A 5E-Compatible Adventure for Characters of 1st–5th Level

I
magine a house
surrounded by a dark, thick
forest. The house is cozy,
familiar, and is filled with all the
creature comforts of home. This
is your space. It’s been there all
of your life. The house is older
than you, but not so old as to be
dusty or antique.
The thick forest outside of
the house is older. Much, much
older than the house. The forest
existed long before the house
was ever built, you think. The
house is tall, but the trees of the
forest are so much taller. The
forest seems familiar too, but it’s
nowhere near as familiar to you
writing Kiel Chenier
as the house. The forest holds color art Egil Thompson
the promise of newness and maps Kiel Chenier
editing James J. Haeck
discovery, but it is also strange
layout Eric Life-Putnam
and alien and other.

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 The house is the Material Plane, where we How did we get here? The Feywild is connected
mortals reside. The forest is the Feywild, a distant to the Material Plane in several ways. Fey
plane of existence that surrounds and envelops Crossings can be found in dense forests populated
the Material Plane, but is kept separate from it. by elves or gnomes, the trees subtly offering a
This is an adventure about visiting the Feywild, path to the faerie realm for those who know how
about being trapped in a strange land among to seek it. Fairy rings—circles of mushrooms—are
strange people, trying to get home or trying to often signs of places where the veil between
become acclimated to the strangeness of this place. worlds is thin and can be lifted. Finally, portals to
The players either willingly or accidentally arrive the Feywild can be created and held by those with
in the palace of an immortal Archfey princess who enough skill in arcane magic.
holds the key to them getting back home … but ▶▶ If you are using the article “Over the Next

will only relinquish that key once they’ve satisfied Hill: Summerwine Creek”* or the adventure
her childish desires and curiosities. “Ildwych’s Crystal Castle”** as a jumping
off point, you can use Summerwine as a
temporary fey crossing, following Fey Prince
Background Ildwych as he leaves the Material Plane with
What is the Feywild? The Feywild is the native any or all of his retainers.
home of all manner of fey creatures, including ▶▶ The party can stumble into the Feywild

fairies, pixies, nymphs, dryads, satyrs, and most accidentally during a hexcrawl or wilderness
importantly true elves, the immortal ancestors of exploration part of the game in deep, ancient
high elves, wood elves, and drow. All manner of forests.
beasts and beauties from mortal fairy tales call the ▶▶ A random PC (specifically any elves, half-

Feywild their home. elves, or gnomes) might inherit a full length

The Feywild are ruled by a series of immortal magic mirror from a distant fey relative.
monarchs called the Archfey. They are the closest The mirror itself is a portal to Hedgegrove,
thing to deities the Feywild have; much higher in though no amount of magical research can
station than true elves and fairies, but still lower tell players that the portal is one-way only.
than actual gods. The Archfey are complex and ▶▶ If your ongoing game has a recurring villain,

inscrutable beings, though mortals and less clever have them set a trap for the PCs that will
fey tend to put them into two categories: those of imprison them within the Feywild. While the
the Summer Court, and those of the Winter Court. region doesn’t appear dangerous, the villain
Neither are as good or evil (or as Good or Evil) as is certain the PCs will not be able to escape
they claim to be, and neither should be trusted. from its clutches.
The lands themselves are indistinct and ever
changing, a beautiful but dangerous collection of
haunted woods, snowy peaks, and gorgeous sun- * James Haeck, “Over the Next Hill: Summerwine Creek,” EN World
dappled meadows. Their true layout is beyond EN5ider, https://www.patreon.com/posts/over-next-hill-6110603
the comprehension of most mortal folk, and few ** Brandes Stoddard, “Ildwych’s Crystal Castle,” EN World EN5ider,
maps of the Feywild exist. https://www.patreon.com/posts/ildwychs-crystal-6595109

