Fen Hag (monster of the week #62) [Archive] - Wizards Community

Fen Hag (monster of the week #62) [Archive] - Wizards Community

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cwslyclgh
08-25-03, 08:56 PM welcome to the 62nd edition of Monster of the Week. as always I am interesting inyour opinions of my monsters, so give me some feedback people.

Hope you enjoy.

Wes :)

Hag, Fen
large monstrous humaniod
Hit Dice: 6d8+12 (39 hp)
Initiative: +1 (Dex)
Speed: 30ft. Swim 30ft.
Armor Class: 16 (-1 size, +1 dex, +6 natural)
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+15
Attack: claw +10 melee (1d6+5)
Full Attack: 2 claws +10 melee (1d6+5), bite +5 melee (1d4+2 plus poison)
Space/Reach: 10ft./10ft.
Special Attacks: Improved Grab, Poison, Spell-Like Abilities
Special Qualities: Amphibious, SR 17
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +6
Abilities: Str 20, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 15
Skills: Craft or Knowledge (any 1) +9, Listen +11, Spot +11, Swim +14
Feats: Alertness, Blind-Fight, Great Fortitude
Environment: temperate to warm swamps and marshes
Organization: Solitary or covey (3 hags of any kind plus 1–8 ogres and 1–4 evil giants)
Challenge Rating: 5
Treasure: standard
Alignment: Usually chaotic evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: --

Fen hags are horrors of the swamp. Like other hags they look much like disgusting old crones, clad in tattered and muddy peasant garments. They have long pointed noses and tangled, wild, gray or white hair. A Fen hag stands about 8 feet tall, although they often appear to be shorter because of their twisted and bent form. although they appear frail and weak, in reality a fen hag posesses an inhuman strength and ferocity. Their eyes are black, lacking any sort of pupil, and their wide mouths are filled with sharp needle like teeth that drip a vile poison that causes opponents to lapse into a nightmare-haunted sleep. They tend to live in poorly maintained huts deep in the swamps.

Combat

Like other hags, Fen Hags are creatures of deception and trickery, and they will often use their spell like abilities to hinder opponents, or put them at a disadvantage before attacking. One of their favored tactics is to grapple an air-breathing creature and then pull it into deep water or quicksand and hold it under until it stops struggling.

Amphibious (Ex): Fen Hags have no trouble breathing both air and water.

Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a Fen Hag must hit a Large or smaller opponent with a claw attack, if it gets a hold it can automatically bite the grappled opponent each round.

Poison (Ex): Bite, Fortitude save DC 15, initial damage 1d4 points of temporary Wisdom damage, secondary damage unconsciousness for 1d3 hours. Save DC is constitution based.

Spell-Like Abilities: At will—deep slumber (DC 15), disguise self, entangle (DC 13), hallucinatory terrain (DC 16), minor image (DC 14), misdirection (DC 14), and obscuring mist. Caster level 6th. The save DC is Charisma-based
itsclark
08-26-03, 12:59 AM There you are trudging through the swamp. Suddenly a whithered hand reaches up and grasps your ankle. Very spooky! It'll be great fun to slap some levels of sorcerer/druid on her and give her swamp magic (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fw/20030706a).
Ropp'cht'cht
08-26-03, 01:37 AM Now there's an idea...even without the levels, I think Fengut would work really well for the hag's spell-like abilities.
cwslyclgh
08-26-03, 02:13 AM hmmm... that does look like it would make good SLA for a fen hag... if you use the spells from thta article feel free to add it to the list (DC 13)
Gez
08-26-03, 08:33 AM There's a "fen witch" in the Tome of Horrors. Not really a hag (she's medium size, frex) but the name is close. As for OA's "bog hag".

All three are quite different, though. Hey, three, that's a covey!
cwslyclgh
08-26-03, 02:20 PM that might be interesting.... Creature Collection also has a "Swamp Hag"
Nighttfall
08-26-03, 04:54 PM No offense, cws, but I like Swamp hags better. If only because hags in the Scarred Lands are offered as templates. Thus to me, it makes more sense to turn ALL hags into templates. But that's just me.
Gez
08-26-03, 05:07 PM Originally posted by Nighttfall
Thus to me, it makes more sense to turn ALL hags into templates. But that's just me.

It makes more sense for them to be templates when, like in the Scarred Lands, hags are mutated women.

