Jarviskjir Players Guide - Classes

The Witch

Class Features

As a Witch, you gain the following class features

Hit Points

• Hit Dice: 1d6 per witch level
• 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

Proficiencies

• Armor: None
• Weapons: Blowguns, Daggers, Darts, Slings, Quarterstaffs, Sickles
• Tools: Herbalism Kit, Poisoners Kit

• Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma
• Skills: Choose two from Animal Handling, Arcana, History, Insight, Medicine, Nature, Religion, Survival

Equipment

You start with the following equipment, in addition to the equipment granted by your background:

• (a) 2 daggers or (b) a quarterstaff
• a component pouch
• (a) a wand or (b) an orb
• (a) a dungeoneers pack, or (b) a scholar’s pack

Spellcasting

The Witch table shows how many spell slots you have to cast spells, expending a spell slot to do so and regaining all expended spell slots once you finish a long rest. A Witch prepares the spells they have available after each long rest, choosing a number of spells to prepare equal to their Wisdom Modifier + their Witch Level. The Spells Known column of the Witch table shows when you learn more Witch spells of your choice. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

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. Witches draw their powers from the dark corners of nature magic, places where druids dare not tread and wizards cannot see. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your Witch spells.

Spell Save DC = 8 + Proficiency bonus + Wisdom Modifier

Spell Attack Modifier = Proficiency bonus + Wisdom Modifier.

Spellcasting Focus

A Witch must use either a staff (quarterstaff) , wand, rod or orb as their Spellcasting focus.

Ritual Casting

You can cast a Witch spell as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag and is a spell you have learned, even if that spell is not prepared.

Elder Magic

When you take this class at 1st level you gain access to the ancient arcane elder magic. When you cast a Witch Spell of 1st level or higher, you may choose one of the Elder Magic effects to take place choosing from Elder Magic you know. Elder Magic effects take place after you cast the spell and You may only be under one Elder Magic effect at a time. You have a number of Elder Magic casts equal to your Wisdom Modifier + half your Witch Level, restoring your Elder Magic charge on a long or Short Rest.

When you choose this class you gain 2 Elder Magic of your choice, and gain another at levels 4, 8, 12 and 16.

• Earthen Assurance, Stone and rock rises around your body, securing your physical body to the ground and giving your mental body structure. You gain advantage on Constitution checks and saves until the end of your next turn.

• Bladestorm, With a scream of primal rage, shards of ethereal magic fly in all directions from your form. All creatures within 5 feet of you must make a Dexterity save or take 1d4 piercing damage. This increases to 2d4 at 5th level, 3d4 at 10th level and 4d4 at 15th level.

• Wild Ice, All creatures within 10 feet of must make a Constitution save or have their speed halved until the start of your next turn.
• Footfall, With a cascade of bright magic, you teleport to a location you see within 10 feet. This does not provoke opportunity attacks.
• Ancient Eye, One creature within 60 feet must make a Charisma save. On a failed save that target has disadvantage on one save of your choice for until the start of your next turn.
• Flame Ward, Your body enwreathes in ancient fire, you gain resistance to fire and cold damage until the start of your next turn.
• Shrike, You immediately make a dagger throw attack at a creature within range, one of your daggers teleporting to your hand.
• Elder Form, You body reverts to a form of primal magic, clawed and fanged. Your unarmed attacks deal 1d4 piercing damage on your next turn. This goes up to 2d4 at 5th level, 3d4 at 10th level, and 4d4 at 15th level.
• Metaphysical Hornets, One target of your choice within 15 feet takes 2 piercing damage.
• Tanglesnap, Primal plantlife springs from the ground pulling at your foes. You make one creature within Touch range make a Strength save or fall prone.
• Ether Totem, You create a 5 foot wide 7 foot tall totem of stone and wood in a space you can see within 30 feet of you to be used as cover. This cannot be conjured within 5 feet of a creature that isn’t yourself.

Occult Schooling

At 2nd Level you gain the powers taught from one generation to the next by your elder schooling. You may choose between the Bonded, Dollmaker or Spiritualist subclasses.

Ability Score Improvement

At 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th and 19th levels you can increase one ability score of your choice by 2, or you can increase two ability scores of your choice by 1. As normal, you can't increase an ability score above 20 using this feature.

Friendship is Witchcraft

Once you reach 3rd Level, whenever your Elder Magic ability triggers you may choose to have the effect happen to a friendly creature within 30 feet of you instead of yourself.

Blood Wards

When you reach 14th level and you trigger your Elder Magic ability you gain resistance to a damage type of your choice until the start of your next turn.

Witch Queen

At 20th level when you trigger your Elder Magic you may trigger two effects at once, one before your spell and one after, and you gain access to all Elder Magics.

Occult Schooling

Young witches are trained by the old. Most young folk who become witches are trained by an old master who teaches them knowledge passed down for hundreds of generations. Each line of knowledge tracks back to ancient witches that harnessed the primal first magics, and each line of schooling specialises in particular occult activities.

Bonded

A Bonded Witch is never alone. Early in their magical training they forge a bond with an otherworldly entity, sharing their magic and life force between them like a symbiotic relationship. These magical familiars fly between a Witches allies granting magical boons and powers.

Bonded Familiar

You may cast the Find Familiar Spell for free once per Long Rest. For you this cast time is only 1 minute and requires no component costs. Your Familiar has stronger abilities than most. It may take the form of the regular animals, or be an amalgamation of 2 animals. It also may have a flying speed of 15 feet if it did not already.