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Who is Princess Dandelion? A lesser Archfey of The Feywild is also inhabited by the True Elves,
the Summer Court, Princess Daneliean Dandelion the fey progenitors of the elven race. The graceful
is the nominal ruler of Hedgegrove, the maze features of elves that humans find so enticing
city of trade and tribute. She was put in charge are heightened to unsettling extremes within the
of Hedgegrove as punishment over a perceived True Elves; their skin is smooth as glass, their
slight to the Summer Court, and has been its movements so elegant as to be dreamlike, and
ruler for almost 7,000 years. She feels stifled by their eyes so piercing you fear you can keep no
the near-endless hedge maze that surrounds her, secret from them. True Elf NPCs use High Elf
and wields her power as ruler like a petulant statistics.
child. Quick to anger and insult, but also easily Hedgegrove is the common name for the
distracted by flights of fancy and fascinations. topiary hedgemaze town ruled by Princess
Dandelion, an Archfey of the Summer Court.
How does this adventure begin? The PCs pass Hidden within the towering walls of green
through a fey crossing, arriving in a heap in front are shops, markets, and bazaars of every kind
of the throne of Princess Daneliean Dandelion. imaginable.
Wherever the PCs were trying to go, and whoever Hedgegrove lays somewhere in the heartland
they were trying to chase down, isn’t here. Instead, of the Feywild, right on the border between the
they are the captive audience of a petulant, semi- gilded summer lands and the chill winter lands.
divine Archfey who demands to know how they It is a town that none of the Archfey have a high
came to be in her throne room. Though the PCs’ opinion of, but that every civilized person on the
excuses can sway Dandelion’s temperament, plane visits at least once: a place of necessity.
she invariable decides to be lenient with them—
provided they can complete a grand collection of How Do Fey Feel About Non-Fey?
quests on her behalf. It’s all very storybook logic Natives of the Feywild have mixed feelings on
and strange whimsy. The PCs are allowed to leave, the presence of mortal outsiders. Some view them
provided they promise to return within two days’ as an invasive species to be pushed out, others
time to learn more about these quests. find them to be amusing distractions from the
endless masquerade of courtly business. Most
tend to think of them as a nuisance; to be politely
Setting tolerated until they finally leave. When pressed,
the Fey do have some common beliefs about and
The Feywild and Hedgegrove feelings toward mortal folk:
The Feywild is called many things by its ▶▶ Elves and gnomes are the most tolerated

inhabitants: the Bright, the Truelands, the and treated the best. They are awkwardly
Everwood, and so on. Only mortal outsiders, and welcomed like distant cousins who left home
fey who have spent an great deal of time in the to pursue something foolish. That they are
mortal world, call it the Feywild. Most fey look still alive and well is a pleasant surprise.
at folk who use the word like backwards country ▶▶ Humans and tieflings are treated like curious

bumpkins (imagine calling the ocean the “really foreigners. Their strange accents and weird
big puddle” or a castle the “big stone house”). customs are funny. Fey natives bite their lips
The Feywild are home to fairies, pixies, satyrs, and tongues in their presence, trying to stifle
dryads, and sylvan elves (here called True Elves). their laughter.
This adventure also makes reference to the races
detailed in the EN5ider article Peoples of the * Michael Ohl, “Peoples of the Fey Realms,” EN World EN5ider,
Fey Realms: fawns, spriggans, and gremlins.* https://www.patreon.com/posts/peoples-of-fey-6149393

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 ▶▶ Halflings, half-orcs, and most other races are ▶▶ Fey Village Crossings are big open squares
treated the way most city folk treat as the filled with shops, markets, and food vendors.
poor, the homeless, or the crippled; at best They sell most basic equipment from the
they are pitied and ignored. At worst they Core Rules. Their prices are triple those
are actively forgotten, treated as if they do listed in the book, but trades are often
not exist. accepted (see the Random Fey Trade Request
▶▶ Dwarves are outright scorned, and often table, below).
barred from entering establishments. Only ▶▶ Ley Line Intersections are spots that are

the most perverse or fetishistic Fey welcome magically aligned with the Rose Palace.
a dwarf into their homes (and often only These spots are free of random encounters,
because they want to sleep with them). though existing encounters can move or
chase others into them. In addition, native
spellcasters can open portals from one Ley
Using the Map Line Intersection to any other, allowing for
Hedgegrove is a literal maze, and travelling faster travel. Any non-native creature who
through it without getting lost is almost uses these portals must make a roll on the
impossible. Moving through Hedgegrove is Fey Oddity Table, below.
similar to dungeon crawling: there are path ▶▶ Topiary Gates are the only physical

choices, random encounters, and numerous entrances and exits to Hedgegrove. The
obstacles. gates are made of five feet of interwoven
▶▶ Walls are green hedges, 100 feet tall, and heartwood branches, and are stronger than
often hundreds of feet thick. Their brush is steel. They are patrolled by 2d6 True Elf
loose enough to push into and hide inside guards and 1d4 random topiary beasts
of, but getting out requires a DC 15 Strength (brown bear, tiger, elephant, giant spider,
(Athletics) check. Failure results in that PC dire wolf, warhorse, etc). These beasts have
making a roll on the Fey Oddity Table below. resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and
The walls can be climbed with four slashing damage from non-magical attacks,
successive DC 17 Strength (Athletics) checks. but are vulnerable to fire damage.
The hedge walls change shape to avoid ropes
and grappling hooks, making climbing via Moving Through Hedgegrove
rope impossible. Climbing the walls and/or ▶▶ Assume PCs are able to move 500 feet per
walking atop the hedges is a jailable offence. turn, unless in combat or dealing with a non-
▶▶ The Maze Roads are 20 feet wide at their chase encounter.
slimmest, and 30 feet wide at their widest. ▶▶ Roll for a random encounter every 1,000

