Let me precident this by stating the obvious: I know that everything I am about to write is dorky. You're right to gawk but don't be a jerk and bash other people's fun!

It was staggering to see the speed faerieland was rebuilt. Only a decade ago the floating landscape crashed into the ground, leaving the people scattered and the country destroyed. Now the fallen city has been rebuilt on its foundations. Nowhere else in all of Neopia matches the luxurious city and its thriving economy. After rumors spread that King Altador had destroyed the darkest faerie once and for all, Queen Fyora felt content putting all her resources into rebuilding the country itself, rather than its army. It seemed as though nothing could stop the faeries from bringing their city back to the clouds. Great wizards from all across the world had gathered here to help in the magical affairs. There was no doubting that things looked good for the faeries.

But looks can be deceiving.

Meanwhile, in Brightvale, Lord Hagan and his court all diligently work in a lab. A faerie with dulled skin, sunken eyes, and withered wings watch on as they test various samples of her blood and skin. The test isn't conclusive, only reaffirming what they know: her elemental magic had been completely drained from her. She was a grey faerie, the first one in nearly a century. Her story was troubling still: a group of brutish Lupes had taken her to the haunted woods, where experiments were done on her by a mad chai. They drained her powers from her with a bizarre machine. Who this strange group remained a mystery, but Hagan smelled trouble afoot.

Lord Hagan was a wise man, and he knew not to waste his element of surprise. No one knew he had the faerie in his castle, and he sent out his spies and diviners to gather information. Rumors of a number of kidnappings revealed a secret society, and worse yet, Hagan was able to identify a few members of Lord Darigan's court. Hagan couldn't risk a full-on war, but using his hefty wealth as an incentive has begun recruiting 'neutral' adventurers to deal with the problem without involving his kingdom. The group of adventurers gathers at Hagan's castle now, preparing for a foreshadowed 'test' to see who is worthy.

Hi! I am aware that what I am posting here is different, and it's ok if no one wants to join. This is an interest check so I am looking for who would be interested. As the title suggests we will be using 5e dungeons and dragons for our system, as it's proven to be tried and true. Homebrew races for the Neopets will be employed, and expect plenty of homebrew enemies, items, and more that are all inspired by or directly taken from Neopets. The campaign will be for 3-5 players, starting at level 3.

If you're interested please say so below!

I know nothing of neopets, but the story reminds me of a 70s cartoon movie I seen before, so I'm intrigued.

@HEAVY METAL Really? Do you remember the movie? I'd love to get some inspiration!

@HEAVY METAL Really? Do you remember the movie? I'd love to get some inspiration!

Sent it to ya, and even if it doesn't help, it's still a good film to watch.

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@HEAVY METAL @Mae [@chryocoma] we have three players! Do you guys still have interest in this? Because I would gladly start an OOC post for us to start working in!

@HEAVY METAL @Mae [@chryocoma] we have three players! Do you guys still have interest in this? Because I would gladly start an OOC post for us to start working in!

Im willing to give it a try

@Birdboy I absolutely love the idea, but not committing to anything at this time. Sorry for getting wires crossed! Just wanted to show my support

@Mae Understandable! I shouldn't have assumed!

@Birdboy Greetings! I caught this by coincidence, and I must say that I am very interested. I'm actually extremely shocked that people other than me still hold interest in Neopets anywhere other than the Neopets site itself. And a mix between Neopets and 5e is an interesting idea that I'd never considered before. Consider me more than interested, if you're still looking. xD

Also worth noting that I am very much an expert on Neopets lore, on top of being rather familiar with the 5e system, so I can help out with the race homebrewing. I have a LOT of experience homebrewing races, although nothing officially published.

Also, I noticed the Darkest Faerie getting referenced. Do you know that PS2 game's story? I'm trying to get the timeline straight in my head for the story concept. xD

Been keeping my eye on this for a bit, but seeing Digi taking an interest makes me want to throw my hat in the ring, if this is still happening~

I know nothing about neopets but I'm interested in this.

@XxFellsingxX@Moon Man@Digizel

Wow, I wasn't expecting anyone to actually notice this, let alone actually be interested. I would be amiss if I didn't mention how giddy I got when I one day noticed that there were people talking on my topic! Thank you guys, I was very sad when months went by and I had practically forgotten my plans.

