Witch.

The candle is lit. The moon is right. A man adorns himself in black and red silks, a garb so smooth and light that the wind seems to pass straight through it.

In his hand is a lock of hair of a person he has never met before. The noble woman quivers in fear and doubt. She does not know if this man can help find her missing daughter.

The man begins to chant as the fire erupts. The hair is burnt and from the smoke a vision. A young woman with a fair face is seen dancing at a ball. The noble woman lets her shaking breath go. The man has found her, and she is safe.

Class Features

As a witch, you gain the following class features

Spellcasting

As a conduit for aberrant power, you can cast witch spells.

Coven

At 2nd level, you find your coven, and the nature of the coven determines your development as a witch. Your coven will give you additional features at the 6th, 10th, 14th, and 18th level.

Cauldron Tricks and Trinkets.

At fourth level, you gain the ability to craft items and trinkets to help the party.

You start with four known, and you can invoke four at the start of each long rest. You may invoke multiple of the same feature.

Any item created by a cauldron trick expires after you start another long rest, or after 24 hours, whichever comes first. Unless stated otherwise, each item breaks after being activated.

To be able to take or invoke a cauldron trinket, you must meet the prerequisites.

While you can invoke the same trinket to get all of the items made by that feature again, each item has a limit. Trinket features with the Unrepearable have a limit of 1.

All trinkets count as one feature to invoke, even if they create multiple objects.

Coven of Enchantment

With all the potions, potions, and rituals, sometimes the easiest solution to resolving conflict is a silver tongue. These witches are masters of the mind and manipulation. Enchanting Scion’s master their craft of appearances and negotiation, but if that doesn't work, then magical forms of control will do.

What this coven values highest is control. From their perfectly maintained image, to their servants, they thrive in any situation against the weak willed.

Coven of the Exorcist.

Do you hear them? The dead who call out to the living to bring them release, closure, vengeance. Whatever the reason, some have tried to listen to the howls of the departed. The more they listen, the more they are dragged into the gray. The gray zone of the unknown. The crossroads between life and death.

The Coven of the Exorcist not only tries to commune with the dead, but intends to reach this state of gray. To them, death is merely another stage of life, and even desirable. Death is no end, but a new beginning.

Connection to the Dead.

At 2nd level, you are able to hear the whispers of the departed.

When you make an ability check that uses a skill or a saving throw, you can roll a d6 immediately after seeing the number on the d20 and add the number on the d6 to the check. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

A number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest, you may hone your senses to see the unseen. As a bonus action, you know the location of any undead and any invisible creatures within 60 ft of you and not behind total cover until the end of your next turn. You can feel their presence but not any details.

Ghastly Form.

At 6th level, your connection to spirits allows you to temporarily take on their form.

As a bonus action you may enter your ghostly state and gain the following abilities for a minute.

• You are immune to effects that would reduce your speed.
• You may move through other people and objects. Ending your turn within another object or person deals 1d10 damage to you. This damage will always break concentration.
• Once per turn, after you deal damage to a target or make them fail a saving throw, you may make that target frightened of you until the end of your next turn.
• You gain a hover speed of 20 ft, you cannot go more than 10 ft above the ground.

You may do this a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus per long rest.

Third Eye.

At 10th level, your senses are honed to detect the supernatural.

When you make a perception roll, if you roll a 9 or less on a d20, then treat the roll as if you rolled a 10.

You gain a blindsight of 10 ft.

The Spectre Awakening.

At 14th level, your connection with the undead becomes unlike any other. You exist in the grayness between life and death.

When you enter your ghastly form, you gain these additional features.

• As bonus action you may teleport 30ft to a place you can see.
• You gain a fly speed of 40 ft.
• Once per turn, you may deal an additional amount of force damage equal to your wisdom modifier after damaging a target.

Coven of Apotheosis

(CW: Body Horror.)

Humanity. Normalcy. Sanity. Horrible things… they limit what is truly possible for your bodies and minds. The Coven of Apotheosis believes that perfection is a process… Evolution is not merely the result of changing genetics over generations, but that it is the point of existence.

We exist to evolve, to thrive, and to free ourselves from our putrid pathetic forms. The witches use extensive body modifications to achieve a new perfected form. There is no part of the body that cannot be replaced with a superior part. There is no line that they will not cross if it means becoming perfect.

