How old / long do the Jadwiga live?

[FavoredEnemy]

So I'm running RoW and I want to tie in a characters backstory in with some of the antagonists. I know the witch queen Elvanna is at least 100 but what about the rest of the Jadwiga? More specifically how old would Nazhena Vasilliovna and Radosek Pavril be? Is there something about being a witch that slows/stops aging?

[Drkman]

Not that I know of. I think its something to do with being the ruler of Irrisen that the aging process is slowed.

[ibayboy]

Witches also have access to the Age Resistance spells.

[captain yesterday]

the crown of irrisen stops aging

[Jurassic Bard]

I'm more concerned about what happens to them after their rule, what does their mother (the infamous Baba Yaga) do to them?

[Gladior]

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

What Baba Yaga Does to Them:

She kidnaps them and takes them to a chamber deep within her hut where she traps them and siphons their energy for eternity.

[Alleran]

Gladior wrote:

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

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Curiously, this isn't referenced in Baba Yaga's statblock (from her article in the last book).

Spoiler:

And she obviously survived Iggwil- I mean Tashanna's betrayal for the hundred years it took to get a new Irriseni queen, with Tashanna's throne empty. And she's willing to leave Golarion for good as a boon, so she can clearly get the vitality she needs somewhere else if she has to. Assuming she is actually dependent on that vitality to keep herself from death, which she may not be. She might need/use it for something else entirely.

After all, her statblock does say that no matter how she dies, she'll come back unless her death is first returned to her.

[aceDiamond]

Alleran wrote:

Gladior wrote:

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

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Curiously, this isn't referenced in Baba Yaga's statblock (from her article in the last book).

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Spoiler:

Which means she does it for fun. Baba Yaga is pretty screwed up, the more you find out about her.

[Jurassic Bard]

aceDiamond wrote:

Alleran wrote:

Gladior wrote:

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

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Curiously, this isn't referenced in Baba Yaga's statblock (from her article in the last book).

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Wow, I read that on the Pathfinder Wiki and thought she only did that to the daughters that betrayed her. All the same, I think that Baba Yaga would be a welcome edition to the bestiaries.

[Drejk]

My great-grandmother (or maybe great-great grandmother) was Jadwiga... I don't know how long she lived, though. She died in 1947... Uh, on the day of my birthday. Coincidence?

[BabaYaga]

aceDiamond wrote:

Alleran wrote:

Gladior wrote:

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

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Curiously, this isn't referenced in Baba Yaga's statblock (from her article in the last book).

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I do what I want.

[Adam Daigle]

Jurassic Bard wrote:

aceDiamond wrote:

Alleran wrote:

Gladior wrote:

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

** spoiler omitted **

Curiously, this isn't referenced in Baba Yaga's statblock (from her article in the last book).

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Wow, I read that on the Pathfinder Wiki and thought she only did that to the daughters that betrayed her. All the same, I think that Baba Yaga would be a welcome edition to the bestiaries.

Dear grandmother's stats appear in Pathfinder #72: The Witch Queen's Revenge. A six-page article about her past and motivations also appears in that same volume.

[Alleran]

Jurassic Bard wrote:

aceDiamond wrote:

Alleran wrote:

Gladior wrote:

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

** spoiler omitted **

Curiously, this isn't referenced in Baba Yaga's statblock (from her article in the last book).

** spoiler omitted **

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Wow, I read that on the Pathfinder Wiki and thought she only did that to the daughters that betrayed her.

Yeah, nope. She does it to all of them, unless one of them can/has impress/ed her enough that she allows them to escape. As was the case with the ninth queen.

Spoiler:

She'll also harvest vitality from all of Elvanna's first-generation children at the end of Reign of Winter if the boon isn't expended to prevent it. I'm AFB, so I can't check, but I'm pretty sure that one of the boons the PCs can ask of her is to not take all of Elvanna's children.

[aceDiamond]

BabaYaga wrote:

aceDiamond wrote:

Alleran wrote:

Gladior wrote:

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

** spoiler omitted **

Curiously, this isn't referenced in Baba Yaga's statblock (from her article in the last book).

** spoiler omitted **

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I do what I want.

See? Undeniable proof that Baba Yaga is a jerk.

[LazarX]

aceDiamond wrote:

BabaYaga wrote:

aceDiamond wrote:

Alleran wrote:

Gladior wrote:

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

** spoiler omitted **

Curiously, this isn't referenced in Baba Yaga's statblock (from her article in the last book).

** spoiler omitted **

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I do what I want.

See? Undeniable proof that Baba Yaga is a jerk.

What part of her evil alignment did you miss?

[LazarX]

Alleran wrote:

Gladior wrote:

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

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Curiously, this isn't referenced in Baba Yaga's statblock (from her article in the last book).

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Considering that it would be a major AP spoiler of course it's not. Statblocks aren't a complete story, they're just mechanics to run an encounter.

[Alleran]

LazarX wrote:

Alleran wrote:

Gladior wrote:

It's all explained in the last book of Reign of Winter AP.

** spoiler omitted **

Curiously, this isn't referenced in Baba Yaga's statblock (from her article in the last book).

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Considering that it would be a major AP spoiler of course it's not. Statblocks aren't a complete story, they're just mechanics to run an encounter.

It's part of the article in the final AP volume, the article that includes the note that Baba Yaga made the step to immortality long before Irrisen or that entire experiment (which seems to have more to do with people following rules or being willing to attempt to break the cycle, hence her disappointment with it overall) was even said to be a thought in her mind.

If you've read the article, odds are that you've read the adventure.