Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga

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Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga
The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga on the flag of Irrisen.
(Magic item)

Aura (1E)
Overwhelming conjuration and transmutation
Caster Level (1E)
30th
Type
Slot (1E)
None
Affiliation
Source: Artifacts & Legends, pg(s). 20
Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga
The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga comes to its mistress' aid.
(Creature)

Type
Construct
CR
17
Environment
Any land
Alignment
Source: Artifacts & Legends, pg(s). 22

The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga is a major artifact belonging to the mythic witch Baba Yaga, granting her immense ability to travel within the Material Plane and into the Great Beyond.12

Description

The Dancing Hut appears as a rustic hut on two huge, fifteen-foot-tall chicken legs. Despite its comical appearance, its outer shell is a powerful construct capable of rapid movement and vicious attacks. On the inside, the hut is much larger than it looks from the outside, with an interior layout that changes depending on the outer shell's location in the multiverse.1

The hut's movement can be controlled by manipulating a small brown egg in a dish on a table in the central room, while its ability to teleport throughout the multiverse is activated by tossing two "keys" into a bubbling cauldron. Each location to which the hut can travel is linked to two specific keys. For example, to teleport to Irrisen, one must toss some bone meal and a snowflake into the cauldron. Keys that have been used, stolen, or destroyed reappear in the hut one hour later.1

Inhabitants

Besides Baba Yaga herself, numerous beings have taken up part-time or full-time residence within the hut's ever-shifting halls.

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 F. Wesley Schneider. “Legendary Artifacts” in Artifacts & Legends, 20ff.. Paizo Inc., 2012
  2. Jim Groves. “Reign of Winter Treasures” in The Shackled Hut, 61ff. Paizo Inc., 2013
  3. Jason Nelson & Sean K Reynolds. “Bestiary” in The Witch Queen's Revenge, 84. Paizo Inc., 2013
  4. In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons, Louhi is an alias of Baba Yaga's daughter Iggwilv, and the Pathfinder campaign setting's version of Louhi matches her description. In the Pathfinder campaign setting, the character of Baba Yaga's rebellious daughter Queen Tashanna also draws on Iggwilv.
  5. Jim Groves. “NPC Gallery” in The Shackled Hut, 58–9. Paizo Inc., 2013
  6. Richard Pett, et al. “Pathfinder Adventure Path Friends and Foes” in A Song of Silver, 98–99. Paizo Inc., 2015

External links

  • Louhi (character from Finnish mythology, Wikipedia)