Hags

[Pathos]

I've been wondering lately... Just what makes a hag a Hag?

How do they come about? Are there male "hags"? Or, are hags just unfortunate creatures who have been twisted by fell magics, perhaps as a former witch who's patron led them down a path where redemption is beyond their reach?

How do hags reproduce? Do they seek unsuspecting males as mates, where female children result in the next generation and males are little more than food?

thoughts or ideas?

[redcelt32]

Most of this is explored in depth in Classic Horrors Revisited under the Hags section.

Hag Secrets:

They mate with other races' males and have have offspring known as killcrops, which look like members of the father's race, but are evil. As far as their origin, other than a really cool sidebar fable about one supposed origin, it just says they are connected to nature, aren't fey, but have been around forever, supposedly coming over from the First World.

This book is really worth it if you are interested in even one or two of the creatures inside. There are lots more details, but I don't want to paraphrase it all here out of respect for Paizo. You might try checking on the PathfinderWiki as they might have more details without actually buying the book.

[Name Violation]

FR had hagspawn, male sons of hags.

how do you make intercours with a hag more disturbing? make the hag a hermaphrodite :P

[Evil Genius Prime]

Name Violation wrote:

FR had hagspawn, male sons of hags.

how do you make intercours with a hag more disturbing? make the hag a hermaphrodite :P

HA HA HA HA!!! GROSS!

[Senevri]

Actually, there was an adventure where a coven of hags missing one was turning a young sorceress into a hag... THAT's nightmare fuel for you.

[Tom Qadim]

Name Violation wrote:

make the hag a hermaphrodite :P

I wager that was another villain cut from the final version of Hook Mountain Massacre. ;-)

[Pathos]

redcelt32 wrote:

Most of this is explored in depth in Classic Horrors Revisited under the Hags section.

** spoiler omitted **

This book is really worth it if you are interested in even one or two of the creatures inside. There are lots more details, but I don't want to paraphrase it all here out of respect for Paizo. You might try checking on the PathfinderWiki as they might have more details without actually buying the book.

Many thanks Red... I don't have that book yet. I guess I should be ordering that one "soon".

[Pathos]

Tom Qadim wrote:

Name Violation wrote:

make the hag a hermaphrodite :P

I wager that was another villain cut from the final version of Hook Mountain Massacre. ;-)

Oh maaan.. we never get any of the good stuff. :oP