PALO a INTHE WILD BEYOND THE WITCHLIGHT EYWILD ADVENTURE osCREDITS Project Lead: Christopher Perkins An Director Kate rain ‘Writers: Stacey lla, Will Dee, Ar Leiten, Christopher Pevkins Additional Weng: Julien Camaraza, Belle Farmer, Adam Lee, Taymor Rehman, Mosrigan Robbins Rules Development: jeremy Crawford, Sen Pettsor, Taymoor Rehman Editing: judy Bauer, Kim Modan, Hannah Rose Graphic Designer. Tish Yochure Story Consultan: Patrick Rothfuss CCltural Consultant Shiaw-Ling Lat Cover illustrators: Hydo74, Tyler Jacobson Cartographers: Stacey Alan, Will Doyle Imerior Illustrators: Helder Almeids, Tem Babbey, Mark Behm, Zoltan Bores, Filip Burburan, Christopher Burdett, Paul Seott Canavan, Oawn Catlos, Kai Carpenter, Clin: Cearley,Sidkarth Chaturvedi, Dave René Christensen, Ouarten, Alayna Danner Nikki Dawes, Ate! 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Wesley Schnelder, James Wyatt far. Team Manager: Rchaea Whiters ‘Art Department: Trysian Falcone, Kate rw, Em Tan, Shawn Wood, Tish Yochumn Senior Producer: Dar Tovar Producers: ill Berham, Robert Have, Lea Helect's Director of Product Management: Sehuh Product Managers: Natalie Egan, Chris Lindsay, slaty Ross, Chis Tuach MARKETING. Director of Global Brand Marketing: Brian Perry {Global Brand Manager: Shelly Mazzsnoble Senior Marketing Communications Manager: Greg Tito (Community Manager: Brandy Carvel ON THE Atr-Cover Hydro74 presents Star, a displacer beast kitten that loves adventuring in the Feywild. A wondrous magic iter called the Witchlight vane graces the back cover. etn bol purtenes tc enna eatery th ond don espn you courte do [erhalten hegre fe ms &CONTENTS Introduetion: Into the Feywild Adventure Summary Adventure Structure. Character Advancement Running the Adventur Using the Maps. Using the Story Tracker Tins for Now Dungeon Masters. Feywild Trinkets. Feywild Trinkets table... Backgrounds. : Feylos.. Witchlieht Hand. Raceseenee nen Fairy Harengon, Characrer Traits. Beginning the Adventere. Lost Things | Warlocks Quest. Pronunciation Guide. 21 Ch, 1: Witehlight Carnival. 2 Running This Chapter eas) Carnival Owners. Mister Wich (stat block) Mister Light (tat block. ‘Witehlight Hands... Witehlight Hand (stat block). Carnival Overview Bringing the Carnival o Life Wandering Outsiders. Carnival Locations... Ticket Booth Big Ton. Hubble Pop Teapot Calliooe.. Carousel Treank Sapling (tat bloc) Dragently Rides. Feasting Orchard Gondola Swans Hal of Uusions. Lost Property. Mystery Mine: Pixie Kingdo Silversong Lake ‘Small Stale, Snail Racing. Staff Area... Carnival Events. Meeting Witch and Light. Burly's Plan... Caching Kettestcarn Keitesteam (stat block). Timed Events “Through the Looking Glass Ch. 2:Hither Running This Chapter. Prismeer Overview A Domain Divided, Fricadly Guides. Rules of Conduct aun Children of Prismeer Transforming the Doma. Death in Prismeer Foraging in Prismeer Features of Hither means Arrival i Hiern Random Encountersin Hither... Locations ia Hither. Slanty Tower. Telemy Hill. Brigands'Tolkway Agdon Longscarf (stat block)... Dowstall Where's Bavlorna?.. The Sogay Court Downfall Locations Clapperelaw (stat block) Troe Blight (stat block) Baylorna’s Courage Cottage Locations From Hithec to Thither: Ch. 3 Thither eevee 98 Running This Chapter. 99 Features of Thither 99 Fairy Rings. 99) Wanted Posters 10L Arrival in Thithes 102 Random Encounters in Thither. Locations in Tithe jn Nibie Cave cseecnreonm loz 106 106 Lite Oak ‘ 108 Displacer Beast Kitten (stat block) 108 Sauirt stat block) un Wayward Podleseansur 110 Loomturch, na 43 3 ld Lost Chitren. re) Loomlureh Locations ccscccocoes 113 Flying Rocking Horse (tat bleek).. 121 From Thither to Yoo. 130 Ch. 4: Yon. 132 Running This Chapter. 133 Features of Yon Lightning Rods... Arrival in Yon. ‘Amidor and Gleam... Poiteneila (sat block). 135 Amidor (sat block) ‘Random Eneaunters in Yon Locations in Yon. Lockbury Henge... Fey Beacons. Brigganock Mine... Motherborn.. Entering Motherhorn Approaching Motherhorn Where's Endelyn?. A Tragedy in the Naking. Motherhorn Locations. Leaving Yon a 168) Ch. 5: Palace of Heart's Desire ......170 aie Running This Chapter... Arrival athe Palace Friends and Followers. Exploring the Palace Palace Features... Temporal Stasis. ace Loeations.ern.- asswork Golem (stat block) Ending the Story... Zybiina Comes Alive. ggwily (stat block). Zybilna’s Gita. ‘Appendix A: Magie Items Appendix B: Factions... Hourglass Coven Bavlorna Blightsteam Endelyn Moongrave ‘Skabatha Nightshade League of Malevolence. Kelek Skylla Warduke. Zara. Valor's Call lichorn. Mercion... Molliver. Ringlerua, Strongheart.