Many players eventually find themselves in Dungeons & Dragons and also encounter the Feywild, or at least deal with fairies at some point. However, there are some customs surrounding them that one should know better – one player fell victim to this and is asking the community for advice.
What happened to the player? As LikeMy5thAccountNow shares in his thread on Reddit, he made a fatal mistake in his Dungeons & Dragons campaign. He had bid farewell to a fairy with the words “Have a nice day” and thus left her one of his upcoming good days.
The user is therefore reaching out to the community to find out if others would have decided as his game master did, as he himself would have interpreted the situation differently. He acknowledges that the fairy would get one day from him, but he thought she would rather take one from his past.
But the community shows: The problem with the player’s situation is a very different one.
All a Matter of Interpretation
What does the community think about the situation? In the approximately 356 comments (as of November 14, 2025, 11:20 AM), there are various opinions on the player’s problem. Many users believe that the fairy should not have taken the day, as she would first have needed to ask the player for it.
According to folklore, fairies are primarily tricksters and seize every opportunity to take “gifts” for themselves. However, they also hate being in debt to someone, which is why they mostly “ask” their victims for the gifts.
DarkElfBard comments on this:
You neither said, “You may have one of my nice days,” nor agreed to give someone something. You commanded her: “Have a nice day.”
The reason why “May I have your name?” is a trap is that it asks for your name.
If you had said, “You can/You may…”, that would have left it open to interpretation. But if you simply wish someone a nice day, that will never be understood as them taking one of your nice days.
However, some users also believe that the game master’s decision to take the good day from the player was justified. For if you offer something to fairies, they would always seize the opportunity as soon as it arises, according to their interpretation.
Many commentators also note that most fairies are not such powerful spellcasters that they could alter reality to such an extent and that decisions often stray too far from the rules. Such magical abilities would primarily belong to beings like Archfey and vassals, who could indeed have a long-term influence on memory, perception, and time.
Should the fairy have taken the player’s day? That is indeed left primarily to the individual interpretation of the game master and the players. The rules of Dungeons & Dragons do not have clear rules for this. However, those who want to play particularly rules-conscious should consider beforehand how powerful the fairy the players encounter really is and what spells she knows.
Here it can be helpful to have the stat blocks of suitable fairy creatures on hand and to really only take the spells that are included and “take the gifts” within that framework. Alternatively, you can also create a character of the “fairy” race and choose a suitable class, then decide within that framework. This way you have a little more leeway with the abilities.
That Dungeons & Dragons often allows for significant interpretation even within the rules is also demonstrated by another case in which a group pushes a new mechanic to the limit and even seasoned game masters could be pushed to their limits: “Is this even legal?” – A new form of magic in Dungeons & Dragons causes such high damage that even DMs could be brought to their knees
