Hagspawn

Hagspawn were the male offspring of hags and humans mating.

Description
At first, hagspawn appeared to be big and brutish human men. They had a hunched posture yet a tall, powerful build, with long muscular arms and large hands. Their hair was usually long, limp and black and their eyes glowed red with malice. Their skin tone was usually tinged to be like that of their mother.

Personality
Hagspawn inherited their mother's tendencies towards savagery, spite and short-temperance, quickly overreacting to any perceived insult. Their irritability only served to create a feedback loop of mistrust between them and others and several of them viewed allies as temporary things to be discarded whenever convenient. At the same time, their natural bias towards such behavior was a mere predilection and many managed to shrug off the evil influence of their ancestors.

Evil or not, hagspawn were tirelessly laborious, working without fail to accomplish their goals regardless of risk and hardworking in the face of hardship. Those that overcame their base natures were also less emotionally insecure, remaining patient and straight-faced when confronted with prejudice. Rather than complain, they applied their determination to earning the trust of their neighbors. They were often sympathetic to other beings judged by their heritage, like half-orcs and tieflings.

Abilities
While not necessarily worse at magic, hagspawn were no more likely to possess a talent for using it than other races. Instead, they inherited the freakish strength of their forebears and particularly hardy hides, along with a resistance to magic.

Combat
Favoring physical combat both in mind and body, hagspawn made natural barbarians. They were also known to be excellent fighters and rogues given their gravitation to thuggery and violence, and some took up roles as rangers. Regardless of the type of warrior, they preferred large weapons and showed a reckless lack of care for their own lives, relying on their strength and resolution to get them through battle.

Society
Hags usually used charms and/or coercion to get male humans to mate with them, often killing and eating them afterward. Though male or female offspring may result from such a coupling, female children inevitably became hags rather than hagspawn, while male children became hagspawn.

Religion
Bane, Cyric, and Shar were common patron deities for the hagspawn. Though some were known to adopt worship of Talos and Tempus. Hagspawn of a good alignment were the most flexible, adopting the deity of wherever they chose to settle.