The Maze has no ceiling, and is constantly feet traveled (see the Random Hedgegrove
exposed to the sky. The weather around Encounters table, below).
Hedgegrove is perpetually twilight, unless ▶▶ Every Hedge Tenement has 1d6 random

otherwise stated. shops at street level. These shops and

storefronts are nestled into the hedges,
and can sometimes be difficult for non-fey
creatures to notice. Only roll for them as the
players ask about what shops or buildings
are around them. Roll on the Random
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Random Fey Trade Request
d12 Will Trade Your Desired Thing For:
1 A single foodstuff from the Material Plane. If you don’t have any non-Fey food with you, then a complete recipe for a
Material Plane dish.
2 1 hour of emotional abuse from a PC. Really, the trader wants to be insulted and belittled.
3 A passionate kiss from someone whose heart belongs to another. This kiss might (50% chance) erase all memory of
that loved one from the PC’s mind.
4 All of the PC’s clothes and armor. They must leave the trade naked in order to get what they want. The fey don’t share
human social mores about nudity, and think it’s incredibly funny to see them get worked up over it.
5 Seven years of future life. The trader siphons life from a PC, instantly aging them by seven years.
6 Your sense of taste. The trader dulls your tongue, taking away your ability to taste things.
7 Your precious knowledge. The trader magically removes 1 randomly determined skill from a PCs character sheet, and
transfer the training in that skill to themselves. This effect is permanent.
8 A powerful spell. The trader will take one random spell known to a magic-using PC. This spell is now stripped from
them and cannot be relearned. If there are no spellcasters present, roll again.
9 A precious possession. Any one item the PCs are carrying that has some kind of value to them. Through this trade, the
trader can now hear anything said aloud by the PC who possessed the item.
10 A new story. The trader wants to be told a tale of the PCs prior exploits. They will take care to remember the names and
descriptions of other characters in the story, and will now be able to reach out to them on the Material Plane.
11 A drop of blood. What the trader wants with this blood, they do not reveal. Whatever it is, it can’t be anything good.
12 A treasured item. The trader wants a magical item from the PCs. If the PCs do not currently have a magical item, the
trader will accept the highest-priced item in their possession.
All of the mechanical changes caused by these trades are permanent, and cannot be reversed or cured with magic or healing.

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Random Specific Shops
d20 Type of Shop Owner Name Owner Race Owner Personality
1 Bakery Twee True Elf Gruff, inarticulate, rude.
2 Butcher Al’Falfalar
3 Rope-Maker Gallas Manic, embarrassed, shy.
4 Apothecary Ridachio
5 Blacksmith Fel’anoné Effete, mincing, fancy.
6 Jewelers Beenis
7 Curio Dealers Jaqueline Monotone, bored, tired.
8 Cobbler Harleena
9 Winery Aoleth Pleasant, friendly to PCs.
10 Animal Shelter Al’madath
11 Cheesemaker Cindrahal True Gnome Jolly, friendly to PCs.
12 Barber Cindraxus
13 Brothel Tel’Caileth As if in a trance, distant.
14 Clothing Outfitter Tel’Marxas Nymph
15 Hatter Pious Sarcastic, sardonic, sad.
16 Gambling Hall Merataxus
17 Glassworks Grim Mary Satyr Depressed, helpful to PCs.
18 Fortune Teller Lady Bones Pixie
19 Candlemaker Sir Numbers Dryad Lecherous, smarmy, gorgeous.
20 Tailor Lady Morningstar Earth Elemental
Each shop contains at least one of each thing the players think is associated with the kind of shop it is (ingredients, tools, merchandise,
etc.). Once that shop has sold or gotten rid of one of that thing, it no longer carries it. Unless otherwise stated, assume all shopkeepers
are disinclined to help or assist the PCs.

