You are a patron, scholar or employee of one of the secluded Fae libraries within the Feywilds. Perhaps you grew tired of the tired old tomes within the Material Plane and sought mystical knowledge that simply wouldn't have existed in your land. You may have been apprenticed to a mentor who travelled to the Feywilds in search of this knowledge, or you may have an agreement with an Archfey who has allows you passage within their stores of knowledge and fables. You may have also been spirited away by malevolent Fae seeking research subjects, new apprentices, or simply a new pair of hands to clean up after their staff. From there, you could have risen up the hierarchy, or you may have desired to nourish your mind of the books available to you, sneaking knowledge away under your watchful master's nose.
As a result of this, your primary motivation is likely to be to maintain, retrieve, or add to the wealth of knowledge that is contained within this library. Words and secrets hold a special power to the Fey, after all, and are closely guarded and maintained. Perhaps you are looking to rise up the ranks and prove yourself, or you may be looking to find a particular aspect of lore that would free you from your fey lord or lady's service. Maybe you are simply gathering some names from unwitting people who are too eager to share their identity...
- Skill Proficiencies: History, plus your choice of one from among Arcana, Nature, and Performance.
- Tool Proficiencies: None
- Languages: Sylvan, and another of your choice
- Equipment: Scholarly robes, a writing kit (small pouch with a quill, a bottle of ink, folded parchment, and a small penknife), a borrowed book on the subject of your current study, one trinket (determined by rolling on the Feywild Trinkets table included in The Wild Beyond the Witchlight) and a pouch containing 8gp
An animated, spellbound object has decided to follow you on your adventures, keen to explore beyond the restrictive dusty halls of its home. It may be able to float, or can move around physically, or may desire to be carried by your character. You may decide to allow it to come with you on your errands.
The item's enchantment is rudimentary. It can communicate by transmitting basic emotion, and has hearing and normal vision to 30ft. It will not willingly leave more than 10ft from you, and if it is forcibly taken outside of this radius, will try to return. It may possess an alignment if you wish. Your item acts independently of you, but it always obeys your commands. In combat, it rolls its own initiative and acts on its own turn.
If actively used in combat, the object acts independently of you and will not seek a fight. It will otherwise attempt to hide within your character's belongings.
It possesses the following traits:
Curious Curios
Tiny Construct
Armor Class: 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points: 1
Speed: 30ft, fly 30ft (if selected)
Initiative: +2
STR: 12 (+1)
DEX: 15 (+2)
CON: 11 (+0)
INT: 1 (-5)
WIS: 5 (-3)
CHA: 1 (-5)
Saving Throws: DEX +4
Damage Immunities: Poison, Psychic
Condition Immunities: Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Frightened, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned
Senses: Blindsight 30 ft. (blind beyond this radius), Passive Perception 7
Languages: --
Challenge: 1/8 (25 XP)
Proficiency Bonus: +2
Clingy. The item will not willingly leave more than 10 ft. from its owner, and if it is forcibly taken outside of this radius, it will try to return.
Antimagic Susceptibility. The item is incapacitated while in the area of an antimagic field. If targeted by dispel magic, the item must succeed on a Constitution saving throw against the caster's spell save DC or fall unconscious for 1 minute.
False Appearance. While the item remains motionless and isn't moving, it is indistinguishable from a normal item.
Flyby. The item doesn’t provoke opportunity attacks when it moves or flies out of an enemy’s reach.
Actions
Attack. Melee Weapon Attack: +0 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1 (1d1) damage.
If the object reaches 0 hit points, it is considered destroyed and the enchantment will end.
| d20 | Curious Curios |
|---|---|
| 1 | The discarded pipe of a librarian that emits purple smoke. |
| 2 | A parchment that continuously folds itself into the shapes of various animals. |
| 3 | A rainbow-tinted quill that giggles faintly when it writes. |
| 4 | An inkwell that changes colour whenever its ink is used. |
| 5 | An envelope that tries to speak, but can only communicate in papery rasps. |
| 6 | A set of silver keys searching for the lock they were destined to open. |
| 7 | A magical green apple that doesn't age and stubbornly refuses to be eaten. |
| 8 | The skull of a hummingbird that utters meaningless quotes from long-forgotten stories. |
| 9 | A single chess piece that can only hop around in certain directions. |
| 10 | A small glass bottle that contains a visage of your younger or older self. |
| 11 | A richly-adorned blunt letter-opener made of dark steel and a black handle. |
| 12 | A copper bell that gives off an aura of impatience whenever it is forcibly rang. |
| 13 | A marble paperweight made in the image of a wynling. |
| 14 | An oak brush from the janitorial closet that is keen to clean things. |
| 15 | A napkin made from silk-like cloth, with the name of a senior member of staff weaved in the corner. |
| 16 | The panicked dissertation of a junior scholar desperately seeking freedom. |
| 17 | An ebony glass bauble that contains a faint silvery mist inside, that dispenses vague advice every day. |
| 18 | An intricate bookmark that smells of exotic spices. |
| 19 | A small plant pot that holds a single flower, that reacts to loud noise by emitting a 'Shh' noise. |
| 20 | Something from the Lost and Found box. Roll once on the Trinkets table in the Player's Handbook or in The Wild Beyond The Witchlight for an item. |
Your mannerisms and knowledge of fey customs are recognized by natives of the Feywild, who see you as one of their own. Because of this, friendly Fey creatures are inclined to come to your aid if you are lost or need help in the Feywild.
You also have a good foundation of knowledge when it comes to tales of the Feywild, the monsters that may roam the land, or the whimsical magic that the Feywilds contain.
Additionally, you are likely to gain preferential treatment at other libraries across the Realms, as professional courtesy shown to a fellow scholar.
Suggested Characteristics
Use the tables for the sage background as the basis for your traits and motivations, modifying the entries when appropriate to suit your identity.
Your bond will be related in some way to the mystical oak shelves you walk among, the whimsical texts and tales you lose yourself in, or maintaining the buildings full of ancient knowledge to be preserved for all time. Perhaps you are motivated by knowledge and the desire to add more tomes to your collection, or perhaps you seek power that the Feywild cannot help you with.
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