- Bullywwugs Bullywue Knight Bullywug Royal Campestris. Campestri ‘Swarm of Campestris... Darklings. Darkling, Darkling Ele Giant Dragonty. Giznt Snail Harengons.. Harengon Brigand Harengon Sniper. Quiekling. Redcap. Selenelion Twin Appendix D: Roleplaying Cards Appendix E: Stagefright's Lines Story Tracker4 - UCT INTO THE FEYWILD Wis DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ADVENTURE )) begins in a world of your choosing—per- haps a world af your own creation—then ventures into the Feywild. Also known as the Plane of Faerie, the Feywild is a place of wonder and whimsy ruled by unfettered emotion. Before running this adventure, please read the “Fey. \wild” section in the Dungeon Master's Guide, as it contains useful information about this dusky, fantas tic plane of existence. The information in this book is intended for the DM's eyes only. IF you're planning to play through the adventure with someone else as your DM, stop reading now! ADVENTURE SUMMARY The main antagonists of this story are three hags who collectively form the Hourglass Coven, which is, described in appendix B. These hags are the adop- tive sisters of lgewily, a powerful figure from D&D's past and a key player in the adventure’s unfolding drama. Using an artifect called Iggwilv’s Cauldron, the hags have trapped an archfey named Zybilna in temporal stasis and carved up her fey domain among them. This domain is called Prismeer. To ‘enter it, the characters must first visit the Witch light Carnival, which travels across the Material Plane and appears on the characters’ world once every eight years. The carnival owners are a pair of shadar-kai (elves native 1o the Shadowfell) named Mister Witch and Mister Light, who can help or hin- der the characters’ efforts to reach Prismeer. One of the many novelties of this adventure is that the characters can accomplish their goals without resorting to violence—but only if they're clever. They can fight their way through the adventure as well, but the odds wor’t always be in their favor. ADVENTURE STRUCTURE The characters are drawn into the adventure by one of two adventure hooks, You choose which hook to use, Both hooks are described in “Beginning the Adventure,” later in this introduction Chapter 1 describes the Witchlight Carnival. Hidden somewhere in the carnival is a fey crossing to the domain of Prismeer, but the trick to opening this portal is known only to the carnivals shadar-kai owners, Mister Witch and Mister Light. INTRODUCTION | INTO THE FEYWILD Chapters 2, 3, and 4 describe the carved-up do. mzin of Prismeer, which the hags of the Hourglass Coven have usurped and split into thirds. The char- acters can move between these splinter realms only if they have the right fey guides to help them. Chapter 5 describes the Palace of Heart's Desire, where the archfey Zybilna and her court are frozen in time by the magic of Iégwilt’s Cauldron. The pal- ace is where the characters need to go if they hope to thwart the Hourglass Coven by freeing Zybilna or destroying the cauldron The book concludes with several appendices Wherein you'll find rules for new magic items, stat blocks for new creatures, and other goodies. At the end of the book is a Story Tracker you can use to keep track of story developments 2s they occur, Ad vice on how to use the Story Tracker appears later in this introduction. CHARACTER ADVANCEMENT The adventure assumes that the characters start at Ist level, IFyour players are more interested exploration and social interaction than combat. or if you want to make the characters’ Feywild excursion less dangerous, have them start at 3rd level insicad. ‘Advancement is handled the same way regardless. In this adventure, the characters receive experi ‘ence points for achieving milestones rather than defeating monsters: Entering a Hag’s Realm, Whenever the charac- ters enter a hag's realm (Hither, Thither, or Yon) for the first time, everyone in the party receives ‘enough XP to advance I level. For example, when, the characters leave the Witchlight Carnival and arrive in Hither for the first time, they gain a level. Encountering a Hag. After the characters encoun tera hag of the Hourglass Coven for the first time, everyone in the party who survives the encounter receives enough XP to advance 1 level. Freeing Zybilna. If the characters free Zybilna from temporal stasis or destroy [gguily’s Cauldron, everyone in the party receives enough XP to ad vanee 1 levcl. Ifyou follow this method of character advance- ment, characters who start the adventure at Ist level might reach 8th level by the adventure’s conclusion.RUNNING THE ADVENTURE To run the adventure, you need the ith edition core rulebooks (Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, and Monster Manual). Text that appears in 2 box like this is meant to be read aloud or paraphrased forthe players when their characters fist arrive ata location or under a specific circumstance, a: described in the text. The Monster Menual contains stat blocks for most of the creatures encountered in this adventure. When a creature’s name appears in bold type, that’s visual cue pointing you to its stat block as a way of