Witch
When the world was young and the mortal races existed entirely at the mercy of primordials, gods, and monsters, there were beings in the darkness that took a surprising mercy on those lesser creatures struggling to survive.
Whether these beings were spirits, specific gods, or something more sinister, no two tales agree, but the bargains they struck ushered the first inklings of mortal magic into the world. Witches hold as tradition that it was these magics that gave mortals a fighting chance, while others more suspicious of witchcraft tell that this was the first interference of malicious entities into mortal affairs, and an affront to the pure will of the gods.
Witches are always deeply individualistic, and in the present era have been divided by coven and practice. Though all witches learn from the writings of and words spoken by their elders, some study the ancient ways as an evolving historical and scholastic pursuit, while others practice their magics wild and with full communion of the old beings who laid the path of natural arcana before them. An endlessly diverse group of practitioners, witches rarely agree how best to use their magic, even within the same coven.
Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per witch level after 1st
Weapons: Blowguns, daggers, quarterstaffs, sickles
Tools: Alchemist’s supplies, the herbalism kit, and the poisoner’s kit
Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
Skills: Choose two from Animal Handling, Arcana, History, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Religion, Stealth, and Survival
• (a) a dagger or (b) a sickle
• (a) a component pouch, (b) an arcane focus, or (c) a druidic focus
• a set of alchemist’s supplies, an herbalism kit, and a poisoner’s kit
• (a) a scholar’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
• A spellbook If you forgo this starting equipment, as well as the items offered by your background, you start with 2d4 × 10 gp to buy your equipment.
At 1st level, you know three cantrips of your choice from the Witch Spell List. You learn additional witch cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Witch table. Spell Slots
The Witch table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your witch spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these witch spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. For example, if you know the 1st-level spell witch bolt and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast witch bolt using either slot. Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
You know three 1st-level spells of your choice from the witch spell list. You learn an additional witch spell of your choice at each level. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 3rd level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the witch spells you know and replace it with another spell from the witch spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots. Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for witch spells, representing the deep study of natural arcana required for witchcraft. You use Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a witch spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier Ritual Casting
You also have a spellbook known as a ritual book. Your ritual book does not contain the witch spells you know, which are instead fixed in your memory. Rather, the ritual book contains your choice of two 1st-level spells that have the ritual tag from the witch spell list. The spells that are in your ritual book don’t count against the number of spells you know. You can’t cast the witch spells in your ritual book except as rituals, unless you’ve learned them by some other means. You can also cast any witch spell you know as a ritual if it has the ritual tag. Adding Ritual Spells. On your adventures, you can add other witch ritual spells to your ritual book. When you find such a spell, you can add it to your ritual book if the spell’s level is equal to or less than half your witch level (rounded up) and if you can spare the time to transcribe the spell. For each level of the spell, the transcription process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp for the rare inks needed to inscribe it. Replacing the Book. You can copy a ritual spell from your ritual book into another book — for example, if you want to make a backup copy of your ritual book. This is just like copying a new ritual spell into your ritual book, but faster and easier, since you understand your own notation and already know how to cast the spell. You need spend only 1 hour and 10 gp for each level of the copied ritual spell. If you lose your ritual book and do not have a replacement, you can instead attempt to replicate each ritual spell in the lost book, writing each spell in turn into a new book. This has the same cost in time and currency as duplicating a book, above, but after scribing a spell you must roll an Intelligence (Arcana) check with a DC of 8 + twice the ritual spell’s level, to determine whether or not you have recalled it correctly. On a success, the ritual spell is added to your book, but on a failure the spell is incorrect and forgotten, and must be found again. To avoid this, most witches keep an extra ritual book hidden away in a secure location. Spellcasting Focus
You can use an arcane focus or a druidic focus as a spellcasting focus for your witch spells.
• The familiar can speak, read, and understand all languages you know.
• The familiar’s movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.
• The familiar adds your witch level to its hit point maximum.
• If the familiar succeeds on a saving throw and would take half damage, it instead takes no damage.
Crippling. The creature’s movement speeds are reduced by 20 feet.
Draining (Requires 7th Level). The creature cannot regain hit points.
Dulled Reflexes. The creature cannot take opportunity attacks.
Fumbling (Requires 7th Level). The creature drops one item it is holding, of your choice. The item lands at the creature’s feet.
Misfortune. The next attack the creature makes is made with disadvantage.
Repelling. Push the creature 15 feet directly away from you in a straight line. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.
Silenced (Requires 7th Level). The creature cannot talk and is unable to cast spells.
Supplication (Requires 7th Level). The creature must make a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC. If it fails, it becomes prone, and can recover from this condition as normal.
Wytchfire. The creature casts dim light in a 10-foot radius. The next attack made against the creature has advantage.
