Abber Shaman vs Hags

[Grigg_Deadbreaker]

Hey folks, just a quick question.

In my campaign one of the PCs is an abber shaman. The current villain is an ancient sea hag planning one last hurrah in the Jewel Box lakes of Dementlieu. The big question is, in your opinions, should the abber shaman's ability to see through illusions be able to pierce the hag's disguise of a defenseless old woman?

[Mistmaster]

Yes I think so.

[Cromstar]

On the surface, I'd likely say yes. If you felt the hag might be powerful enough, you could maybe have the shaman make some kind of a check for it to work. If you'd like to avoid having that spoil things, if the hag knows there's an Abber shaman, maybe she uses polymorph instead of an illusion spell.

[ewancummins]

I'd say yes.

I imagine none of the Dementlieuese NPCs will readily believe claims of the 'crazy savage' that the sweet old lady, their neighbor, is a horrible monster.

[Grigg_Deadbreaker]

Thanks for the feedback.
I ruled that Burns the River (the shaman) did indeed see the hag as she truly was, and gave the player a card describing her so that only he would react. He wisely kept it to himself and advised his confused friends to leave immediately so he could explain what he observed away from the danger, and plan for the future confrontation.

I have to say I was pretty pleased by the role playing tonight, the group did better than usual.

[Grigg_Deadbreaker]

I'd say yes.

I imagine none of the Dementlieuese NPCs will readily believe claims of the 'crazy savage' that the sweet old lady, their neighbor, is a horrible monster.

Funny thing, the group was close to being run in by the gendarme for harassing the old woman, but some quick thinking, successful Charisma checks, and bits of previously earned good will kept them out of jail for the later confrontation.