Hags, despite their appearance, are not human. They are fey who superficially look human, and can alter their appearance to look like regular, if ugly, old women. Night hags are hags that have become fiends from living in Hades or Gehenna.
The only official witches in 5e are the Barovian witches in Curse of Strand. These witches are human.
In 4th ed the Witch was a version of the Wizard class. But yeah, just about any spell casting class can be flavored as a "witch" if you try hard enough.
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"The mongoose blew out its candle and was asleep in bed before the room went dark." —Llanowar fable
In 4th ed the Witch was a version of the Wizard class. But yeah, just about any spell casting class can be flavored as a "witch" if you try hard enough.
This also depends on what image of a witch you're going with. Originally witches were people who made a pact with the devil for power. Usually got their own grimoire and familiar too. The witches like in the movie practical magic is a fairly new image.
It's true, Pact of the Chain/Tome Warlocks are the easiest to flavor was witches, but it wouldn't be hard to see Wizards from certain schools, Sorcerers of certain bloodlines, or even Druids of various circles be flavored as witches without too much effort.
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"The mongoose blew out its candle and was asleep in bed before the room went dark." —Llanowar fable
Also for AD&D 2nd Edition there was a book called The Complete Wizard's Handbook. The Witch was a Wizard kit option in that book. This was actually first D&D character I ever played.
Also for AD&D 2nd Edition there was a book called The Complete Wizard's Handbook. The Witch was a Wizard kit option in that book. This was actually first D&D character I ever played.
Keep in mind that "witch" is probably closer to what a commoner might call any woman spellcaster.
Your character has no reason to know if they are a fighter or barbarian. In fact, probably very few would call themselves a barbarian unless the specifically wanted to be seen as an outcast or exile. Historically two unfriendly civilizations each might call the other barbarians because they do not follow the same cultural norms.
Similarly, your warlock might describe himself as a wizard. A cleric might call themselves a priest, or even a paladin.
Basically you should know that classes and their associated names and mechanics are not something that is necessarily concrete in the world they are in. And informal titles like "witch" might be used on anyone.
Kinda like how the word "barbarian" comes from the Ancient Greeks thinking everyone else was inferior and had languages that sounded like "bar bar bar bar"?
On a related note, my friends posted a 5e Witch homebrew. It looks almost like an official WotC document.
Is there a difference between hags and witches in D&D? or are they the same thing? And if they are the same then why call them hags and not witches?
Hags, despite their appearance, are not human. They are fey who superficially look human, and can alter their appearance to look like regular, if ugly, old women. Night hags are hags that have become fiends from living in Hades or Gehenna.
The only official witches in 5e are the Barovian witches in Curse of Strand. These witches are human.
Hmm so why are witches not in much of D&D? there a reason for that?
In about any other universe, yes. Not sure how D&D has changed things.
In 4th ed the Witch was a version of the Wizard class. But yeah, just about any spell casting class can be flavored as a "witch" if you try hard enough.
It's true, Pact of the Chain/Tome Warlocks are the easiest to flavor was witches, but it wouldn't be hard to see Wizards from certain schools, Sorcerers of certain bloodlines, or even Druids of various circles be flavored as witches without too much effort.
Also for AD&D 2nd Edition there was a book called The Complete Wizard's Handbook. The Witch was a Wizard kit option in that book. This was actually first D&D character I ever played.
Don't mean to really derail, but were kits basically early forms of subclasses?
Keep in mind that "witch" is probably closer to what a commoner might call any woman spellcaster.
Your character has no reason to know if they are a fighter or barbarian. In fact, probably very few would call themselves a barbarian unless the specifically wanted to be seen as an outcast or exile. Historically two unfriendly civilizations each might call the other barbarians because they do not follow the same cultural norms.
Similarly, your warlock might describe himself as a wizard. A cleric might call themselves a priest, or even a paladin.
Basically you should know that classes and their associated names and mechanics are not something that is necessarily concrete in the world they are in. And informal titles like "witch" might be used on anyone.
Kinda like how the word "barbarian" comes from the Ancient Greeks thinking everyone else was inferior and had languages that sounded like "bar bar bar bar"?
On a related note, my friends posted a 5e Witch homebrew. It looks almost like an official WotC document.
Right, supposedly they bah'ed like sheep.
If you use some websites like Hombrewery you can make very nice looking home content.
http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/HyrQA8Oc2Z