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When adventurers find themselves indebted to the
fey, they must spend a day undergoing three trials or
be forced to live out their lives as pets to capricious
feyfolk.
This adventure can be played combat-free, but
combat is optimized for 4-6 Level 4-6 adventurers
and is optimized for 5 players with an average party
level (APL) of 5.
Adventure Background
Access to the fey realm appears random and
inconsistent, but it is rumored they can be spotted
when the moon is full, particularly if it is near a solstice.
Long ago, mortals could call fairies by offering milk
and trinkets, though this is now an exceedingly
rare practice. It is far more likely to stumble upon a
fairy circle by mistake than with intention. Mortals
finding themselves in the fey realm are in the gravest
of danger, for in the Feywild, logic and reason may
fly out the window, but bargains and rules are more
solid than stone. Woe be to the mortal who enters a
bargain without understanding the terms, or worse,
partakes of food offered by fairies.
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Adventure Summary
In Part 1, the adventurers find themselves
unexpectedly in the Feywild attending a funeral of
a dryad. The funeral is officiated by a treant and
attended by assorted fey. Blamed for the dryad’s
death, the adventurers are forbidden from leaving
the realm of Fey until they make amends. The tasks
appear simple and should only take one day: help
the local farmers care for their livestock, usher for a
music competition, and lastly, serve as official taste
testers for Archfey Lady Verenestra’s Spring Court
ball.
In Part 2, the adventurers are taken to the
farming community. The local farmers are raising
rust monsters, as iron is known to burn all fairy
creatures. They also have a dewdrop purification
system utilizing sunlight and overseen by fairy
dragons. Adventurers are tasked with giving the rust
monsters a thorough rubdown and assisting with a
rust weevil hatching. With proper tribute, a faerie
dragon can be convinced to help them.
In Part 3, after the rust monsters are properly
soothed, adventurers are escorted by a pixie to an
outdoor concert hall in a glade. They are asked to
escort judges and musically interested guests to
their seats, while also not falling victim to the satyrs’
sleeping song. Guests may be myconids, treants,
dryads, and other assorted fey folk, and guests who
are not immediately recognized as living creatures
are deeply offended.
Part 4 begins once a winning satyr is
chosen, if the party has not been
thrown out of the venue,
when they are taken by
 the same pixie to an elaborate kitchen to serve as
taste testers for Archfey Verenestra. Wise characters
know that any who eat or drink food while in the fey
world are trapped there forever, so they must figure
out an alternative. If adventurers don’t have this
knowledge, they may be warned by a well-meaning
myconid also working in the kitchen.
In the Conclusion, having found a way to discern
if the food is poisoned without eating it themselves,
the pixie from the funeral appears and tell them
their debt is repaid. As a bonus, she gives them one
of the rust weevils they helped to hatch. The kitchens
vanish, and the party finds themselves in the original
woods, laden with fey gifts.
Adventure Hooks
• A logging party stays out drinking one night
in the woods, when they suddenly realize
the realms have shifted. They are at a
dryad’s funeral and they are her murderers.
• Bounty hunters destroy half of a forest in their
quest to kill a group of Needle & Twig Blights,
killing a dryad and infuriating a local treant.
• Adventurers are led by will o’ wisps to the sound
of mournful music. They find themselves at the
funeral of a dryad, and as the only mortals in
the area, are falsely accused of killing her by
carelessness.
A Day with the Fey
Due to the planar shifting at the full moon, the
adventurers find they are no longer in their own
realm. Upon noticing a treant intoning funeral rites
over the body of a dryad, the adventurers realize that
by one means or another, they are in the Feywild.
Whether the party is at fault for the dryad’s death
or not, they are blamed and forced to repay their
debt by spending the day in service to the fey. First,
they must tend to rust monsters, then usher a music
competition, and finally serve as taste testers for a
fey court ball. If they accomplish these tasks, they
may return home with the blessings of
the fey. If they fail in any of their
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tasks, they will owe a great debt to the forest fey and
can be called on to repay it at any time.
