Languages Abyssal, Common, Elvish, Goblin, Infernal, Sylvan
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Magic Resistance. The Carousel hag has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Ravenous. The Carousel hag can make a bite attack as a bonus action against a creature it marks with its man eater’s mark.
Innate Spellcasting. The Hag's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 19, +11 to hit with spell attacks). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: misty step, friends, eldritch blast
3/day each: calm emotions, wither and bloom, blight, invisibility
1/day each: Maze, sequester, control weather, mental prison
Aura of forgetfulness. All creatures not directly interacting with the hag, or that have not interacted with the hag in the last 24 hours must make a DC 19 wisdom saving throw to realize that they are doing any sort of strange activity, such as fighting or casting a spell. This effect hides the hag’s combatants as well.
Actions
Multiattack. The hag makes one bite attack and two claw attacks, or it casts a spell and uses absorb joy.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4d10+9 piercing damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 2d8+9 slashing damage.
Illusory Appearance. The hag covers itself and anything it is wearing or carrying with a magical illusion that makes it look like another creature of its general size and shape. The effect ends if the hag takes a bonus action to end it or if it dies.
The changes wrought by this effect fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, the hag could appear to have no claws, but someone touching its hand might feel the claws. Otherwise, a creature must take an action to visually inspect the illusion and succeed on a DC 19 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the hag is disguised.
Absorb joy. The Carousel hag targets one creature that has experienced a significant amount of joy within the last minute, and that creature immediately must make a DC 19 charisma saving throw or become frightened of the hag for one hour. In addition, the hag gains the following benefits:
Its size increasing to huge as it becomes taller and thinner for one minute.
Its claw attacks deal an extra 1d8 damage and grapple on a hit for one minute.
The Carousel hag gains the use of one of its 3/day spells.
The Carousel hag regains 2d6 hitpoints.
Ravenous feast. The Carousel hag targets one large or smaller creature at 0 hitpoints or that has died in the last minute, and eats the entire corpse over the course of one round. If uninterrupted, the creature dies and if the target felt joy within the last minute, the Carousel hag gains the effects of absorb joy.
Maneater’s mark. The Hag targets one creature within 120 feet of it. That creature becomes its mark. The hag can only have one mark at a time. A creature that is marked cannot hide or have 3 quarters or half cover from the Carousel hag, and the Carousel hag always knows where it is, regardless of distance. The mark wears off after a week or when the target dies.
And boom! Some of the wording and descriptions are kinda weird, but I think its pretty cool.
DM: The hag absorbs joy. Player: My character wasn't happy. DM: But he was laughing and giggling. Player: Yes. But the trauma of his past prevents him from being truly happy. DM: He held his newborn son for the first time! He was happy. Player: Then why didn't my stats change? DM: I never should've let you play Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Out of curiosity, what the rationale for the languages selection? Common and Sylvan I expected. But I don't know hag lore in terms of the others.
DM: The hag absorbs joy. Player: My character wasn't happy. DM: But he was laughing and giggling. Player: Yes. But the trauma of his past prevents him from being truly happy. DM: He held his newborn son for the first time! He was happy. Player: Then why didn't my stats change? DM: I never should've let you play Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Out of curiosity, what the rationale for the languages selection? Common and Sylvan I expected. But I don't know hag lore in terms of the others.
Elvish is sort of Sylvan’s cousin language and lots of fey know it (like Centuars) and most hags know random weird languages, like Annis hags knowing giant and Green hags knowing Draconic I think. I feel like Infernal and Abyssal are both just make sense for hags, and I have no idea what I was doing with goblin.
and yeah I made this a long time ago and would probably give them slightly lower stats, maybe down to a 20 in strength and Charisma, maybe 15 and fourteen in wisdom and intelligence, and Dex could be like a 12 now that I think about it.
it was brought up on another thread but now I’d like to ask some people here, how good of a friend do you guys consider me as? If we’re just talking about people on the forums, not compared to anyone you know irl. (That’s sort of the best way I could phrase it)
also, would anyone like to rp on the Universe Smorgasbord?
