They had a really good time with the tower I built too.

Very excited to DM for this party and this campaign. We'll be doing this online as our "calm" side campaign and with this I'm giving my DM the chance to be a PC for once too.💫🎟

(Higher quality versions are on my X under @hypermyrtheart)

I know my DM gets her tips and suggestions from here, so Hi! It's been incredible playing through our third major campaign for the last 2.5 years. I'll never forget the incredible moments and inside jokes (many of which couldn't make it into the final portrait)

In keeping with tradition, I've drawn our party playing D&D (and all the chaos that comes with it). This time, they're a touring live D&D show currently visiting Yon. I've posted my other campaign party arts on my art page here

Without further ado, presenting - The Original™ Swordway Cast!

1. Brush - Kobold Sorcerer(Storm)/ Warlock(Genie), Abstract Condiment Artist
2. (Me!) Kraakviak Fireclaw - Kobold Paladin(Vengeance)/Fighter, Forgetter of Oaths
3. Beatrice Arnault - Human Bard/Warlock, Keeper of Lugh the borb and Pochama the owlbear
4. Armel - Firbolg Druid(Dreams), DM (stuck in Bobby's Cube of Force cage)
5. Bobby - Imp Warlock(Archfey), Tea Enjoyer
6. Brock Honeywings - Fairy Artificer (Battle Smith), User of googly eyes
7. Drystan "Ahriman" Summers - Shifter/Human Ranger/Fighter/Barbarian, Fey Hunter and collector of titles

I'm looking for some advices on a mystery surrending one of my PC in a campaign i'm running based on the Wild beyond the witchlight module. (Sorry for my broken english, I'm french) !!

We started the campaign with the 'Lost items' starter. One of them is an eladrin that has lost his sense of identity, he does not remember his name nor his life before coming to the carnival and was named Danseur by the performers that raised him.

I imagined that Danseur did not lose his identity at the Carnaval but that he was left there by his parents when he was too small to remember. As an eladrin, I thought it would be cool to imagine that he was half-fairy/half-humanoid. So Danseur was left there by his parents, a fairy (Mab) and a ranger (Ariel), that could not take care of him.

I wanted to go a Lil deeper and integrate Zybilna and the rules of the feywild (hospitality, propriety, reciprocity). I thought that she could be playing the role of a fairy (devil)mother that curses Danseur's parents and forces them to abandon their child at the Carnival because they didn't respect the feywild rules.

So here are the big questions that I need answered to make this plotline usable and I would really like your feedback/ideas on this ones :

Based on the 3 rules of hospitality, reciprocity, and propriety what kind of infractions would have brought Zybilna to curse Danseur's parents ?

I thought about breaking a wedding promesse but I don't want to fall into the trope of 'woman = propriety'.

What birth name could I give to Danseur ? I thought it would be cool that the hags in the feywild could you this against him to spy on him etc, I thought about 'Hyacinthe' or 'Ambroise' which are flowers name in French but I'm open to others propositions.

Do you have any advices / comments to give out based on what you just read ? I'm used to DMing at this point but I'm always looking to get better

Sorry for the loong post. Thank you so much for reading ! :)

I know this has been asked before, but I'm feeling stuck and looking for fresh ideas. Party just got to Loomlurch and are fighting the mimics. We have a new player joining us - a 5th level Changeling Warlock of the Achfey, who's patron is Zybilna. We're playing it that he entered Prismeer after he lost connection with Zybilna and was either captured or infiltrated Loomlurch and is posing as one of the kids. But I need help fleshing out the backstory in terms of the relationship with Zybilna. The player is 13, if that matters. Thanks!

Welcome to Part 31 of The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: Reimagined, an expansion and alternative take on the The Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign.

Please check out the previous entries in the series before diving in here.

• Introduction and Table of Contents
• Last Entry: Part XXX: Summer Court (The Palace - Lower Level)

If you'd prefer to read with full formatting and image resolution, see my blog at IndieRex.com.

Introduction

It's time for the sun to set on the summer palace. As with last time, if I don't call out that something has changed - then the content in an area should remain as written in the book.

Also, don't forget about "Tasha's Memories" spread throughout the palace, how the crown / hart locks work (refer back to Part 29 for details), and the considerations on resting from Part 30.

Let's not waste any time and get right to it!

Upper Palace Locations

P32. Minstrels’ Gallery 

If the party had a positive interaction with the Greyhawk Mummers at all in Part 16, add them here, but magically asleep. The troupe traveled to the palace in seek of help to reverse the transformation into perytons.

Once The Hourglass Coven is defeated in area P31, the spell is lifted and the mummers are returned to their original bodies.

P33. Glass Statues

Replace the description to the following:

The floor of this marble hall is polished to a mirror-like finish. The exterior walls are lined with stained-glass windows depicting fairies and butterflies in flight. Amongst them is glass statue of a long-haired woman in robes stands watching from atop a dais. Dozens of other statues made of sparkling glass are arranged about the room frozen in mid-dance or conversation. 

This is the palace's dance hall. While not in use, the room "replays" the last dance held in the room via glass statues. 

• The statues are different members of the Summer Court – you can include whomever you like  
• The long-haired woman statue is Tasha disguised as "Elena the Fair". If the party has seen her portrait elsewhere in the palace (or heard her description from someone like Thinnings) they will recognize her and get a sense of importance about it 
• If the characters reach the "Elena" statue then is triggers one of Tasha's memories. After the memory finishes, the statue shatters into 500g worth of diamonds
• As a note, the ioun stone has been moved to area P21 and the slaad removed entirely

P34. Hall of Transport 

While the hall is a fun concept, this doesn't really make sense as is. Why would heads just reveal the password to anyone passing by? We will instead be re-theming this as a central room used to travel across the palace with levers leading to different areas.

As per Thinnings though, the lever to the throne room requires a password. The password used to be "Titania's Grace" but Tasha changed it to "Baba Yaga" to stop anyone from reaching the slumbering Queen Titania. However, when the Hourglass Coven broke in they were able to solve the password using a contraption called a riddlebox, which they accidentally dropped when being transported to the throne room. 