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Fey Oddity Table
d20 Result
1 Faerie Eyes. Your pupils widen and stretch like a goat’s.
2 Bark Skin. Your skin hardens like tree bark.
3 Skin Sprouts. Little clovers sprout from your skin like a rash.
4 New Teeth. You lose 1d6 teeth, which are slowly replaced by new, sharper ones, like a shark’s.
5 Queer Stomach. After eating anything your stomach becomes bloated and distended. You feel ill. This lasts for 1d4
hours after eating.
6 Glittered Freckles. Your face is dotted by distinctive reflective spots.
7 Fair Hair. Your hair’s color fades, turning a distinctive shade of blonde.
8 Greenest. Your skin becomes photosynthetic and deep green in color.
9 Frightfully Fair. Your skin and hair lightens until it is the color of fresh snow.
10 Refined Voice. You adopt a particularly regal and annoying Fairy accent.
11 Altered Forebrain. Your brain rewires itself to Fey designs, causing you to think very Fey thoughts now and again.
Once per day, the GM can give you disadvantage on any d20 roll.
12 Small Stature. Your body shrinks until you are half your normal size. Your possessions do not shrink with you.
13 Fey Bones. Your bones hollow out like a bird’s. Your speed increases by 5 feet, but you are vulnerable to bludgeoning
damage.
14 Fey Scent. Your nose lengthens and your nostrils widen. You have advantage on checks involving smell.
15 Crone’s Aura. All manner of children are frightened of you and despise you on sight.
16 Archfey Curse. Every living thing you touch must make a DC 7 Constitution saving throw. Failure causes it to turn to
glass.
17 Brain Leaking. A semi-common word (bottle, laundry, hatred, coils, etc) becomes cursed for you. Every time you hear
that word, you are afflicted by hideous laughter (Wisdom save DC 10).
18 Primal Fear. The target fears the image of the moon. Seeing the moon or anything in its image forces you to make a
DC 10 Wisdom saving throw or become frightened for 1d4 minutes.
19 Magically Numb. All magic affects you half as much; all healing, damage, durations, etc., are reduced by half.
20 Magically Sensitive. All magic affects you doubly so; healing, damage, durations, etc., are doubled.
These oddities act almost like mutations. They are permanent so long as those afflicted remain in the Feywild. Upon returning to the Ma-
terial Plane, they disappear after 1d4 months. They cannot be removed with any kind of magic. Fey creatures like elves, half-elves, and
gnomes are immune to these effects. These oddities have a chance of appearing after doing any of the following (roll 1d100 to check):
• Eating a meal made from ingredients native to the Feywild (50%).
• Having romantic contact or sex with a native of the Feywild (70%).
• Passing through a Hedgegrove portal (90%).

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Roll for an encounter every 1,000 feet the player or disruptive on the streets. Not every encounter
characters travel in Hedgegrove. You may also may result in combat, but each is designed to take
roll for one whenever the PCs exit a portal into up the PCs’ time and attention. They should not
Hedgegrove, or if they are being particularly loud be easily walked past or ignored.