Coven of the Full Moon
Coven of the Half Moon
Coven of the Crescent Moon
Coven of the Eclipse
Coven of the Gibbous Moon
Coven of the Lost Moon
Immediately choose any details this spell would have you select and expend that spell’s material components and a spell slot equal to the spell level you intend the spell to function at. Instead of any targets specified by the spell, the spell’s target becomes the creature that drinks the potion. If a creature must have certain attributes to be subject to the spell (such as a specific creature type), the potion only works on creatures with those attributes.
At the end of the rest, you then create a potion that is able to impart the spell you selected, with the details you have chosen. The spell slot you have used in the creation of the potion does not refresh as long as the potion exists. Once the potion (or an item it is applied to) has been used, is destroyed, or otherwise ceases to exist, the spell slot can refresh as it would normally, but does not automatically do so.
Using an Imbued Potion. As an action, a creature can drink the entire potion, administer it to another willing creature, or apply it to an item of food or drink. The potion only confers effects on a creature that drinks it entirely, or that consumes in entirety the item of food or drink to which it is applied. Such a creature immediately gains the effects of the spell you selected, with the specific details you chose when you first created the potion. An applied potion on a consumable item can be detected by a creature holding the item with a successful Intelligence (Arcana) or Wisdom (Survival) check made against your spell save DC.
Spells imparted by this potion last for their normal durations, listed within the text of the spells themselves. If a spell conferred by this feature requires concentration, the creature that drank the potion must maintain concentration on the effect as if they cast the spell themselves. If a potion would require the creature drinking it to make a saving throw, that saving throw is made against your spell save DC.
Active Potions. At any time, you can have a number of active potions from this feature equal to your witch level divided by 3, rounded down. You can also cause any of your potions from this feature to no longer retain their potency with a bonus action, regardless of how far away from you they may be.
| Level | Prof | Jinxes | Features | Cantrips Known | Spells Known | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | +2 | - | Spellcasting, Occult Familiar | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2nd | +2 | 2 | Jinx (1/rest), Witch’s Coven | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3rd | +2 | 2 | Brewcraft, Imbue Potion | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4th | +2 | 2 | Ability Score Increase | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5th | +3 | 2 | Jinx (2/rest) | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6th | +3 | 2 | Witch’s Coven feature | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7th | +3 | 3 | Enchant Broom | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8th | +3 | 3 | Ability Score Improvement | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9th | +4 | 3 | - | 4 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 10th | +4 | 3 | Witch’s Coven feature | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| 11th | +4 | 3 | Fine Fettle | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 12th | +4 | 3 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 13th | +5 | 4 | - | 5 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 14th | +5 | 4 | Witch’s Coven feature | 5 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 15th | +5 | 4 | Jinx (3/rest) | 5 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 16th | +5 | 4 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 17th | +6 | 4 | - | 5 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18th | +6 | 5 | - | 5 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19th | +6 | 5 | Ability Score Improvement | 5 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 20th | +6 | 5 | Grand Old Wytch | 5 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Hit Points
Hit Dice: 1d6 per witch levelHit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your Constitution modifier per witch level after 1st
Proficiencies
Armor: NoneWeapons: Blowguns, daggers, quarterstaffs, sickles
Tools: Alchemist’s supplies, the herbalism kit, and the poisoner’s kit
Saving Throws: Intelligence, Wisdom
Skills: Choose two from Animal Handling, Arcana, History, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Religion, Stealth, and Survival
Equipment
You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:• (a) a dagger or (b) a sickle
• (a) a component pouch, (b) an arcane focus, or (c) a druidic focus
• a set of alchemist’s supplies, an herbalism kit, and a poisoner’s kit
• (a) a scholar’s pack or (b) an explorer’s pack
• A spellbook If you forgo this starting equipment, as well as the items offered by your background, you start with 2d4 × 10 gp to buy your equipment.