Different Beast.

Also at 2nd level you gain additional ways to show your abhorrent body’s true power.

You gain natural weapons that deal a 1d6 of either slashing, bludgeoning, or piercing. These attacks use your strength modifier. These natural weapons count as a spell casting focus.

You may add your wisdom or strength modifier to intimidation checks.

While not wearing armor, your armor class is 12 + your constitution modifier.

Literal Monster.

6th level. Choose two of the following features.

• When you take the attack action, you may make two attacks. Do this only with your natural weapons. Your natural weapons are considered magical.
• Your maximum hp increases by 6, and increases again by 1 for each level in this class.
• Pick two features from the “improved movement.”
• You gain a fly speed of 40ft. If you end your turn in the air you fall to the ground.
• You may expend a spell slot as a bonus action to give yourself 2d6 temporary hp. You gain an additional 2d6 temporary hp for each spell level above first spent.

Predator of your Size.

At 10th level, you have passed the point of no return. Humanity is a limiting concept anyway.

You are no longer a humanoid, you are now a monstrosity. If you have any other creature types, you keep them.

Choose two of the following features.

• You gain the effects of the enlarge spell permanently, without the need for concentrating on it.
• Your natural weapons are now 1d10s instead of 1d6.
• While not wearing armor or benefiting from a shield, your armor class increases by 2.
• As a bonus action you may expend a spell slot to fire out in a 25ft cone. All creatures in that cone must make a constitution save against your spell save or take 2d8 + your wisdom modifier damage of either fire, cold, acid, poison, or lightning (chosen when you choose this feature.) They take half as much damage on a success. This deals an additional 1d8 damage for every spell level above first was spent.
• You gain resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, or slashing from sources that are not silvered.

True Apex.

At 14th level, you have become a true monster, perfection incarnate, and the peak of evolution.

Choose one of the following options.

• You gain immunity to either fire, lightning, acid, poison, cold, necrotic, or radiant damage. Choose another to gain resistance to.
• You gain a +2 to your attack and damage rolls with your natural weapons.
• Your constitution modifier increases by 2, to a limit of 22.
• Your strength modifier increases by 2, to a limt of 22.

Coven of the Broommakers

Whether it is little bits and bobs, or an entire house, these witches are the masters of making. Broommakers pride themselves on their ability to not only create, but to imbue life. They find joy in the creation of little servants and watching them work around their lairs.

Out of all types of witch, the broommakers are the most industrious. This means that they are often the first type of witch that the layman knows about beyond that which is told in fairy tales.

Smacking Broom.

At 3rd level, you have learned how to weaponize your broom.

When you hold your broom, you may use it as a magical melee weapon. It uses your wisdom modifier for attacks and damage. It deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage, it is a two handed weapon and counts as a spell casting focus for witch spells.

Apprentices.

At 6th level, you have learned how to masterfully create your own servants and allies.

When you use a spell to create a construct, you can increase its health by your wisdom modifier. It gains double your wisdom modifier instead if the construct created is medium or bigger.

In addition whenever you cast a spell to create a creature, you may treat that creature as if it were a construct. This does not work on spells that summon or awaken a creature.

The Broomstick.

At 10th level, you are able to create a flying broom that empowers your magic while you fly.

While you are holding your broom, you can concentrate on it as if it were a spell. While doing this, the broom can carry you and only you into the air with its 90 ft fly speed. While you are flying in this way, then once per round your witch cantrips and spells deal additional damage equal to your wisdom modifier.

Army of Objects.

At 15th level you learn how to improve your little soldiers to maximise their power.

Constructs you create with spells gain a +1 bonus to their armor class. Creatures that are large or greater gain an additional + 1 bonus.

Constructs you create with spells may use your wisdom modifier for their attack and damage rolls, their attacks are also considered magical.

Trinkets

8th level Trinkets

Intermediate Potion brewing.

Prerequisite: 8th level

You can make a greater healing potion, as well as potions of Polychromy, Water Breathing, Psionic Fortitude, or Growth.

Greater Holy water.