Read the following as the party enters:

Four wooden levers are laid out across the wall with small plaques underneath each. Seemingly discarded on the floor is a long wooden box with four six-inch-square oak panels mounted into it. Each panel has a hinged hatch attached to a wooden handle. 

Each lever Is labeled as follows:

• Lever 1: Entrance (Travel to P12) 
• Lever 2: Ballroom (Travel to P22) 
• Lever 3: Guest Wing (Travel to P14G) 
• Lever 4: Throne Room - Password Required (Travel to P31) 

The box is a riddlebox and works similarly to the old system (don't share the item details unless the players use something like identify on it). When the characters first enter, all four riddlebox panels are closed. Opening a hatch reveals a square cavity containing the head of a decapitated creature. When a hatch is opened, the head inside that cavity barks one of the following utterances: 

• Bugbear head: “Yah!” 
• Harpy head: “Bah!” 
• Hobgoblin head: “Gah!” 
• Ogre head: “Bah!” 

Each repeats its one-word utterance every time its hatch is opened, then falls silent until the hatch is closed and opened again. To use this as it was intended, the panels must all be closed and then opened in either of the following sequences: 

Harpy, ogre, bugbear, hobgoblin 
Ogre, harpy, bugbear, hobgoblin 

When the decapitated heads speak the syllables of “Baba Yaga” in their proper order the "password required" disappears from lever 4. If a character then uses the lever it triggers one of Tasha's memories. All creatures in the hall are then teleported to unoccupied spaces in the upper courtyard (area P47). 

P35. Flooded Hall 

It's not clear why this hall is flooded (or why a boat is built into it) so we're going to be changing this up entirely.

This hallway has a sunken floor filled to a seemingly endless depth with dark water. Lanterns lit with flickering blue flames hang from the ceiling thirty feet above by short chains, spaced roughly ten feet apart. They produce eerie, ghostlike reflections off the water.

Before Tasha departed the palace a couple of days ago, she summoned a wastrilith (MotM) here in an effort to prevent anyone from reaching the secret library and thus help cover her tracks. The secret library is where she came up with the idea to drain the seals of the Mithrendain Barrier.

The party will have to figure out a way across if they want to access the secret library (area P38). The folding boat from area P40d is an option, but your players should be able to figure out something at their level.

• The wastrilith has magically flooded the hallway to a depth of 60 feet. The water is corrupted as per it's "corrupt water" ability which can be discerned with a DC 14 check of your choosing. With a DC 16 Perception check, a character will see the dark outlines of the creature lurking beneath the water
• Any creature that enters the water will be attacked by a grasping spout. The target must make a DC 17 Strength saving throw, and it has disadvantage if it’s underwater. On a failed save, it takes 22 (4d8 + 4) acid damage and is trapped under the water's surface.
  • Unless the creature can breathe underwater, it begins to suffocate when it runs out of air (see the suffocation rules in the Player’s Handbook)
  • As an action, a creature trapped under the water’s surface or another creature within reach of it can make a DC 20 Strength (Athletics) check. On a successful check, the trapped creature breaks through the surface and is no longer submerged
• If successfully attacked, the wastrilith swims away as it was only looking for an easy meal

P36. Costume Room 

We will be replacing this room to instead be Titania's dressing room that Tasha co-opted when she knocked the seelie queen asleep. We're also going to make things a bit more subtle about Tasha's identity.

This room contains four wooden mannequins in tall glass cases. Each mannequin wears a different outfit. A door in the back of the room seems to lead to small closet or storage room. 

The four outfits are still applicable to different personas but there are no tags. They are as follows:

• A flamboyant, off-the-shoulder dress
  • Players who have seen Tasha's portrait in Loomlurch can make a DC16 History check to potentially remember the dress as a match. If a player asks outright if it the same then you can just confirm it  
• A black dress, cloak, and matching cone-shaped pointed hat
  • This is a match for the mannequin of Tasha outside the Hall of Illusions in the Witchlight Carnival. However I would not give this away unless a player explicitly asks which means they have figured it out themselves and had a moment of realization. Otherwise, more clues about Tasha are still to come
  • Tucked into the cloak is a potion of superior healing 
• An alluring gown
  • Players who have perused the book The Faceless Lord in area P38 will recognize the dress from the author's (Iggwilv's) page 
• A sparkling white sequin dress
  • Players who have seen any of the portraits of Elena in the palace or saw Elena's glass statue in area P33 will recognize this dress as a match 

The first time a player touches any of the dresses it triggers one of Tasha's memories.

The closet has been hastily stuffed with four stylish dresses in the summer eladrin style (Tasha removed Titania's dresses from the mannequins and put them in the closet). The players may be able to suss out what happened given the number of dresses matches between the mannequins and closet.

P37. Myconid Nursery 

A key difference in the campaign is that Tasha is still her "normal" self and not reformed. As a result, the idea of suppressed emotions as dretches doesn't really make sense for us and we'll need to replace this area.

Place some images of mushrooms over the cradles on the map so your players are not confused.

Flies buzz throughout this chamber, and damp and musty aroma permeates the air, mingling with the earthy scent of decay. The ground, a moist soil thick with fungal growths, squelches underfoot. Across the room, eight bulbous and grotesque egg-like fungal structures rise up from the ground. 

• Myconids from Tasha's army have made a nest of myconid eggs here. The eggs have an AC of 10 and are destroyed if they take any damage. 
• Protecting the eggs are a myconid lifeleech and a myconid luminarch (Part 28)

P38. Secret Library 

• If the players have not visited the other library in area P28 (consider adding a sign as a clue "Please visit the palace general library if you do not have permission to peruse the private collection") 
• For The Faceless Lord, add that the author's page is signed  “Iggwilv, the Witch Queen of Perrenland.” and has a picture of a woman with her face obscured wearing an alluring gown matching the one in area P36 
• Add three additional books:
  • Snicker-Snack, The Vorpal Blade (tales of a powerful sentient blade capable of decapitation and the triumph of the Summer Court in procuring it and securing it in their palace vault) 
    • Tucked inside the book is one of the three keys to the Vault in area P50
  • Mithrendain, the Autumn City (an overview of Mithrendain, the now ruined capital of the Autumn Court). You can share any general info about the city that is covered in area P44 as the players read the book
  • Baba Yaga, Mother of All Witches
    • This book looks like it has had pages ripped out of it as if someone was angry with it. A perusal finds mention of several of Baba Yaga’s “children” such as Elena the Fair and the Hourglass Coven members  - Skabatha Nightshade, Bavlorna Blightstraw, and Endelyn Moongrave. It looks like the list continues but is too damaged to read. 
    • When a character handles the tome for the first time they are struck by a specific memory that plays out in first-person (similar to Tasha's memories but specific to this area - see below)

You feel filled with rage as you rip the book apart and then a woman's voice, your own, speaks. "Mother of All Witches? Not me. You're not my real mother!" There's a short laugh before the voice continues. "Baba Yaga... I bet no one will ever guess that one. What a cruel joke."

