Baba Yaga's Hut~~
Baba Yaga's Hut~~
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Ages ago the most powerful female mage ever known
spent much of her power in the creation of a magical dwelling of superb
character.
When she passed to another plane, her hut disappeared and
has only been rumored to have been seen once or twice since. Baba Yaga
developed a small hut of ordinary appearance - a circular, thatched
structure of 15’ diameter and 10’ high. To this dwelling are attached
two powerful fowl legs 12’ long, which appear to be stilts. Furthermore,
the Hut has intelligence (high) and human senses, plus infravisual
ability
to 120’ and ultravision. Inside, the Hut is a small palace - garden,
fountains of water and wine, and 30 rooms on 3 floors, all lavishly
and
richly furnished! Despite the commodious interior, the bird legs can
move
Baba Yaga‘s Hut at up to 48’ speed over swamp, 36’ over rough or normal
terrain, 12” over hills, through forests, etc. The Hut will obey commands
from 1 person (the one first using a key phrase) and can come to a
call
from as far away as 1 league.
Its legs deliver blows equal to those of a hill giant (2-16
damage), 2 attacks per round, to any so rash as to come near without invitation
or knowing the command phrase. <>
The legs are AC 2 and can take 48 HP damage each, regenerating at 1
hit point/melee round.
The walls of the Hut are the equivalent of 5’ thick granite.
The Hut has the following additional powers/effects:
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| 4 x I | * | * | * | * |
| 2 x II | * | * | - | - |
| 1 x III | * | - | - | - |
| 1 x IV | * | - | - | - |
| 1 x V | * | - | - | - |
| 1 x VI | * | - | - | - |
Q: Who was Baba Yaga, the magic-user lady who made the Hut
artifact in the DMG?
A: According to David Nalle's assessment of her in issue #53 of
DRAGON® Magazine (p. 32), Baba
Yaga was a cannibalistic
ogre-witch who dwelled in old Russia. She was chaotic evil, with
all the powers of a 20th-level magic-user, a 15th-level illusionist,
a 10th-level druid, and a 12th-level fighter. Her 'vital statistics'
were: AC 7, 24" move, 150 HP, 80% magic resistance, hit only by
magical weapons, 8' in height (she's non-human), and her ability
scores are S 22, I 24, W 17, D 16, C 18, CH 2. The sight of her
causes fear in all, -3 to save vs. spell, and anyone looking into
her eyes must save vs. spell at -5 or be charmed into doing her
bidding. If her spells fail or if she's feeling especially mean,
she'll attack with her two clawed hands and her fanged mouth;
each set of claws does 2-16 points damage, plus 1-12 points for
poison if a save fails against it, and her bite does 1-10 damage.
Avoid her at all costs.
(D76)
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| 4 x I | Web -- 1 time/day | Shield, when held or worn -- 1 time/day | Audible glamer upon command -- 3 times/day | Possessor immune to disease |
| 2 x II | Cure blindness by touch | Fear by touch or gaze | - | - |
| 1 x III | Weight loss of 5-30 pounds | - | - | - |
| 1 x IV | Sacrifice a human player character to activate item for 1 day | - | - | - |
| 1 x V | Major attribute permanently raised to 19 upon command word | - | - | - |
| 1 x VI | User becomes ethereal whenever any major
or primary power is activated,
and there is a 5% cumulative chance that he or she will thereafter become ethereal whenever a stress (combat, life-or-death, difficult problem involving user's decision) situation exists; the ethereal state lasts until the stress is removed. |
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Means of Destruction: Cause it to be devoured by a Lernaean Hydra.
Notes: Baba Yaga's Hut is fully detailed in Dragon 83.
Nightmare Realm of Baba Yaga, AD&D Adventure Gamebook #8, by Roger
E. Moore.
Author: Randomly generated.
Quote:
Originally Posted by johnsemlak
Gary
Was it your choice to include references to Baba Yaga in the 1e DMG? Was it intended for her to be a historical figure on Greyhawk? Was there any particular reason for the choice?
Short answer
I liked Baba Yaga since i
was age three and my mother read stories about her to me from Jack &
Jill magazine.
So all references to said
legendary Russian witch were directly from me.
She appears in three forms
in the Lejendary Pantheons work, all of them demi-deital.
Cheers,
Gary
Quote:
Originally Posted by dyx
Hey Colonel, here's a Greyhawk
question:
Is Iggwilve, the mother of
witches, the same person as Louhi from finnish mythology (and 1E Legends
& Lore)?
(There is supposed to be
a reference for this in your novel the Anubis Murders, which i havn't gotten
to reread yet.)
And how do these two relate
to Baba Yaga, the little grandmother?
Someone on canonfire speculated
that both might have been taken in by Baba Yaga and raised as her daughters.
(Baba Yaga was known for taking in little girls.)
howdy!
Noppers, Iggwilv is purely from Oerth and has no connection to Louhi of the Kalevala and Finnish Mythology.
The Magister Setne Inhetep fantasy mysteries are based on the DANGEROUS JOURNEYS, MYTHUS RPG system, the world setting being Aerth, and so there is no connection between it and AD&D-based material.
The Russian witch Baba Yaga
is well known to me from childhood stories in JACK & JILL Magazine
and later reading, of course.
I have her as a deital figure
in three forms in the LEJENDARY PANTHEONS book ms.--Baba Jaga, Baba Jula,
and Baba Yaga <big grin>
Cheers,
Gary
As a matter fact Iggwilv
is my creation.
She was inspired by Louhi
the Finnish uberwitch and Baba Yaga of Russian foklore.
I never had her as an active
antagonist, more of a behind the scenes manipulator.
Cheerio,
Gary