Witchlight Carnival | Witchlight DM Guide

witchlight carnival in the wild beyond the witchlight a dungeon master prep guide for the wild beyond the witchlight dungeons and dragons campaign adventure module
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[@semipessimistic]

I love when people break down adventure books. I have ADHD and struggle with reading the adventure and retain the billions of pieces, but when watching a video it allows me to take in the information in a more digestible way. I truly hope to see more videos about this, particularly going over troublesome sections or DM tips

[@grifalton]

Hey fellow ADHDM! It’s exactly the same for me. These videos are invaluable to understand how it all connects in the adventure.

[@spidervic]

Same

[@Rythalion]

Me too, i’ve gone almost a week now of just headaches trying to understand and i’m still struggling so much but this helped a good some thankfully

[@commandpost4091]

Such a relatable struggle

[@zacg8025]

As a fellow ADHDM...i spend so much time explaining dots i connected that weren't supposed to be connected because i forgot/got distracted while reading the module

[@rustictuntuqtv7725]

Please, please, please finish this series for the rest of the campaign. From what I see you only have carnival and Hither. It has been helping immensely.

[@tlynn9599]

I can’t wait to start this campaign! I play with a group of 6 dudes - I’m totally gonna make them all wear fake fairy wings at my table!! 😆🧚🏼‍♀️

[@NDT-hw7nr]

This is the way lol. My table loves the whimsical nature of this game!

[@marissashea5103]

My group is convinced that a carnival setting is going to be "super laaaaaame". They're a great group but they're definitely more about the dark, traditionally grim setting and I want to make sure they have a hilariously good time before heading to prismeer. This video helped me get so many ideas where I thought the book kind of failed. THANK YOU!

[@chadgoodyear7905]

How about this for a side quest. Fcuk them up in the Hall of Mirrors ;) show them a possible future where they are in real trouble, then suck them into the mirror and give them pregens of the own characters but at a higher level. Then run a future one shot - I mean how dark and gritty 😂 you could kill them all and have them wake back up in the hall of mirrors again.

[@MasterDuelMax]

Starting this adventure Friday as my first time DMing a campaign. The amount of NPCs is a little overwhelming but this video helped out a ton. Thanks!

[@HaileyRoss22]

How did it go? I am prepping to run this campaign as a first time DM as well! The first module has so muhc going on, I am very nervous!

[@crayyonnyadrav4055]

I bought this book because the store had the collector edition and it is so BEAUTIFUL. Also reading through this I have so much fun to let the carnival appear without Portal just in other settings to lift the mood sometimes.

[@Bululuci]

I’m running this as a first time dm and I am literally dying, thankyou for posting this I really needed help.

[@fruiffi]

This was FANTASTIC! Thank you! As a new DM for kids, this is a perfect series for me to learn the adventure. Thank you, again.

[@5ku1ly]

My man. I've checked out a handful of these trying to get ready to run WBtW. This is BY FAR the most helpful and concise video prep I've come across. Thank you sir. You're a scholar and a gentleman.

[@thelowmein9143]

Great info man I just hope wotc doesn’t get mad about you giving TOO much info away. I mean that sincerely. This is the type of in depth info that helps me decide whether to buy or not. I love the straight forward goal oriented logic in your prep. That’s how me and my players like to operate as well. Subbed!

[@bryannlea7938]

Thanks!

[@okashi10]

This is so so so helpful! I'm currently in the middle of a move and haven't had time to prep for tonight's session. This helped me immensely and gave me a place to start.

[@kaylinhornback5176]

This is helping me so much. I start this campaign this weekend as a first time dm!

[@ImHoomen]

you are really good at making videos

[@andrewhutcheson8680]

About to run my first session of Witchlight today and this was massively helpful!

[@sweetsartcorner]

thanks so much for making these! I'm suuper hyped to DM this Adventure and these help a lot with planning!

[@TheAnc1entOne3509]

Im so ready to play it. You have convinced me to not only run a witchlight campaign but to also jump into DND. I just want to thank you my man

[@AlwaysAStory]

I'm about to start this campaign and this has super helpful advice and succinct summaries to help me get ready for the first game! Thanks and please keep this series going with the other chapters!

[@chy03001]

I love how clear and concise you are. You earned a subscriber for life :-)

[@bryannlea7938]

This video broke down the first chapter so well. I have adhd and this is my first campaign I will be DMing and this made a lot of information very digestible for me.

[@Jiggles]

Getting ready to run this chapter for a group next week, and hoo boy glad I'm not the only one thinking that it has a LOT of info to manage. Using the bubble tea pot to bring the players towards plot elements is a great idea, def gonna try that!

[@iarehuman]

Thank you so much for your videos. I'm a new DM and i was freaking out about running this chapter lol

[@justtj8085]

I DM for children who are new to the game, so their carnival escapade ended up lasting about 3 sessions. Kettlesteam I changed up a little bit because the singular adult player (who is there to keep the kids from getting themselves killed) is playing an Aarakocra Monk. He plays his characters as an old birdman who has a hard time with societal and social norms, who is ignorant towards other races. I made Kettlesteam a young teenager rather than an adult, to serve as a foil to him.

[@Torencresent]

been running a homebrew that has now led into this campaign, so the party is reaching here at level 7. I am changing quite a bit during the prismeer section, as the characters have a very direct connection to Tasha, and Zybilna, set up before they ever got here. Regardless, I plan to run the carnival basically as written, and this has been super helpful. Thanks!

