EN5ider #255 - Villain Spotlight: Granny Buccus

EN5ider's latest article is for a devious villain easily included in your campaign: the seemingly sweet and kind Granny Buccus. Everyone in the town of Cridhe Briste holds a spot in their heart for Granny Buccus—and until her lies are revealed they'll die for her too!

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• #255. Villain Spotlight: Granny Buccus. Sweet, maternal, a dab hand in the kitchen, Granny Buccus is the heart of the town of Cridhe Briste. As the town’s baker she provides the people with bread, cakes, and pastries—on special occasions she even makes her famous and beloved Boiled Tarts. The adoring townsfolk don’t even know that they’re under the spell of a succubus, ready and willing to do whatever 'Granny' asks of them!
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[Aiden_Keller_]

So is Granny Buccus basically Madame Eva and the Hag who sells tarts combined?

 

[Mike Myler]

So is Granny Buccus basically Madame Eva and the Hag who sells tarts combined?

There's multiple Madame Eva's it seems (one in World of Warcraft, one in Curse of Strahd) and I'm not familiar with either. I've poked the article's author though and she may have some light to shed on the inspiration for Granny Buccus!

 

[jasper]

Or Ms Lovett who got the ingredients just right. Gives Orc and Pie a new look.

 

[Aiden_Keller_]

There's multiple Madame Eva's it seems (one in World of Warcraft, one in Curse of Strahd) and I'm not familiar with either. I've poked the article's author though and she may have some light to shed on the inspiration for Granny Buccus!

Cool...thanks...in a way though...Madame Eva is specific to Strahd...so this Granny Buccus could be used at any time....

 

[BlackwellWriter]

Hey, I'm actually not sure who Madame Eva is.

Granny Buccus was inspired by the idea of succubi and their subsisting off of lust as a few sources claim. So I thought, hey, what if they can do it off of any type of love-fueled emotion? I'm not too surprised to hear there are similiarities, it does seem like too good an idea to not have come up before.