8

CE

19

11

3

4

10

Sea hags kill and eat fishers and sailors who come near their lairs, torment coastal dwellers with dark promises and vague threats, and enjoy the act of causing distress and discord in small towns. They generally avoid making their lairs too close to civilization, however, to avoid drawing enemies to their homes. Sea hags are known for tempting desperate victims into tragic and inescapable bargains, deals which the hag has already secretly stacked in her favor. Despite their voracious appetites, sea hags appear hideously emaciated, and unlike more powerful hags, they lack the ability to magically disguise their form. Sea hags can join covens, but their aquatic nature often prevents them from joining mixed covens with other kinds of hags. Malevolent crones who lurk at the edges of civilization, hags use their deceptive, magical abilities to prey upon humanoids, manipulating and corrupting them. Some say hags arose from fey that became twisted by their inner selfishness. Hags gather together in covens for greater power, craft unique magical items known as hag eyes, and are known to replace infant humanoids with their own offspring—these children are changelings (page 62) who have the potential to become hags themselves. Haters of Humanity Hags loathe all humanoid races, but not equally—the brunt of their wrath is leveled against humans. Hags prey on human society the most, adding human flesh to their cauldron and snatching newborn children before replacing the babes with their own progeny as changelings (page 62). Hag Covens Hags are dangerous enough on their own, but when they gather in threes to form covens, they grow much more powerful. Full rules for covens appear on page 342. The Nature of Hags Some believe that hags possess no true form or body of their own, but instead manifest from society’s fear of aging. That no known male hags exist has also puzzled scholars, but perhaps this is but another way in which hags mock society—by presenting themselves as awful stereotypes of elderly women. Other Hags The four types of hags presented here are but the most notorious of their kind. Others—such as the blood hag, moon hag, storm hag, and winter hag—plague society in other regions of the world.

3

45

1

Aklo, Common, Jotun

3

Creature

8

10

11

+1 status to all saves vs. magic

8

10

darkvision

Medium

25

swim 35 feet

8

4

Amphibious, Hag, Humanoid

cold iron 3

3