Faelorn
Faelorn
Climate/terrain: Subterannean/surface ruins or swamps
Frequency:Very rare
Organization:Matriarchial
Activity Cycle: Any
Diet:Omnivore
Intelligance: High to genius (13-18)
Treasure: Nil/special
# appearing: 1 (1-8)
Armorclass: 2/0 (see below)
Movement: Fl 36, (A)
Hit Dice: 1+1d4 hps
Thaco: 15
# of attacks: 1 or special
Damage per attack: 1d4-1(drow bolt)
Special Attacks:Spells, Innate abilities (see below)
Special Defences:Spells, innate abilities (see below)
Magic resistance: 50%
Size:Tiny 4-6" tall
Morale:Elite (13-14)
XP value: 1000
Once part of the normal faeiries races, the Faelorn turned from the side of good during the great race wars that created such evil races as the drow and deurgar. The original faelorn took up side with the drow, and in turn were driven from the realms settling deep underground and above ground in places of dismel and dark settings.
Standing between 4 and six inches in height, Faelorn resemble fairies in body size and type, being very slender of build and great of beauty. But there is where the resemblance ends. Instead of the normal butterfly or angelic wings, Faelorn are adorned with long bat like wings of deep black color, and dark violet red eyes. Long white or violet hair of waist length is common though other colors may be found, but are very rare.Faelorn never wear clothes and seldom carry weapons or items of any sort.
Few faelorn carry weapons, but those who do usually are found brandishing drow darts and bolts as spears (d4-1 damage) and coating them with sleep poison that they create from their own blood, or spittle.
Most Faelorn prefer to rely upon their innate abilities to defend themselves from predators. Like the drow,the Faelorn have developed certain innate abilities from their centuries of exposior to the underdark energies that permeate certain areas of the underdark.
faelorn have learned a particular form of invisibility that makes them appear as motes of violet or red twinkling lights. In this form they are often confused with immature will-o-wisps. They are able to assume this form at will and may stay in it as long as desired. When in this form they are -2 to be hit and are unable to attack without assuming their normal appearence. Faelorn use this form to travel in when away from their homes. And groups of them traveling in this form have often been the cause for certain myths.
Sleep, this ability work upon them touching another being. Touched victums must save vs Paralisis or fall into a deep slumber for 1-8 hours. This ability is uncontrolable and happens whenever they make skin to skin contact with another being. faelorn may also cause sleep by spitting at an opponent face. This requires an attack roll and victums save at +2 and only sleep for 1-4 hours. Faelorn have been found to use their spittle to coat their weapons. Used this way the poison lasts for 1 attack or 1 hour whichever comes first. The faelorn's very skin causes this and as such they are not activly eaten by any known creature. Creatures attepting to eat a Faelorn must save vs the sleep effect with a -4 or fall asleep for 1-8 days often leading to their deaths when another predator comes upon the sleeping creature.
Wraithform: Faelorn may assume a wraithlike form allowing them to travel through solid matter, like stone, water, etc. This ability is usable once per day and is mostly used to escape pursuit or to travel to their hidden homes. They may stay in this form for a maximum of one hour before turning solid again.
In this form they may only be hurt by magical weapons or spells, and other ethereal creatures. They are only able to wraithform themselves and must leave behind any and all items (such as clothes or weapons).
Habitat/society: Faelorn live in small societies of 1-8 individuals ruled over by the most dominant female. They tend to find secluded areas reachable only by their wraithform ability. Faelorn prefer areas that they do not have to do much to, to live in. Areas with natural springs and some form of lichen or moss to eat are favorite places for them to call home. Faelorn are very secretive about their homes and will move away if they are found and cannot kill the intruder. Individually, Faelorn are very secretive seeking out other races only for the protection they can supply. In groups they are very evil, willing to kill any who see them to protect their secretive nature.
Faelorn have most recently been seen in the company of drow, mostly mages, leading to the theory that the drow have formed some enchantment to bind these faeries to them as familiars. Others think that the faelorn have taken to staying with them of their own choice. Rumors also abound of how the drow may have come up with their famous sleep poison in part due to the faelorn.
Ecology:Except for rumors not much is really known about the ecology of the Faelorn. No males of the species have ever been found, and more than one shop in Menzo is known to sell Fae-eggs, leading most sages to believe that they lay eggs to reproduce. No groups of over 8 have ever been found leading some to think that they can control when they have a child. Faelorn are known to eat many things that would kill or sicken other races, including poisonous fungi, carrion, and even humanoids that they manage to caopture or kill.
It is thought that the Faelorn can live to be over a thousand years old, and they never show any signs of aging. All Faelorn appear to be in their early 20's only aging when they die. Upon death all the years of their lives catch up and they rapidly decay into dust.

Variants: While typical Faelorn have lovely pale skin, some have been found with shocking white hair and ebony skin looking for all the world like a tiny bat-winged drow elf. These are totally evil and have been known to kill just for the pleasure of it. Drow known to have these greater faelore as familiars have reported being able to teach them spells. They are limited to 3 rd level and may have bonus spells for a high intelligance. They have 2 HD and are known to have different innate abilities than their weeker cousins. Known as the Grimfaer this form of the Faelorn has never been seen outside of a drow city leading some to think that they are unrelated to the faelorn, but are rather magical constructs of the drow.