You’re a very good friend Arch. And I love your idea for the Guillotine Hag. Kind of like Madame Defarge from A Tale of Two Cities.
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I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
it was brought up on another thread but now I’d like to ask some people here, how good of a friend do you guys consider me as? If we’re just talking about people on the forums, not compared to anyone you know irl. (That’s sort of the best way I could phrase it)
also, would anyone like to rp on the Universe Smorgasbord?
You’re a very good friend Arch. And I love your idea for the Guillotine Hag. Kind of like Madame Defarge from A Tale of Two Cities.
@Arch You're one of those friends I usually never see, but when I do, I'm instantly happy
also hi woods!
Hi Markell!
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I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
Pm me the word Avocado🥑 For a prize!I am prob not online but pm me and i will dig up comments tht are old or forgottten. approx time about 7 days to finish and i need the approximate page number. But I will dig up the info.
Pm me the word Avocado🥑 For a prize!I am prob not online but pm me and i will dig up comments tht are old or forgottten. approx time about 7 days to finish and i need the approximate page number. But I will dig up the info.
Where you doing charcoal art or something and then Gradius kicked your face into the paint?
haha no, Gradius doesn't take art class
We're doing these GIANT charcoal portraits in art class and I'm trying to get rid of all the lines by smudging stuff out with my finger
Self-portraits, drawing another student, free-choice? I'm curious to see the final product if you can.
And silly Elliot the Old, gotta clean your hands before touching your face when doing stuff like that. Use your elbow or the back of your hand if you need to scratch something. :P
Sure thing.
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Carousel hag
Large fey (Hag), Typically chaotic evil
Armor Class 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points 165 (22d10 + 44)
Speed 35 ft.
STR
23 (+6)
DEX
17 (+3)
CON
15 (+2)
INT
22 (+6)
WIS
18 (+4)
CHA
26 (+8)
Saving Throws Dex +6, Int +9, Cha +11
Skills Arcana +12, Athletics +9, Insight +10, Nature +9, Stealth +9
Condition Immunities charmed
Senses darkvision 120 ft., truesight 20 ft., passive Perception 14
Languages Abyssal, Common, Elvish, Goblin, Infernal, Sylvan
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Magic Resistance. The Carousel hag has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Ravenous. The Carousel hag can make a bite attack as a bonus action against a creature it marks with its man eater’s mark.
Innate Spellcasting. The Hag's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 19, +11 to hit with spell attacks). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: misty step, friends, eldritch blast
3/day each: calm emotions, wither and bloom, blight, invisibility
1/day each: Maze, sequester, control weather, mental prison
Aura of forgetfulness. All creatures not directly interacting with the hag, or that have not interacted with the hag in the last 24 hours must make a DC 19 wisdom saving throw to realize that they are doing any sort of strange activity, such as fighting or casting a spell. This effect hides the hag’s combatants as well.
Actions
Multiattack. The hag makes one bite attack and two claw attacks, or it casts a spell and uses absorb joy.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 4d10+9 piercing damage.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 2d8+9 slashing damage.
Illusory Appearance. The hag covers itself and anything it is wearing or carrying with a magical illusion that makes it look like another creature of its general size and shape. The effect ends if the hag takes a bonus action to end it or if it dies.
The changes wrought by this effect fail to hold up to physical inspection. For example, the hag could appear to have no claws, but someone touching its hand might feel the claws. Otherwise, a creature must take an action to visually inspect the illusion and succeed on a DC 19 Intelligence (Investigation) check to discern that the hag is disguised.
Absorb joy. The Carousel hag targets one creature that has experienced a significant amount of joy within the last minute, and that creature immediately must make a DC 19 charisma saving throw or become frightened of the hag for one hour. In addition, the hag gains the following benefits:
Its size increasing to huge as it becomes taller and thinner for one minute.
Its claw attacks deal an extra 1d8 damage and grapple on a hit for one minute.
The Carousel hag gains the use of one of its 3/day spells.
The Carousel hag regains 2d6 hitpoints.
