What would Baba Yaga's Domains be?

[Davia D]

Baga Yaga canonically knows how to grant spells, but chooses not to, so normally what she would grant is an academic question.

But let's say that one's running a game set after a Baba Yaga campaign where she agreed to start grant spells to clerics on Golarion as a result of a favor owed.

What do you think she'd grant?

[Cole Deschain]

Well, she'd be stuck with Evil for one of them... with Fear as the most likely subdomain.

Beyond that?

Magic(Arcane), Water (with the Ice subdomain practically required for those who take it), Weather (Seasons), Knowledge (Memory),or Darkness(Night) are all possibilities.

[technarken]

Magic, Trickery, Knowledge, Rune, Community, and Artifice for domains
Memory, Wards, Deception and Curse (even though luck is not one of her domains) for Subdomains.
Favored Weapon: Quarterstaff
Baba Yaga does not have any alignment domains despite her LE alignment because Baba Yaga is beyond moral concerns.

[Zhangar]

@ Davia - not quite right. Rather, she's someone who's on the brink of godhood, but won't become one because she doesn't want to deal with it.

Baba Yaga currently does not have the ability to grant spells.

Though perhaps might she might make the transition to divinity if it was her only way out of a disaster...

If you did give her domains, I'd go with technarken's list (but change out Community for Evil, for Dear Grandmother is an extremely vicious and petty person, and she hates damn near everyone).

[Davia D]

Zhangar wrote:

@ Davia - not quite right. Rather, she's someone who's on the brink of godhood, but won't become one because she doesn't want to deal with it.

Baba Yaga currently does not have the ability to grant spells.

She doesn't have to ascend to Godhood to grant spells. I mean, she doesn't grant spells same reason she doesn't try to ascend to Godhood, but her write-up in Witch Queen's revenge says Baba Yaga has long held the potential to.

Which is no surprise, considering the threshold for full spell granting is quasi or demigod, not full god, and she's often put on the list of Eldests as a defacto Eldest of the First World due to, well, her being as strong as the strongest demigods and having a realm in the First World.

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If you did give her domains, I'd go with technarken's list (but change out Community for Evil, for Dear Grandmother is an extremely vicious and petty person, and she hates damn near everyone).

Heh, yea :)

[captain yesterday]

I wouldn't give her six domains. I don't think even Pharasma has six domains.

I'd cut it down to four. :-)

I'd go with Evil, Magic, Rune, and Trickery.

[Andre Roy]

Domain: Evil, Knowledge, Magic, Trickery

Subdomain: Ambush, Cannibalism, Construct, Deception, Ice.

[Cole Deschain]

I definitely wouldn't give her trickery or artifice.

Generally speaking, she's anything but deceptive, and the things she makes aren't really... things. She has tools and servants, but... eh.

If I had to narrow my broad suggestions down to four-

Evil, Magic, Knowledge, Weather (Fear, Arcane, Memory, Seasons)

For her fifth, maybe Death...

[Andre Roy]

However Ambush, Deception (Trickery subdomain) and Construct (Artifice) are fitting with the way she gets her prey and for her hut and flying mortar.

[captain yesterday]

Dear Grandmother is super tricksy though. :-)

I think it fits better than artifice. Yeah, she makes stuff, but it's all for her. :-)

Also five domains is straight up deity level s@~~, like let's tangle with Sarenrae just because level of s!!%. :-)

[Cole Deschain]

Andre Roy wrote:

However Ambush, Deception (Trickery subdomain) and Construct (Artifice) are fitting with the way she gets her prey and for her hut and flying mortar.

Yeah, but how reflective are they of the worldview she would instill in followers being granted spells?

I mean, Desna's all about space but they haven't retroactively given her the Void domain.

I keep picking Weather because it reflects some of her ties to the natural world and gives a hint of her connection with time and seasons.

[BabaYaga]

If I gave a damn about lending magical power to a bunch of mewling sycophants, I'd grant access to the following domains: Evil, Knowledge, Magic, and Trickery.

[technarken]

I kinda like the notion of Baba Yaga being indifferent to morality and keeping Community as a domain just to confuse would-be clergy.