Witch

Witch

Foundations
Required Abilities	San	Secondary Ability	San
Axiom	Disciple	Affinity	Primal
Spell Save	Kno	Spell Attack	San
Attack Rolls	-3	Saving Throws	Con, Per, Wis
Hit Dice	D6	Hp @ Lvl 1	Your Con Modifier + 1d6 or 4.
HP @ Higher Lvls	Your Con Modifier + 1d6 / Level after 1st	Archetype	Nature Mage Nature Magic

Introduction

Hedge, Hearth, or Highway, the witch is a master of practical magic; the potion, the hex, the useful bauble, or the needed amulet. Which is not to detract from the fact that a powerful witch is readily a match for a powerful wizard, merely that they generally aren’t as invested in the idea of magic and an ends to itself and see it more as an aid and a tool to a particular end.

Witches are well known for three things: their Hat, their Broom, and their Cauldron. While the Broom and Cauldron are absolutely things most folks should consider, it is the hat that draws the most attention, and is a sort of calling card for them, even though not all witches will wear the hat. The hat is wide brimmed (a proper hat has a brim slightly wider than the shoulders of the witch), pointy crowned, soft hat that is often given to the crown slouching or draping. Enough famous witches have worn it over the years since they first appeared, following the Skyfall, that they have almost become synonymous with the idea of witches, and people are startled to find out they do not always wear them, nor do all witches own one.

Tales, songs, and even some dances exist now to tell the tales of magical witch’s hats, and the mischief and merriment they may cause.

The humor around the hat helps to hide a few key things about witches the general public doesn’t know. Witches do not stay close to settlements. They are, as a result, often on their own, and readily make friends with Rangers and Animists.

Role

Proficiencies
Skills (Pick 2)	Nature, Medicine, Husbandry, Detect, Identify, Forage, Distract, Gaming, Primalism, Hospitality, Imbuing, Ingraining, Handiwork, Physicry, Brewery, Pigmentry, Weavery, Cookery, Peasantry
Spell Proficiency	Simple, Rudimentary, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert
Armor Training	Standard
Weapon Training	Simple, Common

The Protectorate

Witches are the bulwark against Faerie, which is why there is so great an import on the exchange for them. Oppose Hags, Phantasms, Specters, guardians of the Astral and the Ethereal.

The Exchange

Witches require an exchange of value. Each spell requires a trade, an exchange, and it must be completed before the spell. This exchange is critical, because it places Witches in a position of service to others, while recognizing that nothing is free. That is a key aspect of the natural world in which Witches interact – they must give back what they take, and what is taken must be given back. Exchange allows and enables this to happen – and without it, the magic of a Witch is empty.

Moon Dance

Witches are famous for loving a good party, and there is, for them at least, no greater party than the season ones undertaken during a full moon, where they dance beneath the moon with others to recharge and re-establish their connection to the primal flow of the world.

This dance is done every evening, as well, though too often solo and alone, which saddens and is said to weaken witches, who thrive in groups. The dance is part of their Long Rest and is what recharges their Mana – a Witch can recharge her Mana in a single long rest.

Apprenticeship

Starting Gear
Gear	Small Backpack, Tinderbox, Large Sack, 30’ Rope, Waterskin, Broom.
Tools or Kit	Any one of Apothecary, Alchemist, Brewer, Cleaning, Cook, Garden, Herbal, Laundry, Midwife, Perfumery, Pigmentry, Weaver
Focus	Baton, Wand, Rod
Armor	None
Weaponry	None
Wealth Bonus	30

Taught by a Dam (He-, Ma-, De-), always one of three pupils, who are taught and tested together, with a final test involving a journey and a task to perform.

They have to undertake the journey as a group, but each has some particular thing they must achieve that feeds into the whole of the task, and they are not joined by their Dam.

The task usually involves the gathering of ingredients by one, the making of something by another, and the delivery of it by a third, while something attempts to stop them, sometimes fatally.

Features

Spell Casting

Tenets

Affinity	Primal
Cipher
Glyphs	Axiom
Manifestation	Shine
Mana	Cie
Spell	Hex
Source	The World
Ability Score	San
Spell Book	Occultaire

At 1^st Level, you gain 1 Simple Mystery.

At 5^th Level, you gain 1 Rudimentary Mystery, or 1 Simple Mystery.

At 9^th Level, you gain 1 Intermediate Mystery, or 1 Rudimentary Mystery, or 2 Simple Tenets.

At 13^th Level, you gain 1 Advanced Mystery, or 1 Intermediate Mystery, or 2 Rudimentary Tenets, or 2 Simple Tenets.

At 17^th Level, you gain 1 Expert Mystery, or 1 Advanced Mystery, or 2 Intermediate Tenets, or 2 Rudimentary Tenets, or 3 Simple Tenets.

Starting Spells

You gain a +2 on any rolls for Simple spells to start with.

Brewed Spells

You can craft any spell of 3^rd Level or lower that you know into a potion.

Mana Recovery

Witches can recharge their Mana in a long rest, if they dance within a natural setting at least 24 miles away from any settlement.

Failing that, they recharge as normal.