However, when they are a semi-separate, magical race, they're better as base creatures. (See the FR book, Unapproachable East, with the Bheur and the Shrieking Hag.)
Nighttfall
08-26-03, 07:55 PM Okay well maybe again it's just me. :P :) But I believe there are legends in Russian folklore of women becoming hags. I could be wrong. But I think so.
cwslyclgh
08-27-03, 07:16 PM But I believe there are legends in Russian folklore of women becoming hags. I could be wrong. But I think so yes, but not all russian hags started out as women, Baba-Yaga for instance was never human.
Nighttfall
08-27-03, 10:37 PM True but I was just thinking some hags were. ;)
Obormot
08-27-03, 11:46 PM So here's a question for you guys. Is the Baba Yaga written up anywhere? Seeing as how my PCs are in Russia, they will eventually encounter her. Mythological imperative demands it. ;)
cwslyclgh
08-27-03, 11:50 PM You could try the 2e mega-adventure The Dancing hut of Baba-Yaga... but I have never read it so I don't know if it actually has her stats or not. (and they would be 2e in any case, although probably not hard to convert)
Steve Russell
08-29-03, 01:32 AM I like the creation, I really love hags, Hags are fun, but they always seem to be witches to me as I think they should advance as witches yet I always struggle with them.

I must say I agree with the Idea of a Hag as a template if a hag was non human then make her a non human race but its not like we see Hag men so I like the idea of a template one to cover all the HAGS one can find out in the world?

Maybe A hag template project? Wes what do you think?
cwslyclgh
08-29-03, 02:30 AM I have not seen the templated version of the Hags from the creature collection, but would be very iunterested in seeing them... the Hags were the one group of creatures that I realy liked from that book (although they had thier problems, that's what comes from releasing a d20 monster book before the core rules come out... so it is forgivable).

I believe the normal D&D stand point is that hags are a race of creatures who mate with humans to produce off spring (similar to the way harpies and minotaurs did in 2e, to my knowledge this has not been brought up in 3e), and such offspring are invariably baby hags.

now a templated version of the various Hags might be an interesting idea... obviosly it is since S&S has already done it :P

But I personaly do not have the inclination to explore it right now, I have quite a bit of work on my plate as it is.

if somebody else wants to do it I will gladly supply input and feedback though.

Wes
Regdar6
08-29-03, 02:39 AM Half hag template, maybe? About baba-yaga, in first edition she was "ages ago the most powerful female mage ever known", and she had her hut (a major artifact). Its pretty sweet... move speed is 48 feet,legsattack as hill giannt and have regeneration, the inside is a small palace, with fountains of wine, 30 rooms and 3 floors. Its walls are also the equivalent of 5 inches of granite! You are supposed to roll for the rest of its abilities. Its got one prime power, 1 major bad effect, one side effect, 4 minor good powers,2 major good powers and 1 minor bad effect. Lotsa good,a nd lotsa bad
Nighttfall
08-29-03, 08:13 AM cws,

If you want I can give you assistance to the hag templates since I have the book. But have to be via email. If interested email me.