Ravenous feast. The Carousel hag targets one large or smaller creature at 0 hitpoints or that has died in the last minute, and eats the entire corpse over the course of one round. If uninterrupted, the creature dies and if the target felt joy within the last minute, the Carousel hag gains the effects of absorb joy.
Maneater’s mark. The Hag targets one creature within 120 feet of it. That creature becomes its mark. The hag can only have one mark at a time. A creature that is marked cannot hide or have 3 quarters or half cover from the Carousel hag, and the Carousel hag always knows where it is, regardless of distance. The mark wears off after a week or when the target dies.
And boom! Some of the wording and descriptions are kinda weird, but I think its pretty cool.
Those are high stats for CR 8. Makes her a beast.
I am imagining the fight of
DM: The hag absorbs joy.
Player: My character wasn't happy.
DM: But he was laughing and giggling.
Player: Yes. But the trauma of his past prevents him from being truly happy.
DM: He held his newborn son for the first time! He was happy.
Player: Then why didn't my stats change?
DM: I never should've let you play Angel from Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
Out of curiosity, what the rationale for the languages selection? Common and Sylvan I expected. But I don't know hag lore in terms of the others.
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Elvish is sort of Sylvan’s cousin language and lots of fey know it (like Centuars) and most hags know random weird languages, like Annis hags knowing giant and Green hags knowing Draconic I think. I feel like Infernal and Abyssal are both just make sense for hags, and I have no idea what I was doing with goblin.
and yeah I made this a long time ago and would probably give them slightly lower stats, maybe down to a 20 in strength and Charisma, maybe 15 and fourteen in wisdom and intelligence, and Dex could be like a 12 now that I think about it.
Perhaps parties having a Boblin the Goblin meant, "I must learn the language of their source of joy."
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You’re a very good friend Arch. And I love your idea for the Guillotine Hag. Kind of like Madame Defarge from A Tale of Two Cities.
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
Hi Markell!
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
hai
I should read more
I am also here.
Am snek.
hi zomblesssssssssss
Hi Atlas. Hi Klein.
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
What kind of stuff do you like to read?
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I have charcoal on my face 😧
(he/him)
I confess it's a shame, When you livin' in a city that's the size of a box and nobody knows yo' name
-"I Wish" Skee-Lo (literally the best song ever)
Nickname: Elliot the Old (IM NOT THAT OLD VITUS-)
I reccomend the ascendance series.
P. S. Hey, vitus.
Hi, I am a pug and I like Noobs in Combat, Pugs and Big Weapons like Ballistas, RPGS and Recoilless Rifles.
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Where you doing charcoal art or something and then Gradius kicked your face into the paint?
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What kind of paint?
Hi, I am a pug and I like Noobs in Combat, Pugs and Big Weapons like Ballistas, RPGS and Recoilless Rifles.
Play my forum game find the word Here
Pm me the word Avocado🥑 For a prize!I am prob not online but pm me and i will dig up comments tht are old or forgottten. approx time about 7 days to finish and i need the approximate page number. But I will dig up the info.
Isn't charcoal paint a thing?
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Belolonandalogalo, Sunny | Draíocht, Kholias | Eggo Lass, 100 Dungeons
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haha no, Gradius doesn't take art class
We're doing these GIANT charcoal portraits in art class and I'm trying to get rid of all the lines by smudging stuff out with my finger
(he/him)
I confess it's a shame, When you livin' in a city that's the size of a box and nobody knows yo' name
-"I Wish" Skee-Lo (literally the best song ever)
Nickname: Elliot the Old (IM NOT THAT OLD VITUS-)
Self-portraits, drawing another student, free-choice? I'm curious to see the final product if you can.
And silly Elliot the Old, gotta clean your hands before touching your face when doing stuff like that. Use your elbow or the back of your hand if you need to scratch something. :P
This is a signature. It was a simple signature. But it has been upgraded.
Belolonandalogalo, Sunny | Draíocht, Kholias | Eggo Lass, 100 Dungeons
Talorin Tebedi, Vecna: Eve | Cherry, Stormwreck | Chipper, Strahd
We Are Modron
Get rickrolled here. Awesome music here. Track 48, 5/23/25, Immaculate Mary