Editing Baba Yaga (section)

==Dungeons & Dragons==
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Since ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' has always been a melting pot of influences, it goes without saying that Baba Yaga has made her appearances there. In fact, her famous Dancing Hut appeared as a potential artifact in 1976's Supplement III: Eldritch Wizardry, before being updated in the [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] [[Dungeon Master's Guide]] of 1979 and the Book of Artifacts in 1993.

But what about the old witch herself? Well, Baba Yaga first appeared in the [[Dragon Magazine]] article "The Bogatyrs of Old Kiev," in Dragon #53 in 1981. Here, she was a '''powerhouse''', with a combined level and [[multiclassing|multiclassed]] power set that many gods would envy: [[Fighter]] 12/[[Druid]] 10/[[Wizard|Magic User]]20/[[Illusionist]] 15 - in 5e mechanics, that adds up to a freaking '''level 57''' [[witch]]!

If that wasn't impressive enough for you, Dragon #83 in 1984 featured Roger E. Moore's adventure "The Dancing Hut", with a version of Baba Yaga that was even more powerful than before, as well as converting her Dancing Hut from a mere artifact to a [[demiplane]] tesseract. This was then followed by 2e adventure module [[The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga]], in which the party were trying to prevent the old witch from capturing the power of Death itself, thus eliciting the attention of the forces of Light, Darkness, and Twilight.

There was an AD&D Gamebook called "Nightmare Realm of Baba Yaga" which, as you might surmise, featured her prominently.

Baba Yaga came to the fore in [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]]. In the [[World Axis]] cosmology, Baba Yaga is an [[Archfey]], whose most common title is "Mother of Witches"; first mentioned in the 4e [[Manual of the Planes]], she made a triumphant return in [[Dungeon Magazine]] #196, where she had both her own [[Court of Stars]] article and a new iteration of the classic "enter Baba Yaga's dancing hut" adventure.

Baba Yaga has also made her influence on the D&D canon felt in subtler ways; for example, the infamous witch of [[Greyhawk]], [[Iggwilv]], is her adopted daughter as of 5e, whilst she was instrumental in creating the [[Demon Prince]] [[Kostchtchie]] and, although she doesn't appear in the module, the character of Baba Lysaga from 5th edition's ''Curse of Strahd'' is clearly based on her, complete with the walking house.
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