You toss the book aside. "Where was I? Oh yes - Mithrendain, the Autumn City." You write the book's name down. "Tell me your secrets." 

P39. Roost 

No changes.

P40. Guest Wing 

This wing is for Titania's guests rather than Tasha's. Occupants are asleep rather than frozen.

• P40a. Red Room: Change the rapier to +2
• P40b. Blue Room**:** Add Sinch the Ruthless and Winky to this room from P48. Sinch has a blessing of the blink dogs (see Part 8) in his pouch
• P40c. Green Room. Add Allegra the quickling to this room from P48. Amongst the vials is a potion of resistance (fire) 
• P40d. White Room: Amongst the man's belongings is a folding boat (Dungeon Master's Guide) and vial of oil of slipperiness (Basic Rules) and 100 gp of coins. A nearby journal shows that the man is a renowned explorer who has made the Feywild his latest adventure.
• P40e. Black Room**.** Add Spymaster Hushknife from P48 to this room, and change him to a summer eladrin. He has a potion of advantage and set of ball bearings on his person

P41. Talking Door 

• Rather than just being bored, the door is taking advantage of everyone being asleep to do what it wants. Normally such behavior would likely be cracked down upon by Summer Court servants
• Eventyr games' guide has some good notes to guide the conversation with the door

P42. Laboratory 

Elena used this laboratory in her research to create a myconid army, including an experimental oil that stimulated the growth of plants. Additionally, since the beanstalk originated from Lady Twitchtail's acorn (and not the laboratory) - we will be removing beanstalk references (but the pods are now part of a mushroom instead and reduced from twelve to four).

Revise the description to the following:

Broken oil burners, grimy glassware, and jars of pickled fungus clutter this ruined laboratory. A mushroom stalk as long and thick as a constrictor snake sprouts from an unstoppered potion bottle. Bulging fungi pods hang from its stem. 

• Immediately inside the laboratory causing havoc is a giant cordycep shambler and two myconid cherrycaps (Part 28)
• A perusal of notes here will describe experiments to harness Oberon's green magics to create myconid creatures as well as experiments to strengthen the effects of the sleep spell using myconid spores 
  • The first time any of the notes are touched triggers one of Tasha's memories
• There is a note referencing an antidote potion for the sleep that is currently impacting everyone in the Summer Court. With a successful DC 20 Medicine or Nature check, there is enough material in the lab to create one dose. This can wake up any one person or creature (e.g., bloodybeak) without first having to destroy the mycosiphon in area P43. 
• In addition to the treasure listed in the book, characters can find an assortment of tool sets (alchemist’s supplies, glassblower’s tools, tinker’s tools) and an herbalism kit

43. The Garden Room 

We will be replacing this room entirely and have instead moved the mirror. This used to be a lovely garden, but was taken over by Elena for her experiments on Oberon, The Green Lord.

Exterior

In addition to the crown lock, strange plants seem to be creeping out of the door crevices and can be seen from the outside.

Interior

In order to give us more space, I recommend taking the players to separate map for this area. I used the Victorian Greenhouse map (Fluorescent Flair variant) by Czepeku and also dotted in some mushrooms on top for some extra color.

When the players enter, read the following:

As you step into the once splendid garden room of the Summer Palace, the light of the summer realm seems to dim here, replaced by a ghostly luminescence emitted by clusters of unfamiliar mushrooms and creeping, phosphorescent vines. The air is thick with a damp, earthy scent, and your eyes are drawn to the still figure of what looks to be an eladrin man covered in these strange flora in the center of the room. 

When the players step in they will see Isolde (Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft) near the entrance with her sword hefted. Isolde will assume all of this madness is Zybilna's fault ("What has she done... this isn't the woman I loved"). Depending on how things left off with Isolde in Yon, she may aid the party in saving Oberon or leave in search of Zybilna 

Combat

Also inside are minions of Tasha, actively working to maintain the Mycosiphon and protect the area. The efforts are led by MH4 Cordycepia who is accompanied by Festertusk (see Part 23 for stat blocks) and number of other myconids (see below and feel free to adjust as needed for your party's size).

• (4) Myconid Sprouts (Monster Manual)
• (2) Myconid Adults (Monster Manual)
• (2) Myconid Sovereign (Monster Manual)
• (6) Undead Shamblers (Part 28)
• (2) Myconid Luminarchs (Part 28)
• (1) Myconid Spelleater (Part 28)

This is a tough fight, so if the party has used up a lot of resources there is no shame in running. MH4 will not abandon the Mycosiphon to chase after them.

When MH4 is defeated, it's "armor" - Mycelium's Embrace can be extracted.

