Hag (5e)
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Hags… resemble withered crones, [however] there is nothing mortal about these monstrous creatures, whose forms reflect only the wickedness in their hearts.
Ancient beings with origins in the Feywild, hags are cankers on the mortal world…
All hags possess magical powers, and some… spellcasting. They can alter their forms or curse their foes…When hags must work together, they form covens, in spite of their selfish natures...
. While all three members of a hag coven are within 30 feet of one another, they can each cast...spells from the wizard's spell...share[ing] the spell slots among themselves...
Other Lore[edit]
Wikipedia [5]
A hag, or "the Old Hag"... According to folklore, the Old Hag sat on a sleeper's chest and sent nightmares to him or her. When the subject awoke, he or she would be unable to breathe or even move for a short period of time... the subject had been "hagridden".[6] It is still frequently discussed as if it were a paranormal state.[7]
Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good. The...Peg Powler 
, for example, was a river hag who...had skin the colour of green pond scum.[8][9][10] Parents who wanted to keep their children away from the river's edge told them that if they got too close to the water she would pull them in with her long arms, drown them, and sometimes eat them. This type of nixie or neck has other regional names, such as Grindylow[11] (a name connected to Grendel),[11][12] Jenny Greenteeth ... and Nelly Longarms ...[13]
List of Hags[edit]
(12 official and unofficial Hags)
| Name | Type | Subtype | Size | HP | CR (XP) | Alignment | Habitat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bavlorna Blightstraw (Individual) | Fey | Hag | Medium | 110 | 7 (2,900) | Neutral Evil | Feywild, Forest, Swamp, Urban | The Wild Beyond the Witchlight |
| Endelyn Moongrave (Individual) | Fey | Hag | Medium | 114 | 6 (2,300) | Neutral Evil | Feywild, Forest, Swamp, Urban | The Wild Beyond the Witchlight |
| Hag Overview | Overview | Fey, Hag | Feywild | Monster Manual (5e) | ||||
| Annis Hag | Fey | Hag | Large | 90 | 6 (2,300) | Chaotic Evil | Hill, Mountain, Feywild | MM5, VGtM |
| Bheur Hag | Fey | Hag | Medium | 91 | 7 (2,900) | Chaotic Evil | Arctic, Feywild | VGtM, MotM |
| Dusk Hag | Fey | Hag | Medium | 82 | 6 (2,300) | Neutral Evil | Eberron Rising from the Last War | |
| Green Hag | Fey | Hag, Green Hag | Medium | 82 | 3 (700) | Neutral Evil | Forest, Hill, Swamp, Feywild | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Heavenly Sovereign Green Hag | Fey | Hag | Medium | 229 | 11 (7,200) | Neutral Evil | Feywild, Forest, Hill, Swamp, Wildes | Venture Maidens Campaign Guide |
| Night Hag | Fiend | Hag | Medium | 112 | 5 (1,800) | Neutral Evil | Feywild, Underworld | SRD-CC v5.1, SRD-OGL v5.1 |
| Sea Hag | Fey | Hag | Medium | 52 | 2 (450) | Chaotic Evil | Coastal, Underwater, Feywild | SRD5, MM5 |
| Skabatha Nightshade (Individual) | Fey | Hag | Medium | 150 | 8, 6 (3,900, 2,300) | Neutral Evil | Feywild, Forest, Swamp, Urban | The Wild Beyond the Witchlight |
Sources and Notes[edit]
- ↑ SRD5:
- Wizards RPG Team (6 May 2015). SRD-OGL v5.1. (5e 2014) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: OGL.
- Wizards RPG Team (9 May 2024). SRD-CC v5.1. (5e 2014) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: CC-BY.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Wizards RPG Team (September 2014). Monster Manual. (5e 2014) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 978-0786965618. p. 176-177. Licnesed: © Wizards of the Coast (used under 'fair use' clause).
- ↑ Habitat (unofficial) - User
- ↑ user: Rlyehable
- ↑ Wikipedia: Hag (excerpt, accessed 2020-03-24). Licensed: CC-BY-SA
- ↑ Ernsting, Michele (2004) "[web.archive.org/web/20041126201638/www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/cultureandhistory/041119vh Hags and nightmares: sleep paralysis and the midnight terrors]" Radio Netherlands
- ↑ [paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/aa112000a.htm The "Old Hag" Syndrome] from About: Paranormal Phenomena
- ↑ Ghosts, Helpful and Harmful by Elliott O'Donnell
- ↑ Introduction to Folklore by Marian Roalfe Cox
- ↑ The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Darlington, in the Bishoprick by William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, 1854
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Nineteenth century and after, Volume 68, Leonard Scott Pub. Co., 1910. Page. 556
- ↑ A Grammar of the Dialect of Oldham by Karl Georg Schilling, 1906. Page. 17.
- ↑ Froud, Brian and Lee, Alan (1978) Faeries. New York, Peacock Press 0-553-01159-6
- ↑ K. M. Briggs, The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature, p 66-7 University of Chicago Press, London, 1967
