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The Witch
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ending low over an iron
cauldron, a Human dressed
in dark robes mutters an incantation.
As the final act, she draws a cruel black-iron
dagger across her own palm, and lets fall the
blood into the steaming maw of the cauldron.
She draws in her breath sharply as a spirit
billows forth from the depths, and envelopes the witch,
granting her powers beyond reckoning.
Withered and gaunt, an old Halfling peeks out of his hut
deep in the woods. He extends his hand, and a familiar raven
with intelligent, fiendish yellow eyes alights on his arm,
cawing quietly. He understands, and smiles.
A young Half-Orc woman strides into the midst of a battle,
drawing forth from her soul the tendrils of spiritual magic.
She whispers a forgotten name, and releases a spirit from its
enslavement, sending its wrath to haunt her enemies on the
field. She smiles as she hears a soldier's terrified screams.
Witches understand the power inherent in a creature's
spirit, and draw their magic from the enchantment, or
entrapment, of powerful spirits. Some witches tend toward
goodness, forming an affectionate bond with the spirits they
bind, but many witches tend toward chaos, and sometimes
evil, forcing souls to do their bidding, and drawing strength
from the spirit's bond.
The Commune
The common thought that all witches are female is not in the
least bit true, though many women do seek the comfort of a
witch's coven to abandon the world, so often dominated by
cruel and selfish men.
As opposed to wizardry, in which the student often finds
him- or herself alone with a book in the study of magic,
witchcraft is by its very nature communal --- rituals are
passed down from generation to generation, often only by
word-of-mouth, and each coven tends to adopt its own
traditions of plucking at the weave, the magic words of one
coven often being alien to another.
The Covenant
The power of a witch is drawn from their coven, and from the
covenant that each witch undergoes to join. Though some
covens are drawn together solely for their thirst for power,
other covens are bonded by a genuine love for one another, a
magic that may equal their eldritch pursuits.
A witch has made a pact, a covenant, with the other
members of the coven, and it is from this pact that their
magic flows. A witch's covenant ritual often involves fire,
blood, and sacrifices, and fundamentally changes the witch's
soul, binding it to their coven and its members.
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Signs of
a Covenant
Oftentimes, the covenant
also works slight physical changes
in a witch, and the discerning eye may catch
a witch by subtle signs: a strangely shaded eye,
a curious tattoo, a vivid lock of hair, or perhaps
even feathers growing like hair, as if it were always that way...
Signs of a Covenant
d6 Sign
The iris of one or both of your eyes is a strange color,
1
like violet or ochre
You have a small tattoo of an animal or fey creature,
2
and in firelight it seems to move
You have a lock of stark white hair, and nothing you do
3
can change it or disguise it, even illusory spells
4
The feather of a bird of prey is entangled in your hair,
or perhaps it grows from your scalp
5 You have nine fingers
6
An ancient rune is set in your skin, made either by a
knife or a brand
Creating a Witch
As you make your witch character, spend some time thinking
about the coven to which you belong. Did you actively seek
out a coven, or were you born in the coven and brought up in
its rituals and traditions? Do you feel conflict regarding your
coven's binding rituals, or do you revel in the promises of the
knowledge and power that your coven seeks?
Perhaps most importantly: why have you left the safety of
your coven? Do you seek further power that your coven could
not promise? Do you adventure on behalf of your coven, or
have you been exiled?
Reflect on the relationship that you may have with your
coven, and work with your DM to determine to what degree
witchcraft will play in your adventure.