Part 1: The Dryad’s
Funeral
The funeral is officiated by a treant and attended by
three dryads, a redcap, several pixies, sprites, and
blink dogs.
The Fairy Circle in the Forest
The moon is full, and it is unclear which trees
are more than what they seem. Wings and
sparkling eyes glint in the shadows, and leaves
rustle without any wind. Though only a handful
of creatures can be seen, the adventurers know
at once that many more are watching them.
Features:
Forest. The forest teems with life and mystery.
Adventurers must succeed on a DC 16 Intelligence
(Arcana/Nature) check to discern dryads and treants
from unawakened trees (see Creatures/NPCs
below: there are 2 treants, one of whom is hidden,
and 3 dryads, two of whom are hidden).
Fey Funerary Circle. The primary NPC/
Creatures are standing in a circle around the corpse
of a dryad, the lead treant showering the body with
blossoms. As he intones a chant, blink dogs howl in
response.
Creatures/NPCs:
Lord Oak (treant MM 289) and 1 hidden treant
Hagfang (redcap VGM 188)
Thizzletwit (pixie MM 253) and 5 other pixies
Jacknife (sprite MM 283) and 4 other sprites
Elmroot (dryad MM 121) and 2 hidden dryads
Howler (blink dog MM 318) and 3 other blink dogs
Assorted forest creatures of DM’s choice
Tactics:
Lord Oak acknowledges the intrusion from the
adventurers and ask them to explain why they have
killed his child and threatened his forest.
He calls for civility from the
 other fey and prevent any from drawing first blood
on the adventurers. If an adventurer is a gnome or
elf, he is additionally confused as to how they could
kill a “homeland tree.” He frequently swears “By
Relkath’s Branches.” If a fight breaks out, he and the
other treant attempt to stop it by Awakening as many
trees as necessary to hold everyone still. Lord Oak
encourages adventurers to follow Thizzletwit’s plan,
advising them that the fey take bargains very seriously.
He warns the adventurers the consequences of
breaking the forced bargain may include indentured
servitude to Thizzletwit or worse, Hagfang.

Hagfang was not expected to attend the funeral but

owes a life debt to the deceased dryad and came
to pay his respects. He wants to murder the party
outright and attempts to convince the sprites to join
him in the slaughter. Lord Oak can convince him to
stow his blade, but if the adventurers engage him in
battle, Hagfang is joined by several sprites and all of
the dryads in battle. In battle, he makes full use of
his Wicked Sickle and iron boots to drain as much
blood as possible from adventurers.

Thizzletwit abhors violence and is sure the

adventurers mean well, even if they don’t. The day of
service to the fey is her idea, and she is overjoyed to
have one of her plans taken seriously for a change.
If a fight breaks out, Thizzletwit flees and returns
afterwards to offer the terms of penance to the
adventurers, stressing now that they have killed
multiple fey, she is truly taking it easy on them. In the
instance of a fight, Thizzletwit’s pixie friends vanish
into the woods and do not return with her.
Note: Jacknife’s Heart Sight makes no difference to
Thizzletwit, who mainly wants to have a laugh at the
expense of mortals.
Jacknife presents as gender neutral and thinks
their time is better spent protecting the forest
than entertaining intruders. They came to honor
the dryad and would just as soon be on their way.
Jacknife uses Heart Sight on the party to determine
their guilt in killing the dryad (DC 10 Charisma
saving throw). Even if the party is responsible,
Jacknife does not hold them accountable unless
they have an Evil alignment, assuming most non-fey
are simply ignorant. If the party fights
Hagfang, two of the sprites join
in utilizing poisoned weapons. Jacknife only fights if
the adventurer whose heart they checked has an evil
alignment. If the party is not responsible for the death
of the dryad, Jacknife wants the “mortal intruders”
out of their forest as soon as possible. They do not
help Hagfang to fight the party, but encourages them
to go along with Thizzletwit’s suggestion in order
to expedite the party’s return to their own realm as
soon as possible.
Note: The result of Jacknife’s Heart Sight makes no
difference to Thizzletwit, who mainly wants to have a
laugh at the expense of mortals.
