Summary

  • Feywild encounters should be whimsical and occasionally creepy.
  • Be cautious of traps and deception in the Feywild, most NPCs you'll find there are wily and crafty.
  • Watch out for different time mechanics, as time moves differently in the Fey realm than it does in the material plane.

The Feywild is one of the most enigmatic locales in 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Dungeons & Dragons. It functions primarily as a fun-house mirror version of the material plane, filled with all maꦑnner of wily creature🧸s and mysterious phenomena. When traversing this unusual plane of existence, it’s a good idea to watch your step.

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If you’re planning on running a campaign where players traverse the Feywild, you’re going to need random encounters to fill sessions with. Feywild encounters should be whimsical and occasionally a bit creepy. If you’re wondering where to start, we’ve got you covered with this list. Here are some random♕ encounters for the Feywild.

10 A Ha👍g’s Barg꧅ain

Two player-characters bargain with a hag in her hovel in Dungeons & Dragons.
A Hag's Bargain by Linda Lithen

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Creatures Involved

Social Interaction or Combat

Hags and Lycanthropes

While traversing a shadowy glade deep within 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the mysterious Feywild, the party stumbles across a hag’s hovel, nestled in the crook of a gnarled tree. The hag beckons them inside, warning that lycanthropic fey creatur🔯es lurk about at night. The party ♎agrees and enters.

However, once inside, they realize that the hag’s warning was actually a trap.🎉 Lycanthropes now have the hovel surrounded. The hag can remove them, but only if the party has something worth tradi♐ng for. Otherwise, the party must fight their way out of the hovel.

9 🌳 The Dryad’s Plea ꦦ

Two adventurers walk through an enchanted forest.
Sylvan Forest by Jedd Chevrier

Type Of Encounter

Creatures Involved

Social Interaction

Dryads

The 🐓party finds a large meadow. In the center of this meadow, they see a dryad quietly weeping. If the party approaches her, they’ll discover that she has been separated from her family and needs to be r🍸eunited with them.

However, intelligent party members may know that dryads are often wily, slippery creatures. Shou🐬ld the party trust the dryad and her plea for help? Or is it possible that she is just a ꧃lure for something even more sinister waiting in the tree line?

8 Riddleℱs With Feyfolk

A fairy creature with translucent wings and a bow and arrow in Dungeons & Dragons.
Sprite by Olga Drebas

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Creatures Involved

Puzzle

Pixies

The party hears tells of a fabled sword guarded by pixies deep in the Feywild. Once they arrive at the location of the treasure, they are greeted by a swarm of pixies who all speak in unison. The pixies tell 🐈the party that if they attack, the sword will be transported to another part of the Fey realm, lost to them forever.

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The only way to get the sword is to solve a♈ series of riddles. If the party is cunning or clever enough, they may just get the sword after all, without the need for violence.

7 The Satyr’s Soir&eacu🌟te;e

A player-character is seduce by a fey creature at a Feywild ball in Dungeons & Dragons.
Boreal Ball by Katerina Ladon

Type Of Encounter

Creatures Involved

Roleplay or Combat

Satyrs

As the party sleeps aroun♌d the campfire one night, one member of the group is charmed by a satyr, leading them far away from the rest of the team. Have yo🌱ur party roll perception checks. Whoever rolls the highest wakes up and can see this event occur.

If the party pursues the missing party member, they’ll find that they hav꧋e been led to a boisterous soirée hosted by a group of satyrs. However, it’s unclear if the party are actually welcome guests, or if perhaps this soirée might have a sacrificial element at play.

6 Feydark Fungi ℱ

A demon queen of fungi with purple hair examining a mushroom spore in Dungeons & Dragons.
Zuggtmoy, the Demon Queen of Fungi by Dawn Carlos

Type Of Encounter

Creatures Involved

Environmental Trap

Fey Flora

The Feydark is the Feywild’s version 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:of the Underdark in the material plane. Should the party choose to explore its mysterious caverns, have theꦺm discover a♒ bed of large, unusual-looking fungi. The mushrooms glow temptingly as they approach.

