D&D 5E 5 e Dnd mabye just some helpful hints for a strange encounter

[donskykong]

So i have been playing a very creative game with a fun dm and have run into a problem that may require finesse beyond my experience. In the the the first person we encountered was a half elf named Salazar with strange unfitting powers. He then helped us through out our campaign, from near death multiple times, until we found him in a strange state where his body was alive but his mind was in another plane. Before this we he showed up a photograph(yes from the future) where we were all together after saving the world potentially. Anyways it is of paramount importance in our campaign to bring him back. We found out that he is a fairy Champion of King Oberon, and we have to go to the Seelie Court to get him back. We are only 4th lvl and are almost too the realm of the fairy with a guide, to talk to Oberon. I'm not sure what i can bargain for to get our friend back and have been doing research, the only thing i can think of is that we know of King Oberons lost mimic, which is sentient, and we befriended in a prior dungeon. We did send it to the center of the earth b/c it got super dangerous. I know time works differently in the fairy wild so maybe we could tell him the place and time where it was. Other thoughts were that we picked up a random rogue and could offer hims as a sacrifice? I dunno any fun ideas of ways to peacefully and gracefully get thru this encounter. I have the highest stats and lead so it falls on me.

 

[Hathorym]

You are the leader with the highest stats, wouldn't you think it would be appropriate for you to sacrifice yourself? There is nothing more honorable that offering yourself to save your friend. And since you're in the photo, there is a reasonably good chance the rest of the party will be able to successfully rescue you from wherever Oberon sends your soul.

 

[ammulder]

We found out that he is a fairy Champion of King Oberon, and we have to go to the Seelie Court to get him back. We are only 4th lvl and are almost too the realm of the fairy with a guide, to talk to Oberon. I'm not sure what i can bargain for to get our friend back and have been doing research, the only thing i can think of is that we know of King Oberons lost mimic, which is sentient, and we befriended in a prior dungeon.

So I see two things in your favor:

1. The half-elf you're trying to save is a Champion of King Oberon. Unless King Oberon is feeling pretty ruthless, you would think it was in his best interest to save one of his champions. So really, you're not so much asking for King Oberon's help, as offering to help him with something he should already want.
2. You've already treated one of King Oberon's friends/followers well (the Mimic), so you can always offer that as proof of your goodwill. "Look, you can see we're good guys, we already helped your Mimic -- just ask him!"

So you might approach this with something like, "It's come to our attention that one of your Champions has been grievously injured. We know your followers are good folks -- we already met and helped your lost Mimic. We'd like to help your Champion too. Can you help us help you?"

I would expect him to either assign you some task (like recovering the Mimic and returning it to him) or some research (the Lost Tomb of Zooba has a tome discussing returning one's lost mind...) or something other than a direct "OK, I fixed it for you," but that should be fine, right?

 

[Ancalagon]

I'm a bit confused by the mimic story - did you help it? Anyway, if you know where it is and Oberon does not, that information has value.

I'm also a bit confused by the self-sacrifice suggestion (more coffee needed), but I will say this - it's glorious when a PC steps up to do what they were meant to do, even if that is very risky.

 

[transtemporal]

Sounds cool. Why specifically does oberron have the answer/means though?

Fey aren't usuallly into blood sacrifice, unless its tragic/dramatic/romantic. And offering a stranger's life to get your friend back is probably an evil act?

The information to find his mimic is valuable but he might also reject that on the basis that you sent the mimc to the center of the earth in the first place.

Or you could play hardball, i.e. if you don't help us, your champion will die which means we won't save the world. Faerie might survive the apocalypse but do you want to take that chance?