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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight

Witchlight Hand

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Skill Proficiencies: Performance, Sleight of Hand

Tool Proficiency: Disguise kit or one type of musical instrument

Equipment: A disguise kit or a musical instrument of your choice, a deck of cards, a carnival uniform or costume, one trinket (determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table), and a pouch containing 8 gp

Languages: One of your choice

You crept into the Witchlight Carnival as a child or youth and never looked back, earning a place among those who work behind the scenes to keep the carnival in business. As a hand, you work hard and party hard. The carnival has borne you to many fantastic worlds, circling back around to your home world once every eight years, but you know almost nothing about these worlds because you spend all your time in the carnival. You know the other hands well, but the carnival’s owners—Mister Witch and Mister Light—remain mysterious to you even after all these years.
Maybe you joined the carnival to escape a dismal life at home, or maybe you were enchanted by the idea of visiting new places or the dream of becoming one of the carnival’s star attractions. Now that you’re older, carnival life has lost some of its appeal. The daily routine has grown tedious, the cyclical nature of the carnival’s journey monotonous. The carnival no longer fills your heart with a sense of wonder. Perhaps greater adventures await you beyond the carnival’s gates.

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Carnival Companion

Over the years, you have earned the friendship of another carnival fixture. Roll a d8 and consult the Carnival Companion table to determine whom or what you’ve befriended, or you can choose an option that you like. Work with your GM to flesh out this friendship. This companion hangs around you while you’re in the carnival, but it won’t voluntarily leave the carnival.

The GM can use the Witchlight Hand to represent hands, performers, and animal trainers who serve as carnival companions. Statistics for the other companions can be found in the Monster Manual.

Companion Table

d8	Carnival Companion
1	Old, cantankerous Witchlight hand
2	Young, impressionable Witchlight hand
3	Performer (such as an acrobat, a clown, or a musician)
4	Retired performer
5	Seasoned animal trainer
6	Old blink dog
7	Cheery sprite
8	Harmless, magical wisp of light (no stat block required) that has a flying speed of 30 feet, can hover, and sheds bright light in a 5-foot radius and dim light for an additional 5 feet

Carnival Fixture

The Witchlight Carnival provides you with free, modest lodging and food. In addition, you may wander about the carnival and partake of its many wonders at no cost to you, provided you don’t disrupt its shows or cause any other trouble.

Suggested Motivations

These tables, while optional, are well suited to Feywild-themed adventures and are ideal for any character who has the feylost or Witchlight hand background.
Traits

d8	Personality Trait
1	I’m haunted by fey laughter that only I can hear, though I know it’s just my mind playing tricks on me.
2	Like a nomad, I can’t settle down in one place for very long.
3	Good music makes me weep like a baby.
4	Wherever I go, I try to bring a little of the warmth and tranquility of home with me.
5	I have never lost my childlike sense of wonder.
6	When I have a new idea, I get wildly excited about it until I come up with another, better idea.
7	I live by my own set of weird and wonderful rules.
8	I can’t bring myself to trust most adults.

Ideals

d8	Ideal
1	Friendship. I never leave a friend behind. (Good)
2	Empathy. No creature should be made to suffer. (Good)
3	Wanderlust. I prefer to take the less traveled path. (Chaotic)
4	Changeability. Change is good, which is why I live by an ever-changing set of rules. (Chaotic)
5	Honor. A deal is a deal, and I would never break one. (Lawful)
6	Rule of Three. Everything in the multiverse happens in threes. I see the “rule of three” everywhere. (Lawful)
7	Obsession. I won’t let go of a grudge. (Evil)
8	Greed. I will do whatever it takes to get what I want, regardless of the harm it might cause. (Evil)

Bonds

d8	Bond
1	I would never break my word.
2	I find magic in all its forms to be compelling. The more magical a place, the more I am drawn to it.
3	I do what I can to protect the natural world.
4	A trusted friend is the most important thing in the multiverse to me.
5	I can’t bring myself to harm a Fey creature, either because I consider myself one or because I fear the repercussions.
6	The Witchlight Carnival feels like home to me.
7	I’m drawn to the Feywild and long to return there, if only for a short while.
8	I feel indebted to Mister Witch and Mister Light for giving me a home and a purpose.

Flaws

d8	Flaw
1	I easily lose track of time. My poor sense of time means I’m always late.
2	I think the whole multiverse is out to get me.
3	I’m always operating under a tight timeline, and I’m obsessed with keeping everything on schedule.
4	I’m a kleptomaniac who covets shiny, sparkling treasure.
5	I’m forgetful. Sometimes I can’t remember even the simplest things.
6	I never give away anything for free and always expect something in return.
7	I have many vices and tend to indulge them.
8	I’m always changing my mind—well, almost always.