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 The Witch — Spell Slots per Spell Level —
Proficiency Bound Cantrips Spells
Level Bonus Spirits Features Known Known 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
1st +2 — Coven, Spellcasting 3 3 2 — — — — — — — —
2nd +2 1 Binding Rites 3 4 3 — — — — — — — —
3rd +2 1 Witch's Familiar 3 5 4 2 — — — — — — —
4th +2 1 Ability Score Improvement 4 6 4 3 — — — — — — —
5th +3 2 — 4 7 4 3 2 — — — — — —
6th +3 2 Coven feature 4 8 4 3 3 — — — — — —
7th +3 3 — 4 9 4 3 3 1 — — — — —
8th +3 3 Ability Score Improvement 4 10 4 3 3 2 — — — — —
9th +4 4 — 4 11 4 3 3 3 1 — — — —
10th +4 4 Spiritual Spellcasting, Familiar Magic 5 11 4 3 3 3 2 — — — —
11th +4 5 — 5 12 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
12th +4 5 Ability Score Improvement 5 12 4 3 3 3 2 1 — — —
13th +5 5 — 5 13 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
14th +5 5 Coven feature 5 13 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 — —
15th +5 6 — 5 14 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
16th +5 6 Ability Score Improvement 5 14 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 —
17th +6 6 Familiar Spirit 5 15 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1
18th +6 7 Coven feature 5 15 4 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
19th +6 7 Ability Score Improvement 5 16 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 1 1
20th +6 7 Spirit Step 5 16 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1

Quick Build
You can make a witch quickly by following these
suggestions. First, choose your spellcasting ability
determined by your chosen Coven , followed by Constitution.
Second, choose the hermit background. Third, choose the
chill touch, infestation, and thaumaturgy cantrips, along with
the 1st-level spells false life, hex, and witch bolt.
Tools: Herbalism kit
Class Features Saving Throws: Intelligence or Charisma, Wisdom
Skills: Choose two from Animal Handling, Arcana,
As a witch, you have the following class features. Deception, Insight, Intimidation, Medicine, Nature,
Hit Points Perception, Persuasion, and Survival
Hit Dice: 1d6 Equipment
Hit Points at 1st Level: 6 + your Constitution modifier You start with the following equipment, in addition to the
Hit Points at Higher Levels: 1d6 (or 4) + your equipment granted by your background:
Constitution modifier per witch level after 1st
a component pouch, herbalism kit, and a dagger
Proficiencies (a) a sling or (b) a short bow and 20 arrows
Armor: none (a) a priest's pack or (b) a dungeoneer's pack
Weapons: Clubs, daggers, javelins, quarterstaffs, sickles, (a) an arcane focus or (b) a druidic focus
spears, darts, slings, short bows
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Coven
At 1st level, you have joined one of the Covens of Blood, Pain,
Peace, Secrets, or Shadows, each of which is detailed at the
end of the class description. Your choice determines your
spellcasting ability modifier, and grants you features at 1st
level, and again at 6th, 14th, and 18th level.
Spellcasting
Your contact with the spirit world, and your other eldritch
rituals within your coven have granted you the ability to cast
spells. See chapter 10 of the PHB for the general rules of
spellcasting, and p.11 of this document for the witch spell list.
Cantrips
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 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 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.
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. 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
Your spellcasting ability for your witch spells is determined
by the Coven that you belong to, since you draw your magic
from your coven's traditions and binding rites. You use this
ability whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In
addition, you use this ability's 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 spellcasting ability modifier
Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus +
your spellcasting ability modifier
Ritual Casting
You can cast any witch spell you know as a ritual if that spell
has the ritual tag.
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Spellcasting Focus
You can use an arcane focus or a druidic focus (chapter 5 of
the PHB) as a spellcasting focus for your witch spells.
Binding Rites
At 2nd level, you can bind spirits to your service. You can bind
a spirit in one of two ways, and both methods require the use
of a small, special dagger, called an athame, and you add this
dagger to your inventory at 2nd level. You are considered
proficient with this weapon, and attack and damage rolls
made with this weapon use your spellcasting ability modifier.
Furthermore, you can use your athame as an spellcasting
focus for your witch spells.
When you bind a spirit to your service, choose a spell slot
which the spirit fills. That spell slot is no longer avilable for
casting spells, and it remains unavailable for as long as that
spirit remains bound to you. If you later release the spirit, the
spell slot is expended, and can be recovered at the end of a
long rest. The spirit's power equals the level of the spell slot
filled. For example, a spirit of Hate occupying a 3rd level spell
slot is a 3rd level spirit.
You can't have more than one spirit with the same
disposition bound at one time, and you can have a number of
spirits bound equal to the number in the Bound Spirits
column of the Witch table.
