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 ==== Witch ====
+This is a D&D character class, originally based on the example given on page 175 of the DMG.
+This version, however, is based on the **[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/classes/druid.htm|Druid]]**
+class.
-This is a D&D character class, based on the example given on page 175 of the DMG.
+//Further character class details pending...//
-In addition, it includes the following variants from "Unearthed Arcana":
+== Alignment ==
-  * [[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#sorcererVariantBattleSorcerer|Battle Sorcerer]]
+any.
-  * [[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/variantCharacterClasses.htm#sorcererWizard|Animal Companion, instead of Familiar]]
-==== The Spell List ====
+== Hit Die ==
-Zero Level:
+d6.
-  * Arcane Mark
-  * Cure Minor Wounds
+=== Class Skills ===
-  * Dancing Lights
+The witch's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Craft (Int),
-  * Daze
+Handle Animal (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (Arcana) (Int), Knowledge (Nature) (Int),
-  * Detect Magic
+Listen (Wis), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), Spot (Wis), Survival (Wis),
-  * Detect Poison
+Swim (Str), and Use Magic Device (Cha).
-  * Flare
-  * Ghost Sound
+== Skill Points at 1st Level ==
-  * Light
+(6 + Int modifier) ×4.
-  * Mending
-  * Read Magic
+== Skill Points at Each Additional Level ==
-  * Resistance
+(6 + Int modifier).
-  * Virtue
-  * Minor Disguise (Trans) - Makes slight changes to your appearance (from Spell Compendium)
+=== Table: The Witch ===
-First Level:
+^ ^^^^^^  Spells per Day (and Known)  ^^^^^^^^^^
-  * Cause Fear
+^ Level ^ Base\\ Attack Bonus ^ Fort\\ Save ^ Ref\\ Save ^ Will\\ Save ^ Special ^ 0 ^ 1st ^ 2nd ^ 3rd ^ 4th ^ 5th ^ 6th ^ 7th ^ 8th ^ 9th ^
-  * Change Self
+| 1st | +0 | +0 | +0 | +2 | Brew Potion, Nature Sense, Shapeshift - Predator   | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
-  * Charm Person
+| 2nd | +1 | +0 | +0 | +3 | Wild Empathy  | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
-  * Command
+| 3rd | +2 | +1 | +1 | +3 | Poison Use  | 4 | 3 | 1 | | | | | | | |
-  * Comprehend Languages
+| 4th | +3 | +1 | +1 | +4 | Strong Stomach, predator mobility  | 5 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | |
-  * Cure Light Wounds
+| 5th | +3 | +1 | +1 | +4 | Bonus Creation feat, Shapeshift - Aerial  | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | | | | |
-  * Doom
+| 6th | +4 | +2 | +2 | +5 | Speak w/ Animals  | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | |
-  * Endure Elements
+| 7th | +5 | +2 | +2 | +5 | Magical Wild Empathy, Aerial flyby attack  | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | |
-  * Hypnotism
+| 8th | +6/+1 | +2 | +2 | +6 | Venom immunity, Shapeshift - Slayer  | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
-  * Identify
+| 9th | +6/+1 | +3 | +3 | +6 | Bonus Creation feat  | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
-  * Silent Image
+| 10th | +7/+2 | +3 | +3 | +7 | Slayer improved criticals  | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
-  * Sleep
+| 11th | +8/+3 | +3 | +3 | +7 | Speak w/ Magical Beasts  | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
-  * Speak with Animals
+| 12th | +9/+4 | +4 | +4 | +8 | Bonus Creation Feat, Shapeshift - Avenger  | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | | | |
-  * Ventriloquism
+| 13th | +9/+4 | +4 | +4 | +8 |                       | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | |
-  * Breath of the Jungle (Trans) - Fog makes poison harder to resist (from Spell Compendium)
+| 14th | +10/+5 | +4 | +4 | +9 | Avenger overrun | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | | |
-  * Camouflage (Trans) - Grants +10 bonus on Hide checks (from Spell Compendium)
+| 15th | +11/+6/+1 | +5 | +5 | +9 | Bonus Creation Feat  | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | |
-  * Horrible Taste (Trans) - Touched creature nauseates biting foes (from Spell Compendium)
+| 16th | +12/+7/+2 | +5 | +5 | +10 |                      | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | |
+| 17th | +12/+7/+2 | +5 | +5 | +10 |                     | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | |
+| 18th | +13/+8/+3 | +6 | +6 | +11 | Bonus Creation feat  | 11 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
+| 19th | +14/+9/+4 | +6 | +6 | +11 |                     | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
+| 20th | +15/+10/+5 | +6 | +6 | +12 |                    | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
+Spells are based on Charisma, with bonus spells known //and// bonus spells per day for a high stat.