Elmroot is the root-mate of the deceased dryad.
She does not want any more violence in her forest,
however if Jacknife announces the party is evil, she
fights for vengeance. Whether or not Elmroot fights,
if a fight breaks out, her two dryad companions fight.
Upon reaching 4 HP, they retreat into their trees.

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 Howler is the trusty companion of Lord Oak and
his three other dogs howl during the funeral as well
as during any fighting. They do not fight themselves
but instead attempt to disrupt the fight as much as
possible. Theyl Aid Lord Oak on their turns as well
as Teleport immediately adjacent to combatants
requiring a DC 15 Dexterity (Acrobatics) check
from those they appear next to.
Development:
Lord Oak supports Thizzletwit’s plan to have the
party spend the day doing three tasks for the fey. He
informs them the tasks are not be deadly, but to be
on their guard for things are never as they seem. He
and Jacknife warn them that without performing this
penance, even if they are performing penance on
behalf of the mortals who actually killed the dryad,
they will be trapped in the Feywild indefinitely. Once
adventurers agree to the deal, as there is no alternative
to returning to their home plane other than to make
a bargain, Thizzletwit leads the adventurers to the
farmlands, cheerily if there was no fighting, warily if
a battle took place.
Rewards. If the party fights Hagfang, they may
loot his Wicked Sickle (VGM 188) along with his red
cap and boots, though the cap and boot’s magical
properties die with Hagfang. They may also loot
poison darts from any killed sprites. They also gain
XP for each creature killed, including the XP from
killing the blights in Hook 2, if that was utilized.
DM's Note: Adjusting the Difficulty
Ideally, Lord Oak and his fellow treant can
run enough interference to keep any party
members from dying at this juncture. The
idea is to restrain everyone, not to have
an all-out slaughter. Make the following
adjustments if the party is weak or strong:
• If the party is strong, add 1-2 sprites
• If the party is very strong, add 2 sprites
and have the blink dogs bite as well as
distract
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Part 2: The Fey Farm
Thizzletwit cheerily introduces the adventurers to
the local farmers and their rust monster livestock,
explaining the importance of cultivating rust
monsters has been to the feyfolk’s defenses. She
happily explains how affectionate the livestock are,
and how fun it will be for them to make new friends in
the party. Adventurers are tasked with grooming rust
monsters and assisting with a rust weevil hatching.
Barnhouse
The barn smells of hay, sulfur, and strangely,
candy. The lighting is dim, but sunlight shines
through orderly cracks in the roof. Up in the
rafters, an indigo faerie dragon blows bubbles
while watching pixies crank a laundry-style
pulley line of dewdrops through sunbeams.
Features:
Architecture feature. There is no metal
anywhere inside the barn. Adventurers with passive
Perception 12 or higher or who succeed on a DC
12 Intelligence (Investigation) notice this, as well
as noticing piles of rust dust on the ground.
Door. The door locks behind the adventurers
upon entering the barn. It is one solid piece of wood,
with no discernable lock or handle. The hinges are
made of polished wood, and there is rust dust in
front of the door. The door has advantage on magical
attacks, but can be broken with spells. It has HP 30.
After adventurers have accomplished their task, it
will magically open.
Stalls. The rust monsters live in individual gated
stalls, much like horses or cows. Rust dust can be
seen outside of the stalls. Outside each stall gate is a
table with brushes, polish, picks, and other grooming
tools, as well as colored leashes.
Nest. In the far corner of the room is a large
nest made of straw and peat, covered with colorful
blankets. About 12 rust weevil eggs are buried under
the blankets. Characters with passive Perception
14 or higher notice movement under the blankets
and hear crackling sounds.
Rafters. Adventurers who have extensively
studied the fey or succeed on a DC 16 Wisdom
(Insight or Survival) understand a
dewdrop purification system is
being used.

Creatures/NPCs:
Thizzletwit (pixie MM 253)
Abaceus (indigo faerie dragon MM 133). He enjoys
candy, shiny objects, and riddles.