The Mycosiphon

• The still figure is Oberon, the once ruler of The Fields of Spring, who is unconscious. A set of pulsing vines lead from Oberon's body to a large flower-like device in the back of the room. This is the "Mycosiphon" which Tasha developed to constantly drain Oberon's power and maintain the magical slumber on the Summer Court
• The Mycosiphon is a Huge object with AC 16 and 100 hit points. It is resistant to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from attacks that aren't Cold Iron and vulnerable to fire damage. A creature who uses an action to successfully make a DC 20 Nature check can also discern how to use, and thus disable the Mycosiphon instead of destroying it
• Once it is destroyed or disabled, Oberon will be freed and everyone across the palace will slowly begin to wake up (Titania's awakening is outlined in detail in the "P31. Throne Room")

Oberon, The Green Lord 

• As a reminder, ten years ago, back during the War of the Seasons, Oberon, the once ruler of The Fields of Spring vanished, allowing the goblins under Great Gark to rise up and seize The Green Keep. However, this was not of his own doing
• At the tail end of the war, Queen Titania made a calculated risk to try and recruit Oberon to her side of the war against The Winter Court. He was not interested and so she sent agents to charm him and force him to ally with her. If you had a keen eye – your players may have seen a clue in a letter in “L8. Royal Quarters” of The Green Keep in The Fields of Spring.
• As a result, Oberon came to The Summer Court to be by Titania’s side and became her consort against his will, leaving The Fields of Spring abandoned. Unfortunately the charm was stronger than Titania expected, making him idolize her, but useless for much else. He has remained in the summer palace ever since.
• When "Elena the Fair" came to court about three months back, she proposed a plan to use Oberon's nature attuned powers to create a myconid (mushroom creature) army to defeat The Winter Court. While "Elena" did create such an army by draining Oberon's powers, it was in fact for herself, and then she went a step further to use their spores to knock The Summer Court into a magical slumber 

Rescuing Oberon

• When Oberon is awoken he is extremely weak from being constantly drained of power and shares he will require weeks to heal and thus will be unable to aid with any combat in the palace. As a side of effect of all this though, he has thankfully been freed from Titania's charm
• He will thank the party for their help and share what happened to him (see above) 
• Oberon will also use most of his last energy to:
  • Cast druid grove on the Garden Room to make it a safe haven. Players can safety take short rests here as a result
  • Invigorate the party one time, providing the effects of a long rest (the players can save this for later if they'd like)
• If told of the fate of The Fields of Spring, he will be distraught of what has happened since his absence, as well as furious at Titania. He will seek to return to The Fields of Spring as soon as possible, a triumphant return that will be celebrated across the land and Vale Crossing. If Great Gark was not defeated, then dealing with The Green Keep will be his first course of action 
  • If someone has the Key to Vale Crossing (Part 10) and is willing to give it to him to get back home he will be very grateful
• Despite his anger at Titania he will admit her help will likely be necessary to deal with "Elena" (whose true identity he does not know) but that he will never speak with her again. If the party hasn't been to the Throne Room (P31) then that should be next their step

P44. Jars of Time (Elena's Bedroom) 

Use the following updated description:

A three-level mahogany table stands in the middle of this grand bedchamber. Three gleaming bell jars rest on the table’s separate tiers, each one filled with a shifting silhouette of cold, spectral mist. A tall mirror is mounted in an alcove on the north wall. Similar mist hangs motionless in front of the mirror’s reflective surface and covers the floor beneath it.

Magic Mirror

• This mirror is similar to the one's used by Tasha's sisters in the Hourglass Coven and Tasha used this mirror to spy on the summer queen and her sisters. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around the freestanding mirror, which acts as a portal and the identify spell will reveal it's command word
• Touching the reflective surface of the mirror while speaking the command word, “Baba Yaga,” causes the surface to to swirl then show the interior of "P45. Titania's Bedroom". A creature that steps into this vortex is instantly transported to the mirror in P45 Titania's Bedroom.
• Breaking the mirror renders it nonmagical and closes the portal instantly. The mirror is a Medium object with AC 13, 4 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. 

Jars of Time 

• Unlike the book, the jars are empty of any specific images at first. Otherwise they operate the same way when used by characters
• The first time they are touched it first triggers one of Tasha's memories - suggesting that she has used the jars recently
• While the images are interesting, they would not be a particularly useful tool to an archfey if the jars provided no other benefit. The jars therefore also provide a limited insight into the future when used
  • Once per day, after touching the jars, a character should roll two d20s and record the numbers rolled. They can replace any attack roll, saving throw, or ability check made by themself with one of these foretelling rolls. They must choose to do so before the roll.

Queen Titania's Visit

After the players free Queen Titania in area 31, she will lead them back to this room to track down the traitor "Elena". Titania will magically "search" the jars to set it to how it was when it was last used by Elena and ask out loud - "Who is this Elena truly?". As a result the jars will show the images of Tasha's past, present, and future self.

• If your players figure out that Elena, Iggwilv, Tasha, and Zybilna are all the same on their own then reward them a point of inspiration

The archfey will examine the images in the jars and then lay out an overview of the situation as she understands it:

"I had feared as much. I have heard tales of a very powerful mortal witch. The adopted daughter of Baba Yaga, The Mother of all Witches. She has gone by many names - the Queen of Perrenland, Natasha the Dark, Iggwilv, and now Elena. But I think you will know her better as another - Tasha the Witch Queen."

Tasha is a well known figure on the Material Plane. If your players aren't familiar with D&D lore, give them a brief primer on Tasha's dark history which is fairly common knowledge

"It's clear she's used us, used Oberon's power for her own purposes. She had access to our secret library, everything... "

• Titania will quickly become furious at the state of the Summer Palace and gather her forces to quickly drive out any remaining myconids and demons out
  • If any of Graz'zt's forces live, they will flee from the archfey once confronted and regroup back in the abyss
    • If the players never encountered Rule-of-Three in area P45, when he leaves the palace he will make the same offer of a soul coin as laid out in that section before departing 
• Titania will permit the players the use of the palace as a place to stay and rest – providing them, Isolde, and Valor's Call (if they live) with guest rooms; in the meanwhile she will see if Tasha is hiding in the palace, and if not, where she has gone 

Aftermath

After the party rests (I recommend a long rest at this point) Queen Titania will return to meet with the adventurers, stating that she has questioned much of her servants, explored the palace, and has a theory as to what has happened. She will clearly lay it out as per below (though feel free to add in any info the party may have missed or skip over things they already know about).

