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Sample file Credits Project Management & Class Design Table of Contents Jackson Lewis THE FEYWILD'S CREATION ............... 3 Subclass Design ECOLOGY OF THE FEYWILD .............. 3 Jessica Marcrum Geography of the Land .................................... 5 Monster Design Inhabitants ..................................................... 7 E.R.F. Jordan Economy & Trade ............................................ 8 Adventure Design Politics & Factions ......................................... 10 EY OCATIONS Chai Powers K L ....................... 13 Brokenstone Vale .......................................... 13 Lore Writing Cendriane ..................................................... 14 Matthew Whitby Everbloom, the Living Forest .......................... 15 Editing Feydark ....................................................... 16 Chris Hopper Nachtur, the Goblin Kingdom ......................... 16 Senaliesse .................................................... 18 Layout The Murkendraw ........................................... 19 Lydia Van Hoy Unseelie Court .............................................. 20 ALL ART COURTESY OF ADOBESTOCK AND THE Vale of the Long Night ................................... 21 BRITISH PUBLIC LIBRARY PUBLIC DOMAIN IMAGES. ADVENTURE SEEDS ................... 22 Tier 1 Adventures .......................................... 22 Tier 2 Adventures .......................................... 24 Tier 3 Adventures .......................................... 26 Legal Tier 4 Adventures .......................................... 29 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, D&D, Wizards of the REATURES Coast, Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft, Eberron, the C ............................... 32 Etiquette ...................................................... 32 dragon ampersand, Ravnica and all other Mirage Dragon ............................................... 34 Wizards of the Coast product names, and their Mother of Witches .......................................... 39 respective logos are trademarks of Wizards of the Grandfather Ogre .......................................... 41 Coast in the USA and other countries. The Crucified ................................................. 41 This work contains material that is copyright Greater Redcap .............................................. 43 Wizards of the Coast and/or other authors. Such THE ATAVIST CLASS ..................... 44 material is used with permission under the Stat Blocks ................................................... 52 Community Content Agreement for Dungeon ADVENTURE: BLOODLINE, BLOOD DIVINE ... 54 Masters Guild. Chapter 1 .................................................... 54 All other original material in this work is Chapter 2 .................................................... 57 copyright 2020 by Jackson Lewis and published Chapter 3 .................................................... 59 underSample the Community Content Agreement for Conclusion ............. ........file............................... 62 Dungeon Masters Guild. Welcome to the Feywild A Brief History of e create a domain in which all four could reign forever in between their allotted season. And so Feywild’s Creation the Feywild was created. Each season created a he Feywild, better known as the Plane Court in their name, and everything was perfect. of Faerie, is a mystical place unlike Since its creation, the rich lore of the Feywild any other. The plane itself is situated is near endless. Tales of love, war, and peace are entirely parallel to the Material Plane, plentiful. However, many of the fey creatures that the two overlapping within the precise inhabit the plane focus on living in the moment, Tcosmological space as one another. There are three commonly told tales about the origins of rather than clutching hungrily to grudges until the Feywild, each with the smallest of truths being consumed in body and soul. Many archfey, hidden inside. if asked, are more inclined to remember evenings The first tale tells of the Primordials, the very of bountiful feasts rather than grand creators who say that there was an excess of confrontations, betrayals, or battles. brightness among the many planes of existence. As all the brightness was gathered in one place the Feywild was created, bright in every sense of Ecology of e Feywild This chapter gives a broad overview to the the word. Its vibrant magic took the shape of the Feywild, including topics on how the magic Material Plane and exaggerated every aspect. impacts visitors, its geography, inhabitants, This shared shape allowed the two planes to economy, trade, and politics of the land. share connections: thin barriers where traversal between the two is possible. The second tale talks of the Sun and the No Time, Only Place Upon stepping into the Feywild, it should never Moon, ever passing over the Material Plane take long to notice the mystifying sight of the without the chance to rest. One day before ever-setting sun, gently held and coddled in place setting, the Sun simply ceased to move. As the forevermore. Regardless of how much time Moon rose it saw how worn the Sun was, and so characters spend there, time refuses to visibly the Moon promised the Sun a place where it can move in a discernible fashion. Yet there is an ever rest forever. So the Moon took half of itself for shifting hue to the skies that invites you to never half a year to create the Feywild, allowing the leave. Moving north invites the sun to rise, Sun to keep moving and remain in rest bringing warmth and vibrant colours unlike any simultaneously. The Sun was overjoyed that it other, whereas going south welcomes the night, vowed to make the Feywild brighter than any where woven nets of stars scatter the night and land in existence. cool breezes hold fey secrets. The third and final tale focuses on Autumn, The time of day affixed to a location is chosen by Winter, Spring and Summer arguing about not the resident archfey, whose power extends to not getting enough time on the Material Plane. Each just selecting the time of day, but the freedom to seasonSample felt they could do so much more if they file change it and all the weather on a mere whim. only had more time. The solution was simple: Perpetual Seasons plane travelling creatures have documented the inconsistency of time spent within the Feywild, As the time of day is locked to the location, so too for some each day within Feywild equates to mere is the season. The Feywild exaggerates properties minutes whereas others result in tragic tales of of the Material Plane, especially the seasons, returning to their home plane countless years which have a greater significance here. Each later. season corresponds to a court, and countless It is said that all archfey, fey beings of deity- eladrin align themselves with a particular equivalent abilities, have the power to ensure season. This results in large swaths of the that visiting creatures return home at the exact Feywild claimed by a particular season under the point they left, however it is an honor rarely given vigilant watch of an archfey. The sky, wildlife, and and even then not without great cost. For visitors temperate all reflect the very essence of that to the Feywild it can seem cruel, but fey season. creatures see the beauty and excitement of never The borders between different archfey knowing when, where, or how one might return domains vary greatly, some gently transition home. The adventure lies in the mystery. seamlessly while others draw harsh borders that carve up the land. Any trees that cross the divide immediately show the sign of the changed season. For example, some show autumn leaves FEY TALE - A COMPETITION OF SEASONS swaying one side and frostbitten bare branches One day the four seasons gathered for a series of on the other. The denizens of each season’s playful competitions, each season bringing their domain often reflect it within their personality; own to challenge the others. Autumn challenged from being selfless in Autumn, pensive in Winter, each season to prepare the most bountiful feasts, overjoyous in Spring, or passionate in Summer. but was disappointed when their feast proved to Time Well Spent, be grandest by far. Winter challenged each Forgotten All the Same season to sit and wait the longest, but too was disappointed when all other seasons proved to be Aside from the exaggerated splendor of the vistas too impatient. and landscapes, the erratic magic of the Feywild Spring’s challenge was to create the best song, seeps into its very being in a way that impacts but none of the other seasons could keep a beat even those who briefly visit the plane. Mortals like Spring could. Lastly, Summer challenged who enter the Feywild are subjected to its magic each season for a display of strength, but no most significantly when they attempt to leave, other season held a candle to them. either by losing all memories of their time in the At the end of the four challenges, each season Feywild or having assumed to have only been was in a dour mood. When a singular epiphany away for a tennday to realise they’ve been hit all the seasons; why compete when they work missing for a decade. better together? And so, Summer raised the Feywild’s Jaunting Flow of Time ground into a table, Autumn prepared a feast unlike any other, Spring supplied the music to As with all things in the Feywild, time itself is accompany the meal, and Winter sat at the table, taken Sampleto the magical extreme. While traversing prepared to wait for thfilee next time the four the Plane of Faerie,