Random Hedgegrove Encounters

d100 Encounter
01–02 2d6 rampaging topiary black bears flood the streets, knocking over carts, charging straight for you. If avoided/de-
feated, a small gnome calls for guards and claims that you caused them to go wild.
03–20 No encounter. A moment of tranquil twilight in the never ending maze. One character gains inspiration from this
brief respite.
21–22 Three True Elf thugs have a tiger made of living jade tied up, and are trying to carrying it into a nearby alley. A fourth
elf moves up to the party and hands them a ruby (500 gp) and says, “You didn’t see anything.” The tiger has resis-
tance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from all attacks.
23–24 Two pixie shopkeepers argue in the streets over an overturned cart of fruit. Both shopkeepers turn to the party, ask-
ing them to settle their dispute over who is to blame. If the PCs take a side, they anger the other shopkeeper, who is
a mage.
25–26 The walls of the hedge maze suddenly grow outwards, enclosing that block and trapping everyone inside. The walls
themselves seem to weep and wail because the PCs want to leave them. They won’t part again until consoled and
cheered up.
27–28 A fey dormouse squeaks at you from the wall, pleading for help. Her father is very sick and she requires medicine or
magical healing for him to get well. If the PCs help her, all other future encounters with fey dormice will be favorable.
29–30 A very confused and pale True Elf bumps into you, apologizing quietly. They are gorgeous but frail looking, and they
attempt to steal a major item or big coin purse from one of the PCs with a +10 to Sleight of Hand. If caught, she can’t
remember why she was thieving. She’s the victim of a pair of Archfey mages who bewitch commoners into stealing.
31–32 A parade of drunk gnomes and satyrs march through the streets, drinking and reveling in some unknown victory.
The cloud of booze smell that accompanies them is enough to get anyone who passes through it drunk (DC 20 Con-
stitution saving throw).
33–34 A pixie flies right into the face of one of the PCs. He drops a tiny bag he was carrying, flying off without noticing its
absence. The bag contains magical apple seeds that, if thrown to the ground will cause a huge apple tree to sprout
up in an instant.
35–36 A group of 2d4 gnome thieves (spies) leap down from the hedge walls in a planned and well-coordinated attack
against the PCs. They’re working for the Queen of Air and Darkness, leader of the Winter Court.
37–38 A wizened elf shopkeeper notices a particularly martial PC and offers them a battle-hardened fey panther mount for
only 250 gp. The panther is loyal to the PCs, but is being hunted by a pack of wild fey panthers.
39–40 A powerful fey noble of the same sex aggressively pursues one of the PCs with offers of romance.
41–42 The street parts to reveal a young elven girl who’s been stabbed in the back. If approached, she arises, completely
unaffected, and puts a golden locket into one of the PCs’ hands. Moments later guards arrive, ready to kill her.
43–44 Party passes a group of fey nobles buying rare giant hashish from a gang of bandits. They both attack the PCs, want-
ing them dead so as to not expose them.
45–46 A strange festival is taking place. Everyone in the street is wearing masks of one kind or another. If the PCs are caught
without masks, the street goers confront them and demand they sing in order to pass. Refusal leads to a crossfire of
thrown tomatoes.
47–48 A group of pixies insist the party joins their gambling circle. They play a dice game. One player rolls 1d6, the GM rolls
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d100 Encounter
49–50 The ground caves in beneath the party, depositing them into a swampy pit filled with 3d4 snakes. Each snake has
tiny gems for eyes (35 gp each).
51–52 A random PC must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw. Failure causes them to accidentally step on and crush a
pixie food stand, destroying it. The pixie owner, holding two babies, demands the PC pay 200 gp for the damages.
53–54 A fierce wind blows through the streets. This wind lasts for 1d4+2 hours. It halves movement and grants disadvan-
tage to most rolls and checks. People take refuge in nearby shops. The crowding creates conflict and arguments.
55–56 Five Summer Court fey nobles accost a group of dryads, verbally lambasting them for getting in their way. The dry-
ads look pleadingly to the party for assistance and help.
57–58 A nearby shop explodes in a cascade of green flame, which spreads along the hedge wall. Everyone passing by must
make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or take 3d6 damage from magical fire, or half as much on a successful save.
The explosion was an attack by Winter Court radicals.
59–60 The entire street has been hypnotized by a passing dryad’s song. Make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw to avoid being
charmed as well. The dryad leads those she hypnotizes to a nearby alley, where a hungry treant waits to devour
them.
61–62 The party happens upon a seemingly abandoned and smashed food cart. Five glimmerberry pies lay on the ground,
perfect and unspoiled. These pies are worth 300 gp to anyone who would buy them, and are considered a delicacy
by nobles and Archfey.
63–64 A swarm of 2d6 giant honey bees (stats as giant bat) descends on the street. They buzz around, confused, picking up
and carrying off unsuspecting commoners. A group of them swarms up to the PCs.
65–66 A leyline ruptures. Gravity upends itself and reverses on the street, causing things to float around.
67–68 A litter carrying Archfey nobles on their way to the Rose Palace crosses your path. The litter stops and the noblewom-
an within beckons the PCs approach. She asks if you would be willing to participate in a trick on Princess Dandelion,
and can reward you with safe passage to the Material Plane if you agree. The noblewoman gives you a vial of poison
to sneak into the princess’ food or drink. She assures you it is non-lethal, but it is actually intended to kill her.
69–70 A sprite pickpocket attempts to steal your gold.
71–72 The most attractive person one PC has ever seen (roll on the random shop table for their name/race/personality)
crosses the party’s path. They are being marched through the street by guards, on their way to be put in the stocks
for a crime they didn’t commit.
73–74 A devoted satyr servant mistakes a random PC for their missing master. The satyr is overjoyed to see them and will, if
willing, take them back to their home four blocks away, giving them the key to this place.
75–76 Thorny vines erupt from the earth to ensnare everyone in the street. The whole street becomes difficult terrain.
78–79 A mad elf stumbles naked through the street, ranting and raving about how Hedgegrove is doomed because there is
an evil army of Winter Court soldiers marching to burn it down. The elf seizes a random PC and shakes them, crying
“You believe me, don’t you?!”
80–81 A limping blink dog follows the party, hungry and slobbering.
82–83 A shopkeeper pulls a random PC aside to tell them about the tremendous savings in his shop. He secretly plants a
poisoned dagger in their bag. If the PCs are stopped by guards in the future and the dagger is found, they will be ac-
cused of murder and jailed.
84–85 A wealthy and kinky elf couple stop a random PC, inviting them to spend the night with the two of them. If they
agree, they will be rewarded handsomely in riches (1,000 gp in fey jewelry), but the PC must roll twice on the Fey
Oddity table after their night of congress.
86–00 The Wild Hunt appears! A group of animal-masked riders charge through the streets, cutting down anyone who gets
in their way. At the moment, they are hunting for a person who matches the description of one random PC. See the
Wild Hunt quest (Quest 2, below) for details.

