D&D 5E (2014) Witchlight Easter egg hunt and speculation thread.

[darjr]

OK! The book is out! And it’s companion PDF!

Wjat are the Easter eggs not found yet? What speculations do uuu have for the future based upon them?

 

[TarionzCousin]

There's a Jabberwock, right? I expect some hidden Alice in Wonderland things: a Cheshire Cat smile; the Mad Hatter's top hat; someone saying "Off with their heads!"

 

[Quickleaf]

Link for the companion pdf ($8 DMs Guild, 36 pages): Domains of Delight (5e) - Wizards of the Coast | Dungeon Masters Guild (332 Mb)

Chapter 1 - Feywild Overview is really well done and full of imminently useful stuff. No clues or easter eggs to speak of, just reiterating that Summer Court = Seelie Court (Titania leads), and Gloaming Court = Unseelie Court (Queen of Air and Darkness leads).

Chapter 2 - Creating an Archfey is four pages that just felt paper thin to me. Not sure how much space was devoted in VGtR for making dark lords, but I feel like it was more comprehensive than this. No clues or easter eggs.

Chapter 3 - Creating a Domain of Delight is short but well done, definitely enough tables to provide you with a creative foundation to springboard off from. At the end, on the Domain Visitors table is mention of an arcanoloth searching for one of the Books of Keeping – which seemed odd, unless the Queen of Air and Darkness is known for binding yugoloths?

Chapter 4 - Putting it All Together covers the archfey Yarnspinner, a paragraph on its domain Fablerise (which is apparently located in Thither within Prismeer), and a full page art spread.

And then there's 13 pages reprinting handouts from Witchlight's appendix: NPC Cards & Story Tracker. Which kind of sucks, because really that stuff should be a free download, in my opinion, for DMs who don't have easy access to a photocopier, who don't want to crack the binding on their book, or who are using a Roll20/Fantasy Grounds copy of the book but want the physical handouts.

But it's going to a good charity, so there's that.

 

[ersatzphil]

Chapter 3 - Creating a Domain of Delight is short but well done, definitely enough tables to provide you with a creative foundation to springboard off from. At the end, on the Domain Visitors table is mention of an arcanoloth searching for one of the Books of Keeping – which seemed odd, unless the Queen of Air and Darkness is known for binding yugoloths?

Perhaps a reference to Inajira, from Ravenloft?

 

[Weiley31]

Chapter 3 - Creating a Domain of Delight is short but well done, definitely enough tables to provide you with a creative foundation to springboard off from. At the end, on the Domain Visitors table is mention of an arcanoloth searching for one of the Books of Keeping – which seemed odd, unless the Queen of Air and Darkness is known for binding yugoloths

Well in Kobold Press's Courts of The Shadow Fey, The "Queen of Night and Magic" (which is basically the Queen of Air and Darkness renamed to avoid trademark) actually has a pack/group of winged Demon Fiend Hounds or something that come straight from Pandemonium/The Abyss itself. And it is mentioned that they are sicced upon on anybody that ends up becoming too disruptive/unrooly within her castle or areas of the Gloaming Court when there are Unseelie Fey gatherings.

So it's quite possible The Queen of Air and Night either got them from making a couple of deals with demons, called in a favor via a Fey Contract, or as the Domain Visitor table makes it sound likes, possibility of having some kind of "Books of Keeping" or something to summon the use of said winged Demon Fiend Hounds.

Which would then cause said Arcanoloth or whatever to come investigating why or what is binding Demons/Yugoloths to the Feywild.

 

[Hexmage-EN]

I'm intrigued to see that Mister Witch and Mister Light both grew up in Gloomwrought, a city in the Shadowfell that got a whole supplement in 4E but as far as I'm aware was never mentioned in 5E until now.

 

[Weiley31]

I'm intrigued to see that Mister Witch and Mister Light both grew up in Gloomwrought, a city in the Shadowfell that got a whole supplement in 4E but as far as I'm aware was never mentioned in 5E until now.

Well they both are Shadar-Kai.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

which is basically the Queen of Air and Darkness renamed to avoid trademark

This seems odd, since wotc 100% did not invent that title and are not at all the only prominent users of it.

 

[Weiley31]

This seems odd, since wotc 100% did not invent that title and are not at all the only prominent users of it.

It just seems to be what I've noticed. IIRC, they don't have a Queen of Air and Darkness, but instead of Night and Magic. shrugs.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

It just seems to be what I've noticed. IIRC, they don't have a Queen of Air and Darkness, but instead of Night and Magic. shrugs.

Sure, which is just odd to me. I mean TH White is the oldest use of the term I can find, and the Dresden Files gives that as Mabd’s title.

Could just be they wanted to use a term that wasn’t in use by other fantasy properties.