Unrepeatable

Prerequisite: 8th level

You can make three vials of improved holy water that deals 3d6 to non celestials, and 4d6 to fiends or undead.

Greater Demon Spit.

Prerequisite: 8th level

You can make an improved Demon spit that deals 3d6 necrotic damage, and damages in an area of a 10ft radius to all creatures that would have been hit by the improvised weapon attack roll.

Tongue of a Drake.

Prerequisite:8th level

As a bonus action, you may bite down on the tongue of a drake, destroying it and firing out a 15ft cone of 3d8 damage of your choice between Fire, Poison, cold, or lightning. This is a dex save based around the witches spell save dc. This breaks the tongue.

Hydra Fang Arrowheads.

Prerequisite: The spell “conjure Barrage”, 8th level.

When you cast conjure barrage, you may expend the hydra fang arrowheads. If you do, the spell deals an additional 3d8 poison or acid damage (your choice) on a failed save, half as much on a successful save, using the same dexterity save. Creatures that fail the save cannot regain hitpoints until the start of your next turn.

Aspect of Pet

Prerequisite: 8th level.

As a bonus action, a person holding the trinket can crush it in their hands to transform into either a giant bat, giant owl, Ox, wolf, or panther as if they had wildshaped for the next ten minutes. This destroys the trinket.

Amulet of restoration.

Prerequisite: 8th level.

As a bonus action, a person holding the trinket can crush it in their hands to gain 2d8 + 5 temporary hp. This destroys the trinket.

Crooked Weapon.

Prerequisite: 8th level.

Unrepeatable

You create a +1 melee weapon. On your turn, you may cast a spell with a touch range through the blade against the target last hit by the weapon within the last round. If the spell requires an attack roll, use your spell attack modifier with advantage. The weapon breaks after you cast a spell through it.

Purified Ectoplasm.

Prerequisite: 8th level

As a bonus action, you may consume the purified ectoplasm and until the end of your next turn your movement speed increases by 10 ft and you can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. you take 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object. Opportunity attacks made against you are at disadvantage.

Breath of the Winds.

Prerequisite: 8th level.

As a bonus action, you may expend the Breath of the Winds. For the next minute, your movement speed is doubled, and attacks of opportunity cannot be made against you.

Blade Oils.

Prerequisite: 8th level

Limit: 3

As a bonus action, you may coat a weapon in a blade oil. These oils are infused with elemental energy. For the next minute the coated weapon deals an extra 1d6 damage of either fire, cold, lightning, thunder, acid, or poison (chosen by the witch when the oil is created), during each melee weapon attack the weapon makes.

Pearl of Returnal.

Prerequisite: 8th level

Unrepeatable

As an action, the user may siphon power from the pearl to gain back a 2nd level spell slot that has been expended.

Improved Spell Scribe.

Prerequisite: 8th level

Limit: 2

You can make a spell scroll of a spell you know at 2nd level and another spell scroll at 1st level.

12th level Trinkets

Advanced Potion brewing.

Prerequisite: 12th level

You can make a potion of Superior Healing, as well as a potion of Clairvoyance, Diminution, Maximum Power, or any other potions from intermediate or basic.

Pure Holy water.

Prerequisite: 12th level

Unrepeatable

You can make three vials of improved holy water that deals 4d6 to non celestials, and 5d6 to fiends or undead.

Vile Demon Spit.

Prerequisite: 12th level

You can make an improved Demon spit that deals 4d8 necrotic damage, and damages in an area of a 15 ft radius to all creatures that would have been hit by the improvised weapon attack roll.

Tasha’s Ire.

Prerequisite. The spell “witch bolt” prepared. 12th level

When you cast the spell witch bolt, the target of the spell cannot willingly leave the area of effect of the spell, and if the spell was upcast, then all damage from the spell rolls as many dice as the initial hit. For every level above first, every instance of damage from the spell deals an additional 1d8 force damage.

As well, you may target up to three creatures when you cast witch bolt. Successfully casting this spell breaks the hair.

Dragon Dust.

Prerequisite. 12th level.

Limit: 2

A powder made from ground up dragon scales. As a reaction you may throw the dragon dust to a point within 30 ft of you. All creatures within 20 ft of that point gain resistance to either cold, fire, acid, poison, or lightning until the start of your next turn for as long as they stay within 20 ft of the point chosen.