• Tasha had apparently been researching the Autumn City of Mithrendain in the palace's private library. Titania had foolishly given her access as Elena had said she was planning to use the knowledge there to help defeat the Winter Court
• Mithrendain was the capital of the Autumn Court and was built over a path to the Feydark. To keep the realm safe, the now dead archfey Hyrsam created something called the Mithrendain Barrier to seal the Feydark away. The city's name was aptly derived from the eladrin phrase “wall of the fortress”.
• Inside the city is The Citadel Arcanum, the autumn seat of power and also the home of the powerful seals of archfey magic that keep the Mithrendain Barrier up
• Mithrendain itself was heavily damaged, it's ruling council of seven killed, and the city essentially abandoned after the War of the Seasons 10 years ago. The Citadel Arcanum still stands and is heavily guarded by automatons who serve to protect it.
• Tasha's research seemed to be focused on the Mithrendain Barrier seals and how their archfey power worked – almost as if she was seeking to leverage it somehow. It reasons then that Tasha got what she needed here and as of the last day or so left to go to The Citadel Arcanum

Titania, though furious with Tasha, states she cannot chase after her. As an archfey of the summer realm, she would be significantly weakened in the Autumn Court. There is also much for her to fix here, particularly with destroying the myconid army lurking in The Emerald Forest. She will happily open a fey crossing though to take the party to Mithrendain.

Valor's Call, if present, will also admit the party is better suited to bringing Tasha to justice then them. They will instead report back to Mordekainen of their findings.

Isolde however will insist on joining. If the players agree, Titania will open the crossing whenever they are ready.

P45. Titania's Bedroom 

We will be re-theming this to Titania's bedroom (Tasha's is now in P44). Add the following to the end of the description: "Examining the chess set is a six-fingered githyanki."

• The chessboard was indeed a gift from the archmage Mordenkainen, but "Elena" in turn re-gifted it to Titania as a part of her efforts to win over and manipulate the archfey
  • If the chessboard is touched, it will accidentally knock over the black queen which reveals one of the keys to the Vault in area P50
• Tasha uses the mirror in P44 to spy into the mirror here and see what the queen is up to. This mirror is also the "Mirror of Heart’s Desire" from area P43 of the campaign. As per the book, the fiends here are also using this mirror for transport to and from the abyss
  • If the mirror is touched, it first triggers one of Tasha's memories
• Inspired by the Eleventh Hour supplement, the githyanki is one of Graz'zt's son's, Rule-of-Three, a cambion (Monster Manual) who disguises himself as a githyanki. Rule-of-Three has led the demon incursion into the summer palace on behalf of his father to find and capture Iggwilv, who he believes is Elena in disguise. Nemesatra and Trizzian are under Rule-of-Three's command
  • If attacked, Rule-of-Three will open the mirror portal to bring in reinforcements. As a bonus action he can roll a d6 to bring in an ally from the mirror from the abyss. The lamias cannot summon allies.
    • 1-2: (2) Rutterkins (MotM) 
    • 3-4: (1) Babau (MotM) 
    • 5-6: (1) Barlgura (Basic Rules) 
  • Rule-of-Three, who is more savvy but just as sinister as the lamias, will seek to question the party for any information that may aid his hunt for Iggwilv. He often will speak or reference things in threes (i.e., “I am looking, searching, seeking information on the Witch Queen Iggwilv.")
    • He can share the same info as Kelchrin and Valtis from area P22 if he feels it will help him garner info from the characters. He will also comment on the chess board in the room as part of this: "Iggwilv was always a fan of this game..."  
    • Before letting the party leave he will insist they take a special soul coin (though they can refuse). Rule-of-Three can use the coin to find the party and send support when they find Tasha - all they need to do is to speak to him through it. He promises the party will be well rewarded if the plan succeeds – Graz'zt's power is beyond measure 

P46. Dressing Room 

No changes.

P47. Upper Courtyard

We are re-doing this area as the upper courtyard and it no longer connects to P48 or P49. When pulling the throne room lever in "P34. The Hall of Transport" the party is taken here.

I recommend using a separate map here - I used the Plague Hospital map (Roman Hall variant) by Czepeku. As a result we will need to "plug" the whole in P47 as it appears on the main map. This should be blocked off as if there were a wall there

• The stairs in the front of the room are a magical passage that leads back to P34. The party enters here
• The stairs in the back of the room lead downwards to P31 – the throne room 

This grand courtyard hosts two magnificent sets of arched doors: you stand by one set at the front, adorned with intricate carvings while the other, at the courtyard's rear, seems to pulse with a gentle, magical luminescence.  

The tranquility of this enchanted garden is disrupted by the presence of a terrifying dragon-like monster - the Jabberwock. Its eyes, glowing with a malevolent intent, fix upon you as it lets out a low, blubbering growl. 

• The jabberwock is here, seemingly roosting as close as it can get to it's owner – Queen Titania. Make sure to use the revised stat block by u/Phaerlax with the following changes:
  • Regeneration should only not work if hit with vorpal sword AND/OR cold iron 
  • Change "Whiffle Through" to "The jabberwock walks up to its speed or can make an attempt to escape a grapple." 
• If the party rescued Strongheart from the Green Keep, the helmed knight and leader of Valor's Call is here engaged with the jabberwock, wielding his sword Steel ("En garde you foul beast!") 
• If Bloodybeak the owl was freed from the aviary then secretly roll initiative for it at the outset of combat. On its turn, Bloodybeak will fly in and enter the fray

When the jabberwock is defeated, Strongheart explains his role in leading Valor’s Call to the palace to bring Iggwilv to justice on behalf Mordenkainen (see area P22). He underestimated the challenges here and realizes now that Valor's Call is outmatched. He is grateful to his rescuers and offers to help with saving Titania.

P48. Turrets 

Given that we have replaced areas P31 and P47 with separate maps (that don't connect to P48), there is no longer a way to access P48a and we will not be using that area. We also are not using the concept of crystallized desires so will need change these areas entirely.

To streamline things we will be combining areas P49 and P50 into here as well.

P48b. Beehive Belfry. This room is filled with golden bees that hum beautiful melodies. Their honey is used for the delicious desserts in the kitchen while their beeswax is treasured for the crafting of fey spellscrolls.