Feywild Trinkets

A Weird Memento

The Feywild Trinkets table that follows offers a selection of trinkets appropriate for Feywild-themed adventures such as this one. Players whose characters have the feylost or Witchlight hand background can roll on this table instead of the Trinkets table in the Player Options to determine what trinkets their characters possess.
Trinkets

d100	Trinket
1	Cookie cutter shaped like a unicorn
2	Two yew rings linked together
3	Silver hand mirror with a nymph-shaped handle
4	Painted wooden key whose teeth change configuration every day at dawn
5	Delicate silver cameo with pictures of twin children opposite one another
6	Golden pendant charm shaped like a leprechaun
7	Tiny wooden box containing a croquet set sized for pixies or sprites
8	Tiny pair of sharp, iron scissors
9	Chess piece shaped like a dancing satyr wearing a bishop’s hat and clutching a gnarled staff
10	Saltshaker shaped like a wizard’s tower
11	Crystal orb that allows an elf who holds it to sleep
12	Pendant that shows the phases of the moon
13	Large iron fingernail
14	Tiny electrum whistle that only Fey can hear
15	Wooden jigsaw puzzle piece as big as a saucer, with a painted image of a jug on it
16	Spool of glistening silver thread
17	Sheet of music that goblins find upsetting when they hear it played or sung
18	Rotten ogre’s tooth with the Elvish glyph for “moon” etched into it
19	Vitrified eye of a displacer beast
20	Tiny duskwood coffin containing the ashes of a troll
21	Old invitation to a banquet in the Summer Court, written in ink on vellum in Sylvan
22	Gossamer shawl that glows faintly in moonlight
23	Ball-and-cup toy that plays a short, victorious jingle whenever the ball lands in the cup
24	Sprite’s skull covered in ink fingerprints
25	Silver fork with the outer tines bent sideways
26	A soot-stained sock in which a nugget of coal magically appears each day at dawn
27	Tiny wooden stool (sized for a pixie or sprite) that gives splinters to those who hold it
28	Tiny clockwork dragonfly that slowly beats its wings (but can’t fly) when wound up
29	Toy unicorn made of wood, painted with bright colors
30	Pixie plushie that sings when you squeeze it
31	1-inch-square painting of a sleeping elf
32	Thimble that helps you daydream when worn
33	Pumpkin cupcake that magically regenerates itself in its paper cup each day at dawn
34	Fake Three-Dragon Ante card depicting a faerie dragon
35	Teacup made from a varnished mushroom cap that magically keeps its liquid contents lukewarm
36	Rock that floats and is small enough to hide in your closed fist
37	Tiny bottle filled with rainwater collected from the Feywild
38	Opalescent conch shell that laughs when you hold it to your ear
39	Vial of viscous liquid labeled “Fomorian spit. Do not drink!”
40	Wax candle that roars and crackles like a bonfire while lit
41	Potted daffodil that sways when near a source of music
42	8-ounce, glass wine bottle that magically reassembles itself 1 minute after being broken
43	Tiny wooden sylph figurehead from a model ship
44	Tiny pumpkin-shaped cauldron carved out of bog oak
45	Bar of soap that smells like something memorable from your childhood
46	Piece of orange parchment folded to look like a knight astride a unicorn
47	Tinted glasses so dark that they can’t be seen through
48	8-inch-long glass ant figurine
49	Piece of parchment bearing a child’s drawing of an oni
50	Tiny hourglass without sand in it
51	Empty vial with corked ends at the top and bottom
52	Pair of green leprechaun boots tied together by their laces
53	Smoking pipe made from a tree root
54	Red cap that droops down to one’s shoulders when worn
55	Mask that helps you remember your dreams if you wear it while you sleep
56	Notebook that shows what’s written on it only when held upside down
57	Wooden top with four sides, each bearing the image of child enjoying a different season
58	Tiny beehive wig made for sprites or pixies
59	Wooden mouse figurine that squeaks when held
60	Stuffed oni doll with a creepy smile and one missing eye
61	Empty bag labeled “Candy”
62	Tinted glass monocle that makes things look green
63	Black executioner’s hood sized for a pixie or sprite
64	Piano key carved from a satyr’s horn
65	Tiny wooden lute with cat hairs for strings
66	Iron needle with an eye that refuses to let thread pass through it
67	Tiny sundial that casts a shadow only in moonlight
68	Wooden pan flute that attracts harmless local fauna when played
69	Silvered pinecone
70	Flask of spectral glowworms that change color to reflect the mood of the flask’s holder
71	Wooden apple painted blue
72	Tuning fork that sounds the tone for the F key
73	Nunchaku sized for a pixie or sprite
74	Copper coin with a smiling satyr’s face on one side and a satyr’s skull on the other
75	Severed chicken’s foot attached to a leather cord
76	Collection of baby teeth in a tiny wooden box
77	Pinwheel whirligig that spins even when there’s no wind
78	Child’s parasol covered in moss and leaves
79	Wooden magnifying glass missing its lens
80	Glossy mushroom with a red, bell-shaped cap that jingles when shook
81	Pouch of seeds that smell like home
82	Petrified robin’s egg
83	Wooden spoon with a hole in the center
84	Paper wasp nest in a jar
85	Sprig of rosemary wrapped with ribbon at one end
86	Tiny, unfurnished dollhouse sized for a pixie child
87	Paintbrush made entirely of ceramic—even the bristles
88	Candlestick whose candlelight looks like a tiny, dancing fairy made of fire
89	Spectacle frames in the shape of butterfly wings
90	Set of false wooden teeth
91	Tiny book of fairytales
92	Rucksack in which one potato magically appears each day at dawn
93	Pixie’s winter jacket lined with fox fur
94	Tasseled wine charm shaped like a sprite
95	Weak magnetic wand
96	100-sided die the size of a plum, cut from coal
97	Glass slipper, missing its mate
98	Tiny dreamcatcher
99	Barbell sized for a pixie or sprite
100	Music box that plays a sprightly tune you remember from your childhood

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