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Main Quests Part 1: Briefing
Princess Daneliean Dandelion has the power to At the Rose Palace, the princess informs the
send the player characters back to the Material players of the situation. She wants them to find
Plane, but is unwilling to do so until they offer out what’s taking her slippers so long to be
their services to her in exchange. She has five finished and delivered. More than that, she would
specific things in mind for the PCs to accomplish: like them to be found and delivered straight to
five little favors and tasks that are either beyond her. She describes the undelivered slippers as she
her ability to solve, or beneath one of her station. expects them (silken, rose pink, with princess cut
Each quest should take 2–3 hours of play to gems set into the heels), and describes Frendamus’
complete, but may be completed faster by clever appearance and mannerisms to them (“short,
players or players who charge through any/all nervous, fidgety, has a high pitched laugh—such
roleplaying interactions. a silly little thing”). She also provides rough
directions to Frendamus’ shop.
Quest 1: Recover the Royal Slippers Roll 1d4 directly onto the Hedgegrove map.
The princess ordered a pair of custom slippers Whichever hedge tenement the “bottom” most end
be made by her favorite cobbler in Hedgegrove. of the dice points to is the location of the cobblers.
The slippers should be finished by now, but the
cobbler has become evasive in his replies to the Part 2: Investigating the Cobbler’s
princess’ summons. Princess Dandelion wants to The PCs arrive at the cobbler’s to find it has
know what exactly has happened, and why her been broken into. The door’s lock has been
slippers haven’t been delivered yet. melted away with acid, and shoes litter the floor.
The cobbler, a gnome named Frendamus Frendamus can be found weeping silently in the
Tacktallow, had his shop broken into in the night. back of the shop. He is skittish and slow to reveal
The royal slippers were stolen. He is unwilling or admit to anything, seeming to fear for his life.
to come forward with this news, fearing the ▶▶ Charisma. Frendamus admits that he’s the

princess’s reprisal. Her business is the only thing one who the princess commissioned to make
keeping his small shop afloat. her slippers. He reveals they were stolen the
The slippers were stolen by Lydia El’Ranatoth, other night and he doesn’t know what to do.
an elven thief with a grudge against the princess. ▶▶ Intelligence (History). Frendamus fears the

The thief stole the slippers, planning to curse them princess’ wrath, believing that she’ll punish
using a magic scroll she acquired in the market, him for being late with his delivery of her
then returning the cursed slippers in the hopes slippers. Knowing how Archfey behave, this
that they’d be given to the princess, and that she’d is a likely outcome.
be cursed upon putting them on. Unfortunately, ▶▶ Intelligence (Investigation). Looking around

the curse backfired on her. Now, she is trapped in the cobbler’s, it’s clear that only the princess’
her hideout, wearing the cursed slippers which slippers were stolen, suggesting that this
are forcing her to dance until she dies. might not have been an ordinary robbery.
The melted lock suggests a burglar, but not
one savvy enough to use thieves’ tools.
▶▶ Intelligence (Arcana) or detect magic. The

slippers have a mild enchantment that

protects them from wear and tear, which
leaves a faint trail that can be followed.

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Part 3: Tracking the Thief’s Trail Quest 2. Join the Wild Hunt
The thief, Lydia El’Ranatoth, has a hideout that’s Princess Dandelion greatly desires a suckling
1d6+1 hedge tenements “up” from the cobbler’s warthog for a feast she is hosting, and she wants
location. She was seen by a number of nearby the characters to hunt one of these elusive
shopkeeper NPCs, who will point the PCs in warthogs for her. The only way the princess
the right direction if convinced (Persuasion, thinks this could be possible for them is for them
Intimidation, Deception) or bribed (10 gp or more). to join the Wild Hunt.
In addition, the slippers leave a faint magical The Wild Hunt is a never ending hunt that rides
trail that can be followed by either making three throughout Hedgegrove: horrible hunters don
successive Intelligence (Arcana) checks, or casting horrible animal masks and ride horrible horses
detect magic. with human faces, killing all manner of beasts and
Lydia was seen entering a warehouse built into peoples they happen to think are horrible. The
a hedge tenement. The sign outside of it says it Wild Hunt consists of at least two dozen riders, all
houses carts and wagons. Its doors are locked, armed with cold iron pikes and tridents, clad in
and its windows are boarded up from the inside. bloodstained chainmail. Locales believe that the
Hunt is the only form of authority that rivals that
Part 4: Confronting the Thief of the Archfey: anyone who the Wild Hunt kills,
The warehouse is roughly 100 feet by 100 feet, tramples, or abducts must have done something
and is lit by moonlight braziers, most of which to deserve it.
have gone out. Wooden carts and carriages fill The party must join the Wild Hunt, convince
the warehouse, creating several walls within. At them to hunt a warthog, and then leave the
the back of the warehouse is Lydia El’Ranatoth, Wild Hunt without the hunters noticing them,
wearing the stolen slippers. and return the warthog to the Rose Palace.
Lydia is currently dancing the ballet while Alternatively, they can acquire a warthog (or
violently gasping and heaving. She looks ragged something similar) by other, more clever means.
and exhausted. Her feet are bleeding. She begs
anyone who comes near her to make the dancing Part 1: Briefing
stop. It doesn’t take much to get Lydia to explain Princess Dandelion tells the party of the feast
what happened (summarize the opening of this she is planning on hosting very soon. She greatly
quest to your players). The effect of the slippers desires a suckling warthog to be the centerpiece
can be ended for 1 round with a casting of dispel of the feast, but it is an exceedingly rare creature:
magic, which is enough time for Lydia to try to rip a wild tusked pig that’s already cooked, yet still
the slippers off of her feet. Otherwise, the slippers squeals and moves as if it is alive. Only once it’s
are stuck tight to Lydia’s feet and cannot removed skewered does this odd meal stop moving.
without taking extreme measures. The princess is certain that only the Wild Hunt
If the slippers are removed and brought to is capable of finding such a creature on such short
Princess Dandelion, she will take them and thank notice. She believes that the PCs should join in
the PCs for recovering them. If the slippers are not their hunt and convince them to do her bidding.
returned to Princess Dandelion, but the situation To help, she can point out where the Wild Hunt is
is explained, she will throw a bit of a tantrum over currently resting: Roll 1d4 onto the Hedgegrove
not getting to have them, but will eventually calm map. Whichever maze road the “top” most end of
down and thank the PCs for their efforts. the dice points to is the location of the Wild Hunt.

