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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Choranzanus" data-source="post: 3178309" data-attributes="member: 43291">I am backI guess I still owe you a description of Yezinka, I almost forgot.YeziThey are also known as wild women, Yudi and other names depending on the place.There is essentially nothing in the description of Yezinka that would lead me to believe they are not humans with sorcerous powers, although there are things that would be hard to explain in D&D magic. They are dirty women with disheveled hair and dressed in rags or very lightly dressed at all. They live in underground burrows, swamps or caves and have behaviour to boot. Sometimes they are described as hairy and having huge breasts they put over their shoulders for running and large, oversized heads (I guess they are marred from all that shapeshifting to animals). At other times they are beautiful and sexually aggresive. They have sense of smell like wild animals and when they want also iron claws and teeth (I think there was a spell like that, "animal affinity" or something, but I can't seem to find it now). Besides that, all Yezinkas are pretty skilled in shapeshifting and brewing various potions, particularly healing ones. They are like Lamias and can shapeshift into monsters for combat and feasting. In forest they often put travellers to sleep and then scratch their eyes out (or blind them with a spell I guess). Such unfortunate souls they then cruelly torment and eventually tore them to pieces, oftentimes in the form of some monsters (see Lamia). They are fond of children, which they kidnap from unwary parents. A characteristic detail is, that they don't eat children immediately, but hold them in pits and feed them with sweets (they are very good cooks) like pigs to take weight before they eat them . If you are not learned in this matter they are easily mistaken with witches, veelas etc. and other forest women of which there is no shortage in Slavic folklore. Not all of them are evil or entirely evil enough to be completely unsocial, apparently there have been even marriages of some of them to important nobles or even kings. This could be due to charm, but I don't believe their partners are unwilling in this. In fact because having a powerful sorceress for wife can be a huge advantage for power hungry (evil) nobles. Because they are pretty skilled in healing, brewing potions (their main occupation besides eating humans, apparently) and can bring back the dead, they are often sought by humans for this skills (but also for advice). But of course to convince Yezinka to work for you is not exactly easy, her price is either outrageous or deceptive and intimidation (the most effective way) requires some effort on your part. This is all common theme in folklore. They are also known to work with evil giants and ogres and use them as sword fodder in exchange for potions and healing (thought they can tolerate their intelligence only so much).Baba YagaThe Baba Yaga itself does not live in cave or burrow, but in a fantastic structure such as gingerbread house, chickenlegged hut or glass castle, no doubt created by magic. She is more experinced and more civilised, but still fond of children.</blockquote>

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