Ritual. Binding a spirit using a ritual takes 1 hour, can be
completed during a short rest or at the end of a long rest, and
requires a component pouch and a source of flame, like a
brazier or a bonfire. As the final act of the ritual, you must use
the athame on yourself — you lose current hit points equal to
the athame's damage roll, and your Max Hit Points are
reduced by the same amount. Your Max Hit Points recover
after you take a long rest. When you finish the ritual, you bind
to any Spirit for which you meet the prerequisite.
Violence. You can make an attack against a single creature
with an Intelligence score of at least 6 with your athame. If
the creature dies within 1 minute, you entrap the creature's
spirit. Roll a d8, and consult the table below. The result of the
roll determines the type of spirit that you bind to your service,
even if you do not meet its prerequisite. If the type of spirit is
the same as a type that you already have, the binding fails.
Violent Binding
d8 Bound Spirit d8 Bound Spirit
1 Desire 5 Hate
2 Envy 6 Hunger
3 Fear 7 Serenity
4 Generosity 8 Wonder
Witch's Familiar
At 3rd level, you learn how to cast the spell find familiar as a
ritual without expending material components, and you can
cast it as a ritual even if it is not one of your known spells.
When you cast find familiar for the first time, you must
choose whether the creature is a celestial, fey, or fiend. This
choice is permanent, and whenever you cast this spell in the
future, you conjure the same spirit. In addition, the familiar
gains an Intelligence score of 6 if it is not already 6 or higher.
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 You and your familiar benefit from a special bond. Your
abilities to telepathically communicate with your familiar, as
well as your ability to see and hear through it, are unaffected
by distance, so long as you both are on the same plane. In
addition, when you conjure your familiar, and whenever you
finish a long rest, your familiar gains temporary hit points
equal to your witch level + your spellcasting ability modifier.
Finally, your bond grants you both a boon:
Celestial. Your familiar knows the light cantrip. It also
knows either the guidance or resistance cantrip (you choose,
and this choice can't be changed).
In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against
being frightened while you are within 30 feet of your familiar.
Fey. Your familiar knows the cause fear spell, and can cast
it once at 1st level. It uses your spellcasting ability modifier. It
regains the use of this ability when you finish a rest.
In addition, you have advantage on saving throws against
being charmed, and you can't be put to sleep by magical
means, while you are within 30 feet of your familiar.
Fiend. Your familiar knows the produce flame cantrip, and
can cast it as an action. It uses your spellcasting ability
modifier for attack rolls. The cantrip increases in damage by
1d8 at 5th level, and again at 11th level and 17th level.
In addition, you have advantage on Charisma (Deception)
and Charisma (Intimidation) checks while you are within 30
feet of your familiar.
Abiliy Score Improvement
When you reach 4th level, and again at 8th, 12th, 16th, and
19th level, 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.
Spiritual Spellcasting
At 10th level, you may dismiss a spirit as a bonus action to
recover a spell slot of a level equal to that of the spirit’s. The
release effect of the spirit you dismissed is not activated.
In addition, as an action, you can move a spirit from one
spell slot to another. Moving a spirit expends the former spell
slot, and fills the new one.
Familiar Magic
At 10th level, the bond you have formed with your familiar
grows stronger. If your familiar is subject to an effect that
allows it to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half
damage, it instead takes no damage if it succeeds, and only
half damage if it fails.
Finally, your familiar gains the following feature.
Celestial. As an action, the familiar can heal a willing
creature it touches. This power restores 1d4 hit points
multiplied by your spellcasting ability modifier. It regains the
use of this ability when you finish a short or long rest.
Fey. The familiar adds your spellcasting ability modifier to
its AC and bonus to initiative rolls.
Fiend. The familiar adds your spellcasting ability modifier
to the damage rolls of its produce flame cantrip, and casts
this cantrip as a bonus action.
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Familiar Spirit
At 17th level, you have learned how to extend your binding
powers to your familiar. You can use your Binding Rites
feature to bind a single spirit to your familiar, and the level of
the spirit is equal to your spellcasting modifier. This spirit
does not count against your total number of Bound Spirits.
Your familiar benefits from the spirit’s passive effect, and
you do as well as long as your familiar is within 100 feet of
you, and on the same plane of existence. If you permanently
dismiss your familiar or cast find familiar again to change the
creature's form, the bound spirit is dismissed without produc-
ing its release effect. If the familiar dies, the spirit that was
bound to your familiar produces its release effect instantly.