[@bspriggs1990]

I was scrolling thru and saw this...I was like holy shit.....it's the guy that used to run Draconic... hot damn Brett is doin shit now, I read steelysam and was like, can't be the same dude.....you knew me as Sasquatch... crazy

[@leesigalaxy]

About to run this for my group. You really helped with the carnival!

[@dumbghost3109]

while dming this i had the party split up a few times during the carnival so they could experience more of it. every time the whole party did 1 i moved the timer (so if they split up they would see 2 things in 1 hour)

[@d20play]

Very well done!

[@MsMotherWolf]

Having now been a player, with my group, we took three sessions to get through the Carnival.

[@matthewmanafie]

Dude were about to beat Cryovain , a young ice dragon, that is the bbeg of this ehhh starter campaign. (My First run as a dm) probs 1 session left, or two (to crlebrate and setting New goals, etc) that got me hooked, so after months of searching i discovered the withchlight campaign(And also a lvl 20. CMpaign) So glad to get hints and such fröm a seasoned gm

[@LeMayJoseph]

Calliope is pronounced kuh-LIE-uh-pee, btw, awesome video, thanks for the help!

[@satiricalbard1]

Great advice about an alternative way to get the password from Mr Witch, thanks!

[@GavinVickery]

About to run the witchlight module for my group. This was immensely helpful 🙏🏻

[@SwedishSalmonbox]

A note from someone that ran with the Burly plan! First of, there is a misprint: it says Burly suggests stealing it during the extravaganza, but its quite unlikely that they even met burly before that. It must be during the crowning of the monarch that he is supposed to refer to, since that's when its known where the npc's will be and when. I think its fun with heists, but it made the carnival last for 3-6 sessions (only 2-3 h long though). I made them reason it as that they are Very Scared of the Coven, and dont want to send them to their deaths. But, succeeding with stealing the clock, they would give in and realize that they might have a chance. -So that is a solution if you do think the players would like a heist.

[@HoobtheNoob]

Really helpful thank you!

[@aarongrossarth1772]

Great notes here! Thank you

[@tommartin1223]

Great job

[@PusheenPanda]

This is so helpful!

[@HeadphoneTurtle]

Is there a way you can play the Witch Light Module as a One Shot, with the main setting being the Witch Light Carnival?

[@seanibarra1242]

I agreed to DM for something special for October, I the first session is tomorrow,

[@Cryptshot55]

I hope it went well! I'm starting this module up next week and couldn't be more excited

[@seanibarra1242]

@@Cryptshot55 it went well, a player flirted with a mannequin, and everyone had fun at the carnival.

[@mistybooth7106]

Question what if you fighter killed the bird in the pixie kingdom? Just as a hypothetical.

[@cz2425]

I don't think I fully understand the mood thing - is it only big things that move it? Can it be little comments? Or is it up to me?

[@SteelySam]

Totally up to you, strong emotions from powerful creatures can totally reshape large sections of the feywild (and the carnival)

[@skelyjack3899]

Calliope (Ca · lî · Oh · pee)

[@LuvGokunut]

This is a great explanation of this resource, but--one minor note--I'm pretty sure that Calliope is pronounced: "kuh LYE uh pee."

[@jeffersonbyrd9925]

lol @ KAL-E-OP.

[@Jinuku]

"cally-op" lmao Calliope is pronounced "kuh-lai-uh-pee" gotta love how modules always reveal words the DM doesn't know

[@SteelySam]

you are thinking of the greek muse not the instrument (same spelling different pronunciation)

[@Jinuku]

@@SteelySam After looking into it, both pronunciations are used for the instrument but as yours was typically used by carnies (either in jest or sincerity) and that's exactly the setting and atypical vibe of the module, cally-op it is!

[@ryanhoffman704]

Hi. I was hoping 4 your thoughts on this. Im not a D.N.D player . But was thinking on making 1. N wanted a back story 4 my hero. My persons dad is a human angel of healing. n mother is a human (neck.row.man.sur.) n my hero is 1/2 angel n has wings. That can heal others n self. N can bring back the dead . I call this in angel of life. My hero wood be born with with some skills 1 a spell that can regen the entire party 24 hours long. 2 can tern my self in to a skeleton as I give my flesh , muscle organs. 2 a dead skeletons. After I regen new flesh ,muscle ,organs, in time. I do not die becoming a skeleton. As my hero be came of age 2 travel both mother n father gave the hero a gift a harp of returning souls . This was a small magical harp that will call forth souls. N with it can be used 2 give life 2 a skeleton I just gave my flesh to. And a Neckless of loyalty, this magical item the 1 Waring this. When the hero brings back something from the dead . It will stay alive so long as it stays in a small town range. N if it leaves the range . it will have a 24 hours time limit n then fall dead. The soul will leave the body. N flesh will tern 2 dust leaving the skeleton.. Can this be my D.n.D hero.? If I wood 2 make 1 ? I call my hero n angel of life.

[@davidllamas2192]

Why did you abandoned this? I subscribed to your Chanel because of this guides. You do you, but Maybe playing less on your live strems and finish this?

[@JaraArts]

oh my goodness how are your players so quick! We've played 2 four hour session already and they've only caught a glimpse of Kettlesteam and are on their way to meet mr. Witch and mr. Light to discuss a possible job offer for one of the characters. I aint preparing all of those attractions for just 4 hours of play haha. They really enjoyed the snail racing and I made lil snail mini's and a race track for them. :P

[@edgarahnstrom7774]

same, my players hit the four hour in game mark on the timer after 7h of irl gaming !