Fantasy Monster: Garden Hag

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Hag, Garden

This ugly little lady has sickle-like claws and wears.

CR 4; XP 1,200
NE Small Monstrous Humanoid
Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft., scent; Perception +11

Defense
AC 17, touch 15, flat-footed 13 (+4 Dex, +2 natural, +1 size)
hp 39 (6d10+6)
Fort +3; Ref +9; Will +7

Offense
Speed 30 ft.
Melee 2 claws +7 (1d6) and bite +7 (1d4)
Special Attacks lashing vines
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th, concentration +7)
At Will—detect animals or plants (plants only), diminish plants, goodberry

Statistics
Str 10, Dex 18, Con 12, Int 15, Wis 15, Cha 15
Base Atk +6; CMB +5; CMD 19
Feats Diehard, Endurance, Improved Initiative
Skills Craft (alchemy) +8, Heal +8, Knowledge (nature) +8, Perception +11, Profession (herbalist) +8, Stealth +17
SQ change shape (alter self; Small halfling, gnome, or little person), garden

Ecology
Environment forest, hills
Organization solitary, coven (3)
Treasure standard (magic fruits acting like potions and valuable plants)

Special Abilities

Garden (Su) A garden hag has a link to a patch of land not exceeding area of 100 10-ft. squares that she takes care of and cultivates, fertilizing it with blood, flesh, and bones, of animals and humanoids whenever she can. A garden hag requires at least a month of gardening to create a new garden if she is forced to leave her old one, or when it is destroyed. Multiple garden hags can merge their gardens together, expanding their area, though they often quarrel about their shared garden's development. While within confines of her garden, a garden hag can move through the vegetation without hindrance, and it cannot be magically used against her. She can take a standard action to step into any plant large enough to contain her (even superficially like a Small bush) and emerge from another plant of that size or larger within the boundaries of the garden. A garden hag can take a standard action to learn single piece of information regarding her garden that could be revealed by commune with nature spell. Additionally, each garden hag can grow magical fruits that act like potions within her garden as if she was using Brew Potion feat, though instead of providing spells herself, she has to use remains of a spellcaster with access to desired spell or a creature with desired spell-like ability as a fertilizer for the fruit-bearing plant.

Lashing Vines (Su) A garden hag can cause plants within 60 feet to animate lashing at her enemies. She can use this ability to strike at one to four enemies, dealing 4d6 points of damage against single target, 2d6 points of damage each against two targets, or 1d6 points of damage against each of three or four targets, and entangling the victim for 1d4+1 rounds. A successful Reflex saving throw (DC 15) prevents the damage and entanglement. The saving throw DC is Charisma-based.


Garden hags are little hags with a strong affinity for plants and nature. They show surprising affection for their gardens, though they are cruel and malicious toward everyone and everything else, considering living things to be fertilizer to be used for their beautiful gardens. They occasionally enslave weakest fey and other creatures smaller than themselves, keeping them as tenders and helpers as long as they remain helpful and obedient. Those that outlive their usefulness end in the compost heaps.

A coven of garden hags can grow twisted leshys and other plant creatures in their gardens.

Orchard Hags (CR 7) are more powerful, Large variety of garden hags with AC 21, 10 HD, 85 hp, Fort +6, Ref +11, Will +11, Str 18, Dex 14, Con 16. Atk 2 claws +13 (2d6+4), bite +13 (1d8+4). Their lashing vines deal double damage and have saving throw DC of 17. They lack change shape ability but can take form of trees as if using tree shape spell as a supernatural ability. They can make their favored trees and bushes grow branches that will act as wands as if using Craft Wand item creation feat, again providing requisite spells by fertilizing them with remains of creatures capable of casting them. Their orchard-gardens have area of 100 100-ft squares and are primarily composed of trees and bushes. They are very tall and thin, with bark-like skin and green hair that resemble willow branches.