saying, “Hey, DM, you'd better get this creature's stat block ready. You're going to need it” Ifthe stat block is not from the Monster Manual, the adven- {ure’s text tells you where (0 find it. Spells and equipment mentioned in the adventure arc described in the Player's Handbook. Magic items are described in the Dungeon Master's Guide unless the adventure’s text directs you to appendix A. Ustnc THE Mars This book contains a fold-out, double-sided poster map and several interior maps. These elements are further described in the sections that follow. PosTER MAP The adventure lots you know when it's safe to show your players either side of the double-sided ‘poster map, One side of the poster map shows the Witehlight Carnival and a Time Tracker, to help you track the passage of time as the characters explore the car- nival. Certain carnival events occur only when the Time Tracker reaches a certain point. Though it’s not necessary, your group can place tokens or mit iatures on the map to keep track of where the char: ‘acters are in the carnival at any given time. ‘The reverse side of the poster map shows the Feywild domain of Prismeer, now divided into three splinter-realms called Hither, Thither, and Yon, Lodged between them is the Palace of Heart's De sire—the home of Prismeer’s archiey ruler, Zybilna, This side of the map is meant to be shared with the players once the characters reach the palace, from ‘where they can look out over the whiole domain. DM-riendly versions of this map appear in chapters 2, 3, and 4, to help you track the party's progress through Prismeer’s splinter realms. InTERIOR Maps Maps that appear in this book are for your eyes only. As the characters explore locations on a given map, you can redraw portions of the map on graph paper, a weecrase mat, oF another surface to help your players visualize locations that might have unusual shapes or features. Your hand-drawn maps need not be faithful to the originals, and you can alter a map’s features as you see fit. Nordo your maps need tobe painstakingly rendered. You can omit details that are not readily visible (such as secret doors and other hidden features) until the characters are able to detect and interact with them. Slopes and Staircases. An arrow on a slope or Staircase always points in the ascending direction LanpMarxs Not To Scate ‘The poster map of Prismeer and the interior maps ‘of Hither, Thither, and Yon show important land- marks that are described in the text. These land- marks are not drawn to scale, Usinc THE Story TRACKER ‘This adventure uses a Story Tracker, a copy of which is included at the back of this book: The Story: Tracker is a note-keeping too! to help you remember important information about the characters and their accomplishments, ‘At various times in the adventure, you will be ad- vised to jot down information on the Story Tracker, as events that happen in earlier chapters can give characters an advantage in later chapters. The Story ‘Tracker also allows you to record important details. For example, if character falls under a curse, no!- ing the specifics of the curse on the Story Tracker ‘might remind you of the effect. INTRODUCTION | INTO THE FEYWiLD at S yUnicorn Horn A lost unicorn horn plays an important part in the adventure. Iis location is determined randomly by rolling on the Unicorn Horn's Location table. Once you determine where the horn is, record its location on the Story Tracker. The horn belongs to a unicorn named Elidon, who ‘was captured and transformed into a rocking horse by the Hourglass Coven. For more information about Elidon, see area L6 in chapter 3 Unicorn Horn's Location 48 Location 1. Offered forsale a Trinket, Bauble, and Charm’s in Downfall (see area D10 in chapter 2) 2 Hidden among the coals under Bavlornas caul- ron (see 2rea D18 in chapter 2) 3 Stolen by Wil of the Feywild and kept in Little Oak (see “Encounters in Thither” in chapter 3) 4 Hidden in one of the cupboards of Loomiurch (Gee area 110 in chapter 3) 5 Inthe possession of Archillus the peryton (see “Fey Beacons” in chapter 4) 6 Inthe possession of Skyila the warlock (see area MID in chapter 4) 7 Inthe possession of Shon the librarian (see area 2B in chapter 5) 8 — Tucked ina wooden chest by Iggrik the quasit (see area P31 in chapter 5) INTRODUCTION | INTO THE FEY WILD Tis FOR New DUNGEON Masters Most of this book is for the DM's eyes only, since it’s full of secrets that your players won't discover until you run the adventure for them. That said, the adventure contains a lot of information that can be shared with the players at specific times, as. cussed below. NEw CHARACTER OPTIONS During character creation, you can allow your play- ers to read the new backgrounds and race options that appear in this introduction, if youre comfort- able with allowing these options in your game, Macic ITEM DEscriPTIoNs When the characters acquire a new magic