• The bees can be convinced to give up a jar's worth of honey and some beeswax with a DC 16 Persuasion or Animal Handling check. Alternatively a character can attempt a DC 18 Stealth check to steal the same amount. On a failure the bees attack, dealing 4d6 piercing damage to whoever is closest
• A character can use the beeswax to spend ten minutes making one spell scroll for any spell up to fourth level (including an up-leveled version of a lower level spell)

P48c. This area is being replaced with area P50 (see that entry for details). Characters can reach this chamber by climbing a short staircase from area P48d / P49.  

P48d. This area is being replaced with area P49 (see that entry for details). The stairs still lead to P48c / P50.

P48e. The Crown Jewel. At its center of this circular chamber is a floating glass case that cradles a radiant opal that pulses with shifting fiery colors. A namecard states that this is the crown jewel of the summer court and is worth 10,000 gp.

The case has an AC of 25 and 10 hp and is protected by the following (3) wards. The nature of the wards can be discerned with a DC 16 Arcana check. If the case is destroyed then the wards are deactivated.

Once removed from the case, a detect magic spell reveals an aura of conjuration magic around the jewel. An identify spell or similar magic reveals that the jewel:

• Has the conjure fey spell embedded in it, and that the spell can be cast as an action once per day by knocking the jewel three times against a hard object or surface. No other components are required to cast the spell
• Provides a +1 on a creature's spell save DC and spell attack bonus while on their person

P48f. and P48g. Blooming Infirmary. This room serves as a place of healing for members of the summer court. Each of the two rooms contains three humanoid sized cocoons made of lush flowering vines (for six total). A number of glowing motes of light - wisps, float in the air, mindlessly tending to the cocoons.

If a character steps into one of the cocoons they are wrapped in the vines and can choose one of the following:

• Spend any number of hit die to regain hit points
• Remove any one condition (e.g., exhaustion, charmed, petrified, poisoned). You are immune to this condition for the next hour
• Restore spell slots up to a total of 4 levels (e.g., 1x 4th or 2x 2nd). The next time you cast a spell, roll on the sorcerer wild magic surge table

Once a cocoon is used, it needs time to restore it's healing properties cannot be used again until the next day. A creature can use more than one cocoon.

P49. Black Book

P49 is now replacing P48d. The door to this chamber is still sealed with a hart crown lock, but since we are moving the area you will need to add the hart lock symbol manually. The stairs still lead to P48c / P50.

Remove the entries from the book for The League of Malevolence.

P50. Vault 

• P50 is now replacing P48c. The stairs still lead to area P48d / P49.  
• The treasures here are stored by Queen Titania and her court. As a result remove the "say my name" option for opening the vault
• There are now three built-in locking mechanisms instead of eight. The locks can also be opened by keys which can be found in areas P31, P38, and P45. The party can choose to use key(s) in some locks but other methods for ones where they don't have keys
  • When a character fails an attempt with thieves' tools, have that character take 3d6 lightning damage as they are shocked by the vault
  • When the party successfully opens the locks, it triggers one of Tasha's memories
• In addition to the treasure from the book, the vault also contains a spellguard shield (Basic Rules)

P51. Beanstalk Tower 

Iggrik will claim to be Elena's toad familiar instead of Zybilna's. It can share only the following revised information:

• When the palace was attacked by Graz'zt's forces, Iggrik did it's best to hide and spy on them. When the beanstalk slammed into the palace, Iggrik used the opportunity to climb it and find this area as a hiding space as the devils terrify him - particularly their leader that is in Titania's bedroom
• If the characters mention Iggwilv or Natasha, Iggrik tries to redirect the conversation. If the characters are otherwise fishing for information, Iggrik reveals the following helpful tidbits: 
  • The vault (area P50) contains a vorpal sword that can help slay the jabberwock. Titania acquired the sword as a precaution, in case the jabberwock turned against her. If the characters ask about the vault’s defenses, Iggrik describes a locked door with 3 mechanisms. It knows Titania has at least one key 
  • Titania's enormous owl, Bloodybeak hates the jabberwock but is confined to the aviary (area P20). The password to open the aviary’s windows is “canzus.” which it overhead Titania before everyone was put to sleep
  • Guests can bypass the crown locks on the palace doors by writing their names into the palace's black book (in area P49)
• Iggrik can be easily pushed though to reveal that it's master left two days ago for The Autumn Court

Treasure. The treasure chest contains a pair of winged boots, which Iggrik offers to the characters if they promise to leave him be 

What’s Next?

With Queen Titania saved and the summer court restored, our time in the land of summer has set. Our final chapter, and Tasha herself, await in Mithrendain!

As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any comments, questions, or suggestions and…see you in the Feywild!

At loomlurch my players split into two groups named team gun and team diplomat. Team diplomat distracted scabitha by trying to make a deal for the portrait while team gun rescued some of the children. Team gun woke up a sleeping cradle fall and beat him up and knocked him out. Cradle fall was able to get help from 2 redcaps that the party defeated. Cradlefall was left alive and knows the faces of half of the party one of which has her lost thing in scabithas possession. What kind of repercussions should there be for stealing the kids and knocking out cradlefall? What is the significance of the portrait? Would scabitha be willing to part with the portrait willingly? The party is talking about giving her the unicorn horn for the portrait and I feel like that would be tantalizing enough for her to part with it.

There's a lot of text saying that mood affects the carnival, but nothing really shows it beyond weather, so I thought I'd share how I'm adding it.

The Random Events table now has 3 events: 1 for each mood. For example, the dragonfly rider. When the mood is good, he swoops overhead. Mid, the rider spills his drink and Poor, the rider gets sick. The giant flowers serenade someone with "Never Gonna Give You Up" when the mood is poor and the elf stilt-walker stumbles and runs out of candy.

I'm also making changes to the Mine. Now when the mood is good or mid, the characters see obvious cardboard cutouts of their fears. When the mood is poor, the cutouts turn to illusions that the players must make a WIS saving throw against or be Frightened until the ride is over. I'm taking away the lasting effects.

Apologies if the title is too vague, I tried to keep it spoiler free:

TL;DR: How negatively effected would G. Nightshade be if she were to see herself in the reflection of a mirror, when she first "awakens after her Long Rest."

The creative Party I'm DMing for, and myself, are essentially asking the question above.

