Sometimes represented as a single supernatural woman, othertimes representeed as a trio, Baba Yaga is always seen to eat children and travel in a house with bird legs. Not to be confused with Baba Lysaga of Strahd fame, Baba Yaga is a character from Slavic folklore. While Tasha’s true origins remain a mystery, we do know that she was the adoptive daughter of Baba Yaga. Back in the ancient days of lore, before adventurers had stepped into a third edition, let alone a fifth, a little girl named Tasha wrote D&D co-creator Gary Gygax fan letters in crayon and in turn he named a laughter-based spell after her.īut in Tasha’s case, the thread connecting Dungeons and Dragons to our Earth runs far deeper than just a name. That last one is incidentally how Tasha’s namesake spell came to be. Whether it be The Shadow who harrowed the titular Gamers of the same-named trilogy of films, Acquisitions Incorporated adventuring through Wizards of the Coast’s offices, or naming spells after fans or players. It's always been the way of D&D to bleed into the real world in some way, shape, or form. A story found tangled and knotted through the very fabric of multiple settings, spread across decades of Dungeons and Dragoning.Īnd like any story, the easiest place to start is at the very beginning. It's a story of three characters merged into a single being. Which is exactly why I, your faithful Loremaster, am here to unravel it. The Hideous Laughter Tasha, in fact, and in terms of her having a cauldron… well, she’s a witch!īut given that her name adorns the title of a book, you may have already come to suspect that the story of Tasha is a little more complicated than your run of the mill witch.
Well my dear readers, yes, like the Hideous Laughter Tasha. Chief among them, “Tasha? Wait, like the Hideous Laughter Tasha?” and the less common “What’s up with the cauldron?” The release of Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything in November of 2020 left many questions.
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