Non-Combat Encounters for a Hag Lair
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My party is heading towards a mountain lair inhabited by a coven of green hags and their minions, and I want the experience to be memorable.
What sorts of puzzles, traps, and non-combat encounters would be appropriate for a hag lair?
>>48276574
You should have the party encounter people who were transmogrified into monsters. Not necessarily formidable creatures or even ones which could survive on their own. These would not be combat encounters, but more for ambiance.
>>48276574
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMZq-LjIeMk
A puzzle that can only be solved by certain animals.
The hag's cookbook instructs how to make temporary animal tranformation potions.
Reward your players for their creativity when it comes to which animals can solve which challenges.
Don't forget to include some illusions, tricks, and red herrings
>>48276574
A room full of old clay jars full of the trapped souls of children.
>>48278898
A room labeled "Pantry" containing the comatose bodies of some of those children.
>>48279008
A room labeled nursery for the living kidnapped children.
>>48279008
>>48279069
>implying the children's bodies aren't eaten
Come on, guys, this is Hags 101 right here.
>>48279146
I assume the intention of eating them is implied by storing them in the pantry.
>>48276574
What if the party has to collect the pieces of a giant jigsaw puzzle and assemble it to unlock the sanctum of the hags?