item and figure out what it does (see “Identifying a Magic tem” in the Dungeon Master's Guide), give that item's description to the players. Sraristics Creature stat blocks should be kept hidden from the players until circumstances warrant otherwise, as discussed below. Armor Class. When characters make attacks against a creature, you compare those attacks to the ereature’s Armor Class to determine whether the attacks hit. After a certain number of hits and. misscs, players can usually pinpoint a creature's AC on their own. However, in the interest of speeding ‘up combat, you can divulge a ereaturc’s AC onec the characters have hit the creature at least once, allow. ing players to know without asking if aitacka made against the creature hit or miss. Hit Points. I's better not to tell players how many hit points a creature has. However, you can give the players a sense of how well they're doing against the ereature by describing, in narrative terms, how hurt the creature is. For example, ifthe creature has fewer than halfits hit points remaining, you can describe it as being badly wounded or on the ropes. Such information gives the players a sense of accomplishment and might spur them to press the attack. On the other hand, if the characters aren't putting much of a dent in the creature's hit points, cither because it has a lot of them ort has a trait such as Regeneration, it's a good idea to let the play’ ers know thatthe creature looks like it can take a lot more punishment. That information alone might encourage the players to consider a change of plan, such as a tactical retreat Damage. Players neetl you to tell them how much damage their characters take and what type of dam- age itis. Whenever the adventure presents damage that is variable, it shows the average damage first. followed by a die expression in parentheses, like this: 10 (@d6), You decide whether to use the averageor roll the dice. Using average damage speeds up play, but it might feel less exciting, and players can take advantage of its predictability. Rolling the dice takes more time but can yield more volatile results. In the interest of faimess, commit to one approach ‘or the other for the duration of an encounter or game session. Abilities, Strengths, and Weaknesses. As their characters fight a creature, players expect to learn more about the creature's strengths, weaknesses, and abilities, t's okay to share such information with them as it becomes apparent. For example, you can describe a creature’s wounds closing up when it regenerates. ‘Characters don’t need to fight a ereature to know certain facts about it. For example, a character who has the Witehlight hand background and chose a sprite for a carnival companion would know a lot about sprites, including their ability to turn invisible Similarly, if character intuits that a treant, being a creature made of wood. has vulnerability to fire damage, just smile faintly and say, “That’s a reason able hypothesis” If the treant takes double damage from a fireball spell, be sure to let players know how badly the fire hurt it Don't be afraid to dole out information to char ters who have the applicable knowledge. If you're not sure whether the characters possess such knowledge, have them make an Intelligence check (ee the Dungeon Master's Guide for more guidance about ability checks), and share the information if ‘one or more characters succeed on the check. Dice Rous Many DMs like to roll their dice in the open, for all the players to see, to maintain transparency. Other DMs prefer to roll dice behind a screen to maintain suspense. Either approach is fine Even DMs who conceal their dice rolls divulge certain results. For example, when a crea ture scores a critical hit against a character, i customary to let the player know that their character just tooka particularly nasty hit before revealing hhow much damage was dealt, It okay to ask one of your players to make a die roll for you. For example, ifyou plan to use one of this adventure’s random encounters, you can have a player roll to determine what the characters encoun- ter, rather than making the roll yourself. Story INroRMATION Important information that doesn't appear in boned text is usually communicated to players through roleplaying. As the DM, you roleplay all the creatures that the characters encounter in the adventure, Many of the DM-controlled creatures, {also called nonplayer characters, or NPCs) in this MaKinc Mistaxes Dungeon Masters are fallibe, just Ike everyone e and even the most experienced DW's make mistakes. Ifyou everlaok, Forget, or mistepresent something. ‘correct yourself and move on, Ths ie big adventur with lots of aterconnecting elements; ro one expects you to internalize or memorize every aspect oft. AS long as your players are having fun, eve’yihing willbe just ine. adventure know information that the characters can Icarn