Hag, Dusk

An old woman, with skin like yellowed, wrinkled paper, tries to keep her distance from you. Using the rotten trees and stumps of the swamp as cover, her red eyes study you cautiously. Only once she has assessed you as something more than a mere threat does she come into view. Her hands, ending in long, sharp claws, clear her greasy hair from her face and she asks what your intentions are in a voice that sounds like the plague victim.

Hag, Dusk

CR 4

XP: 1,200

N Medium Monstrous Humanoid

Init: +1; Senses: darkvision 60'; Perception +12

DEFENSE:

AC: 21, Touch 11, Flat-Footed 20 (+1 Dex, +10 natural)

HP: 45 (6d10+12)

Fort: +7; Ref: +6; Will: +7

DR: 5 / cold iron and magic

Defensive Abilities: Immunity to charm, sleep and fear effects

SR: 20

OFFENSE:

Speed: 30'

Melee: 2 claws +9 (1d4+3)

Space: 5 ft.; Reach: 5 ft.

Special Attacks: Nightmare Touch +7 (see below)

Spell-Like Abilities: (CL 6th, concentration +7)

At Will - Detect Magic

3/day - Augury, Disguise Self, Dream, Fog Cloud, Tongues, Zone of Truth (DC 13)

STATISTICS:

Str 17, Dex 12, Con 15, Int 14, Wis 16, Chr 13

Base Atk: +6; CMB: +9; CMD: 20

Feats: Ability Focus (Nightmare Touch), Iron Will, Skill Focus (Stealth)

Skills: Knowledge (arcana) +11, Knowledge (planes) +11, Perception +12, Sense Motive +16, Stealth +13, Spellcraft +11; Dusk hags have a +4 racial bonus to Sense Motive checks.

Languages: Common, Infernal, Giant

SPECIAL ABILITIES:

Nightmare Touch (Su): With a successful touch attack, the Dusk Hag can inflict the target with Nightmare, as per the spell. The victim gets the normal Will saving throw to resist, DC 16. This ability is Charisma based.

Insight (Su): When a Dusk Hag dreams, it is usually highly accurate prophecies and flashes of insight about future events. While subject to a certain amount of interpretation, the Dusk Hag has no control over this ability and serves only as a plot device.

ECOLOGY:

Environment: Temperate marshes

Organization: Solitary or coven (3 hags)

Treasure: Standard

Role: Spell

Source: ECB, pg. 284

Dusk hags are smaller, slender variants of the common hag. While not necessarily evil, they do prefer the company of their own sisters to other races, despite not being as aggressive as some. Dusk hags typically prefer to avoid combat, using their Fog Cloud and Disguise Self to escape danger. What makes Dusk Hags well known is their gift of prophecy, despite the numerous tales of those that seek such prophecy succumbing to a gross misinterpretation of it. Other hags often keep a Dusk Hag around specifically for this insight, using it to launch their vile schemes.

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