10 tame rust monsters (MM 262) in stalls
2 rust weevils and
approx. 10 eggs
5 pixie farmers
(MM 253) in the
rafters
Rust Weevils
Newly born rust weevils
use the statistics of rust monsters,
except their size is tiny and their
HP and Bite damage is reduced by
half (HP 14; Bite: 1d4 + 1 piercing
damage). Additionally, the effects of
their antennae ability is doubled (DC 22
Dexterity saving throw to avoid the rust
effect; -2 penalty to damage of weapons or
AC of armor & shields affected by the ability).
Tactics:
Tame rust monsters are accustomed to being
groomed and want to nuzzle adventurers. They utilize
their Antennae to find any metal worn by adventurers
and naturally Rust Metal. Rust monsters are not able
to reach adventurers until the gates to their stalls are
open.
Rust weevils require assistance during hatching
and may bite while trying to break out of their eggs.
Abaceus ignores the party, focusing on his work,
unless recruited to help. If offered something he
dislikes, hel blows non-toxic bubbles in adventurer’s
faces. Characters who offer him candy, something
shiny, or intellectually stimulate him gain his help.
After multiple failed attempts to win him over,
Abaceus casts Suggestion in order to be left alone.
If recruited, Abaceus offers to cleanse the rust
monsters by dousing them with purified dewdrops
in the light of the sun. If preferred, he also utilizes
Mage Hand to carry some of adventurer’s gear up to
the rafters, safe from the rust monsters.
Pixies remain focused on their
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work and avoid touching metal from the adventurers
at all costs. If the party does not notice the sounds of
rust weevil hatching, they excitedly announce it from
the rafters.
Development:
Once the adventurers have groomed the rust
monsters and assisted with a hatching, whether
or not they kept their gear safe, they hear laughter
like tiny bells. Thizzletwit appears beside them and
respond to any questions about how long she was
watching while invisible with laughter and puffs of
pixie dust. She escorts them from the barn to a large
open-air theater.
If adventurers absolutely refuse to engage in any
way with the rust monsters, Thizzletwit reminds
them that they are breaking their deal and the
Feywild holds monsters much worse than Hagfang.
If they still refuse, Go to Conclusion B.
Part 3: Seating the
Satyr’s Song Cycle
The party is brought to a forest clearing a short walk
from the farmlands with a large open-air theater.
Thizzletwit informs them they are serving as ushers
for a very important event. Archfey Lady Verenestra is
hosting a grand ball that evening and this afternoon
all of the area’s musicians are competing for the
chance to play at the evening’s festivities. Audience
members come and go throughout the competition,
so the party has to greet and seat guests in between
each competitor. Thizzletwit warns the adventurers
to treat every audience member with respect and
above all not to be distracted by the music.
A mphitheater
The theater’s seats are made out of twisted
branches and knotted vines. Rows upon rows
of seats encircle a stage covered with flowers.
The sun is high in the sky making the air warm
despite a faint breeze. Despite the open nature
of the theater, the air smells strongly of heady
perfume.
 Features:
Floor. Midway through the competition, roots rise
from the ground to make more seating, causing the
floor to be difficult terrain. Characters moving more
than half their speed have to make a successful DC
12 Strength (Athletics) or Dexterity (Acrobatics)
check or trip and fall over roots at the end of their
movement.
Stage. The stage is circular, and competitors rise
up on a platform from the center. Pixies flit above
showering colored lights and dust upon competitors.
Next to the stage is a violet faerie dragon with a
scroll, checking contestants in. Adventurers with
high Arcana or Survival, or those who are suspicious
of the heavy perfume in an open area and succeed
on a DC 20 Intelligence (Arcana) realize the faerie
dragon has cast Hallucinatory Terrain on the area
and they are actually in a heavily perfumed swamp.