through inquiry. The adventure outlines the most likely circumstances under which a creature «will share what it knows. The adventure describes important creatures in detail, while creatures of lle consequence get no more than a passing reference. As such, you have enough information to bring important creatures to life, but not so much that it becomes. chore to re member all the details. The adventure seldom goes +0 far as to describe what a creature sounds like, nor does it reveal everything that a creature might say or do. You're expected (o improvise and bring, creatures to life as best you can. For example, the adventure describes Mister Light (one of the owners of the Witchiight Carnival) as a famboyant figure, but you get to decide what his voice sounds like and how he reacts to a given situation, based on what the adventure says about him. You can also ignore ‘what the text says and roleplay Mister Light or any other creature as you sce fit Roleplaying Aids. Appendix B contains informa- tion that will help you roleplay a handful of impo ant DN-controlled characters whose actions propel and shape the narrative of the adventure. The cards in appendix D serve much the same purpose but are optional; they provide roleplaying notes for s eral other colorful characters who aren't as pivotal. You can photocopy these cards, cut them out, and Keep them in a handy stack behind your DM screen, soried alphabetically or grouped by chapter. (The latter option works beticr if you expect the current game session to focus entirely on one chapter of the adventure) FEYWILD TRINKETS ‘The Feywild Trinkets table that follows offers a se- lection of trinkets appropriate for Feywild-themed adventures such as this one, Players whose charac: ters have the feylost or Witchlight hand background can roll on this table instead of the Trinkets table in the Player's Handbook to determine what trinkets their characters possess, The adventure includes few encounters that require you (o roll on the table to determine what random trinkets the characters find in key locations, INTRODUCTION | INTO THE FEYWiLDFEYWILD TRINKETS 100 Trinket ©1 Cookie cutter shaped like @ unicorn 02 Two yew rings linked together 03 Sikerhand mirror with = nymph shaped handle (04 Painted wooden key whose teeth change configu ration every day at dawn 05 Delicate silver cameo with pictures oftwin chil- dren opposite one another 06 Golden pendant charm shaped like a leprechaun G7 Tiny wooden bos containing 2 croquet set sized for pixies or sprites 08 Tiny pair of sharp, ron scissors 08 Chess piece shaped like 2 dancing satyr wearing a bishop's hat and clutching a gnarled staff 10 Saltshaker shaped like a wizaid's tower Ti Crystal orb that allows an elf who holds it to sleep 12 _ Pendant that shows the phases of the moon 13 Large iron fingernail 14 Tinyelectrum whistle that only Fey can hear 15 Wooden jigsew puzzle piece as big as a saucer, with 2 painted image of ajug on it 16 Spool of glistening silverthread 17 Sheet of musie that goblins ind upsetting when they hear it played or sung 18 Rotten ogre’s tooth with the Elvish glyph for tched into it 19 Vitrified eye ofa displacer beast 20 Tiny duskwood coffin containing the ashes ofa troll 21 Old invitation to banquet in the Summer Court, ‘written in ink en vellum in Sylvan 22 Gossamer shaw that glows faintly n moonlight 23 Ball-and-cup tey that plays a short, victorious jin: gle whenever the ball lands in the cup 24 Sprite's skull covered in ink fingerprints 25. Silver fork with the outer tines bent sideways: 26 A soot-stained sock in which a nugget of coal magically appears each day at dawn 27 Tiny wooden stool (sired fora pixie or sprite) that ives splinters to those who held it 28 Tiny clockwork dragontly that slowly beats its wings (but can't fy) when wound up 29 Toyunicon made of wood, painted with bright colors, 30 Pixie plushie that sings when you squeeze it 31 Vinch square painting of e sleeping elf 32 Thimble that helps you daydream when worn INTRODUCTION | INTO THE FEYWILD £100 3 34 35 36 7 38 39 40 4 2 a 44 45 48 47 43 6 50 1 52 3 st 55 5€ 7 58 Trinket Pumpkin cupcake that magically regenerates itself inits paper cup each day at dawa Fake Three-Dragon Ante card depicting a faerie dragon Teacup made fiom a varnished mustroom cap that magically keeps its liquid contents lukewarm Rock that floats and is small enough to hide in your closed fist Tiny bottle filled with rainwater collected from the Feywild ‘Opalescent conch shell that laughs when you hold itto your ear Vial o not drink!” =0Us liquid labeled "Fororian spit, Do ‘Wax candle that roars and ciackles like @ bonfire while fit Potted daffodil that sways when near a source of S-ounce, glass wine bottle that magically reas- sembles itself | minute after being broken Tiny wooden syiph figurehead from a model ship Tiny pumpkin-shaped cauldron carved out of bog, oak ar of