The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
S Your Character in the Witchlight
ixteen years after your first visit, you and your
companions return to the Witchlight Carnival to
recover what you lost and perhaps save the
Feywild from a looming darkness.
You were but a child, or a child in heart and mind,
when you visited the wonderous Witchlight Carnival.
You dreamed of the rides, the attractions, and food
but your heart sank when you arrived and realized
you could not afford the ticket. Fortune favored you,
however, and you made your way into the carnival
regardless, giving you a day of delight that lifts your
heart to this day.
Yet when you returned from your wonderous day
at the carnival, you did not return whole. Something
was taken from you. Something you have missed
every day of your life.
As the years went by you met others like yourself,
others who had lost something important at their
own visit to the Witchlight Carnival. Like you, they
have not been whole since.
Now, sixteen years later, you and your companions
return to the Witchlight Carnival with the chance to
recover what you lost and just maybe save the
Feywild in the process.
Truths of the Witchlight
• The Witchlight Carnival comes to your land only
once every eight years. A few days later, it
disappears.
• The Carnival is said to visit many worlds and rides
the edge of the border between the world and the
realm of the fey - the Feywild.
• A strange corruption is said to have set into the Fey
and the borderlands between the realm of the Fey
and our world. Some believe it is a collision
between these worlds and another.
• In the land of the fey, the archfey Zybilna has gone
quiet. Those attuned to this patron have not heard
from her in more than a year.
• Beings from the fey know that within the Feywild,
visitors and natives alike best follow the Rule of
Reciprocity; the Rule of Hospitality; and the Rule of
Ownership.
• For unknown reasons, the numbers eight and three
have power in the realm of the fey.
Campaign Inspiration
Inspiring fiction for this campaign includes Coraline,
The Dark Crystal, Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Strange
and Mr. Norrell, Labyrinth, Legend, NeverEnding Story,
Pan’s Labyrinth, The Princess Bride, Spirited Away,
Stardust, Time Bandits, and the Wizard of Oz.
Please follow these guidelines when considering a
character for this campaign. We will build characters
together during our session zero.
• Characters begin at 1st level. We’ll be using
Milestone leveling for the campaign.
• Use either point-buy or standard arrays for ability
scores. You can use the “Customizing Your Origin”
feature from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything to
redistribute ability bonuses.
• You can choose options from the Player’s
Handbook, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything,
and Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything. The Peace and
Twilight cleric subclasses are not allowed. Please
check your sources in D&D Beyond for spells and
abilities to ensure they come from these books.
• In addition to races from the Player’s Handbook you
can choose the Fairy, Firbolg, Harengon, Owlin,
Satyr, Tabaxi, and Tortle races. You may also have
the Hexblood lineage. Other lineages from Van
Richten’s Guide to Ravenoft may become available
during the adventure.
• In addition to backgrounds from the Player’s
Handbook you may choose the Feylost or
Witchlight Hand backgrounds from Wild Beyond
the Witchlight.
• Your character begins with the following
motivation: You travel with your companions to
seek what you have lost so many years ago in
the Witchlight Carnival and restore joy and
wonder to the Feywild.
Safety Tools
This is a lighthearted campaign with themes of
wonder, mischief, and fairy-tale fantasy. It may
include instances of gaslighting, illusions, trickery,
body horror and gore, kidnapping, child
endangerment, memory loss, and carnies.
Lines. This game will not contain physical violence
towards children, unwanted sexual contact, animal
abuse or cruelty, party-initiated torture, non-
consensual intra-party violence, evil clowns, or intra-
party betrayal.
Veils. Ritual sacrifice, kidnapping, consensual sex,
body horror, friendly clowns, creepy clowns, and
enemy-initiated torture will be “veiled” off-screen.
We can add new items to these lists as needed.
If at any time you don’t feel comfortable with the
content or seek clarification of in-game activities out
of character, say the phrase “pause for a second” in
voice chat and we’ll stop the game, step out of
character, and discuss the situation.