D&D 5E Witchlight, what do you wish it had?

[Sacrosanct]

Now that we've had some time to digest Witchlight, what are some of the things you wish you'd seen included when you first heard about a book based on the Fey? there are a lot of really nice things in there, but are there any things you wish it also had, in the context of the feywild or just folklore in general?

 

[doctorbadwolf]

More fey creatures of various CRs, including talking animals.

 

[Sacrosanct]

More fey creatures of various CRs, including talking animals.

Outside of just animals that talk, anything specific?

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

I wish that it contained all of the information for the Domains of Delight that the DMsGuild product has. At least stats for the spider Archfey.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Outside of just animals that talk, anything specific?

Well, I would have loved them to take the opportunity to make basic beasts more interesting, while maybe giving advice how to make common beasts more like what you’d meet in a folk story.

Grippli or a new Fey themed frog race, or updated grung. Badgerfolk and mousefolk, perhaps.

Id also have liked to see different variant Fey, like different dryads and Treants and sprites and such that are way higher CR than the standard.

Baby versions of more critters.

Fey gifts and feats.

Variant Archfey Patron rules for warlocks specific to Fey themes if not specific patrons. (Winter Fey, storyteller Fey, etc)

Tbh I want a Feywild Setting Guide, is really what’s up. And/or like a Fizban’s but for Fey instead of Dragons.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Well, I would have loved them to take the opportunity to make basic beasts more interesting, while maybe giving advice how to make common beasts more like what you’d meet in a folk story.

Grippli or a new Fey themed frog race, or updated grung. Badgerfolk and mousefolk, perhaps.

Id also have liked to see different variant Fey, like different dryads and Treants and sprites and such that are way higher CR than the standard.

Baby versions of more critters.

Fey gifts and feats.

Variant Archfey Patron rules for warlocks specific to Fey themes if not specific patrons. (Winter Fey, storyteller Fey, etc)

Tbh I want a Feywild Setting Guide, is really what’s up. And/or like a Fizban’s but for Fey instead of Dragons.

This is all excellent feedback. Thank you.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Something less fairy-tale and more a fey-themed Ravenloft
I like my faes really scary and twisted.

When I read the new Feywild kingdoms would be Domains of Delight, I thought this would mean that each domain is a reflection of the twisted, alien obsession of the fey-liege, not something actually delightful.

Something closer to the 4e Heroes of the Feywild, or Terrible Beauty, the fey supplement for Shadow of the Demon-Lord.

 

[Mistwell]

I really want 100 Witchlight Hand NPCs, all detailed and most with some hook or information about parts of the adventure, which I can roll a percentile dice to pick from when my players start chatting up a rando NPC who is selling some food at one of the park cottages.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Something less fairy-tale and more a fey-themed Ravenloft
I like my faes really scary and twisted.

When I read the new Feywild kingdoms would be Domains of Delight, I thought this would mean that each domain is a reflection of the twisted, alien obsession of the fey-liege, not something actually delightful.

Something closer to the 4e Heroes of the Feywild, or Terrible Beauty, the fey supplement for Shadow of the Demon-Lord.

Darker, so....something like this (I just finished this a few minutes ago as a practice piece). A sianach (mythological carnivorous deer from Scotland).

 

[jayoungr]

Something less fairy-tale and more a fey-themed Ravenloft
I like my faes really scary and twisted.

Weren't they deliberately trying to make something suitable for younger players, though? I think it's good to have a product like that available, personally.