I just received my Kickstarter backer copy of The Ultimate Bestiary - Secrets of Fey. As I sat with it, I intending to skim its pages, but I was drawn into it for hours. And that is the peril of the fey after all. They draw you in by beguile your senses, then before you know it more time has passed than you imagined. The book is a great primer for the contrary, sometimes cruel, and often capricious creatures of the faerie realm. The sections are broken into creature types with a menagerie of each kind. No two faeries in an encounter have to work the same way. But it's not just a collection of stat-blocks, the book lavishly explains the creature's peculiarities and points of view. Thus, the Game Master can creature unique encounters featuring them. Each section ends with several stories to exemplify the creatures within it. Best of all was the section describing the Fey Court and Wild Hunt, and the faeries and fey that can be found therein. I knew this book was a treasure when I began to think of new scenarios and adventures ideas as I read through it.
