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Witch

Class

The Witch studies magic on the very bleeding edge of modern knowledge. Using a mysterious connection with other planes of existence, they gain the ability to summon and command ghostly companions known as Familiars. Each Familiar is different and unique to the Witch who summons it, and they act as both a focus for their magic and as an adventuring companion.

Witches are specialists in spectral magic, a form which is generally frowned upon by other mages such as those in the Torchlight Society. As a result, they often become social outcasts and tend to associate with others of their own discipline.

Playing as a Witch

While Adventuring

You support your party using your familiar's unique abilities. Depending on the form your familiar takes, you might have it scout ahead, keep watch for danger, listen in on distant conversations, or enter a dangerous room to check for traps.

During Social Interaction

You're wary of socializing with other mages, and careful not to reveal the nature of your powers. You mostly keep to yourself, the company of your familiar, and other Witches.

In Combat

You and your familiar fight as a team. You coordinate your moves with your familiar to attack, defend, and support your party in a multitude of ways.

While Resting

You practice your obscure and advanced magic away from prying eyes. You might brew potions or spend time with your familiar to strengthen your bond.

Starting Equipment

When creating a leveled character that starts with this class, consult the Investigator Starting Equipment table to determine what items you start with. You receive all of the items listed for your starting level and all levels below it. You can choose to replace any number of items with their equivalent value in credits (CR).

Class Features

Witch Specialties

At Level 1, choose three natural skills from the Witch's Natural Skills list. Then choose two of the following specialties:

• Animal Handling (Wisdom)
• Cooking (Technology)
• Frightening (Intimidation)
• First Aid (Medicine)
• Impersonation (Performance)
• Tracking (Instinct)

Spellcasting

At Level 1, you may begin to learn and cast spells. Increase your caster level to 1.

Assign initial values to your magical skills. As a Witch, you have 4 points to spend on these skills, and you can choose from the forms that are a part of your training (Spectral, Elemental, and Physical.)

Spell Studies

At each level where you receive this bonus, you may learn new spells from the Spell Study Guide. This usually, but not always, occurs at each level where your caster level increases.

You may choose to learn a spell of lesser rarity with this ability. For example, whenever you have the option to learn a Rare spell, you may choose to learn an Uncommon or Common spell instead. If you do, you lose the opportunity to learn a Rare spell at that level.

• Level 1: 4 Common Witch spells
• Level 5: 2 Unommon Witch spells and 2 Common Witch spells
• Level 8: 3 Uncommon Witch spells and 2 Common spells of any type
• Level 13: 4 Uncommon Witch spells and 2 Common spells of any type
• Level 16: 1 Rare Witch spell and 3 Uncommon Witch spells
• Level 20: 1 Rare Witch spell, 2 Uncommon Witch spells, and 2 Uncommon spells of any type
• Level 23: 3 Rare Witch spells and 3 Uncommon spells of any type
• Level 26: 1 Legendary Witch spell and 3 Rare Witch spells
• Level 28: 1 Legendary Witch spell, 2 Rare Witch spells, and 1 Rare spell of any type
• Level 30: 4 Legendary Witch spells and 3 Rare spells of any type

Natural Skill Improvement

At each level you receive this bonus, increase each of your natural skills by one level.

This feature can't increase any skill higher than 7 unless you're level 20 or higher. This feature cannot be used to become Legendary.

TIP: To increase a skill beyond 7 at an earlier level, use the Skill Improvement General Feat.

Learning Experience

At each level you receive this bonus, choose one of your knowledges and increase its level by 1, or gain 1 point in a new knowledge subject of your choice. If your Intelligence score is 15 or greater, you may do this twice each time you receive this bonus. If it's 20 or greater, you may do this three times.

Knowledges can't be increased beyond 10 at any level.

Familiar

The ability to summon and control a Familiar, a guardian spirit that takes the form of an animal, is the Witch's signature power. At Level 3, you gain the ability to summon your own Familiar. Choose a form for your Familiar to take from the list below, or roll a d10.

You learn the Summon Familiar spell. Your familiar acts as a follower. It always obeys your commands, acts on its own turn, and conveys its sense of sight, hearing, and smell to you. When your familiar dies, you must wait until the next time you rest before you can summon it again.

Each form of familiar has different stats and unique abilities. Your familiar gains additional hit points as you level up as shown in the Witch table. Familiars have a base turn length of 1.

Your familiar gains additional features at levels 9, 13, 18, and 23.

Specialty Improvement

At each level you receive this bonus, choose one of your specialties and increase its level by 1. Specialties can't be increased above 3.

If you don't have any specialties that can be improved when you receive this bonus, you may gain 1 point in a new specialty of your choice..

Witch Bonus

At each level where you receive this bonus, choose one of the following:

• You learn one additional Common spell of your choice from any school of magic.
• You learn one Common potion recipe of your choice.
• Increase your Dark Energy total by 10. (Level 14 and up only)

Ability Score Improvement

At each level where you receive this bonus, increase one of your ability scores by 2, or two different scores by 1 each.

Ability scores can't be increased above 20 using this feature until your overall level reaches 15, and no ability score can be increased above 30 at any level.

After updating your score, be sure to update the relevant modifiers, including skills and other calculated stats that factor in the increased scores.

Spiritual Connection

Your familiar becomes stronger and able to act more quickly as you level up. At Level 6, your Familiar's turn length increases to 2.

At Level 12, your familiar's turn length increases to 3.

At Level 21, your familiar's turn length increases to 4.

Dark Energy

Not only can Witches use their spectral magic to absorb energy from other creatures, they can use their own energy to enhance other spellcasters' abilities. Starting at Level 7, you gain Dark Energy. This is a shared pool of energy that can be used by any allied creature with 30 feet. Your Dark Energy increases with your level according to the Witch table, and is separate from your normal energy pool which increases with your caster level as normal.

Familiar Focus

Starting at Level 10, you can have your Familiar cast spells. You can cast any spell you know through your Familiar, but it can't be amplified and must draw from your Dark Energy. The cast difficulty of the spell is the same as it would be for you to cast it. Spells cast through your familiar that have a range of Self affect your familiar.

Collective Might

Your Dark Energy produces more powerful magic than most mages. Starting at Level 15, whenever a spell is cast using your dark energy, one other creature within range can assist on the spellcasting skill check. The assisting creature has disadvantage unless they also know the spell being cast. Spells cast successfully this way are automatically amplified to the next-highest factor.

(The cast difficulty remains based on the initiator's skill level, as normal.)

Strengthened Bond

Starting at Level 20, the magic that binds your familiar to reality becomes stronger. Your familiar is able to take on a more corporeal form, which makes its attacks far stronger. All of your familiar's attacks increase by +2d damage, and it gains the ability to cast amplified spells.

Collective Subconscious

Starting at Level 25, you and your allies can use Dark Energy as a powerful mental bond.

You, members of your party, and non-player companions can cast any spell a party member knows using Dark Energy. When casting a spell this way, a creature may use the highest spellcasting skill modifier among members of the party.

(Creatures that are incapable of casting spells or who haven't unlocked magical abilities can't benefit from this feature.)

Legendary Summoner

At Level 30, your summoning ability exceeds the bounds of current human knowledge of magic. You gain the ability to summon an exceptionally powerful familiar by amplifying the Summon Familiar spell to a level greater than 10.

For each level above 10 you amplify the spell to, the resulting familiar gains:

• +1 to each of its ability scores,
• +1 to each of its distinct skills,
• a +3 bonus to the damage on all of its attacks,
• +20 maximum hit points

Witch Class Feats