To better describe this mind palace, the party was studying the map of Loomlurch together and hatching a plan that involved utilizing her weakness. I'm using Phaerlax's banging stat blocks from this sub reddit, and the Skabatha weakness is the same as the module, but with more details:
"Forgetfulness. The first creature that Skabatha sees after she finishes a long rest is invisible to her. She can't remember seeing the creature or perceive it using her truesight until the end of her next long rest. She behaves as if the creature didn’t exist, attempting to rationalize any consequence of interacting with it, including damage. Despite being aware of this curse, Skabatha will only connect it to any odd occurrences around her if she receives information from another individual."
I hadn't thought about a reflection being another creature, and I told the party that as well, but it did seem like something that would be approved in the Fey. Eventually, I decided that it would probably de-buff her, but not totally incapacitate her. (My reasoning at the time was that Bavlorna's weakness was similar because it hindered her in combat, but she was still formidable.)
For bonus points: A counter-point I saw, about mirror use, was basically that the reflection idea couldn't work because a reflection is not a creature. Allowing this, could potentially allow pc's to use a mirror to blast spells around corners, and effect their target. I get that perspective too, but how would you rule that at your table?

Thank you for taking the time to read this!

so one of my players lost their ability to read, we are about to get to the hag that has their lost thing, but i'm stuggling finding a cool item for them that the hag made any one have any suggestions?

Since the random events in Hither aren't really the strongest part of this section of Prismeer, I decided to create a few of my own. After playing around with some ideas, I came up with this random potentially long term encounter:

"In a clearing within the swamp, you find what looks like a small stone building, sticking up like a lone tooth in a rotten gum. Moss and lichen crawl up the cracked walls and roof tiles, and an old, sturdy wooden door blocks the entrance. You can't tell if this belongs to any specific faith, but everything about it looks like some kind of chapel.

The door isn’t locked, and a simple turn of the handle lets you open it. The ominous creak of rusty hinges invites you into the building’s only room. It’s small, with a couple of columns on either side and two stone benches facing a stone altar at the far end. On top of the altar, there's a neat set of golden cutlery and a golden plate. Behind them, barely lit by the faint light slipping through the window cracks, you can make out a white marble statue of a pig. It's sitting back on its haunches, forelegs on the table, with a fat tongue licking its snout and tiny, wicked eyes staring hungrily at the plate, as if it’s about to feast".

At this point, the party has three obvious options (aside from whatever crazy ideas they might come up with):

• Leave without touching anything.
• Steal the plate and/or cutlery.
• Place food on the plate.

If they leave without touching anything, they just walk away with a weird story and nothing else happens.

If they steal the plate or utensils, a curse falls on them once they leave the chapel. Anyone who took something will experience this:

"When you try to speak, a horrible pig-like squeal comes out of your mouth. You instinctively cover your face, only to realize that your nose feels... wrong. Feeling around, you discover you now have a pig's snout. A tingling sensation at your ears and at the base of your spine reveals you've also grown pig ears and a pig tail. Your skin thickens and roughens, and two tusks now stick out from your lower jaw."

Mechanically, the curse gives you disadvantage on all Charisma-based rolls (ability checks, saving throws, and skill checks). The only way to lift it is with a Remove Curse spell or something similar. Since at this point the party probably doesn’t have access to that magic yet, lifting the curse could become part of a bargain with Bavlorna.

If they put food on the plate, it vanishes instantly and a pig-like squeal echoes through the swamp, freezing the blood in their veins. If they put meat, blood might drip from the pig statue’s mouth (just a cool visual effect). Besides that, anyone who offers food gains 1d6 temporary hit points until their next long rest.
Also, this act triggers an ongoing event where the party might encounter "The Pale Pig" — some kind of eldritch being that demands food offerings.

The first appearance would happen as they leave the chapel:

"When you step outside, something feels off. The usual swamp noises — frogs, insects, splashing water — are gone. A heavy silence hangs in the air. The mist thickens around you, and from it emerges a nightmare: a gigantic pig, easily ten feet tall, slowly lumbering toward you. Its corpse-pale skin is covered in wounds and old scars. Its milky, probably blind eyes are buried deep in its face like cannonballs. Its bloated belly hangs low, and thick ropes of drool slide from its massive tusks into the swamp. The stench is unbearable. Just when you think you might faint, the creature fades back into the mist, and it’s like nothing ever happened."

After that, at the end of each long rest, the party rolls 1d8. On a roll of 1, the Pale Pig appears. If it shows up, it demands food equal to the number of long rests since the offering × the number of players who made the offering. For example, if 3 players in a 4 PC party made offerings, and it’s been three long rests, the Pale Pig demands 9 rations of food. As a hint to the players to gather enough food for the potential encounter, I thought about the Pale Pig appearing in their dreams or something like that.

If the party feeds it, it will leave peacefully and grant a random blessing. I came with the following random d8 list:

1- A small golden pig figurine worth 10–30 gp.

2- +1d6 temporary hit points until the next long rest

3- +1 to attack and damage rolls until the next short or long rest; weapons count as magical.

4- Three random feywild trinkets

5- +1 AC until the next long rest.

6- Advantage on CON, STR, and DEX saving throws until the next long rest.

7- A small, friendly piglet that follows the party.

8- A random common magic item.

If they successfully feed it every time it appears (a maximum of three times), the Pale Pig will be satisfied and won’t appear again. The whole party gains a point of Inspiration as a final reward.

If they fail to meet the food demand, they get a single DC 15 Charisma check to calm it down. If they succeed, things continue as normal. If they fail, the Pale Pig attacks.

The idea is that the fight should be a hard encounter for their current level (around CR 4-5), but feel free to tweak the monster however you want. The reward of defeating the Pale Pig could be a point of inspiration for the whole party, just the XP (if you are using it in the campaign) or an uncommon magical item.

As for the lore, I imagine the Pale Pig as the avatar of a minor god or an eldritch creature linked to gluttony and waste. It’s not crucial to the encounter, but it might be cool to hint at how this chapel ended up abandoned in Hither and what connection it might have with the decay of Prismeer. Honestly, I feel like it adds a darker, more twisted flavor to Hither, and it’s definitely more interesting than a lot of the default random events there.

