TheNaga Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 What can I look at to help me with my making my verison of Baba Yaga? Below is my verison of Baba Yaga who can cast magic and has the ability to turn into a monstrous form. The skin color of her human form is based on the skin color of the Hag Countess from 3rd D&D. Should Baba Taga have the ability to turn into a monstrous form? What are some suggestion on what powers she should have? IF there is section in here where I can get help turning her from Heroes Unlimited to Champions I would Like to now where to post Baba Yaga. Also what change if any should I make to how she looks in human form? Human Form: She looks like an extraordinarily tall decrepit frightening looking human female that stands nine feet tall. Her sagging skin is the blue-violet of a deep bruise and appears withered. Her shoulder length straggly hair is grey in color. Her gaunt face is hideously ugly. The large bulging eyes are orange in color. The jagged iron teeth in her misshapen mouth are yellow in color. The hands are large and gnarled. Each finger and thumb ends in a sharp iron-like claw. Monstrous Form: She appears as a frightening looking giant that stands thirteen feet tall. Her body is thickly muscled. Her skin is grey in color and is thick and hard. Her head is monstrous in appearance. The large bulging eyes are orange in color. The sharp jagged iron teeth in her powerful jaws are yellow in color. Each finger and thumb ends in a sharp iron-like claw. The feet end in sharp iron-like claws. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga Well, there are many folk tales about the Baba Yaga, which don't always agree. The version from Heroes Unlimited is in some ways its own original creation. There are HERO System character sheets for the Baba Yaga as she appears in her most famous Russian folkloric incarnation, that I could point you to, although they aren't free (but one is cheap). Also, you might benefit from these online encyclopedic references: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/baba_yaga.html http://www.pantheon.org/areas/featured/witchcraft/chapter-8.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNaga Posted June 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga Well' date=' there are many folk tales about the Baba Yaga, which don't always agree. The version from [i']Heroes Unlimited[/i] is in some ways its own original creation. There are HERO System character sheets for the Baba Yaga as she appears in her most famous Russian folkloric incarnation, that I could point you to, although they aren't free (but one is cheap). Also, you might benefit from these online encyclopedic references: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/baba_yaga.html http://www.pantheon.org/areas/featured/witchcraft/chapter-8.html Could I have links to the Heroes Characters sheets of Baba Yaga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga Algernon Files also has a character called The Crone...who is more or less Baba Yaga... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga Algernon Files also has a character called The Crone...who is more or less Baba Yaga... Baba Yaga was also one of the Inner Circle Morbanes of DEMON in Classic Organizations for 4e, but in that case the legend exaggerated the truth. She was basically an immortal human mage whose immortality was maintained by an annual ritual requiring the eating of a baby, resulting in the legends of a baby-eating ogress. A 446 point character with a 60 point VPP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNaga Posted June 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga What would Baba Yaga's race be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga Could I have links to the Heroes Characters sheets of Baba Yaga. Algernon Files also has a character called The Crone...who is more or less Baba Yaga... I believe The Algernon Files (a very fine HERO System Fifth Edition setting book published by Blackwyrm Games) even gives that as one of the Crone's names. Since she's based in Russia and has all the Baba Yaga's attributes, there's little doubt. This is one of the write-ups I was referring to in my earlier post; but this book is chock-full of other stuff not related to Baba Yaga, and is by no means cheap. IMO for Meadyaon's purposes he'd do better to pick up Issue #35 of Hero Games's electronic magazine, Digital Hero, which has a detailed write-up for the Baba Yaga and her magical artifacts. It would cost $2.50 US. You'll find all the instructions for purchasing it on this forum thread. What would Baba Yaga's race be? If your interpretation of the Baba Yaga is that she's human, she'd be of the race whose legends you draw your inspiration from. The HERO write-ups referenced here use the most famous Russian version. However, in legend she's such an incredibly powerful witch, she could be an elemental Faerie, a demigod, or almost anything else -- an "origin" for her is rarely specified. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNaga Posted June 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga I have thought she was a mutant born ugly and torrmented by people for her looks. She turns to magic to get revenge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga What would Baba Yaga's race be? Given the legends I'd say just human or "altered" human. She seems human with advanced magic for the most part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga With her unusual size, strength, and toughness, and her iron jaws and claws, she could even be a sort of magical cyborg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga A surprising number of tales I've seen give her some connection to spinning or weaving, and there are a few in which there are actually three Baba Yagas. This is only speculation, but I personally think the Baba Yaga was originally one of a group of three Goddesses such as the Norns or the Fates. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary is sure there's something wyrd about her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escafarc Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga A surprising number of tales I've seen give her some connection to spinning or weaving, and there are a few in which there are actually three Baba Yagas. This is only speculation, but I personally think the Baba Yaga was originally one of a group of three Goddesses such as the Norns or the Fates. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary is sure there's something wyrd about her I've read that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga A surprising number of tales I've seen give her some connection to spinning or weaving, and there are a few in which there are actually three Baba Yagas. This is only speculation, but I personally think the Baba Yaga was originally one of a group of three Goddesses such as the Norns or the Fates. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary is sure there's something wyrd about her Duplication spell? *hint hint* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga You can, of course, always have a Baba Yaga who is not THE Baba Yaga. That is, a mutant or magician who decides to take the name and exploit the legend, but isn't really the person the legends were originally about. Or for that matter, someone to whom the name and legend were applied whether they chose it or not. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary remembers the Crone of Cold, who was mistaken for Baba Yaga. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga There is a Baba in my Champions Universe. She's a withered old hag but she has the ability to look like a beautiful being of virtually any race, for a limited time. It's one of the benefits that goes away when she sticks around too long in an area. You see, her hut is a bar that is a strange extradimensional space that moves around from universe to universe, cursed to roam. It's also a neutral zone--no fighting is permitted there and her helpers are quite good at enforcing this edict. This means it's the one place in my game where villains and heroes have been known to meet on an enforced netural ground. Think of it as a combination of the Hellfire Club, the Cantina from Star Wars, and Pocket-D from City of Heroes. The entrance to it appears in the game world only periodically and you have to know where to find it because it's always different. Often you have to consult someone with prescience to predict where the entrance will be. If you fail to exit before it dimension shifts, you might be stuck there until the next time it touches your world, which could be minutes or years. Baba is revitalized by the shift to a new zone, so if she has done a favor or performed an act that requires her vital energies, departure may be sooner than you expect. It's all quite unpredictable. Often you have to schmooze once you get in so that you can figure out the likelihood of when the place will leave again. I don't expect she'll ever be in a fight so she's mostly a deus ex machina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNaga Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Re: Baba Yaga I would like to have the Baba Yaga's look be the basis for how a Russian Hag would look like. What can i do to make the Monstrous for better sounding? What if the Monstrous form of Baba Yaga can not cast any magic? What if she has wings like the following in monstrous form? A pair of black ratty, tattered feathery wings flare from her back. The wings crest three feet higher then his head and have a wingspan of eighteen feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNaga Posted February 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Re: Baba Yaga If I make her a magic user how would I set that up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Re: Baba Yaga Depends on the magic you see her having. Buying powers individual powers could be a spell. Typically, people buy a vpp and define it as magic/spellbook. Or you can buy it as a mulitpower, and each slot is a spell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNaga Posted February 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Re: Baba Yaga Do I need to have a mana pool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Re: Baba Yaga An endurance reserve could be bought with whatever restrictions you think reasonable for a mana pool, but you can always go with having the character drawing on their END characteristic. Or buy down the magic to 0 END cost and use limited charges. Or buy down the END cost down to 0 and use other restrictions that may or may not reflect your concept of what a mana pool is. Which would be the point. We can talk about mechanics all day long, but the point here is the special effects that you want to model. Extended descriptive sections don't really get us to the special effects. We need to know more about how the limits of Baba Yaga's powers effect the outcome of the stories that you're trying to model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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