Fey Court and Woodland Encounters Using Wild Beyond the Witchlight

"Several small fey with large heads are weeping uncontrollably over a broken clockwork sparrow. One of them is riding an owlbear wearing a blue bow..."

Random tables for Witchlight forest and fey courts using monsters from The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

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Forest and Fey Court Witchlight Encounters

Woodland and fey courts pay a large part of the Wilds Beyond the Witchlight.

The tables below provide encounter options for woodland encounters 1-4 & 5-10, woodland encounter details, woodland beasts, plant creatures, fey courts 1-4 & 5-10, fey court 11+, fey court encounter details, fey allies and hag servants.

TWBtW indicates The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

There is a pdf of these and more tables at the DM's Guild as Witchlight Encounter Tables. And included in the Witchlight Encounters Bundle

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Enchanted Woodlands 1-4

1d8+1d12	Enchanted Woodlands 1-4
2	1 unicorn or 1d2 displacer beasts
3	1d4 tin soldiers (TWBtW) on patrol or 1 green hag
4	1 dryad and 1d6 awakened shrubs or roll on Plant Creatures
5	2 elf acrobats (selenion twin stats - TWBtW) or 1d3 ettercaps
6	1 druid on a flying rocking horse (TWBtW) or 1d4+1 worgs
7	1d3 treant saplings (TWBtW) or roll on Plant Creatures
8	1d2 owlbears or 2d4 clockwork sparrows (hawk* stats)*
9	1d3 satyrs and 1 satyr piper or 1d4 goblins on giant wasps
10	1d3 swarms of campestris or roll on Plant Creatures
11	2d4 giant badgers and 1 giant boar or roll on Woodland Beasts
12	1d4 blink dogs and 1d4 sprites or 1d2 will'o-wisps
13	1d4 boars or roll on Woodland Beasts
14	2d6 boggles (TWBtW) and 1 giant snail (TWBtW) or 1d4 scouts
15	1d6 giant dragonflies (TWBtW) or roll on Woodland Beasts
16	1d4 kenku and a kenku warlock (Kettlestream stats - TWBtW) or 1d2 centaurs and 1 pixie
17	1d4 giant spiders or roll on Woodland Beasts
18	1d4 giant swans (giant eagle stats, no talons, attack twice with beak, speak Common & Auran) or 1 faerie dragon* (any color)*
19	1 giant elk or roll on Woodland Beasts
20	1d2 redcaps (TWBtW) or 1 green dragon wyrmling

Enchanted Woodland 5-10

1d8+1d12	Enchanted Woodland 5-10
2	1 guardian naga
3	2d6 bugbears and 1 bugbear chief
4	1 paladin (Strongheart stats - TWBtW) and 1d3 knights on a flying sleigh pulled by 1d3 winged owlbears (fly 40 ft)
5	1 tree blight (TWBtW) with 1d2 druids
6	1 unicorn and 1d6 centaurs
7	1d6 scouts led by 1 veteran on giant dragonflies (TWBtW)
8	2d6 centaurs or 1d6 worgs and 2d4 dire wolves
9	1d4+1 ettercaps and 2d4 giant spiders
10	1 shambling mound with 1d4 vine blights
11	1 satyr piper with 1d3 swarms of capestris (TWBtW), 1d6 satyrs and 1d6 dryads
12	1 treant and 1d3 sprites
13	1 werebear with 1d4 owlbears
14	1d6 centaur hunters with 1d6 quicklings (TWBtW) and 1d4 displacer beasts
15	1 korred (TWBtW) and 2d4 blink dogs
16	1 oni and 1d4 redcaps (TWBtW)
17	1 helmed horror with 2d4 animated armors
18	1d2 giant apes with butterfly wings (fly 20 ft)
19	1 forest hag (Skabatha Nightshade stats - TWBtW) and 1d4 vine blights
20	1 jabberwock (TWBtW)

Woodland Encounter Details

They are... (or one is...)