Counter Charm Bracelets.

Prerequisite. 12th level

You create 5 bracelets that when the wearer becomes charmed, frightened, or stunned, the bracelet automatically breaks and frees them from that condition. One person can wear multiple bracelets at a time and they break one at a time.

Amulet of Resilience.

Prerequisite: 12th level.

Unrepeatable

As a bonus action, a person holding the trinket can crush it in their hands to gain 3d10 + 10 temporary hp. This destroys the trinket.

While they have the temporary Hp from the amulet, their armor class increases by 2.

Greater Spell Scribe.

Prerequisite: 12th level

You can make a spell scroll of a spell you know at 3rd level, and 2 at 2nd level.

Arrow of the Izbushka.

Prerequisite: 12th level

Limit: 2

This piece of +2 ammunition when it hits a target gets stuck in the foe begins to curse them. The witch who made this piece of ammunition may cast touch spells through the arrow. If the spell requires an attack roll, then the spell automatically hits.

Once a spell is cast through it or the target takes an action to remove it, the ammo is broken.

If this piece of ammo misses, it magically returns to the one who fired it

Bottled Thunder.

Prerequisites: level 12

Limit: 2

A small but powerful explosive with a throw range of 80 ft and an explosion radius of 15 ft. All creatures within the radius must make a strength save against the witch’s spell casting modifier or take 6d12 thunder damage and be pushed 30 ft away from the explosion on a failed save, half as much damage and push distance on a success.

Blade of Manos.

Prerequisites: Level 12

Unrepeatable

You create a +2 melee weapon that the witch can see and sense through as a bonus action. When the witch is sensing through the blade, the witch may cast a spell as if they were where the blade currently is. Casting a spell this way brings the blade to a +1, and if another spell is cast, the blade is destroyed.

16th Level Trinkets

Expert Potion brewing.

Prerequisite: 16th level

You can make a potion of Supreme Healing, as well as a potion of Invisibility, Sharpness, or any other potions from advanced, intermediate, or basic.

Divine Holy water.

Prerequisite: 16th level

Unrepeatable

You can make three vials of improved holy water that deals 5d8 to non celestials, and 6d8 to fiends or undead.

Abyssal Demon Spit.

Prerequisite: 16th level

You can make 2 vials of improved Demon spit that deals 5d10 necrotic damage, and damages in an area of a 30 ft radius to all creatures that would have been hit by the improvised weapon attack roll.

Amulet of Immortality.

Prerequisite: 16th level.

Unrepeatable

As a bonus action, a person holding the trinket can crush it in their hands, all creatures of the welder's choice within 30 ft gain 4d10+10

While they have the temporary Hp from the amulet, their armor class increases by 2.

Dragon Souls.

Prerequisite: 16th level

Unrepeatable

As a bonus action, you may infuse a weapon with the soul of a dragon, giving it immense elemental energy. For the next minute the coated weapon deals an extra 2d8 damage of either fire, cold, lightning, thunder, acid, or poison (chosen by the witch when the soul is created), during each melee weapon attack the weapon makes.

Dragon’s Breath.

Prerequisite, 16th level

As a bonus action, you may bite into the vessel of the dragon’s breath to release a stream of elemental energy. In a 45 ft cone in front of you, you can make all creatures make either a constitution or dexterity saving throw against your spell save and deal 10d6 of either fire, cold, lightning, acid, or poison damage on a failed save, half as much on a success.

Feathers of a Valkyrie.

Prerequisite: 16th level.

Unrepeatable

As a bonus action you may crush the feathers in your hand, for the next minute you gain resistance to radiant and necrotic damage, your first attack each turn deals an additional 2d10 radiant damage, and you gain a fly speed equal to twice your movement speed.

Spell Scribe Master.

Prerequisite: 16th level.

Unrepeatable

You can make a spell scroll of a spell you know at 5th level, 2 at 3rd level, and 4 at 2nd level.