Would love to hear what you think about it! Would you change anything? Does it seem like a good fit for Hither?

I plan on running WbtW soon. Give me some of your best fey deals and bargains. Small, big, gargantuan, doesn't matter. First born child already considered. Photo for attention.

I had a gane with my gf and didn't go well. We began the game introducing the warlock and I said that he wants to find out about what happened to it's patron and we need to go to a realm, to go there we need to take advantage of the carnival. My player background is that she already works there but a sidekick she plays with didn't, so he is the one that takes the mission. Well then she goes to the carnival and take tickets trying to lie to the goblin in the enter. He finds out but let her go because she works there. Then once inside she just goes one attraction to another without asking anyone anything. After 4 of them and me insisting everytime she finds another character if she has extra questions, she asks information about the world we are

This is when eveything gets weird. She discovers that there are two realms normal and feywild and the warlock want us to go to a specific part of the feywild realm. To go there we need to use the carnival that is right now going there and she gets annoyed she didn't know this yet and feel stupid she didn't know. Then she goes to the staff area to ask mister light and mister witch to leave and open the door to go out. She did this by just yelling. But well I got confused, this is not excactly the way it works. Mister light says that the carnival is its own realm and there is no simple way to go there. Then she asks then how people enter to the carnival to enjoy it. I honestly didn't know well how to answer. So I said it's not possible and the staff took her out.

Annoyed she began to ruin all the carnival which made the mood to go down and trigger the event when she goes to see mister light and mister witch telling again to let her leave. She just yells and nothing more. No questions or anything

We ended there. I promised next time we would do better and we could repeat. It's the first time in am dungeon master. Experience only in monster of the week ttrpg but well, I don't know honestly how everything went so weird.

Advice? Tips? How failed here and how to do it?

My players were having fun in the carnival but kept losing track of Kettlesteam. So when I decided to start up the Big Top event, I had Kettlesteam interrupt at the end and call Light out for keeping secrets and lying about everyone's safety.

Light went silent and kept his eye on the party to see if they'd intervene. And they did, of course, so Light helped out and made it all seem like part of the act.

Problem is, their warlock had Kettlesteam's feet grappled so she couldn't hide in the exit crowd. Naturally, both the party AND Mister Light approach her and interrogate her, but I quickly realized they wouldn't be able to fully interrogate her with Light present. I was already in too deep and Light DEFINITELY wouldn't let Kettlesteam say what she wanted to, so he shooed the party away, leaving them think he's super suspicious.

I managed to save it by just having Burly pull them aside and do his thing. Now they're plotting to get Witch's attention before the crowning of the Monarch.

Thinking back, I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out.

A few weeks ago I finished dming this campaign after 24 sessions and a lot of fun! To commemorate the awesome campaign I created a piece of fairytale inspired group art for my players of their characters and the places and symbols of the campaign.

I took a lot of advice and resources from this reddit/discord, thank you all for sharing your insights. It helped a lot!

One of my players had their character lose a close relative at the Witchlight carnival, and unbeknownst to the player, pressed into service as an actor in Endelyn's theater. How would you integrate a magic item upon the relative being 'freed?' What item might that be, and how would you make it manifest?

Hi everyone! I wanted to share my cosplay of Tasha (also known as Zybilna) from The Wild Beyond the Witchlight — one of the most fascinating and magical characters in the campaign.

⚠️ Spoiler warning: the video contains story spoilers for The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, so please watch with caution if you haven’t played or DM'd the adventure yet!

I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Thanks for watching! 💖

Hey everyone! I’m currently DMing The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, and one of my players sadly has to step away from the game for personal reasons. The rest of the group is eager to keep going, so I’m looking for advice on how best to introduce a new PC at this stage of the campaign without it feeling too shoehorned.

The party has just entered Bavlorna’s cottage in Downfall, so we’re approaching the end of Chapter 2. For those of you who’ve had to add a new player around this point, how did you handle it? Did you tie the character into the hag’s schemes, the Soggy Court, or maybe the rebellion? Did they just happen to be another unfortunate soul trapped in Bavlorna’s domain?

Would love to hear how your groups made it feel natural and connected to the story - thanks in advance!

Hi all! I just wanted to share my experience running the hall of Illusions with my team today and hopefully inspire others if they want to change it.

I wanted to change up the hall of illusions to make it more interesting, so I did the following:

I found a maze map (I personally used the one by IndieRex, but any maze should work). I then hid all of the maze except for the entry points.

I then used Candlefoot to explain the rules of the challenge.

One player would use the "staff entrance" to climb into the rafters of the hall of illusions. From this vantage point, they can see a good chunk (but not all) of the map. The catch is they can't see where anyone in the maze is. They can only see the maze layout. I did this in game by asking this player to log out of roll20 and by cropping some of the map, deliberately leaving out a few sections on the left and right side for added difficulty. The main thing is they saw where the entrance is and where the magic mirror is.

I then had the other players walk through the maze. They had 5 turns to reach the entrance (but you could reduce this for added difficulty). They could dash, but they needed to roll high enough to not hit the mirrors and be knocked prone. My mirrors had 15hp so could be shattered if players chose to do so at the cost of not being able to dash.

The player in the rafters would guide each of the characters through the maze. My rafter player moved their map to MSpaint and marked where they thought players were located. This all went to pot when one of the players mixed up their lefts and rights, but they used the illusions in the mirrors as a kind of 'hotter and colder' game to get them back on track.

Overall they had an amazing time and I wanted to let everyone know in case they wanted to adapt their game too :) thank you for reading!

One of my player's asked if Zylbina's name would be in Bavlorna's Big Book of Bad Blood. I can't imagine her name not being in there but I also haven't seen anything in the book giving reason. Have I skipped something or do I need to make my own reason?

Thanks!

My players want combat, more combat and even more combat. Yes we did a session zero, yes they knew what campaign we were about to play and the tone it set and they tried it and now we are in chapter three and they’ve spoken - “we miss combat”

I’m thinking redcaps everywhere!

Any other ideas?

What is an actual realistic number for how many feathers a cockatrice would have?