+=== Class Features ===
+== Weapon & Armor Proficiencies ==
+Witches are proficient with the following weapons: club, dagger, dart, quarterstaff, sling, and shortbow.
+Witches are proficient with light armor.
+A witch can cast witch spells while wearing light armor without incurring the
+normal arcane spell failure chance. However, like any other arcane spellcaster,
+a witch wearing medium or heavy armor or using a shield incurs a chance of
+arcane spell failure if the spell in question has a somatic component (most do).
+A multiclass witch still incurs the normal arcane spell failure chance for
+arcane spells received from other classes.
+== Spells ==
+A witch casts arcane spells, which are drawn from the witch spell list. She can
+cast any spell she knows without preparing it ahead of time. To learn or cast a
+spell, a witch must have a Charisma score equal to at least 10 + the spell
+level. The Difficulty Class for a saving throw against a witch's spell is 10 +
+the spell level + the witch's Charisma modifier.
+Like other spellcasters, a witch can cast only a certain number of spells of
+each spell level per day. Her base daily spell allotment is given on Table: The
+Witch.  Unlike Sorcerers and Bards, the Witch uses the same table for spells
+known as spells per day.  Essentially, a witch could (if she so chooses) cast
+each spell she knows exactly once per day.  Spells are based on Charisma, and
+unlike other spellcasters, she receives a bonus to both spells per day //and//
+spells known if she has a high Charisma score.
+The witch's selection of spells is extremely limited. A witch begins play
+knowing only three 0-level and two 1st level spells of your choice. At each new
+witch level, she gains one or more new spells, as indicated on Table: The Witch.
+(Like spells per day, the number of spells a witch knows is also affected by
+her Charisma score.)
+Upon reaching 5th level, and at every third witch level after that (8th, 11th,
+and so on), a witch can choose to learn a new spell in place of one she already
+knows. In effect, the witch "loses" the old spell in exchange for the new one.
+The new spell's level must be the same as that of the spell being exchanged, and
+it must be at least two levels lower than the highest-level witch spell the witch
+can cast. A witch may swap only a single spell at any given level, and must
+choose whether or not to swap the spell at the same time that she gains new
+spells known for the level.
+As noted above, a witch need not prepare her spells in advance. She can cast any
+spell she knows at any time, assuming she has not yet used up her allotment of
+spells per day for the spell's level.
+== Brew Potion ==
+At 1st level, a witch gains Brew Potion as a bonus feat.  At 8th, 10th, and 13th
+levels, she can use this feat to duplicate the effects of spells of up to 4th,
+th, and 6th level (respecively), as long as that spell has a casting time of
+less than 1 minute.
+== Shapeshift (Su) ==
+(As detailed in the PHB2, pgs. 39-41)
+== Nature Sense (Ex) ==
+At 1st level, a  witch gains a +2 bonus on Knowledge (nature) and Survival checks.
+== Wild Empathy (Ex) ==
+Starting at 2nd level, a witch can improve the attitude of an animal or beast.
+This ability functions just like a Diplomacy check made to improve the attitude
+of a person. The witch rolls 1d20 and adds her witch level and her Charisma
+modifier to determine the wild empathy check result.
+The typical domestic animal has a starting attitude of indifferent, while wild
+animals are usually unfriendly.
+To use wild empathy, the witch and the animal must be able to study each other,
+which means that they must be within 30 feet of one another under normal
+conditions. Generally, influencing an animal in this way takes 1 minute but, as
+with influencing people, it might take more or less time.
+A witch can also use this ability to influence an intelligent creature of the
+magical beast type, but she takes a -4 penalty on the check.
+== Poison Use (Ex) ==
+At 3rd level, Witches potion brewing abilities broaden to encompass
+creation and handling of poisons, and never risk accidentally poisoning
+themselves when handling poisons.
+== Strong Stomach (Ex) ==
+At 4th level, Witches gain the Strong Stomach feat, even if they do not
+meet the prerequisites for the feat.
+Through their extended exposure to all forms of illness and foul substances, they
+have a greater resilience to foul odors than most people. They reduce the effects
+of sickening and nausea by one step. They cannot become nauseated. If they are
+exposed to an effect or condition that would normally make them nauseated, they become
+sickened instead. If an effect or condition would normally sicken them, that effect
+is negated.