Class Features
As a witch, you gain the following class features.Spellcasting
Whichever magical tradition you hail from, you have an innate talent for spellcraft. Some attribute this to birthright, others to practice, but only with training and dedication will it grow stronger. See chapter 10 in the Player’s Handbook for the general rules of spellcasting. See the Witch Spell List for the list of spells. CantripsAt 1st level, you know three cantrips of your choice from the Witch Spell List. You learn additional witch cantrips of your choice at higher levels, as shown in the Cantrips Known column of the Witch table. Spell Slots
The Witch table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your witch spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these witch spells, you must expend a slot of the spell’s level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest. For example, if you know the 1st-level spell witch bolt and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast witch bolt using either slot. Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher
You know three 1st-level spells of your choice from the witch spell list. You learn an additional witch spell of your choice at each level. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 3rd level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level. Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the witch spells you know and replace it with another spell from the witch spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots. Spellcasting Ability
Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for witch spells, representing the deep study of natural arcana required for witchcraft. You use Intelligence whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Intelligence modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a witch spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Intelligence modifier Ritual Casting
You also have a spellbook known as a ritual book. Your ritual book does not contain the witch spells you know, which are instead fixed in your memory. Rather, the ritual book contains your choice of two 1st-level spells that have the ritual tag from the witch spell list. The spells that are in your ritual book don’t count against the number of spells you know. You can’t cast the witch spells in your ritual book except as rituals, unless you’ve learned them by some other means. You can also cast any witch spell you know as a ritual if it has the ritual tag. Adding Ritual Spells. On your adventures, you can add other witch ritual spells to your ritual book. When you find such a spell, you can add it to your ritual book if the spell’s level is equal to or less than half your witch level (rounded up) and if you can spare the time to transcribe the spell. For each level of the spell, the transcription process takes 2 hours and costs 50 gp for the rare inks needed to inscribe it. Replacing the Book. You can copy a ritual spell from your ritual book into another book — for example, if you want to make a backup copy of your ritual book. This is just like copying a new ritual spell into your ritual book, but faster and easier, since you understand your own notation and already know how to cast the spell. You need spend only 1 hour and 10 gp for each level of the copied ritual spell. If you lose your ritual book and do not have a replacement, you can instead attempt to replicate each ritual spell in the lost book, writing each spell in turn into a new book. This has the same cost in time and currency as duplicating a book, above, but after scribing a spell you must roll an Intelligence (Arcana) check with a DC of 8 + twice the ritual spell’s level, to determine whether or not you have recalled it correctly. On a success, the ritual spell is added to your book, but on a failure the spell is incorrect and forgotten, and must be found again. To avoid this, most witches keep an extra ritual book hidden away in a secure location. Spellcasting Focus
You can use an arcane focus or a druidic focus as a spellcasting focus for your witch spells.
Occult Familiar
Since time immemorial, witches have formed bonds with familiar spirits, which stand as symbols and sources of their magical power. Historically, familiars have acted as messengers between witches and the unknowable entities that taught them the ways of the arcane, but in modern times familiars mostly serve as companions and foils to their chosen witch. You know the spell find familiar, which counts as a witch spell and does not count against the total spells you can know. You are able to cast find familiar without expending a spell slot or any materials costs. Familiars you conjure with find familiar gain a number of additional benefits: • The familiar’s Charisma and Intelligence scores become 12, unless they are already higher.• The familiar can speak, read, and understand all languages you know.
• The familiar’s movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.
• The familiar adds your witch level to its hit point maximum.
• If the familiar succeeds on a saving throw and would take half damage, it instead takes no damage.
Jinx
At 2nd level, you harness the power of jinxes, which are subtle ways to twist your spellcraft, derived from the blending of natural and arcane magics. Learn two jinxes of your choice from the following list. You learn one additional jinx of your choice at 7th, 13th, and 18th level. Once on each of your turns in which a creature within 120 feet of you that you can see has failed a saving throw against one of your spells or has been hit by one of your attacks, you can use a bonus action to target one such creature of your choice with a jinx of your choice, out of those jinxes that you know. If multiple such creatures exist, still target only one of them. A jinx’s effects last until the start of your next turn, unless the effects would end earlier. Jinxes are inherently magical, and do not function in the area of an antimagic field spell or similar effects. You can use this feature once before you must finish a short or long rest to regain its usage. At 5th level, you can use this feature twice between rests. At 15th, this increases to three times between rests. The jinxes you can learn are as follows. If a jinx has prerequisites, you must meet them before you can learn the jinx. Whenever you gain a witch level, you can replace one jinx you know with a different jinx on this list that you meet the prerequisites for. Beguiling. Pull the creature 15 feet towards you in a straight line. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.Crippling. The creature’s movement speeds are reduced by 20 feet.
Draining (Requires 7th Level). The creature cannot regain hit points.
Dulled Reflexes. The creature cannot take opportunity attacks.
Fumbling (Requires 7th Level). The creature drops one item it is holding, of your choice. The item lands at the creature’s feet.
Misfortune. The next attack the creature makes is made with disadvantage.
Repelling. Push the creature 15 feet directly away from you in a straight line. This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.
Silenced (Requires 7th Level). The creature cannot talk and is unable to cast spells.
Supplication (Requires 7th Level). The creature must make a Strength saving throw against your spell save DC. If it fails, it becomes prone, and can recover from this condition as normal.
Wytchfire. The creature casts dim light in a 10-foot radius. The next attack made against the creature has advantage.