Spirit Step
At 20th level, you gain the ability to project part of yourself
into the Ethereal Plane. You and your belongings become
invisible and incorporeal for up 1 minute. You gain immunity
to all non-magical damage, resistance to magical damage,
and are immune to being grappled, paralyzed, petrified,
poisoned, and restrained. You can't attack or cast spells while
in this state. You maintain concentration on this effect as if it
were a spell.
During this time, you may move your normal speed and
may pass through solid objects. As a bonus action, you can
rematerialize and end the effect. If you are in a location
occupied by a creature or solid object when this effect ends,
you are shunted to the nearest occupied space and take force
damage equal to twice the number of feet you are moved as a
result. You may use this ability once, after which you must
complete a long rest to use it again.
If you are already on the Ethereal Plane when you use this
ability, nothing happens and the action is wasted.
Covens
Almost all witches belong to a coven, a loosely bound
gathering of like-minded practitioners that share traditions
and philosophies regarding their magic and binding rites.
Each coven grants its adherents unique magic, and as a
witch delves deeper into its coven's traditions, they gain even
more powerful abilities. Your choice grants you features at
1st level, and again at 6th, 14th, and 18th levels. The coven a
witch belongs to also determines their spellcasting ability.
Coven of Blood
Witches of the Coven of Blood, known as red witches or
blood witches, use sacrificial offerings in their rituals to bind
spirits to serve the realm they formerly inhabited. These
witches know the power of a soul's past, and of the tokens
they left behind. The spellcasting ability for a witch of the
Coven of Blood is Wisdom.
Expanded Spell List
The Coven of Blood lets you choose from an expanded list of
spells when you learn a witch spell. The following spells are
added to the witch spell list for you.
Blooded Spells
Witch Level Spells
1st bane, cure wounds
3rd hold person, locate object
5th life transference, vampiric touch
7th locate creature, hold monster
9th geas, mass cure wounds
Blood Ties
At 1st level, you can cast a spell against a single creature over
great distances. If you have a token belonging to another
creature (blood, hair, clothing), you can cast a single-target
spell on the token, and the spell affects the creature as long
as the creature is within 1 mile. When you cast a spell using
this feature, the token is consumed as a material component.
At 5th level, the range of this feature increases to 10 miles,
and at 10th level, you can use this feature as long as the
target is on the same plane of existence as you.
Blood Binding
At 6th level, if a living creature dies within 30 feet of you, you
may use your reaction to bind its soul to one of your
unexpended spell slots. Roll a d8 and consult the Violent
Binding table to determine the type of spirit you have bound,
or the DM may decide a spirit for you, depending on the
behavior of the target creature. You can't use this feature to
exceed your total number of Bound Spirits.
The spirit is dismissed after you finish a long rest, or when
you use a bonus action to dismiss the spirit, and the spell slot
in which the spirit was bound is restored. You may also
release the spirit normally and cause its release effect. The
creature who provided the soul cannot be resurrected during
the time that its spirit is bound. You may use this ability once,
after which you must complete a long rest to use it again.
Bloody Dominion
At 14th level, you learn to gain control of the blood within a
living being. Once per long rest, you can cast a unique version
of dominate person that has the following changes: the target
creature must make a Constitution saving throw, instead of a
Wisdom saving throw, to avoid the effects of the spell, and if
you or creatures that are friendly to you are fighting it, it
doesn't have advantage on the saving throw. Humanoid
creatures considered undead or incorporeal, as well as
constructs, are unaffected by this feature.
Call Forth the Flesh
At 18th level, you can use your bonus action to release a spirit
to bind any creature to the mortal realm. The creature must
succeed at a Constitution saving throw, or lose any immun-
ities and restistances it has to being grappled, paralyzed,
petrified, prone, and restrained by you, and this effect lasts for
1 minute. The creature makes another saving throw at the
end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.
If the CR of the creature is lower than the spirit's level, the
creature automatically fails its initial saving throw.
You may use this ability once, after which you must
complete a long rest to use it again.