Your Familiar may join allied creatures in their spaces. At all times your Familiar has atleast one Spirit Boon active. This Boon either effects the Familiar, or a friendly creature the Familiar is touching. Spirit Boons can be either regular or Double Potency but at Level 2 you can only have 1 potency. You may use a bonus action to change Spirit Boons active on your Familiar. A Spirit Boon can only effect one creature other than your Familiar at any time.

Spirit Boons

• Protective Aura, The creature touching the Familiar gains +1 AC. At Double Potency , this gives +3 AC to the creature.

• Fortify Flesh, The creature touching the Familiar starts every turn with 2 temporary hit points. At Double Potency , this gives 6 temporary HP to the creature at the start of every turn.

• Uncanny Form, Your Familiar creates an illusionary disguise around their form of your choice, no bigger than a 5 foot cube. At Double Potency this illusion also covers the creature the familiar is touching.

• Sight Beyond, The creature touching the Familiar has +2 to Perception and Investigation Checks. At Double Potency the creature has advantage on Perception and Investigation Checks.

• Beaming Beacon, Your familiar illuminates, creating 20 feet of bright light and 20 feet of dim light. At Double Potency, any ranged attacks against the familiar or the creature touching the familiar suffer disadvantage.

• Whimsy, The creature touching the Familiar gains +5 speed. At Double Potency, this gives +15 speed.

• Arrowhead, As a reaction the Familiar can give the creature they are touching advantage on their next attack, this dispels the familiar. At Double Potency this still dispels the familiar, but the attack automatically hits.

• Stern Form, The creature touching the familiar has +2 to a Save of your choice. At Double Potency the creature touching the familiar has advantage on said save.

Paired Potency

At 6th level, your bond with your familiar strengthens. You now have 2 levels of potency that your Familiar can have access at any time. This means you can use a Boon at potency 2, or two boons at Potency 1.

Dapper Disguise

At 10th level your Familiar can now take the form of a Humanoid of small or medium size if you wish. They have 12 for all ability score attributes while in this form. When in this form they can give their Spirit Boon to one creature within Touch range.

Dollmaker

There’s a reason why people never trust the village dollmaker. The constructs they craft are mockeries of life that leech the powers off of real creatures. A Dollmaker can use their occult effigies to twist and manipulate their foes like puppets, as long as they can steal a sprig of hair.

Weave Effigy

At first level you learn how to create effigies of your foes. As a bonus action you can use your magic to weave a voodoo effigy of a creature you can see within 120 feet of you, or if you have lock of that persons hair. The effigy fades to useless dust after one hour and you may only have one effigy at a time. The effects of an effigy cannot travel across planes. All damage done to creatures using an effigy is considered non-lethal but magical. When wielding an effigy you may use your action to perform any of the following actions. You may also use a bonus action to turn your effigy into a different creature. A creature does not know about the effigy until you start attacking them with it. You may make a number of Effigies a day equal to your Wisdom Modifier.

• Stitch, You stab the effigy, making a melee spell attack against the creature the effigy represents. On a hit it takes 1d8 piercing damage. At 5th level this damage increases to 2d8, 3d8 at 10th level and 4d8 at 15th level.
• Move, You may manipulate the effigy, effectively casting the spell Puppet on the creature, without using a spell slot.
• Steal Sight, You may look through the eyes of the creature your effigy represents. If the creature passes a wisdom save they are aware this effect is taking place and can close their eyes or avert their vision.
• Destroy, If you destroy the effigy of the creature you are holding, that creature takes 1d10 psychic damage, and then can no longer be healed in any way for 24 hours. That damage increases to 2d10 at level 5, 3d10 at level 10 and 4d10 and level 15.

Puppet Party

Beginning at 6th level you can create an puppet effigy of each member of your party. It takes 1 hour to create each one of these friendly effigies and you can have 6 at one time. Using these effigies you can whisper to them, the creature the effigy represents hearing the words you whisper. Once per long rest you may cast a spell on a friendly puppet and have that spell effect the allied creature it represents.

Beyond Two Souls

At 10th level you may create two effigies at once with one bonus action and carry both on you. You cannot use your actions on both effigies at once.

Spiritualist

While may witches learn to forge healing potions its Spiritualists who embrace healative magic best. They can stitch together the wounds of their allies by sacrificing their own lifeforce. While this is dangerous a Spiritualist has hardened their own soul beyond that of most mortals via dedication and occult craft.

Soul Burn

When you take this subclass at 2nd level you learn the Spare the Dying cantrip. When you cast Spare the Dying on a creature, or any other healing spell on a dying or unconscious creature, you may spend your own hit dice, rolling them to grant them the extra healing.

Shared Pain

At 2nd level as a reaction, when a creature you see within 30 feet takes damage you may use your magic to absorb the damage. Reduce the damage creature takes by half, and then the Witch takes half the damage also. This cannot reduce you below 1 HP, although if you have 1 HP you cannot use this ability. You may use this ability a number of times equal to your Wisdom Modifier before taking a Long Rest.

Wind of Health

Beginning at 6th level when you cast a Healing Spell on a target, you now gain a temporary +2 bonus to your AC and to all saves until the start of your next turn. The range of Shared Pain also increases to 60 feet. You also gain access to a unique Elder Magic, Witches Kiss.

• Witches Kiss, After the casting of a spell, you immediately heal 1d4 + half your Wisdom Modifier.

Steeled Soul

At 10th level, when you use Shared Pain, the creature that is the original target of the damage now takes no damage, and you still take half of the original damage. The range of Shared Pain also increases to 120 feet. Additionally, when casting a healing spell on any target you may Soul Burn, spending your own Hit Dice, the result added to the healing you give.