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Old 08-24-2017, 12:51 AM   #50
Johnny1A.2
 
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Default Re: [Spoilers?] Blue and Orange Morality: Adapting the Faerie Courts

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That would fit with Sidhe themes in another way. The Fae are traditionally associated with outdoor settings. (Yes, there are indoor Fae, the helpful/dangerous creatures and do housework and the like, but the majorly potent ones tend to be seen as outdoor.)

So it might be that a super-powerful Hunt, made up of Fae nobility or royalty, could be a deadly threat to anybody outdoors, but unable to enter homes or buildings, even dilapidated ones that couldn't stop a human from kicking the door in.

Or maybe they can enter, but only through an unbarred door or window, so part of the ritual of dealing with that time of year is to systematically check every door and window to make sure it's locked. Or something on that order.

So if the Hunt is after you, you're screwed...unless you can reach a building and lock it. You might be seconds from being rent to pieces by the Faerie Queen's monster-hounds, but if you reach your house and lock yourself inside, you're 100% safe! Or maybe you have to make sure there's a fire on the hearth, they might could enter via a chimney. But still, the irony of such a limitation on such potent entities is fun.

That could make an interesting gaming scenario...
...and naturally, your "first footing" ceremonies around that time of year will involve handling iron to demonstrate that the person you're about to invite over the threshold isn't a fae. Expect decorations for Yule to include the traditional anti-fae elements ... rowan, iron, red cords, and maybe a loaf as well...
It occurs to me that if those were the rules, people who are regularly outside at night might take a few precautions. For ex, you might build a little hut or shed somewhere out in the countryside where you regularly operate, with a lock on it, as an 'emergency shelter' in case you got caught outside on the wrong night.

On the day before the Big Night, too, you'd probably see people out gathering firewood, cleaning up the grounds, making sure the barn is secure, etc...but constantly checking the time, too, and watching to see how close to sunset it is. You'd probably want to be indoors at least an hour before the time, I'd think, for a safety margin.

Speaking of the barn...there might be some people who have to stay outdoors to guard the herds, I wonder what precautions they might take?

Somebody might need to stay in the barn with the animals there, too, but you can lock a barn door. A barn might make a perfectly adequate shelter.
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