A Review of the Role Playing Game Supplement Leannan Sidhe – A Creature for Vaesen

Leannan Sidhe – A Creature for Vaesen by Graeme Davis is a role playing game supplement published by Free League Publishing through the Free League Workshop Community Content Programme for use with Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying.

The supplement is available as a four page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. One page is the front cover and one the credits and related material.

The vaesen follows the same layout as the creatures in the other supplements. First there is some flavour text related to the vaesen, then a description, covering some different Gaelic names she is known why which translate to “fairy lover.” The leannán sídhe attaches herself to an artist, causing them to fall in love with her, inspiring them to brilliance for a short time before the artist dies from having their life force drained by the leannán sídhe.

Following this are details on the leannán sídhe’s characteristics, magical powers, conditions and combat, the ritual needed to repel them and the secret about how to defeat them permanently. In such a case, this doesn’t kill the leannán sídhe; instead, they become a truly devoted lover, inspiring their former victim to greatness without trying to feed on them.

Finally, there are three adventure hooks, naturally all related to artists, for using the leannán sídhe.

Leannan Sidhe – A Creature for Vaesen in Review

The PDF is bookmarked with the major sections linked. Given the length, navigation is good. The text maintains a two-column format and appeared to be free of errors. There are a couple of old public domain illustrations. Presentation is okay.

This is a single new creature for Vaesen, and though it can be used with the core game, it is, given its Celtic nature, more suited for Mythic Britain & Ireland and is, indeed, by the author of that supplement. Leannan Sidhe – A Creature for Vaesen is a useful short supplement that adds a new vaesen and it can be found by clicking here.