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sigil_beguiler wrote:

I would say Fey that are more powerful then Eladrin. The true masters of the Feywild, the ones that can rival Demons and Devils and Things from Beyond the Stars.

If you want an idea of what be a good example of this kind of Fey, check out the True Fae in Changeling. Or, the old legends involving Fey-Folk (many of them almost have them as gods themselves).

For myself, it was a Fey trapped in the Hedge (stolen from Changeling) which is a area between the world and Feywild. It let the Human draw near to a area where the borders are weak and tricked it into going into the Hedge, where it tried to posses the Human. Hoping to see escape in the form of possessing this Human, it backfired and the Human escaped twisted by the Fey and with the powers of it as well.

Edit: One thing I emphasize is using the term "IT" to describe powerful-Fey. They may appear as female or male, but something that powerful with the range of illusions, charms, etc. it has is all-together not bound by such physical aspects and is far beyond such thoughts or ideas. It also puts emphasize on it being non-human in both behaviour and ethics, it has no moral compass or belief-structure beyond doing what it decides be enjoyable, amusing, etc.

Random note: I also chose Fey Pact because of Changeling. I still find the phrase "Eladrin Feylock" highly entertaining. 8o)

To get on-topic: I never really considered exactly who (or what) I signed a pact with. I saw it more as borrowing power from powerful creatures from my homeland that I had befriended in my childhood.

A couple things:

I always figured that Warlock Pacts were like Divine Investitures in 4e - You bargain for the power, you are given the power, and then you have the power. Once you have it, it's yours, it isn't continually tapped from it's source. Higher level powers represent better a better understanding of the arcane power you were granted, rather then new powers being given by your patron.

Going against your patron's wishes might anger them, but it wouldn't cause your powers to go away unless doing so broke the original pact.


As for what the pacts are made with - they're made with the Arch Fey, epic level unique fey that we haven't seen much of in printed rules. I imagine they'd generally be associated with seasons or natural bodies or concepts in the feywild. Arch-Fey of summer, Arch-Fey of the South Wind, Arch-Fey of the Greenbank River, etc.


My own Bard (multiclassed cleric, multiclassed ranger, multiclassed feylock) made her pact with the fey being Lorelai (Arch-Fey of the Night Breeze, Exarch of Corellon, and Patron of Woodwind Instruments). As part of the pact, my bard must compose one tune about Lorelai every lunar cycle, and must teach at least one of them to a woodwind player in every town he passes through. In at least one town, she had to teach someone to play a set of simple pipes, as no one there already knew how to play an appropriate instrument. For this reason she always keeps at least one extra instrument with her.


As long as she keeps composing and teaching these tunes, she will maintain the terms of her pact, even if she has a falling out with Lorelai and starts working against its interests. Heck, she might compose and teach tunes about Lorelai's greed, cruelty, or foolishness, and they would still fulfill the terms of the pact.