"A vain ogre is making themselves beautiful in a pool. They ask the group to accompany them to a feast of the fey"
Tables for Non-Combat Encounters, Quick NPCs and Hazards & Obstacles for the Feywild. Result is from Feywild Non-Combat Encounters.
Non-combat by terrain - feywild | jungle | road | ruins | sea | shadowfell
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Feywild Non-Combat, NPCs & Hazards
The Feywild is has many enchantments, tricksters and fey that provide dangers outside of combat. A talking but lonely beanstalk or a lost commoner far from home, searching for their goats. Meet NPCs from a satyr piper with a rivalry with a unicorn to a dancing hag cursed to help all they meet. Deal with grasping vines, hallucinogenic mists and unexpected blizzards.
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 Non-Combat Encounters
| 1d8+1d12 | Feywild Non-Combat Encounters |
|---|---|
| 2 | Three dryads have gifts of seeds they say will grow into magic trees |
| 3 | A friendly troll offers to help people across a dangerous bridge |
| 4 | Several confused ankhegs fire globs of glitter instead of acid. They dig tunnels that glow and seem incapable of harming creatures |
| 5 | A centaur and a sprite are engaged in a contest of wits try to involve the characters as judges or helpers |
| 6 | A talking toad with toad-fey (bullywug stats) servants wants to sing them a song of a legendary fey, The Monarch of the Marsh. |
| 7 | Several pixies try to replace gear of the group with flowers, leaves, small cute animals and other things of the Feywild |
| 8 | An elven noble falls in love with a character at first sight. They send fey and beast messengers with tokens of flowers, leaves and fruit. |
| 9 | A vain ogre is making themselves beautiful in a pool. They ask the group to accompany them to a feast of the fey |
| 10 | Three satyrs are having a contest using several musical instruments. The organize any watchers to help support them in a group round |
| 11 | A commoner entered a strange mist and is hunting for their goats |
| 12 | An owlbear has a saddle and looks at group with a hopeful look |
| 13 | A weaponless dragonborn veteran talks of the freedom in pacifism |
| 14 | A talking beanstalk (animated tree stats) offers magical beans in return for songs, stories and laughter. |
| 15 | A grimlock is lost from the Shadowfell, confused and frightened. Someone has turned its weapons into flowers. |
| 16 | A friendly green roper helps creatures navigate steep slopes and tall trees with it's long strands. Many glowing insects live on it |
| 17 | An ancient treant is dying and asks for a final story before it goes |
| 18 | A yeti with butterfly wings (fly 30 ft) is trying to join a fey court |
| 19 | A lamia is making charms of leaves, feathers and bark. They give several to the group and tell of the great powers they possess. |
| 20 | A few orcs have been charmed by a fey. They are gardening and performing other domestic tasks while singing a ballad. |
Feywild Quick NPCs
| 1d4+1d6 | Feywild Quick NPCs |
|---|---|
| 2 | Kiti is a gullible druid with hands of leaves and a colony of cute rodents living about them. They ask many questions about cities |
| 3 | Jheri is a jolly knight mounted on an purple axebeak. They don't take anything seriously and never sleep in the same place twice |
| 4 | This youthful mage (or enchanter - VGtM) and wears a sparkly green tiara. Nemeia's spells often emit light instead of intended effect. They are studying insects of the Feywild and keep several in jars |
| 5 | Damson is a sly satyr piper who carries a shield with rainbow patterns. They are obsessed by an ongoing rivalry with a musical unicorn |
| 6 | Cade is a serious elven scout with a glowing bow. They are obsessed with archery but complain of fey always playing tricks on them |
| 7 | Tibor is a chatty noble in clothes fashionable long ago. They worry about family and hope to go home. But another feast always awaits. |
| 8 | Finellen is a dancing green hag with a broom of glowing strands who sings constantly. They are cursed to help everyone they meet |
| 9 | Sergiu is a scarred forest gnome priest who makes clockwork animals. They are looking for a way to visit the Shadowfell for a special project |
| 10 | Morana is a slight assassin with all kinds of herbs. They are searching for rare poisons. When excited or stressed they turn into a badger |
Feywild Hazards and Obstacles
| 1d8+1d12 | Feywild Hazards and Obstacles |
|---|---|
| 2 | A few items belonging to the party animate and try to crawl away |
| 3 | A phantasmal fog (treat as weird spell) |
| 4 | A glowing tree that constantly firing off lights that act as faerie fire |
| 5 | An thicket of spikes (treat as spike growth spell) |
| 6 | A blizzard is starting or thunder and lightning |
| 7 | A tar pit which is a portal to the Shadowfell (or elemental plane) |
| 8 | A whispering (or glittery) mist descends around party |
| 9 | Green fungi with sparkling spores that cause hallucinations (or fear) |
| 10 | Heavy rain (or snow) (Heavy Precipitation - DMG pg 110) or there is blinding sunshine |
| 11 | Sounds of a hunt nearby or writhing grass (treat as entangle spell) |
| 12 | Continuous sleet (treat as sleet storm) or shrieking winds (Strong Wind - DMG pg 110) |
| 13 | Several reaching vines (treat as grasping vine spell) |
| 14 | A warm breeze that whispers phrases in Sylvan or an area of thick webs (DMG pg 105) |
| 15 | A reddish mist that make creatures sleepy (or laugh constantly) |
| 16 | An area of magical thorns (treat as wall of thorns spell) |
| 17 | A bush with orange berries that are poisonous if eaten. Last 2d4 hours if picked |
| 18 | A pool with a whirlpool is concealed by a hallucinatory terrain (or mirage arcana) |
| 19 | A carved tree (or talking waterfall) that can cause a curse (or geas) |
| 20 | An area where any unattached object floats slowly around |
More Encounters
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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