Creatures/NPCs:
Grizelda, Imelda, and Zorfelda (green hag coven
MM 177)
Thizzletwit (pixie MM 253) and 15 assorted pixies
Jacknife (sprite MM 283) and 7 other sprites
Jazz (violet faerie dragon MM 133)
Silfar the Great (satyr MM 267) and 1-2 other satyr
contestants (Vinyaersa and Frodirk)
Bumblebeans (CG male gnome bard VGM 211)
Grumbles, Bumblebeans’ dancing blink dog (MM
318)
Lord Oak (treant MM 289)
3 awakened trees (MM 317)
3 elf druids (MM 346) with the Change Shape
ability (VGM 210)
1 unicorn (MM 294)
4 brightly colored myconid adults (MM 232)
carrying parasols
1 displacer beast (MM 81) and her 3 displacer
kittens
2 fomorians (MM 136)
Tactics:
Grizelda, Imelda, and Zorfelda live in the
swamp and are are at the amphitheater before the
competition begins, Scrying. They are irritated at
the intrusion, as well as the transformation of their
swamp, and talk loudly throughout the competition,
much to the annoyance of anyone seated near them.
If a fight breaks out, they cheer from the sidelines,
encouraging the winners to eat the losers.
Thizzletwit and the other pixies are both working
the competition and attending as audience members.
Audience members are excited to attend. If
adventurers are rude to them, they attempt to play
tricks on them, for example, tying their shoelaces
together while invisible, requiring adventurers to
have passive Perception 15 to notice or pass a DC
16 Dexterity (Athletics) check to not trip if they
haven’t noticed. They may also fill rude adventurer’s
pockets with rocks, reducing their movement speed
by half.
Jacknife and their crew are working security for the
theater. They are pleasantly surprised to see the party
has passed the first test and is somewhat friendlier
at this meeting. They warn the party they won’t
tolerate any fighting, drawing attention to tactics the
party utilized at the funeral if they fought. Jacknife

Displacer Kittens
Displacer kittens use the statistics of adult
displacer beasts but have 10 Strength and
20 dexterity and their size is small. Their
tentacle attacks do 3 (1D6) bludgeoning
damage plus 3 (1D6) piercing damage.

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 attempts to throw out anyone becoming unruly,
whether audience member, competitor, or usher. If
combat occurs, they and their sprite security team
move to break up the fight by poisoned shortbows
while flying.
Jazz spends most of her time keeping up her spell
and corralling contestants. If approached, she
brushes off adventurers telling them she is too busy.
Historically, Jazz has made a great deal of gems by
managing Silfar and arranging competitions like
these for him to win. If a member of the party wishes
to compete, they must convince Jazz they are worthy
by either passing a DC 18 Charisma (Performance
or Persuasion) check or through exceptionally good
role play. If an adventurer competes and outplays
Silfar, Jazz can be convinced to split the take with
the party, though Silfar’s win was precontracted and
he is the only musician playing at the ball.
Satyrs perform a Charming Melody, Frightening
Strain, and/or Gentle Lullaby (no more than one song
per satyr) requiring the adventurers to pass a DC 13
Wisdom saving throw in order to continue their
duties. Silfar is very drunk. He performs last and
plays an exceptionally powerful Charming Melody
requiring success on a DC 20 Wisdom saving
throw. Those who fail demand he be declared the
winner, including any adventurers who may have
competed. Many fey creatures are not susceptible
to Silfar’s magic and magically enhanced music is
considered standard fey entertainment. As Silfar
played the most gregariously and the most “like a
satyr,” he is deemed the best out of the contestants. It
may be revealed the competition is a setup by Jazz to
drum up encouragement for Silfar, who has already
been contracted to play at the ball.
Bumblebeans performs with Grumbles between
the satyrs. He attempts to cast Charm Person on Jazz
and Friends on most of the audience while Grumbles
Teleports around the stage. Grumbles may become
distracted by Displacer Beasts in the audience and
attempt to jump off of the stage to attack them. If he
is not stopped, he Bites, aiming for the kittens first.
Lord Oak arrives accompanied by 3 awakened trees.
If the trees are not treated with courtesy, including
prime seating, Lord Oak begins a very
long diatribe about fairness and
treating others with respect.
They do not join into any
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fights that may break out. Any audience members
seated behind Lord Oak and his friends cannot see
the stage.
