What outcome did you get with "the hag" and which do you consider the best? *SPOILERS*

[Horatio Hornbag]

Just reached it myself and have been debating which way to do it, and im curious what everyone else decided to do? Did you find the fight too easy, too hard, or just right? There's three outcomes from what i've read:

1. You kill the hag, she drops a not very useful unique staff as well as some potions and bombs I have yet to find elsewhere. If you're a badass you can attempt to kill her in one turn when she tries to run away in the teahouse. Supposedly this makes it so that the masks in her lair dont become hostile and maybe can even be talked to?

2. You let her go when she begs for mercy, but she takes Mayrina with her, but you get a permanent +1 boost to a single stat, but you don't get the items she drops.

3. By passing a check and/or savescumming you let her leave but Mayrina gets to go free and you still get to get the stat boost, but forefeit the loot.


I was planning on letting her go, since I was under the assumption that this buff of hers was +1 to ALL your stats. Which would be a little too OP i'll admit. A single +1 stat though? It might be a better reward long term compared to the potions bombs and staff, but its also possible that letting her go will have consequences with the story later on. Whether they are good or bad. So tell me what you did and your thoughts on this encounter, i'm eager to hear what everyone else did!

[Rommel]

I went with 3 and I kinda lucked out by rolling the almighty 20 lol!
Of course she tells ya about the next meeting will end me.....bring it ♥♥♥♥♥!

[AKRxAU]

There's a bit more to the story when you save the girl too. I wont give spoilers, but it may be worth it for some players.

[Crimsomrider]

For me personally, killing her and freeing the enslaved masked people is the best.

Unfortunately the one outcome I was really hoping they'd put in is to deceive her into handing over both Mayrina and the power, and then cutting her down as a final insult for all the crap she's done.

After all she is on low HP and begging for her life, the option to cut her down afterwards should be there. But alas, it is not meant to be so I'll just settle with her dead and everyone else free.

[Footman Connaisseur]

i sneaked up on her with lae zel and pushed her down the pit and then rescued maryina

[Ka-mai19]

I killed her because she's an aberration of nature and I am playing an Oath of Ancients Paladin (they want to protect beauty and nature).

I though the fallout with Mayrina was more interesting. You can take the wand with Connor's name and "revive" her husband as a zombie. She is horrified at first, but then decides to take him with her to Baldur's Gate. I was really interested in seeing that pan out, but I had to reload a save since reviving the husband breaks my Paladin Oath.

I instead broke the wand in front of her face so she would move on with her life. Felt like a real ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, but it's probably for the best(?)

[agray357]

I sucked her into the void ;) Not sure what she would have dropped, but I got tired of fighting her.

[Moonbane]

Its best to let Ethel leave, as she becomes part of a legendary rewarding quest in act 3 for ending her there. Plus it also rewards a rather powerful amulet.

[hornsounder97]

I will say I wish the eye she gave you was worth it. No way in hell I'm taking disadvantage on perception checks for a +1 intimidation. It looks really cool though, so having such a major penalty on it is rough.

[AIR]

You also have the option to revive the husband and keep the wand. For the rest of the game, you will be able to summon him as a pet zombie.

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by hornsounder97:

I will say I wish the eye she gave you was worth it. No way in hell I'm taking disadvantage on perception checks for a +1 intimidation. It looks really cool though, so having such a major penalty on it is rough.

If its someone with 0-2 perception, it doesnt matter if they have disadvantage. Its after all a wisdom reliant check and their stats is simply too low for it to be relevant. Youd however not want to take the offer on a rogue putting points in wisdom or any wisdom based character whom would have much higher perception. Wisdom rogues with expertise can easilly get over 10 perception.

But yes, the eye is still a bad deal compared to Volo's eye that gives permanent see invisibility and changing it to look like blue 3. Its simply never worth taking Ethel's eye.

Infact Ethel's eye used to be even worser, you could not crit at all if you took it. I feel like Larian is significantly overvaluing a mere +1 intimidate bonus.

On a tangential note, Wyll when played as origin, will refuse either of the eye surgeries, citing he only have one good eye left already.

[LArc7thHeaven]

Even if you kill her she still back for another one, questionable design choice by larian. They can put another hag in game but it has to be ethel again

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by LArc7thHeaven:

Even if you kill her she still back for another one, questionable design choice by larian. They can put another hag in game but it has to be ethel again

Tell that Disney with Star Wars

[Moonbane]

Originally posted by LArc7thHeaven:

Even if you kill her she still back for another one, questionable design choice by larian. They can put another hag in game but it has to be ethel again

Hags are difficult to kill, she even says you can kill her and she will be back, but its unpleasant and offers to pay you off to let her go. In act3 we find she can come back because of her special mushrooms. Destroying them and killing her ends her for good.

[Humpenstilzchen]

I ususally persuade her to give me her hair for the stat boost as well as mayrina and I also like to keep the wand because Connor is pretty useful in many situations.

[Moga]

when using character like zariel (barbarian and opting for berserker when leveling up) you can save Mayrina and get the hag hair. I've tried it to but didn't have the screenshot