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Part 2: Find the Wild Hunt ▶▶ Investigation. Searching the area for subtle
Once in the area of them, the Wild Hunt isn’t clues like track marks, trails, and other signs
hard to miss: a collection of bloody chainmail of the elusive warthog.
clad warriors wearing animal masks, watering ▶▶ Nature. Guessing at the kinds of hedged

strange shriveled horses with the faces of elves paths a warthog might walk down, or where
and gnomes. it might go to find water.
▶▶ Fey natives don’t often seek the Wild Each of these skill checks has a DC of 12. The
Hunt out themselves, but it does happen Wild Hunt can track the warthog down with little
occasionally. Those who have been wronged trouble, but they want to see what the party is
and seek justice or revenge sometimes look capable of. It’s best to let the players be as creative
for the Wild Hunt, asking to join them if they as they want to be with coming up with uses of
will hunt and kill those who wronged them. their skills.
▶▶ The hunters value displays of bravery, Once the party has found the suckling warthog,
bravado, and cruelty. They are not chivalrous the Wild Hunt quickly chases it down and spears
and they look down upon altruism and it. Now all the party needs to do is abscond with
kindness. The hunters do look favorably it, as the Wild Hunt will be reluctant to let their
upon those who can prove they are strong prize, or the party, leave the Hunt.
and ruthless.
▶▶ The easiest way to get the Wild Hunt to Part 4: Escape
let the party join them is to present them How the party escapes the Wild Hunt is up to
with a challenge. Most of them are familiar them. Sneaking away during a moment of brief
with suckling warthogs, and would relish rest is possible: the Wild Hunt has a collective
the chance to hunt one. Challenging their passive Perception of 16. Outrunning the Wild
abilities and wanting to see proof of their Hunt is harder, but still doable if the party is
hunting skills is a great way to be welcomed clever and uses random encounters along the way
into the Hunt. to their advantage.
The Wild Hunt will not chase the PCs into the
Part 3: Hunt a Warthog Rose Palace. Once they make it there, they are safe.
Actually hunting the warthog is a skill challenge, Provided more than half of the suckling warthog
requiring every party member to suggest a course is presented to her, Princess Dandelion declares
of action that might help track the warthog down the PCs are successful in their quest.
that also correlates with a skill. Such as …
▶▶ Animal Handling. Being able to coax your Part 4.5: Fooling Princess Dandelion
horrible horse into riding harder and faster, While the princess is a powerful Archfey, she isn’t
chasing after the warthog’s scent. above being deceived or fooled by a clever forgery.
▶▶ Athletics. Chasing down the beast yourself If the players think joining the Wild Hunt is too
on foot when it’s close, tackling it to the risky or too dangerous, they can use whatever
ground and pinning it. means available to them to come up with a
▶▶ Deception. Leading the Wild Hunt down a suitable replacement for a suckling warthog.
false path while other party members chase Princess Dandelion makes an Intelligence
down the real warthog. (Investigation) check with a +7 bonus, versus a
▶▶ History. Remembering folktales and lore Charisma (Deception) check made by the party
about these warthogs, and how storied member with the greatest bonus. Other PCs can
heroes caught them in the past. assist with this roll.