The Elven Druids arrive as a brown bear, an elk,
and a weasel. If adventurers do not acknowledge
them and offer to seat them, they cast Thunderwave
before transforming into elven form. If adventurers
fight back, they utilize Barkskin, Entangle, and
Shillelagh as their primary spells. If adventurers
with fey ancestry compete, the druids revert to Elven
form and cheer them on, as “distant relatives.”
The Unicorn is making a rare appearance to the
swamp. She wants to avoid altercations at any cost,
utilizing Calm Emotions and Shimmering Shield if
necessary. Adventurers who speak to the unicorn
feel overwhelmingly happy and at peace, no matter
how they were feeling prior. Anyone sitting near
the Unicorn feels overwhelmingly relaxed, but
has difficulty seeing because of the brightness she
radiates.
The music-loving Myconids are carrying sunbrellas
to protect themselves from Sun Sickness. If they
lose or drop their sunbrellas, Sun Sickness applies.
If adventurers do not acknowledge them as living
creatures, they utilize Rapport Spores to be able to
communicate their disappointment. The Myconids
emit hallucinatory spores causing Confusion in all
except for Lord Oak, the awakened trees, and the
Unicorn. They use Pacifying Spores on anyone
within 30 ft. who becomes violent.
The Displacer Beast appears accompanied by her
kittens. If she sees Grumbles, she attempts to vanish
with her kittens. If Grumbles sees her first, she acts
defensively to protect her kittens. (DM’s choice on
who sees whom first in this situation.) She and the
kittens Multiattack and use Tentacle on Grumbles or
anyone else who poses a threat to the kittens.
The Fomorians are there to heckle the performers.
If adventurers refuse to seat them, they cast Evil Eye
in response. They additionally shout and beat the
ground with their clubs throughout the performances,
if allowed to stay. They do not want to physically hurt
anyone, but may do so accidentally. Their main aim
is to cause a ruckus. Anyone seated
behind a Formarian cannot
see.

Development:
After the competition is over, Silfar the Great is
declared the winner due to entertainment politics
(if he is alive. If dead, Jazz chooses from among the
living contestants, possibly including an adventurer
who played well). Thizzletwit excitedly tells the
adventurers they have completed 2/3 tasks and the
most dangerous is yet to come. She escorts them to
the royal kitchens.
If adventurers failed in their duties to escort
guests to their seats, started a riot, or killed multiple
guests, Thizzletwit sadly tells them they have broken
the deal and must now face the consequences. Go to
Conclusion B.
Rewards. Adventurers who successfully pacified
Formarians and broke up the fight between Grumbles
and the Displacer family with limited casualties are
rewarded for their efforts by Jazz. She gives them a
Stone of Good Luck (DMG 205).
Those who failed to recognize the awakened trees,
druids, and myconids as living beings are punished
with the Curse of the Inconspicuous: for one year,
everyone they meet forgets their names and faces
as soon as they end an interaction with them. (See
Continuing the Adventure for removal ideas).
Adventurers also gain XP for each creature killed.
DM's Note: Adjusting the Difficulty
It should be clear that no one at this event
wants to fight to the death, with the possible
exceptions of Grumbles and the Displacer
Beast. Any other NPCs engaged in battle
will stop fighting when they have 1/3of their
maximum health or less.
Make the following adjustments if the party is
weak or strong:
• If the party is weak or very weak, the
Unicorn and/or Lord Oak will work with
them to pacify the others.
• If the party is strong, Bumblebeans will
fight to defend Grumbles instead of
calling him off
• If the party is very strong, the druids may
decide to heckle the performers and fight
in animal form if confronted.
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Part 4: Taste-Testing
Thizzletwit brings the adventurers to a living,
hollowed out tree holding a massive well-appointed
kitchen. She informs them their final task is their
most dangerous yet: serving as taste testers for Lady
Verenestra’s Spring Ball. They must make sure
each meal is delicious as well as free from poison or
enchantment. As she has done so frequently before,
she laughs and disappears as the door locks behind
them.
