


The only minions she has left at her disposal are a couple of Hill Giants that the players have seen hinted at in previous sessions but never encountered. You escaped, but the hag still has a magical hold over you and fills your mind with evil thoughts. The hag is on the run, out of her lair, and in an unfamiliar environment. The hag is an elder had from the expanded monster manual number 1, and while she previously had a small number of ogres and trolls and one Oni serving as her bodyguards, they were all killed in the unintended fight. The players are now intending to hunt the hag and try to reclaim the artefact and I'm trying to find the ways to make the hunting sequence challenging and interesting without just resorting to minor combat encounters.

The last session ended with an unexpected mid game boss fight as the player's negotiations with an elder hag who has been a long running background antagonist boiled over into a deadly fight that ultimately saw a major NPC killed and the hag escaping into dark woods with the legendary artefact the characters were looking for. Monstrous Compendium Vol 3: Minecraft Creatures
