Hags are reproduced when hags eat a baby and then re-birth it. On its 13th birthday, however, the child turns into the exact image of the hag mother. What could stop the new hag if anything from turning bad? Plenty of Half-Orcs or Tieflings face prejudice and become more charismatic or intimidating to fit in more in society. Could hags do the same thing?
In theory, but it would be the same thing as a dragon breaking its alignment -- that's up to the DM if its even possible. Hags are violent, greedy, and manipulative by instinct, unlike half-orcs and tieflings who just look unusual.
Intervention from a being more powerful than the hag, for one. As far as fitting into society goes, you'd need a pretty unusual society for that to happen unless non-evil hags are considered normal. Somewhere like Sigil or Ravnica.
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"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Player accessable options (and I use that term loosely) off the top of my head:
wish could probably force an alignment change
the deck of many things has an alignment swap as a potential draw
A cleric's divine intervention might also work depending on the dm.
If you are a dm, the options above would be plenty of justification for a good hag, as well as anything you decide works (such as a ritual or a blessing from a god)
If this is an idea for PC, then there's the Hexblood Lineage from Van Richten's, they're people changed by a Hag's influence and have the potential to become a full Hag. It's an alternate way for Hags to reproduce.
Depends really on how strict your DM is on RAW alignment on creatures. I think the idea of a morally gray but not outright evil hag could be a lot of fun, or even a benevolent but still kinda creepy one. Like a creepy old lady who lives on a hill outside of town and brews potions, and everyone's a little creeped out by her but she's not hurting anyone.
This is just an idea I had. Having a friendly hag PC or NPC seemed like a cool idea. Kinda forgot about the Hexblood Lineage.
If it's your campaign, do whatever you want. In my homebrew world, hags are just not automatically evil - weird and creepy and fae with a bad reputation and usually their own inscrutable agenda, sure, but that doesn't have to mean beings of pure malice and spite
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Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
There is a ritual where one takes suet, oatmeal, sheep's liver, heart and lungs, and seasoning like minced onion and salt and broth and spices as desired if the mixture is too unpleasant to work with it, ritually prepared and boiled in a pouch made of a sheep's stomach until the pouch begins to float but not so much as to burst, and feeds the resulting pudding contained within pouch to the Hag.
You can find detailed instructions by searching for Haggis.
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I think having the players run into an evil, rumored hag, who just turns out to be a weird, but perfectly nice hag is such a fun thing to throw in.
I'll probably do just that in a new campaign I'm starting for a dark fantasy/horror elements game. Will be a fun red herring to have them need to go talk to a creepy hag who turns out to be harmless.
You got me for a second. I searched it up and everything
She turns from being a terrible, horrible hag into a pleasant, friendly hag with an excessively thick Scottish accent.🙃
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Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider. My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong. I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲 “It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Hags are reproduced when hags eat a baby and then re-birth it. On its 13th birthday, however, the child turns into the exact image of the hag mother. What could stop the new hag if anything from turning bad? Plenty of Half-Orcs or Tieflings face prejudice and become more charismatic or intimidating to fit in more in society. Could hags do the same thing?
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In theory, but it would be the same thing as a dragon breaking its alignment -- that's up to the DM if its even possible. Hags are violent, greedy, and manipulative by instinct, unlike half-orcs and tieflings who just look unusual.
Intervention from a being more powerful than the hag, for one. As far as fitting into society goes, you'd need a pretty unusual society for that to happen unless non-evil hags are considered normal. Somewhere like Sigil or Ravnica.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
If this is a PC idea talk to your dm.
Player accessable options (and I use that term loosely) off the top of my head:
wish could probably force an alignment change
the deck of many things has an alignment swap as a potential draw
A cleric's divine intervention might also work depending on the dm.
If you are a dm, the options above would be plenty of justification for a good hag, as well as anything you decide works (such as a ritual or a blessing from a god)
If this is an idea for PC, then there's the Hexblood Lineage from Van Richten's, they're people changed by a Hag's influence and have the potential to become a full Hag. It's an alternate way for Hags to reproduce.
This is just an idea I had. Having a friendly hag PC or NPC seemed like a cool idea. Kinda forgot about the Hexblood Lineage.
Check out my Homebrew.
Spells, Monsters, Magic Items, Backgrounds, Feats, Races, and Subclasses
Remember that something doesn't need to be good to be friendly. You can have a genuinely evil character who still gets along well with the PCs.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Depends really on how strict your DM is on RAW alignment on creatures. I think the idea of a morally gray but not outright evil hag could be a lot of fun, or even a benevolent but still kinda creepy one. Like a creepy old lady who lives on a hill outside of town and brews potions, and everyone's a little creeped out by her but she's not hurting anyone.
If it's your campaign, do whatever you want. In my homebrew world, hags are just not automatically evil - weird and creepy and fae with a bad reputation and usually their own inscrutable agenda, sure, but that doesn't have to mean beings of pure malice and spite
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
From what I understand, the "child" in question is already a hag at birth. It's just that for the first few years, they can pass as normal children.
There is a ritual where one takes suet, oatmeal, sheep's liver, heart and lungs, and seasoning like minced onion and salt and broth and spices as desired if the mixture is too unpleasant to work with it, ritually prepared and boiled in a pouch made of a sheep's stomach until the pouch begins to float but not so much as to burst, and feeds the resulting pudding contained within pouch to the Hag.
You can find detailed instructions by searching for Haggis.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
You got me for a second. I searched it up and everything
Check out my Homebrew.
Spells, Monsters, Magic Items, Backgrounds, Feats, Races, and Subclasses
I think having the players run into an evil, rumored hag, who just turns out to be a weird, but perfectly nice hag is such a fun thing to throw in.
Check out my Homebrew.
Spells, Monsters, Magic Items, Backgrounds, Feats, Races, and Subclasses
I'll probably do just that in a new campaign I'm starting for a dark fantasy/horror elements game. Will be a fun red herring to have them need to go talk to a creepy hag who turns out to be harmless.
She turns from being a terrible, horrible hag into a pleasant, friendly hag with an excessively thick Scottish accent.🙃
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
Turns out the issue was just being stuck with English cooking.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.