Spring Court’s Kitchen
The kitchen is full of steaming pots and
simmering pans. It smells unique to each
adventurer, reminding everyone of their favorite
food from home. In a dark corner of the room,
mushrooms are growing out of the otherwise
spotless ground. Through a high window,
the vibrant colors of the setting sun cast a
multicolored glow across the room.
Features:
Stovetops. The stovetop and ovens are full
of delicious-smelling food. Adventurers must
successfully pass a DC 16 Charisma or Wisdom
(Survival) check to avoid distraction from the food.
Those who fail recieve a -1 penalty to all checks in
this room.
Cultivation Corner. Assorted mushrooms grow
in a dark corner of the room, overseen by Mugwump.
The corner is dark, musty, and appears to be the only
area that actually looks like the inside of a tree.
Ceiling. The ceiling is composed of intertwining
branches and vines. Across it, a wooden rope and
pulley system similar to the one from Part Two is
being utilized to transport water throughout the
room. Sparkling prisms are hanging on either sides
of it making the water appear rainbow-hued as it
falls.
Door. The door, appearing to be made of knotted
branches, clicks as it closes behind the adventurers,
implying a magical lock is hidden. To find the lock,
adventurers must succeed on a DC 20 Intelligence
(Investigation) or Wisdom (Perception) check. To
pick it, they must have thieves tools,
some inherent magical ability
or fey ancestry (gnome or
elf race), and succeed
 on a DC 26 Dexterity check. Outside of the door,
due to pixie tricks and illusion magic, is the area of
the forest where they first encountered the dryad’s
funeral.
Creatures:
Plumpsanthymum (pixie MM 253) the head chef
Mugwump (myconid adult MM 232), trapped in
the kitchen due to drinking water while visiting the
Feywild and now unable to leave. He cannot and will
not eat anything other than compost and liquid.
Tactics:
Party members with fey ancestry (elves or gnomes)
or proficiency in Arcana, Insight, or Survival are
aware that eating or drinking anything while in
the fey realm is equivalent to taking on a contract
of indefinite servitude to the fey. If none of the
adventurers are aware of this, Mugwump warns
them before they eat anything.
Mugwump is a terribly sad myconid who has not
been able to go home for many years. He does not
engage unless approached, preferring to tend to
his mushrooms and isolating. If asked, he informs
adventurers he ended up inside the kitchen tree
during a planar shift, drank some of the beautiful
rainbow-colored water, and was unable to return
to his home plane. He has not even left the kitchen,
as he doesn’t see the point in picking the lock and
leaving if he can’t go home.
Plumpsanthymum tells the party she cannot break
their deal by tasting the food for them. If adventurers
struggle to solve the problem, she advises them to
use their imagination, utilize their surroundings,
and that there are ways to test food without eating
it. Plumpsanthymum laughs at adventurers who
attempt to leave by informing them that Verenestra’s
party is hidden to mortals. Even as head chef, she
is not allowed to attend. If adventurers pester her
repeatedly, she ignores them and sings to herself
while stirring pots. If adventurers become aggressive
with her, she vanishes.
Adventurers may utilize a multitude of methods
to solve the task in front of them. Detect poison
& disease can be immensely useful here but only
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solves half of the problem. As long as adventurers use
their imagination and make a good faith effort, this
puzzle can be solved (examples include purification
by rainbow, utilization of a leaf sieve to strain food
so Mugwump can eat it, turning it into compost
so Mugwump can eat it, asking the evening sun to
describe the flavor profile, etc.) It may be beneficial
to remind struggling adventurers that with enough
belief, anything can be possible in the Feywild.
Development:
Once the adventurers have found a way to taste test
the food without eating it, Thizzletwit reemerges
and congratulates them on completing their tasks.
She assures them she always believed in them and
knew they could do it, though deep down she hoped
they’d fail so they would stay and party with her. She
laughs, showering pixie dust on the group, as the sun
finally sets.
If adventurers picked the lock and left without
performing the task, Thizzletwit reappears and
inform them how disappointed she is. Go to
Conclusion B.
