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Victorian Faerie

Cost: 101 ([-35]+[177]-[41]+[0]+[0]) points

Cottingley Fairies 1

Cottingley Fairies 1

Description

Victorian Faeries tend to look like beautiful children aged between five and mid-teens and are supposedly the first in European tradition to have wings. Tinkerbell from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelization Peter and Wendy is likely the most famous Victorian Faerie with the Cottingley Fairies arguably the second most famous. See also Little People

Attributes and Secondary Characteristics [-35]: ST-5 [-50]. Per+3 [15]; SM -6 [0]
Advantages and Perks [177]: Ally Group (Local faeries, 100%, x8 [40]; Animal Empathy [5]; Appearance (Beautiful) [12]; Empathy [15]; Flight (Winged, -25%) [30]; Invisibility (become visible at will, but always invisible to adults) [44]; Tree-Kin [6]; Unaging [15]; Voice [10]
Optional Advantages [N/A]: Appearance (Very Beautiful) [16] replaces (Beautiful) [12] for [+4]
Disadvantages and Quirks [-41]: Pacifism (Cannot Harm Innocents) [-10]; Duty (Tend flowers) [-10]; Chummy (Gregarious) [-10]; [-15]; Impulsiveness [-10]; Distractible [-1]
Optional Disadvantages [N/A]: None
Skills [0]: No Racial Skills
Optional Skills [N/A]: None
Innate Magic [0]: None
Features: Under 2 ft. tall


Lenses[]

  • “Bad” Faerie Lens [+10 to -10]: Duty (Tend plants) [-10] is replaced by Trickster [-15]. Appearance ranges from Beautiful [15] to Unattractive [-5].

Magic[]

  • Animal Spells: only those which are useful in tending to plants.
  • Body Control: Only use spells that cause permanent or life-threatening injuries
  • Air Spells: Only spells used to improve growing conditions
  • Food Spells: Create Food conjures up treats for favored children.
  • Healing Spells: used to help sick and injured children, especially victims of neglect or abuse.
  • Making and Breaking Spells: Any
  • Meta-Spells: Bless, Curse, Remove Curse.
  • Mind Control Spells: Bravery to comfort frightened and/or mistreated children, and Peaceful Sleep to help them recover from. Forgetfulness or Permanent Forgetfulness on adults who have encountered them.
  • Movement Spells: Flight - generally used to access their faerie
  • Plant Spells: Any.

Alternatives[]

In the Torchwood episode "Small World" Victorian Faeries are actually aliens.

References[]

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