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This redirect is about the Dungeons & Dragons creature. For the Popeye character, see Sea Hag.In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the sea hag is a type of aquatic hag.
Publication history
The sea hag first appeared in the Dungeons & Dragons supplement, Blackmoor by Dave Arneson (1975).
The sea hag appears in the first edition Monster Manual (1977), where it is described as inhabiting thickly vegetated shallows, and hates beauty and is so ghastly in appearance that it makes other creatures weak with fright. The fresh water sea hag appears in Dragon #68 (December 1982).
The sea hag and appeared in the Dungeons & Dragons Master Rules (1985), and the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991).
The sea hag appears in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition in Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989), and is reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993). The spectral sea hag appeared for the Ravenloft setting in Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness (1994).
The sea hag appears in the Monster Manual for third edition (2000). Savage Species (2003) presented the sea hag as both a playable race and playable class. The sea hag appears in the revised Monster Manual for the 3.5 edition (2003).
Description
Sea hags are fully aquatic, with an appearance so horrific that it saps the strength out of living creatures. A sea hag is also able to use her "evil eye" to kill or daze victims.
References
- Arneson, Dave. Blackmoor (TSR, 1975)
- Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual (TSR, 1977)
- Gygax, Gary, Frank Mentzer. Dungeons & Dragons Set 4: Master Rules (TSR, 1985)
- Allston, Aaron, Steven E. Schend, Jon Pickens, and Dori Watry. Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (TSR, 1991)
- Cook, David, et al. Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (TSR, 1989)
- Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual (TSR, 1993)
- Cook, Monte, Jonathan Tweet, and Skip Williams. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2000)
- Eckelberry, David, Rich Redman, and Jennifer Clarke Wilkes. Savage Species (Wizards of the Coast, 2003)