Witch’s Coven
Also at 2nd level, you align yourself with a witch’s coven, a secretive society of witches that closely guards their magical secrets from those outside. Select a coven from one of the following options: Coven of the Dark MoonCoven of the Full Moon
Coven of the Half Moon
Coven of the Crescent Moon
Coven of the Eclipse
Coven of the Gibbous Moon
Coven of the Lost Moon
Brewcraft
Natural magic and arcane magic are not separate entities to a witch. Because of this, witches are masters of unlocking the arcane potential hidden in common herbs and plants. Starting at 3rd level, if you craft a magic item in the potion category, it takes you a quarter of the normal time, and it costs you half as much of the usual gold. These bonuses also apply to any mundane items you could create with alchemist’s supplies or the poisoner’s kit, such as antitoxin, acid, alchemist’s fire, ale, basic poison, or any of the poisons listed in the Dungeon Master’s Guide (p. 257-258). Your DM may decide that certain potions or poisons (purple worm poison, as an example) are uncraftable to you unless you uncover specific rare ingredients first. Should you acquire them, subtract the price of these rare ingredients from the crafting cost accordingly| Result | Item | Worth | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-14 | 3d4 lbs of common herbs | 5sp/lb | mint, sage |
| 15-24 | 2d4 lbs of uncommon herbs | 5gp/lb | horsetail, cornfrey |
| 25-29 | 1d4 lbs of rare herbs | 50gp/lb | devilroot, embertear |
| 30+ | 1 lb of very rare herbs | 500gb/lb | starspine, voidweave |
Imbue Potion
When witches are unable to spend great amounts of time brewing potions, they can imbue a tincture directly with their arcane power. The result is a potion that is easier and less costly to make, but less stable and with little longevity. Beginning at 3rd level, when you take a short or long rest and have an empty vial on your person, you can choose one of the following spells you know and can cast with available spell slots:| Spell Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 1st | animate hair, charm person, command, cure wounds, disguise self, detect magic, false life, feather fall, mage armor, sleep, speak with animals |
| 2nd | alter self, barkskin, blindness/deafness, detect thoughts, dragon’s breath, enhance ability, enlarge/reduce, invisibility, lesser restoration, protection from poison, see invisibility, spider climb |
| 3rd | catnap, dispel magic, feign death, gaseous form, nondetection, protection from energy, remove curse, revivify, tongues, vampiric touch, water breathing, water walk |
| 4th | charm monster, death ward, fire shield, freedom of movement, greater invisibility, stoneskin |
| 5th | awaken, commune with nature, contact other plane, dominate person, greater restoration, legend lore, reincarnate, skill empowerment, tree stride |
| 6th | curse of craving, find the path, investiture of flame, investiture of ice, investiture of stone, investiture of wind, true seeing |
Enchant Broom
At 7th level, you’ve learned the secret ritual required to make a witch’s broom, the flying conveyance of any true witch. You can undertake an hour-long ritual that prepares one broom (or, with your DM’s permission, any sufficiently broom-like object) to become your witch’s broom. After this ritual is complete, this broom counts as a broom of flying (Dungeon Master’s Guide, p. 156), and you choose the command word needed to activate it. This broom responds only to your use of its command word, and will refuse to move if anyone else tries to ride it while you are not already on it. The broom is still able to move about unoccupied as normal, however. If you perform this ritual on a second broom while you already have a witch’s broom benefiting from this feature, the first witch’s broom returns to its initial mundane state, and the new broom becomes your witch’s broom.Fine Fettle
At 11th level, you are perpetually healthy and resistant to conditions that could be the death of others. You have resistance to poison damage and are immune to disease and the poisoned condition. Additionally, you age only 1 year for every 5 years you grow older, are immune to the negative effects of aging, and cannot unwillingly die from old age.Grand Olde Wytch
Once you reach 20th level, you have been honored with the title of Grand Olde Wytch, bestowed on only the greatest practitioners of witchcraft. After you roll initiative, you can choose to be able to use your Jinx feature freely for the next one minute without expending any of its uses. All other restrictions on using Jinx still apply.
Hit Die: d6
Primary Ability:
Intelligence Saving Throw Proficiency:
Wisdom & Charisma Armor and Weapon Proficiencies:
Blowguns, daggers, quarterstaffs, sickles Witch Covens
Coven of the Dark Moon
Coven of the Full Moon
Coven of the Half Moon
Coven of the Crescent Moon
Coven of the Eclipse
Coven of the Gibbous Moon
Coven of the Lost Moon Witch Spell List
Intelligence Saving Throw Proficiency:
Wisdom & Charisma Armor and Weapon Proficiencies:
Blowguns, daggers, quarterstaffs, sickles Witch Covens
Coven of the Dark Moon
Coven of the Full Moon
Coven of the Half Moon
Coven of the Crescent Moon
Coven of the Eclipse
Coven of the Gibbous Moon
Coven of the Lost Moon Witch Spell List
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