Hi all
I've tried poking around, and I can't seem to locate any Fey Lords in the Pathfinder Bestiaries (1-4).
I find references to them as "the Eldest", but can't find actual stat blocs for them.
I'm looking for someone (something) like Hern, Master of the Wild Hunt, or Talos; a fey Lord, more Celtic or even Norse in flavor. Not Baba Yaga, which I can locate. I can find an Erlking, which is close, but not quite what I'm looking for.
I'm sure they're in there, probably under some heading that I'm not seeing.
I want to find out what names they go by in Pathfinder.
Thanks!
The Eldest are gods; no statblocks.
You may have to take an ordinary fey (or maybe a giant?) and add a bunch of class levels (and minions!) as the nastiest fey I remember is a Norn, which probably isn't your forest lord either. The low BAB on the fey type pushes them into caster roles.
BTW, how does the Erlking fail you?
Thanks, avr.
The Erlking is closest to what I've been able to find (without going 3rd party), but it's the language about: "an erlking ... represents the aggressive, dangerous, and vengeful aspect of the wilds."
Somewhere, I came across the name "Talos" in a story or something and cannot find it again. He was a fey lord, and wasn't quite as severe as the Master of the Wild Hunt.
I'm looking at giving one of my players a faeirie "godfather" - or "godmother" if they prefer - and wanted to find one in the system that I could adapt. Dangerous, and not to be dealt with lightly - but not quite the flavor given for an erlking.
If not, I'll just make my own, but thought I'd ask the community at large.
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The Leanan Sidhe was pretty much designed for that.
Thank Harry Dresden
Talos was the giant bronze man who guarded Crete in Greek mythology.
That's about as far from a fey lord as you're going to get.
However, for reasons that aren't clear to me, Paizo took a traditional pagan god, Cernunnos, who would have been a perfect fey lord -- but instead made him into good-aligned "Empyreal Lord." You could use the same stats and description, but just swap out his alignment for CN (and adjust all his alignment-based spells and powers accordingly), and change his home plane.
Talos was the giant bronze man who guarded Crete in Greek mythology.
That's about as far from a fey lord as you're going to get.
I think he's a god in the forgotten realms too? An evil god of storms IIRC.
I think you are looking for the powers that reside in the First World, which is the home of the Fey.
Core Rulebook has the basic stuff, Inner Sea Gods has much more info.
The Leanan Sidhe was pretty much designed for that.
Thank Harry Dresden
That was pretty much my inspiration for it!
(BIG Jim Butcher Harry Dresden fan!!)
However, for reasons that aren't clear to me, Paizo took a traditional pagan god, Cernunnos, who would have been a perfect fey lord -- but instead made him into good-aligned "Empyreal Lord." You could use the same stats and description, but just swap out his alignment for CN (and adjust all his alignment-based spells and powers accordingly), and change his home plane.
AH! Empyreal! I think that's where they put them!
Yeah - Talos on wikipedia is a Crete deity. But I've seen the name used elsewhere in a more Norse/Celtic pantheon - someone's fiction. I just can't remember where!
Dang this aging mind of mine!
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I think he's a god in the forgotten realms too? An evil god of storms IIRC.Talos was the giant bronze man who guarded Crete in Greek mythology.
That's about as far from a fey lord as you're going to get.
He's a god in Skyrim as well.