1d8+1d12	Woodland Encounter Details
2	stirring a cauldron
3	rescuing cute animals
4	on a chariot pulled by elk (or roll on Woodland Beasts)
5	visiting a grandparent or swimming in a pool
6	adapted to trees (climb 30 ft)
7	burying a companion
8	tending a garden
9	playing with leaves (or glowing insects)
10	getting ready for a hunt
11	harvesting herbs or magical fruit
12	following a fey guide
13	angry (or happy) about something
14	telling stories or lost
15	carrying a cryptic warning
16	mourning a tree or hunting the killers of a tree
17	throwing rocks
18	making something from glowing plants
19	moving (or marching) to drums
20	planning advancement in a fey court

Woodland Beasts Level 1-4

1d4+1d6	Woodland Beasts Level 1-4
2	1d4 giant owls or 2d4 flying snakes
3	2d4 giant badgers or 1d4 swarms of insects
4	1d4+1 wolves and 1 dire wolf or 2d4 giant snails* (TWBtW)*
5	1d4 giant spiders or 2d4 giant frogs
6	2d6 giant weasels or 1d4 boars and 1 giant boar
7	2d6 giant fire beetles or 1d3 brown bears
8	1d6 giant dragonflies (TWBtW) or 2d4 elk
9	2d4 giant wasps or 3d6 goats
10	1 giant elk or 2d4 giant bats

Plant Creatures Levels 1-4

1d4+1d6	Plant Creatures Levels 1-4
2	1 shambling mound
3	1d2 dryads with 1 treant sapling (TWBtW) and 1 swarm of campestris (TWBtW)
4	1d3 treant saplings (TWBtW)
5	1 dryad and 1d6 awakened shrubs
6	1d3 swarms of campestris (TWBtW)
7	1d4 needle blights and 1d6 twig blights
8	1 talking plant (Amidor the Dandelion stats) and 1d2 awakened trees
9	1d3 vine blights and 1d4 twig blights
10	2d4 myconid adults

Fey Court 1-4

Use 1d10 for Common and Uncommon items, 1d6+10 for Rare, 1d4+20 for Very Rare & Legendary

1d8+1d12	Fey Court 1-4
2	1 unicorn or 1 awakened elephant* (Int 10, speaks Sylvan, fly 30 ft)*
3	1 green hag or 2d4 kenku
4	1 giant elk or 1 bullywyug knight* (TWBtW)*
5	2d4 giant owls or 1d4 awakened giant dragonflies* (TWBtW, Int 10, speak Sylvan)*
6	2d4 boggles (TWBtW) or 1d4 darkling elders* (TWBtW)*
7	1 faerie dragon (any color) or 1d3 pegasi
8	1d3 centaurs or 1d6 awakened giant badgers* (Int 10, speaks Sylvan)*
9	1d6 sprites or 2d4 darklings* (TWBtW)*
10	2d4 blink dogs or 1d4 fairy scouts* (race from TWBtW)*
11	2d4 satyrs or 1d3 awakened giant goats* (Int 10, speak Sylvan)*
12	1d4 quicklings (TWBtW) or 1d2 fairy druids* (race from TWBtW)*
13	1d4 dryads or 1d3 will-'o-wisps
14	2d6 brigganocks (TWBtW) or 1 awakened cat* (Int 10, speaks Sylvan)*
15	1d3 redcaps (TWBtW) or 1 sea hag
16	1d6 pixies or 1 kenku warlock (Kettlestream* stats - TWBtW)*
17	1 satyr piper or 1d4 awakened giant snails* (Int 10, speaks Sylvan)*
18	1d6 winged goblins (fly 30 ft) led by 1 winged goblin boss (fly 30 ft) or 1 succubus/incubus
19	1d4 fairy nobles (race from TWBtW) or 1d4 magmins
20	1 night hag or 1d3 awakened brown bears* (Int 10, speak Sylvan)*

Fey Court 5-10

1d4+1d6	Fey Court 5-10
2	Coven of 3 hags (any mix)
3	1d4 dryads and 1 treant or 1d2 fomorians
4	1 unicorn or 1 drow mage
5	2d4 centaurs or 1 swamp hag (Bavlorna Blightstraw* stats - TWBtW)*
6	1d3 korreds (TWBtW)
7	1 fairy mage (race from TWBtW) or 1 mountain hag (Endelyn Moongrave* stats - TWBtW)*
8	2d4 redcaps (TWBtW) or 1 gray slaad
9	1 guardian naga
10	1 fairy archmage (race from TWBtW) or 1 forest hag (Endelyn Moongrave* stats - TWBtW)*

Fey Court 11+

1d4+1d6	Fey Court 11+
2	1 hag queen (Iggwilv the witch queen stats - TWBtW)
3	1 storm giant with dragonfly wings (fly 60 ft)
4	1 gynosphinx
5	1d4+1 korreds (TWBtW)
6	Coven of 3 night hags
7	1 fairy archmage (race from TWBtW)
8	1 jabberwock (TWBtW)
9	1 adult silver dragon
10	1 empyrean

Fey Court Encounter Details