Spells

Known Spells

2nd Level

• Aganazzar’s Scorcher
• Alter Self
• Animal Messenger
• Blindness/Deafness
• Calm Emotions
• Cloud of Daggers
• Cordon of Arrows
• Crown of Madness
• Darkness
• Darkvision
• Enhance Ability
• Enlarge/Reduce
• Enthrall
• Flock of Familiars
• Heat Metal
• Invisibility
• Lesser Restoration
• Mirror Image
• Nystul’s Magic Aura
• Rime’s Binding Ice
• Scorching Ray
• See Invisibility
• Tasha’s Mind Whip
• Winter and Bloom
• Spirit Viper*

3rd level

• Animate Dead
• Bestow Curse
• Blink
• Clairvoyance
• Conjure Barrage
• Counterspell
• Create Food and Water
• Dispel Magic
• Elemental Weapon
• Fear
• Flame Arrows
• Gaseous Form
• Glyph of Warding
• Haste
• Hunger of Hadar
• Magic Circle
• Major Image
• Plant Growth
• Sleet Storm
• Slow
• Speak With Dead
• Speak with plants
• Summon Shadowspawn
• Tiny Servant
• Wall of Water
• Tidal Wave
• Erupting Earth

4th level

• Arcane Eye
• Banishment
• Blight
• Charm Monster
• Elemental Bane
• Evard’s Black Tentacles
• Fire Shield
• Guardian of Nature
• Ice Storm
• Locate Creature
• Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound
• Mordenkainen’s Private Sanctum
• Polymorph
• Shadow of Moil
• Spirit of Death
• Summon Aberration
• Summon Construct
• Summon Elemental
• Wall of Fire

5th level

• Awaken
• Bigby’s Hand
• Circle of Power
• Cone of Cold
• Contagion
• Control Winds
• Danse Macabre
• Dream
• Geas
• Far Step
• Greater Restoration
• Infernal Calling
• Insect Plague
• Legend Lore
• Maelstrom
• Modify Memory
• Planar Binding
• Summon Draconic Spirit
• Teleportation Circle
• Wall of Stone

6th

• Arcane Gate
• Bones of the Earth
• Circle of Death
• Create Homunculus
• Druid Grove
• Eyebite
• Forbiddance
• Investiture of Flame
• Investiture of Ice
• Investiture of Stone
• Investiture of Wind
• Mental Prison
• Tasha’s Otherworldly Guise
• Tenser’s Transformation
• Word of Recall

7th

• Create Magen
• Crown of Stars
• Draconic Transformation
• Dream of the Blue Veil
• Finger of Death
• Mordenkainen’s Magnificent Mansion
• Plane Shift
• Regenerate
• Simulacrum

8th

• Animagic Field
• Clone
• Control Weather
• Dark Star
• Demiplane
• Feeblemind
• Maddening Darkness
• Maze
• Mighty Fortress
• Mind Blank
• Sunburst

9th

• Astral Projections
• Gate
• Imprisonment
• Ravenous Void
• Time Stop
• True Polymorph
• Weird

Ritual Spells

These are the spells that normally have the ritual tag. These are also included in your possible known spells.

New Spells

Spirit Viper

2nd level evocation

Casting time: 1 action

Range: Touch

Components: V,S

Duration Instantaneous.

Available to: Witch

A spectral viper to bite into your foes and inject them with slowing agent. You make a spell attack roll against a target within range. If they are hit, then they take 4d4 poison damage and their movement speed is reduced by one half rounding up to the nearest 5ft increment. They are also unable to take the disengage action. These effects end at the end of the targets next turn.

Upcasting. For each level above 2nd, this spell deals an additional 3d4 poison.

Conjure Broomstick

1st level conjuration (ritual)

Casting time: 1 minute.

Range: Self

Components: V,S

Duration: 8 hours.

Available to: Witch

You are able to create a magical broomstick or enchant a normal broomstick that can be used as a weapon you are proficient in. In your hands this broom is a two handed weapon dealing 1d6 bludgeoning damage. Once per turn a creature hit by this broom may be pushed 5ft away from the witch.

If this movement would push the target into directly harmful terain, off a ledge, or into harms way, then they must make a strength save against your spell casting modifier. On a failure they will be moved but not on a success.

As an action, you may tap your broom stick on the ground to remove all dust within 15ft of you.

This broom counts as a spellcasting focus while it is on your hands.

When the spell ends the magic that created or enchanted the broom disapears.

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