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Coven of Pain
Witches of the Coven of Pain, known as grey witches, use
coercion, pain, and psychological torture to subjgate spirits
into service. Witches of this coven often have a natural
inclination to use their force of will to bind spirits and extract
power, with little regard to a spirit's well-being. The spell-
casting ability for a witch of the Coven of Pain is Charisma.
Expanded Spell List
The Coven of Pain lets you choose from an expanded list of
spells when you learn a witch spell. The following spells are
added to the witch spell list for you.
Painful Spells
Witch Level Spells
1st entangle, inflict wounds
3rd cloud of daggers, mind spike
5th call lightning, elemental weapon
7th evard's black tentacles, vitriolic sphere
9th contagion, negative energy flood
Ruin
At 1st level, whenever you score a critical hit with a weapon
or spell, the target creature has disadvantage on its next
attack roll, ability check, and saving throw that it attempts
within the next minute.
Doom
At 6th level, you have learned to coerce your bound spirits to
grant you more power. When you bind a spirit to your service,
that spirit may be considered 1 level higher than the spell slot
in which it resides. A spirit can't be a higher level than the
highest level for which you can cast spells, and a spirit can't
be higher than 9th level. You can only have one spirit bound
in this way.
Vengeance
At 14th level, you can force your bound spirits to fight on your
behalf. When you release a spirit of 6th level or higher as an
action, you can cast the spell conjure fey instead of activating
the spirit's release effect. The creature that you conjure is the
released spirit embodied in the form of a beast-type creature,
and the creature's type is undead.
Sound of Silence
You have learned to harness the pain of your bound spirits.
Starting at 18th level, whenever you cast a spell that targets a
single creature and deals fire, cold, lightning, thunder,
radiant, or necrotic damage, the spell can deal psychic
damage instead. In addition, if you are attuned to any magic
weapon that has a bonus to attack and damage rolls, the
bonus to damage rolls made by that weapon can deal psychic
damage, instead of the weapon's normal damage type.
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 Coven of Peace
Witches of the Coven of Peace, known as white witches or
good witches, offer safe haven and respite to spirits, and
request power in return. Though not always true, witches of
this coven tend to foster friendlier bonds with their spirits
than other witches. The spellcasting ability for a witch of the
Coven of Peace is Wisdom.
Expanded Spell List
The Coven of Peace lets you choose from an expanded list of
spells when you learn a witch spell. The following spells are
added to the witch spell list for you.
Peaceful Spells
Witch Level Spells
1st protection from evil and good, sanctuary
3rd lesser restoration, calm emotions
5th remove curse, spirit guardians
7th death ward, freedom of movement
9th antilife shell, greater restoration
Soothing Presence
At 1st level, you learn the friends cantrip, and a creature
affected by this magic doesn't become hostile to you when the
spell ends, although it still realizes it was charmed.
Spirit Ward
At 6th level, you learn a rite that shields you from spiritual
harm. As an action, you create a stationary 15-foot-radius
sphere centered on yourself. The ward lasts 1 minute, and
you must maintain concentration as if concentrating on a
spell. A thin, glowing line of magical energy appears wherever
the sphere intersects with another surface. All creatures
inside the ward gain the following benefits:
You cannot be charmed, frightened, incapacitated, or
possessed by undead creatures
You have resistance to all damage from undead creatures
If you drop to 0 hit points but are not killed, you stabilize
In addition, any undead or incorporeal creature that
attempts to enter the ward must succeed on a Charisma
saving throw against your spell save DC, or have their
movement reduced to 0.
Once you use this ability, you must finish a short or long
rest to use this ability again.
Safe Haven
At 14th level, you can retain control over a spirit after you
release it. After a spirit expends its release effect, it remains
bound in the same spell slot, and you can release it again. You
must finish a long rest in order to use this feature again.
Possession
At 18th level, if you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed
outright, your body is possessed by a bound spirit of your
choice, and you continue to act for as many rounds as the
level of the spirit. During this time, your hit points remain at
0 and you continue to make death saving throws. Dying does
not end the possession.
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When the possession is over, the spirit is dismissed, and
your body collapses to the ground. If, however, your body is
destroyed or transported to another plane, the spirit is
instantly dismissed and the possession ends. This possession
also ends early if you regain any hit points, and the spirit is
still dismissed without activating its release effect. You must
finish a long rest before using this feature again.
