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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GwaihirAgain" data-source="post: 9654090" data-attributes="member: 7030874">Hi, I would appreciate feedback or ideas for this adventure.  The PCs are in they Feywild and have recently discovered that a Summer Court Archfey (the Warlocks Patron) may not be all she seems.During this adventure they are disguised as Fungus People and need to Enter the Fungal Caverns to deduce that she is plotting with the Winter Knight to kill the Summer Queen, and hopefully start a war between Summer and Winter Courts.  (Jim Butcher Cold Days Influenced)I would like to minimize combat encounters.I use Fungus People because Im not sure Im going to use 5E myconids or something more generic.   Concerned about Mind reading sporesHeres what I have so far (Help from Chat GPT)Desired Outcome: party interacts with Fungal creatures and discovers Allora is going to try to manipulate a winter fey to assassinate the Summer Queen.Encounters <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">The Gate -  Staffed by Fungusmen and SporeServant Ogres, party disguised as fungus men, needs to bluff their way in, On a medium DC score fail Sporewarden Syk, believes something is off and Leads them to the Memory Garden (below).  A high success and Syk leads them to the Fungal Queen.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Spore Memory Garden/ Hallucination. Characters have to contribute to a group mind based on their backstories making checks and choices,  Failure leads to confrontation with Syk who runs to get guards.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Queens Court -  The Fungal Queen, an neutral Archfey and Allora are friends, Party needs to create/continue bluff from front gate, and convince queen based on previously gathered information that Allora is not what she seems.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Alloras Chamber.  Here the party finds a poetry journal she keeps. The most recent entries reveal a dark turn. With the last one a poem about seeking the throne.</li> </ol>Other Encounters potential Encounters<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Choir of the spore singers leads to the Spore Oracle, Spore Singers lead to a room housing the Spore Oracle.  The party must notice a pattern and create a performance based on the pattern in order to pass. (performance check) The Spore Oracle, is willing to accept payment from characters in terms of memories, truths, flesh, dreams or rot in exchange for A legend lore-like effect about a person/place or item, or a physical (random) stat change, They can also ask for a foretelling, which will reveal there is danger to the Summer court.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">NPC a harengon who once knew Garret(PC) is now thralled to the Fungal Queen.  His body is mostly hare but some fungus, he is being punished for betrayal of Fungal Queen.  He knows that Allora has recently visited the caverns with the Winter Knight.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">NPC A fungal creature serves as the queen's senechal.   He knows that Allora and the Queen are longtime friends but that recently her scent has changed.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">NPC A dryad who assists the queen knows that Allora left yesterday to enroute to the summer court (She doesnt know she intends to kill the queen)</li> </ol>Thoughts?  Help appreciated Thanks!</blockquote>

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