Sweet Dreams - Introducing the Night Hag Matron
As the seasons shift and the Spirits of Old flit on the peripheries of waking, I felt it’d be a good time to explore the more sinister side of the classic fantasy bestiary. On this blog we have discussed dragons and Derros, and future installments will look at dwarves, elves, giants, and more. But today, on this most hallowed of eves, we'll be looking at the most feared of all beasts and bastards of by-gone days. Today, we shall take a closer look at the dreaded night hag. If
The Derro - The Unlikely Origin of D&D's Most Underrated Villains
You have been wandering through the Underdark for days now. At least, you’re pretty sure it’s been days: It’s hard to tell, given the lack of sunlight and the ever-present glow of these damned mushrooms. The smell of subterranean gasses float up from deeper, darker levels of this cursed labyrinth, snagging in your throat and clinging to your nostrils. Every now and then, a lizard the size of a horse lumbers by, fixing you in its lazy purple gaze. Sometimes, you think you hear