Coven of Secrets
Witches of the Coven of Secrets, known as green witches or
fey witches, offer trinkets or bits of information to entice
spirits into service. Witches belonging to this coven believe in
the power of knowledge, and use their magic to distract and
enthrall their enemies. The most powerful witches of this
coven can even peer into the future, and use their magic to
change another's fate. The spellcasting ability for a witch of
the Coven of Secrets is Intelligence.
Expanded Spell List
The Coven of Secrets lets you choose from an expanded list
of spells when you learn a witch spell. The following spells
are added to the witch spell list for you.
Secretive Spells
Witch Level Spells
1st comprehend languages, faerie fire
3rd augury, Nystul's magic aura
5th clairvoyance, hypnotic pattern
7th Leomund's secret chest, scrying
9th awaken, legend lore
Quickening
At 1st level, you can use an action to enter a special trance,
allowing you to see into the Ethereal Plane up to 30 feet. You
are also able to speak to any creature that you can see on this
plane. This trance requires concentration up to a minute, as if
it were a spell. You can use this ability once, and must finish a
short or long rest to use this ability again.
Spiritual Gift
At 6th level, you may conduct a special ritual to temporarily
bind one of your existing spirits to a willing creature of your
choice. This ritual takes 1 hour, and can be conducted as part
of a short or long rest. You lose the passive effect of the spirit,
and the creature that receives this gift gains the passive effect
of that bound spirit until the creature finishes a long rest, or
until you release or dismiss the spirit.
All Secrets
At 14th level, you learn the spell true seeing and add it to your
list of known spells. It does not count against your number of
known spells. In addition, you can cast it once without
expending a spell slot or requiring material components. You
must finish a long rest to cast the spell in this way again.
This spell ends early if you use your Quickening ability, and
casting true seeing ends your Quickening ability if it is active.
Thread of Fate
At 18th level, you can use an action to peer into the life of one
humanoid creature that you can see within 30 feet. You
instantly know the creature's current hit points, as well as any
magical conditions currently affecting the creature. You may
also force the creature to make a Wisdom saving throw, and
if it fails, you learn any actions or plans the creature intends
to commit in the next 24 hours.
When you take this action, you can also release a spirit of
7th level or higher and concentrate on this connection for 1
hour, as if concentrating on a spell. The creature must remain
within range and your line of sight for the duration. At the
end of this hour, you can force the target to make another
Wisdom saving throw. On a failure, the creature is instantly
affected by one of the fates listed below.
You can use this ability a number of times equal to your
Intelligence modifier, and only once per long rest. Attempts to
use this ability afterward have a 33 percent chance of failing.
If the attempt fails, you suffer 10d10 psychic damage.
The Past. You know the creature's upbringing, and change
its background to any other background listed in chapter 4 of
the PHB, or another background of your choice. A creature
with no background (i.e. an animal) is unaffected by this fate.
The Present. You know the creature's recent history, and
change their memory of it. The creature is affected as if you
cast the modify memory spell, and you can modify the
creature's memory from the last 24 hours however you wish.
The Future. You can determine how the creature may die.
Roll 1d12, and subtract that total from the creature's average
lifespan (lifespans are indicated in the PHB). The resulting
number determines the creature's maximum life expectancy.
If the resulting number is lower than the creature's current
age, the creature instantly dies. Creatures that have no
average lifespan (i.e. undead, constructs, dieties, etc.) cannot
be affected by this fate.
Coven of Shadows
Witches of the Coven of Shadows, known as dark witches or
wisp witches, understand the dangerous power of spirits, and
treat them with respect. Witches belonging to this coven
entreat with powerful spirits and ask for greater power in
return. The spellcasting ability for a witch of the Coven of
Shadows is Charisma.
Expanded Spell List
The Coven of Shadows lets you choose from an expanded list
of spells when you learn a witch spell. The following spells
are added to the witch spell list for you.
Shrouded Spells
Witch Level Spells
1st dissonant whispers, fog cloud
3rd darkness, shadow blade
5th fear, phantom steed
7th dimension door, shadow of moil
9th far step, mislead
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Eye's Shadow
At 1st level, your coven grants you power over the shadows.
