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A Book Titled 'the Legend Of Baba Yaga' #161041

Item 'a book titled 'The Legend of Baba Yaga'' is type book, alignment 0, made of leather,
has keywords 'baba yaga legend book'.
This item weighs 0 stones and 10 pebbles, and is valued at 1,260 gp.
This level 50 item has no special attributes.
A book titled 'The Legend of Baba Yaga' is in excellent condition.
*This item may be repaired 7 times.

Baba Yaga is a creature of legend.  She can go from being the most evil of 
ogresses to a harsh, but fair, crone who rights wrongs for those who deal 
honestly with her.  Basically, she is a combination of ancient hag and 
wise woman.  Mothers of naughty children would scold them with the threat 
of Baba Yaga coming to take them away.  Sometimes, especially in her 
ogress form, she would steal children and cook them in a pot.  She also 
had her own unique home, a brown thatched hut perched atop a giant chicken 
leg (yes, just one), that hopped continuously, and could fly from place to 
place.  In this manner, Baba Yaga was there one minute and gone the next.  
The first trick for anyone who sought a favor was to get the hut to stand 
still long enough to enter.  This was usually accomplished by answering a 
riddle from one of the skulls on the surrounding gate posts, or performing 
a kindness for someone who knew the magic words.  Once inside, the seeker 
was hardly "home free."  To enter Baba Yaga's presence could easily mean 
death, and any request had a price.  She would set tasks that could not be 
accomplished unless cleverness and often magic were involved.  For this 
reason, she was credited with control of inspiration and creativity.  She 
rewarded those who failed with death or transformation, but those who 
succeeded were not only allowed to live, but also to have their request 
granted.  For exceptional honesty and ability, she sometimes gave a boon 
of her own "special" kind.  On winter nights, Baba Yaga brewed up storms 
by flying through the night sky in a cauldron, or in a mortar with the 
pestle as the rudder.  Whether or not she still lives today is a mystery.

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