@Digizel I definitely need a master of the lore. I myself am not an expert on that and could really use someone to consult with. I am aware of the Darkest Faerie game but only know the basics of it. I'd love to get a history lesson someday! More importantly, I would love to get some second opinions on homebrew Neopet races, as I used a set someone else made that I slightly edited.

@XxFellsingxX Glad you held out! What race and class would you want to play? I am interested!

@Birdboy Haha, for a bit there, I was wondering if maybe you had simply lost interest yourself due to the lack of...well. Interest. xD But yeah, this is quite the venn diagram intersection that I can't imagine too many people slide into very well. But it's cool to find the few who do~

And yeah, I'm definitely down to help out with lore, talk about the Darkest Faerie (a game I loved to death growing up xD) and I'll definitely be more than happy to look into the homebrew races. The main part I'd be iffy on is that some races will just have to have flight abilities, though, so balancing will be difficult for them.

My own class and race would probably be heavily dependent on what we've got for the specific homebrew race. But I know I honestly have a preference for classes who don't really rely entirely on spells. I'm too indecisive to be a good spellcaster, I can never pick out a good spell list. xD I know I trend toward Fighter, Paladin and Ranger a bit more, sometimes Paladin. Rogue is fun, but I always thought Rogue to be kinda...ridiculously strong, so I tend to avoid it.

I presume Clerics and Paladins would be more kinda centered on getting their magical blessings from the Faeries rather than from gods?

@XxFellsingxX Glad you held out! What race and class would you want to play? I am interested!

Well, I do have a fondness for ixis, but I will look through the homebrew races to see what seems fun to play. As for classes... hmm. I do like the sneakier classes, like rogue, ranger and monk, but also wouldn't mind playing a bard, warlock or artificer. Warlock particularly sounds like it might be fun in this setting.

@Digizel Those were my thoughts exactly. Fairy Blessings or powers given by say the Shrine to Coltan or something similar for Clerics. Paladins can follow that or be flavored into basically an eldritch knight or still stick with the following code of honor for power that 5e suggests.

We are fairly similar in that regard. I play the same classes and always want the weirdest spells as a spellcaster. I lean more towards paladins because I like to buff my teammates a lot. The flying thing will be something I would definitely have to work around, but I was aware of it. Depending on who joins we may not even have a flying neopet on the team though.

@XxFellsingxX I think I mostly intend to design them as we go along. I am not exactly happy with the homebrew races I found. Here are the races I found though if you would like to get a general idea of what your race Might be like.

docs.google.com/document/d/1-CYA6QaeO…

By the way, Ixis are adorable! I personally am a big fan of Meerca!

@BirdBoy

So does that list mean that we can play as either a neopet or a faerie? Or is it like, we play a faerie and have a neopet as a companion?

Heh. I tend to pick a race I want to play, then figure out his class, and then create the character around both of those things, often beginning with backstory. Although in the case of Neopets, I've got a LOT of characters I can bring into this. I just need to...figure out which ones. xD

With regards to Faeries:

In the Neopets lore, there are multiple kinds of faeries:

There are the named Faeries, who have carved a name for themselves in the history of Neopets for being particularly strong in one way or another. Taelia the Ice Faerie who lives on Terror Mountain, Illusen the Earth Faerie, who lives in her glade in the medieval country of Meridell as well as Jhudora the Dark Faerie. But then there are numerous regular Faeries who are not as strong or well known, and are often just referred to by their attribute on-site. But in-RP, I would presume they'd all have names and personalities. And, naturally, they're very magical in nature. But then you have the occasional Faerie who's more martial, like Aethia, the Battle Faerie (who is primarily sword and board user)

Worth noting about faeries is that there's a bulky Lupe villain named Balthazar who hunts them in order to seal them in bottles due to being bullied by them in the past.

Also that there are no male Faeries in the lore. But we could always just change that ("AU it" as it were) to make male Faeries also exist.

tl;dr/conclusion - You could probably make Faeries work as a race here since there are just as many weaker faeries as there are stronger ones. There's a lot that can work with that. Presumably, a Neopet is a character all their own, so you'd be just a Faerie if you wanted to be one.