You gain darkvision up to 60 feet, and you have advantage on
Wisdom (Perception) or Intelligence (Investigation) checks
while you are in natural dim light or darkness.
In addition, if you make an attack while in dim light or
darkness, you can choose to gain advantage with that attack.
You must finish a short or long rest to use this ability again.
See No Evil, Speak No Evil
Starting at 6th level, as long as you have at least one spirit
bound, you may call upon nearby shadows to perform either
the verbal or the somatic component of any spell that you
cast. Another creature must succeed on a Wisdom
(Perception) check against your spellcasting DC to perceive
that spell component.
Shadow Step
At 14th level, when you are in darkness, and have a bound
spirit of at least 4th level, you gain the following:
You have advantage on all Dexterity checks.
As an action, you can magically teleport up to 60 feet to an
unoccupied space you can see that is also in darkness.
Haunting Shades
At 18th level, the shadows obey your will. When you release a
spirit of 6th level or higher, instead of its release effect, you
can summon a wraith in an unoccupied space within 10 feet
of you. The wraith disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or
after 1 hour. The DM has the wraith's statistics.
The wraith is an ally to you and your companions. In
combat, the creature shares your initiative count, but it takes
its turn immediately after yours. It obeys your verbal
commands (no action required by you). If you don't issue any,
it takes the Dodge action and uses its move to avoid danger.
You must maintain concentration, as if for a spell, to control
the wraith. If you lose concentration, you lose control of of
the wraith, and it becomes hostile to all creatures it can see.
Bound Spirits
If a bound spirit has prerequisites, you must meet them in
order to bind the spirit. Unless the description of the spirit
indicates otherwise, you can release a spirit as an action.
Agony
Prerequisite: 9th level
Bound. While in the presence of a spirit of Agony, the
wounds of your enemies continue to bleed. While you are
bound to Agony, any creature that you have damaged using a
weapon or spell takes additional necrotic or psychic damage
(your choice) equal to the spirit's level on its next turn.
Release. You release Agony as a part of any attack or spell
which inflicts damage, after determining whether the attack
or spell hits. The target creature must succeed a Constitution
saving throw or be stunned with pain for a number of rounds
equal to the spirit's level. The creature can make additional
saving throws at the end of each of its turns, and the stunned
effect is lifted on a successful save. Undead, constructs, and
incorporeal creatures are unaffected by this effect.
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 Desire
Bound. This spirit impresses your will onto others and
enhances existing desires. Friendly and charmed creatures
within 30 feet have disadvantage on Wisdom and Charisma
saving throws against your spells.
Release. As you release this spirit, you can cast the
command spell on a creature within range. The creature
doesn't need to understand you to be affected.
Despair
Prerequisite: 7th level
Bound. While you are bound to this spirit, any creature
within 30 feet of you that fails a saving throw against one of
your spells of 1st level or higher is dealt additional psychic
damage equal to the spirit's level, and this damage does not
disrupt the spell's effect, as with sleep or hold person.
Release. When this spirit is released, it is sent to haunt
another creature that you can see within 30 feet of you. The
creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or suffer
disadvantage on all ability checks and saving throws. This
curse lasts for a number of rounds equal to the spirit's level.
On a successful save, the creature is unaffected.
Ego
Prerequisite: 15th level
Bound. You have a commanding presence while this spirit
is bound to you. You can cast command as a 1st-level spell
without expending a spell slot. Due to the power of this spirit,
it can only be bound to a spell slot of 6th level or higher.
Release. When this spirit is released, you can command
obedience from all creatures of your choice that you can see
within 60 feet of you. All targets must succeed on a Wisdom
saving throw or be charmed by you for a number of hours
equal to the spirit's level. While charmed in this way, the
creature regards you as its trusted leader. If harmed by you or
your companions, or commanded to do something contrary
to its nature, a target ceases to be charmed in this way. You
can only release a Spirit of Ego once per long rest.