However, the party may soon discover that ܫthese fungi are actually poisonous! They begin releasing spores that inhibit the party’s ability to escape, causing their lim⛎bs to flail about. The party must find a way to end the effect, either through Constitution saves or other means.

5 Caught In Herne꧑’s Hunt ꦑ

A wizard firing a magical arrow at a beast in Dungeons & Dragons.
The Wizard Melf by Martin Mottet

Type Of Encounter

Creatures Involved

Chase or Social Interaction

Herne the Hunter

Herne the Hunter is a legendary figure in the Feywild, a tall human with the antlers of a stag. One day, while the party combs through a deℱnse forest, theyꦗ begin to hear triumphant horns. It turns out they’re smack-dab in the middle of Herne’s latest hunting drive.

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The party must escape Herne and his hunting party, which is surrounded by various other creatures being hunted for sport. If all else fails, they can try to persuade him to call off♈ the event, though the party may have to prove themselves wor⛦thy of mercy.

4 🧔♒ The Bad Bog

A cold and gray stream trickling by with red eyes lurking in the shadows in Dungeons & Dragons.
Sinister Shapes by Brian Valeza

Type Of Encounter

Creatures Involved

Environmental Trap

Sentient Quicksand

If you thought swamps on the material plane were bad, you’ve never been to a Feywild bog. While traveling through a dank and dark bog, the party discovers that the ground beneath their feet🌼 isn’t so solid after all – they’re on magical Fey quicksand!

Quicksand in the Feywild may a𒐪ct differently than quicksand in the material plane. For exam🦄ple, the sand might cause a charm effect on certain players. Or, perhaps the party might discover that they can talk to the quicksand and negotiate their way out.

3 The Exe𝕴cutioner’s▨ Hood

A cloaked figure drives a gondola through a mysterious and murky river in Dungeons & Dragons as ghostly hands reach for the passengers inside.
A Supernatural Boat Ride by Irina Nordsol

Type Of Encounter

Creatures Involved

Combat

Executioner's Hoods

The party takes it upon themselves to explore a shadowy Fey ruin hunting for treasure. As they do so, they begin t🍸o see things out of the corners of their eyes – did those shadow💎s just move?

Should they trespass long enough, the par﷽ty will be attacked by Executioner’s Hoods! These are shadowy Fey creatures that res🌟emble a real-life executioner’s hood and latch themselves onto the heads of unsuspecting adventurers.

2 ✤ Through The Portal

An adventuring party enterting a portal on the branches of the world tree in Dungeons & Dragons.
A Portal to the Beastlands by Axel Defois

Type Of Encounter

Creatures Involved

Puzzle and Social Interaction

NPCs

If your party is preparing to leave the Feywild, consider this next encounter closely. While heading back to the Fey gate they traveled through, the party finds a small child who is missing their mother. While the pa🗹rty can go back through the gate they went through; the child informs them that they have come through a different gate, much fartheജr away.

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While you can always roll a d20 to determine how time has passed in the Feywild (one of this 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:plane's planar effects), consider beseeching the party to take the long way around and bring the child back through the gate they traveled through rather than their own. Clue the party into the fact that, should they reunite the child with their mother, time will not p🐲rove so slippery when they return to the Material Plane.

1 ꦜ Echoes Of Laughter

A green sprite with wings and a sword and red hair in Dungeons & Dragons.
Sprite by Patrik Hell

Type Of Encounter

Creatures Involved

Chase or Social Interaction

Sprites

One night, as the party is telling stories around the fire, they are approached by a comical sprite, who tells them jokes. Whichever party member laughs first, have the sprite cast a꧅ spell to steal that party member’s laugh. If the player tries to laugh again, they fail.

The sprite then runs off with their laugh. The party must fell the sprite or bargain for the return of their friend’s laugh. O𝔉therwise, nothing will ever prove funny again to the unfortunate player-character.

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Original Release Date
1974
Designer
E. Ga🐭ry Gygax, Dav💎e Arneson
Player Count
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