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cwslyclgh 08-25-03, 08:56 PM	welcome to the 62nd edition of Monster of the Week. as always I am interesting inyour opinions of my monsters, so give me some feedback people. Hope you enjoy. Wes :) Hag, Fen large monstrous humaniod Hit Dice: 6d8+12 (39 hp) Initiative: +1 (Dex) Speed: 30ft. Swim 30ft. Armor Class: 16 (-1 size, +1 dex, +6 natural) Base Attack/Grapple: +6/+15 Attack: claw +10 melee (1d6+5) Full Attack: 2 claws +10 melee (1d6+5), bite +5 melee (1d4+2 plus poison) Space/Reach: 10ft./10ft. Special Attacks: Improved Grab, Poison, Spell-Like Abilities Special Qualities: Amphibious, SR 17 Saves: Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +6 Abilities: Str 20, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 15 Skills: Craft or Knowledge (any 1) +9, Listen +11, Spot +11, Swim +14 Feats: Alertness, Blind-Fight, Great Fortitude Environment: temperate to warm swamps and marshes Organization: Solitary or covey (3 hags of any kind plus 1–8 ogres and 1–4 evil giants) Challenge Rating: 5 Treasure: standard Alignment: Usually chaotic evil Advancement: By character class Level Adjustment: -- Fen hags are horrors of the swamp. Like other hags they look much like disgusting old crones, clad in tattered and muddy peasant garments. They have long pointed noses and tangled, wild, gray or white hair. A Fen hag stands about 8 feet tall, although they often appear to be shorter because of their twisted and bent form. although they appear frail and weak, in reality a fen hag posesses an inhuman strength and ferocity. Their eyes are black, lacking any sort of pupil, and their wide mouths are filled with sharp needle like teeth that drip a vile poison that causes opponents to lapse into a nightmare-haunted sleep. They tend to live in poorly maintained huts deep in the swamps. Combat Like other hags, Fen Hags are creatures of deception and trickery, and they will often use their spell like abilities to hinder opponents, or put them at a disadvantage before attacking. One of their favored tactics is to grapple an air-breathing creature and then pull it into deep water or quicksand and hold it under until it stops struggling. Amphibious (Ex): Fen Hags have no trouble breathing both air and water. Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a Fen Hag must hit a Large or smaller opponent with a claw attack, if it gets a hold it can automatically bite the grappled opponent each round. Poison (Ex): Bite, Fortitude save DC 15, initial damage 1d4 points of temporary Wisdom damage, secondary damage unconsciousness for 1d3 hours. Save DC is constitution based. Spell-Like Abilities: At will—deep slumber (DC 15), disguise self, entangle (DC 13), hallucinatory terrain (DC 16), minor image (DC 14), misdirection (DC 14), and obscuring mist. Caster level 6th. The save DC is Charisma-based
itsclark 08-26-03, 12:59 AM	There you are trudging through the swamp. Suddenly a whithered hand reaches up and grasps your ankle. Very spooky! It'll be great fun to slap some levels of sorcerer/druid on her and give her swamp magic (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/fw/20030706a).
Ropp'cht'cht 08-26-03, 01:37 AM	Now there's an idea...even without the levels, I think Fengut would work really well for the hag's spell-like abilities.
cwslyclgh 08-26-03, 02:13 AM	hmmm... that does look like it would make good SLA for a fen hag... if you use the spells from thta article feel free to add it to the list (DC 13)
Gez 08-26-03, 08:33 AM	There's a "fen witch" in the Tome of Horrors. Not really a hag (she's medium size, frex) but the name is close. As for OA's "bog hag". All three are quite different, though. Hey, three, that's a covey!
cwslyclgh 08-26-03, 02:20 PM	that might be interesting.... Creature Collection also has a "Swamp Hag"
Nighttfall 08-26-03, 04:54 PM	No offense, cws, but I like Swamp hags better. If only because hags in the Scarred Lands are offered as templates. Thus to me, it makes more sense to turn ALL hags into templates. But that's just me.
Gez 08-26-03, 05:07 PM	Originally posted by Nighttfall Thus to me, it makes more sense to turn ALL hags into templates. But that's just me. It makes more sense for them to be templates when, like in the Scarred Lands, hags are mutated women. However, when they are a semi-separate, magical race, they're better as base creatures. (See the FR book, Unapproachable East, with the Bheur and the Shrieking Hag.)
Nighttfall 08-26-03, 07:55 PM	Okay well maybe again it's just me. :P :) But I believe there are legends in Russian folklore of women becoming hags. I could be wrong. But I think so.
cwslyclgh 08-27-03, 07:16 PM	But I believe there are legends in Russian folklore of women becoming hags. I could be wrong. But I think so yes, but not all russian hags started out as women, Baba-Yaga for instance was never human.
Nighttfall 08-27-03, 10:37 PM	True but I was just thinking some hags were. ;)
Obormot 08-27-03, 11:46 PM	So here's a question for you guys. Is the Baba Yaga written up anywhere? Seeing as how my PCs are in Russia, they will eventually encounter her. Mythological imperative demands it. ;)
cwslyclgh 08-27-03, 11:50 PM	You could try the 2e mega-adventure The Dancing hut of Baba-Yaga... but I have never read it so I don't know if it actually has her stats or not. (and they would be 2e in any case, although probably not hard to convert)
Steve Russell 08-29-03, 01:32 AM	I like the creation, I really love hags, Hags are fun, but they always seem to be witches to me as I think they should advance as witches yet I always struggle with them. I must say I agree with the Idea of a Hag as a template if a hag was non human then make her a non human race but its not like we see Hag men so I like the idea of a template one to cover all the HAGS one can find out in the world? Maybe A hag template project? Wes what do you think?
cwslyclgh 08-29-03, 02:30 AM	I have not seen the templated version of the Hags from the creature collection, but would be very iunterested in seeing them... the Hags were the one group of creatures that I realy liked from that book (although they had thier problems, that's what comes from releasing a d20 monster book before the core rules come out... so it is forgivable). I believe the normal D&D stand point is that hags are a race of creatures who mate with humans to produce off spring (similar to the way harpies and minotaurs did in 2e, to my knowledge this has not been brought up in 3e), and such offspring are invariably baby hags. now a templated version of the various Hags might be an interesting idea... obviosly it is since S&S has already done it :P But I personaly do not have the inclination to explore it right now, I have quite a bit of work on my plate as it is. if somebody else wants to do it I will gladly supply input and feedback though. Wes
Regdar6 08-29-03, 02:39 AM	Half hag template, maybe? About baba-yaga, in first edition she was "ages ago the most powerful female mage ever known", and she had her hut (a major artifact). Its pretty sweet... move speed is 48 feet,legsattack as hill giannt and have regeneration, the inside is a small palace, with fountains of wine, 30 rooms and 3 floors. Its walls are also the equivalent of 5 inches of granite! You are supposed to roll for the rest of its abilities. Its got one prime power, 1 major bad effect, one side effect, 4 minor good powers,2 major good powers and 1 minor bad effect. Lotsa good,a nd lotsa bad
Nighttfall 08-29-03, 08:13 AM	cws, If you want I can give you assistance to the hag templates since I have the book. But have to be via email. If interested email me.