+== Bonus Creation feat ==
+At 5th level and every three levels thereafter, the Witch may select a bonus
+creation feat she meets the prerequisites for from the following list:
+Craft Rod, Craft Staff, Craft Wand, Craft Wondrous Item, Craft Magic Arms and
+Armor, Forge Ring, Scribe Scroll, Efficient Alchemy, Greater Potion Brewing,
+Improved Potion Brewing, Brew Spellvial
+// (more likely to be added later)//
+== Speak w/ animals (Su) ==
+At 6th level, the Witches' empathic capacities confer the capacity to Speak with
+intelligent creatures of the animal and beast creature types. This is a supernatural
+ability usable at will, otherwise similar to the //Speak with Animals// spell.
+== Magical Wild Empathy (Ex) ==
+At 7th level, a witches' ability to influence the attitude of other creatures
+expands to include intelligent creatures of the Magical Beast type.
+== Venom Immunity (Ex) ==
+At 8th level, a witch gains immunity to all poisons.
+== Speak w/ Magical Beasts (Su) ==
+At 11th level, the Witches' empathic capacities confer the capacity to Speak with
+intelligent creatures of the magical beast creature type. This is a supernatural
+ability usable at will, otherwise similar to the //Speak with Animals// spell.
+== Spell List ==
+Basically, this follows the general guidelines
+from the DMG, with very little overt power, and focusing primarily on flavor and
+style of spells. Strong suits involve Charms, Communication, Healing,
+Shapechanging, and Transformation.
+//Spells that can be found in the "Spell Compendium" are marked with "(SpC)"//
+\\ //Spells that can be found in "Complete Scoundrel" are marked with "(CS)"//
+\\ //Spells that can be found in "Complete Mage" are marked with "(CM)"//
+  * **Zero Level:**
+    * Arcane Mark
+    * Cure Minor Wounds
+    * Dancing Lights
+    * Daze
+    * Detect Magic
+    * Detect Poison
+    * Flare
+    * Ghost Sound
+    * Light
+    * Mending
+    * Minor Disguise (SpC)
+    * Read Magic
+    * Resistance
+    * Virtue
+  * **First Level:**
+    * Alarm
+    * Aquatic Escape (CS)
+    * Aspect of the Wolf (SpC)
+    * Breath of the Jungle (SpC)
+    * Buoyant Lifting (SpC)
+    * Buzzing Bee (SpC)
+    * Calm Animals
+    * Camouflage (SpC)
+    * Camouflage (SpC)
+    * Cause Fear
+    * Charm Animal
+    * Charm Person
+    * Command
+    * Comprehend Languages
+    * Cure Light Wounds
+    * Dawnburst (CM)
+    * Deep Breath (SpC)
+    * Delay Disease (SpC)
+    * Disguise Self
+    * Dispel Ward (SpC)
+    * Doom
+    * Endure Elements
+    * Enrage Animal (SpC)
+    * Faerie Fire
+    * Grease
+    * Healer's Vision (CS)
+    * Healing Lorecall (SpC)
+    * Healthful Rest (SpC)
+    * Hold Portal
+    * Horrible Taste (SpC)
+    * Hypnotism
+    * Identify
+    * Mimicry (CS)
+    * Phantom Threat (SpC)
+    * Remove Scent (SpC)
+    * Silent Image
+    * Sleep
+    * Speak With Animals
+    * Summon Monster I
+    * Summon Nature's Ally I
+    * Ventriloquism
+    * Warning Shout (SpC)
+    * Winged Watcher (CS)
+  * **Second Level:**
+    * Alter Self
+    * Animal Messenger
+    * Animal Trance
+    * Blinding Spittle (SpC)
+    * Bothersome Babble (CM)
+    * Calm Emotions
+    * Close Wounds (SpC)
+    * Create Magic Tattoo (SpC)
+    * Cure Moderate Wounds
+    * Dark Way (SpC)
+    * Delay Poison
+    * Discern Shapchanger (SpC)
+    * Enthrall
+    * Entice Gift (SpC)
+    * Glitterdust
+    * Hold Animal
+    * Knock
+    * Locate Object
+    * Make Whole
+    * Mesmerizing Glare (SpC)
+    * Mindless Rage (SpC)
+    * Miser's Envy (SpC)
+    * Nightmare Lullaby (SpC)
+    * Quick Potion (SpC)
+    * Remove Paralysis
+    * Reveille (SpC)
+    * Restoration, Lesser
+    * Rope Trick
+    * See Invisibility
+    * Slapping Hand (SpC)
+    * Smoke Stairs (SC)
+    * Speak to Allies (SpC)
+    * **Speak to Monsters** (where's this from? -- or do you mean "Tongues")
+    * Spymaster's Coin (SC)
+    * Status
+    * Stolen Breath (SpC)
+    * Suggestion
+    * Summon Monster II
+    * Summon Nature's Ally II
+    * Summon Swarm
+    * Tongues
+    * Train Animal (SpC)
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