Baba Lysaga

Stat block

An ancient witch: three staff blows, a 16th-level wizard's spells, swarms of insects at her call.

• Saving throws: WIS +7
• Skills: Arcana +13, Religion +13
• Languages: Abyssal, Common, Draconic, Dwarvish, Giant

Traits

• Hidden from Divination. Divination magic can't find her, as if she were under Nondetection.

Actions

• Multiattack. Makes three Quarterstaff attacks.
• Quarterstaff. Cracks a staff; 8 (1d8 + 4) two-handed.
• Fire Bolt. Casts Fire Bolt up to 120 ft.
• Spellcasting. A 16th-level spellcaster using Intelligence (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit). Cantrips: Acid Splash, Fire Bolt, Light, Mage Hand, Prestidigitation. 1st level (4 slots): Detect Magic, Magic Missile, Sleep, Witch Bolt. 2nd level (3 slots): Crown of Madness, Enlarge/Reduce, Misty Step. 3rd level (3 slots): Dispel Magic, Fireball, Lightning Bolt. 4th level (3 slots): Blight, Evard's Black Tentacles, Polymorph. 5th level (2 slots): Cloudkill, Geas, Scrying. 6th level (1 slot): Programmed Illusion, True Seeing. 7th level (1 slot): Finger of Death, Mirage Arcane. 8th level (1 slot): Power Word Stun.
• Shapechange. Text only for the engine.
• Summon Swarms of Insects. They stay until killed or until she dismisses them as an action. Text only for the engine.

Where you meet it

• The Ruins of Berez: The stump heaves. Roots as thick as a man tear out of the mud, and the hut rises on them, swaying, its door…
• The Ruins of Berez: A bowl of yellow bone comes skimming over the reeds, low and fast, with a tiny furious woman standing in it.…
• The Ruins of Berez: She comes up out of the mud with her nails out, shrieking, and the reeds shriek with her.
• Baba Lysaga's Hut: The door of the hut slams itself. The fire in the hearth stands up tall and green, and the jars on the shelf…