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The upcoming supplementalDungeons & Dragonsbook , Tasha ’s Cauldron of Everything , will be released later this month , and rooter may be wondering who exactly Tasha is . Many may be familiar with theTasha ’s Hideous Laughterenchantment spell , which stimulate the dupe to fall into a fit of drain laughter , but who is the mystic nominal witch behind it ?
Tasha - also screw as Iggwilv , Natasha the Dark , Louhi the Crone , Hura , Wilva , the Witch Queen of Perrenland , and more - was created byD&Dcofounder Gary Gygax , who draw brainchild from the Finnish epic verse form , Kalevala . The name Tasha supposedly came from a untested little girl who wrote Gygax letter in wax crayon during the sunup ofD&D.
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Many authors have contributed to Tasha ’s traditional knowledge and account , but have done so very carefully and with little inconsistency . She ’s appeared ineveryD&Deditionas one of the biz ’s onetime and most iconic villains , and her power is on equivalence with famed wizard Mordenkainen , who ’s shown play Wizard ’s Chess with Tasha below . She ’s known to be selfish , conservative , and vain , and is the author of theDemonomicon , a fabricated tome of demonic lore . BloggerSean on Power Source RPGhas compile an extensive solicitation of Tasha lore , and it ’s summarized here .
Dungeons & Dragons: Tasha (Iggwilv) History & Lore
Tasha was stick out in the human race of Oerth and raised in The Dancing Hut by adopted mother and powerful hag , Baba Yaga . She was originally address Natasha - subsequently Natasha the Dark - and Baba Yaga teach her how to summon demons at the age of 10 . She also had an adoptive sister , Elena the Fair . Natasha grew into apowerful spellcaster , and upon leaving the field hut , exist in a towboat near the City of Lopolla in the World of Greyhawk , where she last by Hura and behave vile investigations . Hura ransack the Vault of Daoud , resulting in her expulsion by the city house physician .
She ended up in the Free City of Greyhawk , where she went by the more conversant Tasha , and joined the Company of Seven - an take chances group whose members would later accomplish great fame and world power . Zagig Yragene , a Wizard in the party , took on Tasha as an apprentice and lover , and it was during this time she publish the tomeLore of Subtle Communicationwhich include the infamousTasha ’s Hideous Laughter while , among others . Together , the spellcasters lag the demon lord Fraz - Urb’luu to Castle Greyhawk , and Tasha get a line many secrets from him without Zagig ’s noesis . Soon after , she stole many books from Zagig , including hisTome of Zyx , which Tasha would later qualify , add to , and rename theDemonomicon of Iggwilv .
She started going by Iggwilv and used her freshly - study magics to pretend to the Yatil Mountains where she tie the Word of Fraz - Urb’luu - Tsojcanth - to her will , cook him her servant for multiplication . She come up and confined another ogre lord Graz’zt , who she seduced and bore a son to , later known asIuz the Evil . She also had a vampire daughter named Drelzna , whose father is unknown . With Graz’zt ’s help , Iggwilv go away on to build up an USA to set on and ensure the nation of Perrenland , which she dominated and ruled for 10 years from her mysterious lair in the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth . Soon after , Iggwilv accidently countenance Graz’zt escape her control , resulting in an heroic struggle between the two , where Iggwilv ultimately - though barely - fall out triumphant . Graz’zt flee to his Abyssal home , and the weakened Iggwilv suffered a damage psyche and swell loss of personal power . Upon discover this , the oppressed Perrenland subjects took up munition and vote out her power , regaining their nation .
For a while , Iggwilv was presume dead . Her son , Iuz , became a demigod and started the Greyhawk Wars . Iggwilv reemerged with a restoration of her powers and assist her prodigal boy . She once again endeavor to come up and bind Graz’zt , but this fourth dimension the demon lord confined Iggwilv with him in the Abyss , where she ’s believe to have remained ever since , bear him multiple baby and maintaining a making love - hate human relationship with the renowned Dark Prince . Tasha ’s Cauldron of Everythingwill let in unexampled regulation , subclasses , turn , and more , with the Wiccan ’s thoughts and perspective sprinkle throughout , adding more glimpses into her already prolonged backstory .
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Dungeons & DragonsTasha ’s Cauldron of Everythingwill release November 17th , 2020 .
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