Mana Stored & Spells Per Level

Complexity ->		Mana Stored	Simple		Rudimentary		Intermediate		Advanced		Expert
Mastery	Level		Cantrip	1st Level	2nd Level	3rd Level	4th Level	5th Level	6th Level	7th Level	8th Level	9th Level
Novice	1	12	3
	2	25	4	1
	3	37	4	1
	4	50	4	2	1
Yeoman	5	62	5	2	1
	6	75	5	3	2	1
	7	87	5	3	2	1
	8	100	6	4	3	2	1
Adept	9	112	6	4	3	2	1
	10	125	6	5	4	3	2	1
	11	137	7	5	4	3	2	1
	12	150	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Master	13	162	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	14	175	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	15	187	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	16	200	8	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Grand Master	17	212	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	18	225	9	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	19	237	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
	20	250	10	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2

Witches may specialize in any one Simple or Common Ranged weapon. All Witches are proficient in the use of a quarterstaff – what, you think those brooms are just for cleaning?

Witches’ mastery is debuffs and buffs.
Clean Water	Dispel Poison
Locate Person	Locate Object
Fortune Telling	Potion Making
Exorcism (light)	Talisman making
Brooms	Cauldrons
Houses

Hearth

Cauldron Arts

Craft Arts

At 1^st Level, you

At 5^th Level, you

At 9^th Level, you

At 13^th Level, you

At 17^th Level, you

Hedge

Witches Grace

Witches Curse

Witches Reserve

At 1^st Level, you

At 5^th Level, you

At 9^th Level, you

At 13^th Level, you

At 17^th Level, you

Highway

Call Portent

Rite of One

Manifest Will

At 1^st Level, you

At 5^th Level, you

At 9^th Level, you

At 13^th Level, you

At 17^th Level, you

Helper

Broom

Familiar

Talismans

At 1^st Level, you begin to attract Familiars. Familiars are fauna, animals who become drawn to and attached to the Witch, and will follow them wherever they go, even sacrificing themselves for the witch. A witch will have one familiar for every level. Witch familiars are not called or summoned – they simply appear, and begin following them around, and while they are around the witch, they become slightly more, as they will start to find ways to aid and assist the witch in her daily tasks.

Familiars always have a d4 hit die, an AC of 8, and never weigh more than 1 pound per level of the witch, and may include birds, rats, mice, snakes, bats, squirrels, and other small creatures. They will come when called, and perform simple tasks, but they cannot attack – though they will defend, rushing in to take a potential blow. A familiar will do this no more than once a day, and the attack they intercept will carry over to the Witch any damage beyond their own hit points.

This applies even to larger familiars. Lawdinum, out of Lynese, often had a tiger by her side – but the tiger was actually little more than a house cat with an inflated sense of self.

Familiars can warn the witch of things, can communicate with you in simple, emotional terms, and

At 5^th Level, you gain a Witch’s Broom.

At 9^th Level, you gain a Talisman.

At 13^th Level, you

At 17^th Level, you

Aspects

Forms

At 1^st Level, you gain 1 First Form.

Precepts

At 3^rd Level, you can choose one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 7^th Level, you can choose one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 11^th Level you can choose one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 15^th Level you can choose one aspect from the Hieros list, or one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 19^th Level you can choose one aspect from the Alumni list, or one aspect from the Hieros list, or one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

Maxims

At 4^th Level, you can choose one Dedicated Maxim.

At 8^th Level you can choose one Persistent Maxim or one Dedicated Maxim.

At 12^th Level you can choose one Zealous Maxim or one Persistent Maxim or one Dedicated Maxim.

At 16^th Level you can choose one Unyielding Maxim or one Zealous Maxim or one Persistent Maxim or one Dedicated Maxim.

At 20^th Level you can choose one Absolutist Maxim or one Unyielding Maxim or one Zealous Maxim or one Persistent Maxim or one Dedicated Maxim.

Esoterica

Witches can exchange any single one Esoterica for a Mystery whenever they gain such, if they choose.

At 2^nd Level, you can choose one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 6^th Level, you can choose one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 10^th Level, you can choose one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 14^th Level, you can choose one aspect from the Hieros list, or one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

At 18^th Level, you can choose one aspect from the Alumni list, or one aspect from the Hieros list, or one aspect from the Member list, or one aspect from the Initiate list, or one aspect from the Postulant list.

Proficiencies

At 2^nd Level, you gain 2 proficiency slots.

At 6^th Level, you gain 2 proficiency slots.

At 10^th Level, you gain 3 proficiency slots.

At 14^th Level, you gain 2 proficiency slots.

At 18^th Level, you gain 2 proficiency slots.

Ability Score Increases

At 3^rd Level, You gain 2 points.

At 7^th Level, You gain 2 points.

At 11^th Level, You gain 3 points.

At 15^th Level, You gain 2 points.

At 19^th Level, You gain 1 point.

Leveling Table

Level	Mastery	Prof Bonus	Skill	Forte	ASI	Maxims	Precepts	Tenets	Forms	Esoterica
1	Novice	0		Yes				Simple	First
2		0	Yes							Yes
3		0			Yes		Yes
4		+1				Yes		Rudiments
5	Yeoman / Doyen	+1		Yes					Second
6		+1	Yes							Yes
7		+1			Yes		Yes
8		+2				Yes		Medial
9	Adept	+2		Yes					Third
10		+2	Yes							Yes
11		+2			Yes		Yes
12		+3				Yes		Advanced
13	Master	+3		Yes					Fourth
14		+3	Yes							Yes
15		+3			Yes		Yes
16		+4				Yes		Expert
17	Grand Master	+4		Yes					Fifth
18		+4	Yes							Yes
19		+4			Yes		Yes
20		+5				Yes