Nalfeshneenarzugonnergaliid night hag nightmarenilbog noble nothic nycaloth. By the way, my live streams happen almost every friday at. Shrieking hag monsters that roamed desolate plains and wastelands and loved to deceive travelers. Creatures other than the hag can benefit from the heartstones powers, but the periapt shatters after ten uses any disease cured or saving throw affected counts as a use and it does not bestow etherealness to a bearer. The ideas are listed below, and you can also download a pdf which contains all of them. Sites where the presence of such terrible wickedness can slowly twist and infect the physical forms of even the most holy of creatures.
A night hag has a surprising amount of hp and ac for a spellcaster. On a failed save, the creature is frightened for 1 minute. Night hag tactics revolve around the combination of etherealness and. A hag in the coven can take an action to see what the hag eye sees if the hag eye is on the same plane of existence. The night hag or old hag is the name given to a supernatural creature, used to explain the phenomenon of sleep paralysis. When the pcs approached, the figure sprang to life, revealing herself as gertrude the night hag. A creature that hears the sounds can tell they are. Night hags were wicked witches that dwelt in the lower planes whose nightmarish minds. A comprehensive list of all official monsters for fifth edition.
A night hag carries two very rare magic items that she must craft for herself if either object is lost, the night hag will go to great lengths to retrieve it, as creating a new tool takes time and effort. Large monster block cards patrick mitchell johnston. The statistics for this monster are correct, as published in the official monster manual by wizards of the coast. So in order to prevent contact, you wait for the night hag to arrive, then you cast the spell. Theyre not nearly as strong without a coven, mostly hurling magic missiles. Note, this article contains spoilers for waterdeep dragon heist. A night hag can use etherealness at will as a 16thlevel sorcerer so long as it possesses its heartstone see below. I love hags, even though they are terrifying, hideous witches who are the embodiment of putrid female aspects and the typical witch figure. A night hag knows that if its caught before collecting the soul its after, the mission is a failure, and theres no point in hanging around, so all it takes is a light wound 12 hp of damage or more for the unmasked night hag to cut and run, making its escape via the ethereal plane or a casting of plane shift. A night hag carries two very rare magic items that she must craft for herself if either object is. The child of a night hag faces far more prejudice from particularly the fey due to night hags history of being exiled from the feywild. The hag has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Im trying to determine what level of spellcaster a night hag should be treated to get an idea how many magic missiles she has on each casting. Note that you can also filter and sort them, and generate your own pdf using the monsters application.
A hag coven can craft a magic item called a hag eye, which is made from a real eye coated in varnish and often fitted to a pendant or other wearable item. Night hags can visit the dreams of chaotic or evil individuals by using a special periapt known as a heartstone to become ethereal, then hovering over the creature. Night hags were also able to torment individuals by invading their dreams, inserting fear and doubt into their minds night after night, until they expired. Certain landscapes house deeply evil places or artifacts that corrupt the very nature of people who spend time around them. While a humanoid sleeps, a night hag can straddle the person ethereally and intrude upon its dreams. List of classes that can cast the spell on each card.
She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components. On the other side of this, is their connection to fiends and the lower planes that sings true to the divine sense of any paladin. This is the best edition yet as evidenced by the more than solid ph and dm guide. When female offspring reach puberty, their mothers hags might visit their daughters several times and. The hags innate spellcasting ability is charisma spell save dc 12. The statistics for such monsters do not have to follow. The children born are often given into foster care by their hag mothers disguised as a normal woman. On the heels of the monsters know what theyre doinga. It is a phenomenon during which a person feels a presence of a supernatural malevolent being which immobilizes the person as if sitting on hisher chest or the foot of hisher bed. Night hags do not have a favored terrain, as such the following table is pulled from urban creatures. Night hags cellar one page battle map seriesthe one page battle map series aims to fill the side trek niche for game masters. See invisibility can be used to see ethereal creatures, but it only lasts an hour, and the night hag can come any time during the night.
The night hags have long since spread across the lower planes. Dungeon masters guild 1st tier levels 14 5th edition. The very personification of evil, hags were extremely selfish and arrogant. You can also check out my 199 page monster hunter monster manual and monster hunter monster loot tables on my gmbinder profile or by finding them in my. Keep monster name and information easy to find for quick reference. Posted on january 3, 2016 january 20, 2016 by brynvalk. The night hags intelligence is 16, high enough for it to be able to figure out who this is after just one round of combat, but not high enough for it to be able to make this assessment before combat begins. So this week, we offer night hag the night hag is part of the family of hags, which include. Sea hag hags found in and along the shores of the sea. The monster manual flavor text says a hag eye is usually entrusted to a. The haunt is an adventure for characters of 4th or 5th level, by phil beckwith. Hags are monstrous old women with a great desire to corrupt all that is good.
Sword coast and the cold grasp of winter is fleeing, although stiff breezes still soar through the air, especially at night. But how does the party even know the night hag is there. Its a great adventure that could be useful for expert players or players that you want to introduce to the dnd world. Night hags were once creatures of the feywild, but their foulness saw them exiled to hades long ago, where they degenerated into fiends. Unpredictable, cunning, and highly dangerous, hags and their powers are best avoided at all costs. While invisible, she leaves no physical evidence of her passage, so she can be tracked only by magic. Corruption rules dungeon masters guild dungeon masters. An annis hag can pull out one of her iron teeth or nails and spend 1 minute shaping and polishing it into the form of a coin, a ring, or a tiny mirror.
Night hags are exclusively females and can only reproduce by mating with a male member of another species. Can pcs attune to a hag eye or similar magical items. Hags revisited, part 1 the monsters know what theyre doing. A hag gives her newborn daughter a name that the girl keeps during her childhood, but upon gaining her full hag powers the daughter chooses her own name, which might or might not relate to her birth name. The hag magically turns invisible until she attacks or casts a spell, or until her concentration ends as if concentrating on a spell.
Starting at 14th level, your essence shifts more and more into that of a true hag regardless of gender. The location of three essential magic items, the identity of an npc ally, and the location of strahd himself are determined by a reading from the tarokka deck. They did so by going into the ethereal plane using a special item called a. A night hag had an array of magical powers, and could transmit a disease called demon fever by biting a victim. Thereafter, any creature that holds this iron token can have a whispered conversation with the hag, provided the creature and the hag are on the. I think im a bit deranged for saying that i adore the hags in dnd 5e. Night hags take perverse joy in corrupting mortals as do their half hag offspring.
For example, if you are a 10thlevel warlock capable of casting 5thlevel spells, you may prepare one spell of 6th level from the expanded warlock spell list. Curse of strahd is a fairly freeform adventure where the characters are drawn into barovia and must defeat strahd to escape. An annis hag can pull out one of her iron teeth or nails and spend 1 minute shaping. The hag can mimic animal sounds and humanoid voices.
There are a few adventure hooks to throw to the characters to. The hag eye is usually entrusted to a minion for safekeeping and transport. The hypertext d20 srd tm is owned by bols interactive llc. A night hag that loses this charm can no longer use etherealness until it can manufacture another which takes one month.
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