Concluding the Adventure
Conclusion A
It is once again nighttime. The kitchen and all within
it vanish. The party finds themselves in the part of
the forest where their adventure began, but it is clear
they are no longer in the Fey Wilds. They are back on
their own plane, a fallen tree lying where the dryad’s
funeral had taken place only that morning.
Accompanying them is a Staff of the Woodlands
(DMG 204), a newly hatched rust weevil, a wineskin
that never empties (see Appendix B), 20 Fey Gems
(see Appendix B), and a flower crown of random
properties for each adventurer (see Appendix B). If
a bard competed in Part Three, there is additionally
a sparkling Fochlucan Bandore (DMG 176) with the
note “Well played, Jazz.”
Conclusion B
It is once again nighttime. The party finds themselves
in the part of the forest where their adventure began,
but it is clear they are no longer in the

Feywild They are back on their own plane, a fallen
tree lying where the dryad’s funeral had taken place
only that morning. Thizzletwit cheerily informs the
adventurers that a bargain is a bargain, and they
broke their terms of the deal. She informs them that
she has been able to convince Lord Oak and Elmroot
to send them home, as the Feywild is really better
off without them, but their time with the fey is not
finished. Lord Oak, Elmroot, Jacknife, Thizzletwit,
or Hagfang (if alive) may call on them for aid at any
time. A life debt is owed and that is not so easily
repaid. Thizzletwit laughs that she is looking forward
to seeing them when it would be “really fun” and
vanishes, laughing.
If the adventurers successfully completed Part
Two, they are left with a newly hatched rust weevil.
If they successfully completed Part Three, they are
left with a Staff of the Woodlands (DMG 204). If a
bard competed in Part Three, there is additionally a
sparkling Fochlucan Bandore (DMG 176) with the
note “Well played, Jazz.”
Continuing the Adventure
This may be utilized as a one-day respite adventure
from more serious campaigns. Adventurers may
wish to return to the realm of Fey, and those with
Conclusion B will inevitably have to when its most
inconvenient. They may wish to study methods of
plane/dimension-shifting. Gnomish and/or Elvish
adventurers may have fey ancestors who may be
utilized as NPCs to help them on their quest to
return. Additionally, those who drink from the
Wineskin that Never Empties may be called upon by
the fey to whom they owe a debt, thereby starting a
new Feywild quest.
It is common knowledge that to beckon feyfolk
into this realm, superstitious folk leave out small
plates of sweet bread and cream. Adventurers who
were cursed with Inconspicuousness may wish to
utilize this in order to plead their case before the
Living Plant High Court. Otherwise, whenever the
moon is full and the forest is at risk, adventurers
may encounter Lord Oak, Jacknife, or Thizzletwit,
requesting their aid as equals, or as equal as a fey
can perceive a mortal.
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Appendix A:
Monsters & NPC
Newly born rust weevils have similar stats to fully
grown rust monsters, except their HP and Bite
damage is reduced by half (HP 14 or 3D8 + 3, Bite
3 or 1D4 +1 piercing damage) and their rust ability
is doubled (DC 22 Dexterity to avoid, -2 penalty to
damage of weapons or AC of armor & shields).
Displacer kittens have less strength than adult
displacer beasts but increased dexterity (Str 10, +0
& Dex 20, +5). Their tentacle attacks do 3 (1D6)
bludgeoning damage plus 3 (1D6) piercing damage.
Appendix B: Items
Wineskin that Never Empties
On the wineskin is the following:
"Drink your fill and never thirst
But to your home be ever cursed
Back to Spring your soul shall flee
There to remain, eternally."
In practice, drinking the wine causes the imbiber to
become indebted to a fey who may call on them at any
time. This can happen multiple times throughout the
imbibers lifetime after only one sip.
Fey Gems
They appear to be random gemstones worth 50 to
500 gp each (DMG 134) but upon being spent,
laughter is heard, and they revert to their true
appearance of ordinary stones.
Flower Crowns
Each crown gives the adventurer +1 in their lowest
trait. Whenever they take an action using this trait,
roll on the Wild Magic Surge table (PHB 104) to
see what additional effect takes place. Wild Magic
Surges can happen in or out of combat.
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