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Quest 3: Serve as Entertainment at success. If approached, he will ask a PC
an Archfey Soireé for love advice regardless of whether it’s
This quest should take place shortly after reasonable to think the PC has good advice.
retrieving the suckling warthog for Princess ▶▶ Grimscour, Gremlin Engineer. Works for the

Dandelion. She is preparing to host a feast and Summer Court, male, makes clockwork tools and
party for visiting Archfey and other fey nobility, curiosities. Seeks a wizard or other highly
and would like the PCs to assist her in doing intelligent character to talk shop with, and
so. She requests that they take up a variety is terribly bored by fey soireés. Wants to
of roles that would suit each PC best: serving cause chaos that can’t be traced back to him,
food, serving drinks, playing music, acting as and asks a PC for help stashing a bunch of
entertainment, etc. fireworks in a punchbowl as a gag.
Mortals from the Material Plane are considered ▶▶ Severus, True Elf Dandy. Male, distant

oddities in the Feywild, and Princess Dandelion relative of Dandelion’s, insufferably rich. He is
wants to show the PCs off a bit. She makes it clear a foppish cad who delights in taunting and
that this is to test their resolve and their grace teasing mortals. He’s not especially well
under pressure. She also wants to have the PCs liked by most, though he gets weepy and
serve on them just for kicks. apologetic when drunk.
This is a much more open-ended and roleplay ▶▶ Lurvana, Winter Court Seductress. Archfey,

heavy quest, consisting of a lot of character female, crashing the party. Pure, unbridled
interaction and back and forth conversation and sexual desire made flesh. Lurvana is looking
improvising. Have the players go about their roles, for a good time in a variety of ways. She
interacting with the notable guests below. If this shows no shame and would love to make
doesn’t suit your players, you can opt to make out with a PC in the nearby fountain.
it a skill challenge, or lean more heavily on the She’s terribly bored or anxious in ordinary
dueling and contest parts of the quest. conversation.
Princess Dandelion will consider the soireé a ▶▶ Branchlord, Spriggan Guard Captain.

success if no one is killed and opinion of her in Agender, employed by Dandelion, invited because
the Summer Court hasn’t drastically lessened. It they’re “a real laugh.” Branchlord is a dour,
is left to the GM to find a point to end the party, humorless guardian of Hedgegrove who
but the sudden entrance of the party crasher speaks in a low monotone, but who has
Bel’Ataka can be a suitable climax. a manner of speaking that seems to crack
Dandelion up every time she hears it. Any
Notable Guests: PC who stands up for or commiserates with
▶▶ Leylandra, Summer Court Archduchess. Branchlord earns the spriggan’s respect.
Archfey, genderfluid, Dandelion’s cousin. She ▶▶ Bel’Ataka, True Elf Hero. Wood elf veteran,

actively wants to see her lesser cousin female, crashing the party. Bel’Ataka seeks
humiliated, but she also has a weakness for out the PCs because she’s curious about the
grisly stories of mortal wars on the Material Material Plane. She’s visited it a few times
Plane. Particularly stories of war and combat. and wants to learn more. Bel’Ataka and
▶▶ Whisper, Faun Artist and Poet. Aristocrat, Dandelion do not get along in the slightest.
male, painter and poet of some repute. He wants On top of this, she is eager to challenge
respect from anyone—anyone at all—and is anyone who looks tough to a duel: a fight to
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Quest 4. Help a Hopeless Satyr This quest relies on the players being proactive,
Find Love rather than reactive. They’re the ones who should
There’s a satyr nobleman, the scion of a Summer be coming up with a plan to help Beau find love.
Court house, that Princess Dandelion thinks is a He’s happy to make suggestions and will share
hopeless cause. His name is Beau, and he suffers the names of assorted shopkeepers he thinks are
from an inability to be charming or appealing to cute and that he wishes he could talk to (see the
women. He’s a sad, lonely, isolated, and overly Random Shop Table, above).
nervous nerd.
Princess Dandelion wants the PCs to set him
up on a date, and hopefully find true love. She Conclusion
doesn’t really think that such a feat is possible, (Leaving the Feywild)
but it would amuse her greatly to see it attempted. Once the PCs have completed Princess
He’s waiting downstairs in the Rose Palace for Dandelion’s four quests, or otherwise ingratiated
the PCs to take him out on the town and help him themselves to her in a way that makes her want to
find love—by whatever means they see fit. help them, she will have her court magicians open
Beau is usually short for a satyr. He’s round, a stable portal to the same location on the Material
balding, and has poor table manners and poor Plane where they first entered the Feywild.
social graces. He is creative and has a flair for Dandelion will do whatever she can to convince
poetry and song, but has difficulty speaking to the PCs to stay, but if they insist on leaving she
women or attractive men. He presents himself will thank them for their time and wish them
as straight, but is bisexual and has a particular well. If PCs want to continue to adventure within
weakness for True Elf men. He is quick to the city of Hedgegrove and the Feywild beyond,
become infatuated and fall in love, but won’t Princess Dandelion is more than happy to offer
feel successful until he is loved back in return by them a raincheck on the use of her courtly magic
someone, even if just for a night. to return home. e

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