There is a tree hollow with glowing beetles that leads to elsewhere in the Feywild
Tables for Combat Terrain, Minor Treasures and Encounter Complications for Feywild Encounters. Result is from Feywild Encounter Complications.
Enhancements by terrain - feywild | road | sea | shadowfell
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Feywild Encounter Enhancements
What makes this Feywild encounter different?
Maybe the there is a slope of slippery red mud or a mist of glitter and ghostly laughter. A creature might be carrying an arrow of fey slaying or a hunting horn decorated in glowing bronze flowers. There might be unceasing sleet or a hollow with glowing beetles may be a Feywild crossing elsewhere.
There is a 5e Feywild random encounter generator at ChaosGen. A pdf of these and other Feywild tables is at the DM's Guild as Feywild Encounters
Feywild Encounter Tables - creatures | locations | non-combat | enhancements
Feywild Encounter Combat Terrain
| 1d8+1d12 | Feywild Encounter Combat |
|---|---|
| 2 | A lifelike bronze statue wrapped in iron chains |
| 3 | A mist of glitter and ghostly laughter or a path of lily pads over a stream |
| 4 | A circular cave entrance blocked by webbing |
| 5 | A giant bird's nest or stepping stones leading into the air |
| 6 | An area of long grasping grass (treat as entangle) |
| 7 | A hedge of black thorny roses or a pile of snow |
| 8 | A deep pond with several wooden toy boats |
| 9 | A smokeless fire of bright pink flames or a geyser of wine |
| 10 | A stone fountain ringed with bronze spikes |
| 11 | A set of steps covered in flowers or an overturned sleigh |
| 12 | A tree house with a rope ladder or roll on Weird Trees |
| 13 | A slope of slippery red mud or a waterfall creatures can walk up |
| 14 | A tree covered in sharp quills or roll on Weird Trees |
| 15 | A beast hanging from a snare or a slide made of ice |
| 16 | A tree that grows silver and gold coins or roll on Weird Trees |
| 17 | 1d3 ice statues of dryads or a pool of sticky black healing mud |
| 18 | An old mangrove sitting in glowing mud or roll on Weird Trees |
| 19 | An area of quicksand with several enticing signs |
| 20 | A hidden cache (Perception check to spot if near) with dust of disappearance (or roll on Minor Feywild Treasures) |
Feywild Encounter Minor Treasures
| 1d20 | Feywild Encounter Minor Treasures |
|---|---|
| 2 | A shimmering silk cloak threaded with gold worth 1200 gp |
| 3 | Potion of Mind Reading or Potion of Gaseous Form |
| 4 | A grinning jade dragon that pulls toward nearby Feywild Crossings |
| 5 | 1d2 beans from a Bag of Beans or Potion of Clairvoyance |
| 6 | A book in Sylvan that describes 100 fictional fey creatures |
| 7 | Philter of Love or Arrow of Fey slaying |
| 8 | A hunting horn decorated in glowing bronze flowers, worth 75 gp |
| 9 | Dust of Disappearance or Potion of Speed |
| 10 | A climber's kit or alchemist's supplies |
| 11 | Potion of Dimunition or Potion of Growth |
| 12 | A disguise kit or brewer's supplies |
| 13 | Spell Scroll of hypnotic pattern (or speak with plants) |
| 14 | 1d4 vials of antitoxin |
| 15 | Quaal's Feather Token - Swan or Tree |
| 16 | A scarf of leaves that changes colour as the wearer wills it |
| 17 | Spell Scroll of otto's irresistible dance (or dream) |
| 18 | A leaf brooch in the shape of a pair of jaws. Anyone carrying it has dreams of owlbears and blink dogs |
| 19 | Oil of Etherealness or Potion of Invisibility |
| 20 | A pair of sapphires with the mark of a fey ruler. Worth 500 gp each |
Feywild Encounter Complications
| 1d8+1d12 | Feywild Encounter Complications |
|---|---|
| 2 | There is a glowing arch of vines which acts as a planar portal. Through it arrives a deva (or roll on Planar Visitors) |
| 3 | There is an NPC here in a magical sleep (or tied by vines). Roll on Quick Forest NPCs |
| 4 | There are recent tracks of centaurs or roll on Feywild Humanoids |
| 5 | There is a deep pond with several wooden toy boats or roll on Feywild Combat Terrain |
| 6 | There is a hidden item (or cache) here. A potion of invisibility or roll on Minor Feywild Treasures |
| 7 | There is a slope of slippery red mud or roll on Feywild Combat Terrain |
| 8 | There is a programmed illusion (or mirage arcana) here |
| 9 | A beast hangs from a snare or roll on Feywild Combat Terrain |
| 10 | There are owlbears here (or nearby) as pets (or guards). For alternatives roll on Feywild Beasts |
| 11 | There is a grove of trees with sharp quills (or roll on Feywild Trees) |
| 12 | There are dryads (or roll on Fey Court) here (or nearby) as allies (or as curious bystanders) |
| 13 | Thera are several reaching vines (treat as grasping vine spell) or roll on Feywild Hazards and Obstacles |
| 14 | There is a tree hollow with glowing beetles that leads to elsewhere in the Feywild or roll on Feywild Crossings |
| 15 | A glittery mist descends in the area or roll on Feywild Hazards & Obstacles |
| 16 | There is a hidden door (or cave entrance) here. It leads to a place safe to rest. |
| 17 | There is continuous sleet (treat as sleet storm) or roll on Feywild Hazards and Obstacles |
| 18 | The creatures are carrying a magic item (or it is hidden nearby). Roll on Magic Items - Feywild) |
| 19 | Everyone in the area has a fly speed of 40 ft. Unattended objects float around |
| 20 | Nearby is an empyrean (or pick from Feywild Encounters Level 11+) those encountered try not to disturb. |
More Encounter Tables
There is a 5e Feywild random encounter generator at ChaosGen. A pdf of these and other Feywild tables is at the DM's Guild as Feywild Encounters
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