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The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
A wickedly whimsical adventure for the world’s greatest roleplaying game.

Once every eight years, the fantastic Witchlight Carnival touches down on your world, bringing joy to one settlement after the next. Its owners, Mister Witch and Mister Light, know how to put on a good show. But there’s more to this magical extravaganza than meets the eye!

The carnival is a gateway to a fantastic Feywild domain unlike anything found on the Material Plane. Time has not been kind to this realm, however, and dark days lie ahead unless someone can thwart the dastardly schemes of the Hourglass Coven.

The Wild Beyond the Witchlight takes adventurers from the Witchlight Carnival to Prismeer, a Feywild domain of delight, and is designed for characters of levels 1–8. This book comes with a poster map that shows the carnival on one side and Prismeer on the other.

Explore the Plane of Faerie in the first official D&D adventure set primarily in the Feywild.
The adventure begins on a campaign world of the DM’s choice. The Witchlight Carnival, which serves as the means by which the characters enter the Feywild, can be dropped easily into any campaign setting.
Adds two new character backgrounds: the Feylost (for characters who grew up in the Feywild) and the Witchlight Hand (for characters who work at the Witchlight Carnival).
Introduces two races—play as a fairy or as a harengon, a race of humanoid rabbits.
All encounters in the adventure include a non-combat option, allowing players to think and roleplay their way through the adventure if they wish.
Classic 1980s Dungeons & Dragons characters return, including Warduke, Strongheart, and Kelek.
On the Cover
The Witchlight Carnival has come to town! On the back cover, a displacer beast finds 8-year-old Tyler Jacobson and leads him back to the carnival, where he belongs.

[ToddKenreck]

1. Don't worry the beard is back. 2. YouTube is being weird an putting World of Warcraft on this video for now reason. Very sorry.

[docc]

Yes I owned both the original red and the blue box! Nice to see I am not the only old man in the realms.

[OhThatRobin]

Now we’re getting 80’s cartoon characters?! 🤩Now I really want stats for Venger, the Force of Evil 😤

[HowtoRPG]

Custard damage and the Dungeons and Dragons roller-coaster? Wonderful.

[neb]

Todd looks so disappointed that custard damage isn't lethal. xD

[probablythedm]

Always go for the helm of dread! Playing a life cleric? Nothing says "I bring the healing light of the Morning Lord" like evil glowing eyes! Put one on your horse too. Nothing ominous about that. It's like lanterns on a boat at night, it's there to prevents traffic accidents! Be safe, wear the -evil looking- safety helmet.

[mjr]

Holy hells Xanathar's guide was so long ago, they really plan that far ahead?

[madaxe]

Warduke was the Boba Fett of '80's D&D - a guy who looked so insanely cool that he commanded attention. Half-armor makes sense if you imagine a gladiator-inspired combat style, where the shield covers his unarmored side, and he's quicker on his feet without the extra weight and bulk of armor he doesnt need. Plus maybe its hella hot where he operates!

[dienezdarcprowlyr]

I remember playing quest for the heartstone. I think I played the warduke because he looked só cool. I also used to have his figure

[nicka]

The Oath of the Dinner Lady Paladin with the feared Custard Smite

[Natsirt]

A Clown Bard would do custard damage for sure.

[Chromaticosomaermati]

Speaking of time warping D&D effects: why does Chris Perkins keep looking younger and younger?

[autographedcat]

Custard Ranger's capstone ability: Custard's Last Stand

[carnotaurhunter]

They had this story planned for FOUR YEARS?!

[MimsLabyrinth]

Custard based subclass sounds like a marvelous idea for an april fools release.

[ceranko]

Warduke belongs in Greyhawk working for the Heirarchs of Iuz.

[heathharris]

I thought this looked OK, but I was going to skip it, until Warduke showed up. I have about half a dozen stat blocks for him of various levels. He shows up in all my games.

I'm buying several copies for me and my friends.

Thank you for bringing him back.

[ericross]

I now want a artificer that makes pies and is them in battle

[zenuuleflamesinger]

If Chris ever reads these comments I hope he sees how bad *I want a Spelljammer book to come out soon* lol.. perhaps with a reference to a mad wizard captain with red hair named Zenuule

[LimKimOn]

Need some updates for divine ranks as soon as DnD enters its 6th edition, for example:
0:A quasideity.
0-5+:A demigod.
5+-10+:A lesser god.
10+-15+:An intermediate god.
15+-20+:A greater god.
20+-25+:An overdeity!
21+-30+:An overoverdeity!