the entrances to their lairs, and Illusion Disguise to hide from mortals if caught in the open. They usually present the appearance of a bush or other small terrain feature.
- Light and Darkness Spells: Like little people, sylvan faeries may use Light to lead nighttime travelers astray. They may also use Darkness, Blur, Hide, or Invisibility if caught in the open.
- Meta-Spells: Bless, Curse, Remove Curse, Restore Mana.
- Mind Control Spells: Sylvan faeries may use Mind Control Spells to lead mortals astray, or to drive trespassers away. They sometimes use spells like Charm and Enslave to capture a mortal. For some types of sylvan faeries, Mind Control spells are Song-Aspected Magery
- Plant Spells;Any
References[]
- Classic: Faerie pg 14, 73-74
- GURPS Update