Empathy
Prerequisite: 5th level
Bound. This spirit forces your enemies to share in your
pain. While Empathy is bound, whenever you are dealt
damage by a creature, you may use your reaction to cause the
creature psychic damage equal to the spirit's level. The
creature must succeed on a Charisma saving throw to avoid
damage. Undead and constructs are immune to this effect.
Release. You can release Empathy as a reaction when you
or an adjacent ally takes damage from a creature. The
attacking creature must succeed on a Charisma saving throw
or take the same amount of damage you or the ally received.
On a successful save, the damage is halved. The save DC for
this effect equals 10 + the spirit's level.
Envy
Bound. Spirits of Envy take from others what they covet for
themselves --- life. While this spirit is bound to you, whenever
you deal damage to a creature with a spell of 1st-level or
higher, you can use your bonus action to regain hit points
equal to the spirit's level. You may only regain hit points in
this way once per turn.
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Release. When you release this spirit, you grant an ally
within 30 feet of you temporary hit points equal to three
times the spirit's level.
Fear
Prerequisite: fey familiar
Bound. This spirit reminds those it affects of its night-
mares. While this spirit is bound, you add your proficiency
bonus to Charisma (Intimidation) checks, or double it if you
are already proficient with this check.
Release. When you release a spirit of Fear, a number of
creatures equal to the spirit's level within 30 feet make a
Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of you for 1
minute. When a fightened creature loses line of sight of you,
it can make an additional saving throw at the end of each of
its turns. On a success, the creature is no longer frightened.
Generosity
Prerequisite: celestial familiar
Bound. You are able to share your inherent gifts with
others while this spirit is bound. You know the guidance
cantrip, and can cast it upon any creature within 10 feet.
Release. When this spirit is released, you can gift it to an
ally within 30 feet. The spirit grants the creature an
additional d4 on all ability checks and saving throws for the
duration of this gift. At 1st level, this gift lasts for 1 minute. At
4th level, the gift lasts for 1 hour. At 7th level or higher, the
gift lasts for 8 hours. The creature that receives this gift must
concentrate on it as if on a spell, and the creature can end its
concentration early (no action required).
Guilt
Prerequisite: 11th level
Bound. While this spirit is bound to you, enemies become
hesitant to harm you. You may use your reaction to impose
disadvantage on an attack made against you once per turn,
and you may use your reaction in this way a number of times
equal to the spirit's level. You can regain all uses of this
feature when you finish a long rest.
Release. When this spirit is released, it is sent to haunt
another creature that you can see within 30 feet of you. The
creature must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have
disadvantage on all attack rolls with weapons and spells
made against you or a friendly creature of your choice. This
curse lasts for a number of rounds equal to the spirit's level.
On a successful save, the creature is affected for 1 round.
Hate
Prerequisite: fiendish familiar
Bound. Anger and hatred come easily
to you while this spirit is bound. When-
ever you are damaged by a creature, you gain
advantage on the next attack roll you make
against that creature on your next turn.
Release. When you are hit by an attack
or spell, you can use your reaction to release
this spirit and use its raging energy to
make an attack or cast a spell with an attack
roll against the creature who struck you. The
creature is dealt additional necrotic damage
equal to 1d6 per spirit level on a hit, or 1d6
necrotic damage if the attack misses.
Hunger
Bound. While you have a spirit of Hunger bound to your
service, you require no food nor water to survive. If the spirit
is 4th level or higher, you also cannot become exhausted for
any reason other than lack of sleep, and a short rest reduces
your exhaustion by one level.
Release. When a spirit of Hunger is released, a number of
creatures up to the spirit's level within 30 feet of you must
make a Constitution saving throw or suffer one level of
exhaustion. If the spirit is 4th level or higher, creatures that
succeed their saving throw suffer one level of exhaustion, or
two levels if they fail. A creature can't be killed by the release
of this spirit.
Passion
Prerequisite: 5th level
Bound. When this spirit is bound, you gain a set of special
dice called passionate dice. These dice are d6s, and you have
a number of passionate dice equal to the spirit's level. When
you or a friendly creature within 5 feet of you makes an ability
check, saving throw, or attack roll, you can use your reaction
to roll a passionate die and add the result to the total. You
regain all passionate dice after you finish a long rest, and you
lose all passionate dice when this spirit is released.
Release. You may release this spirit as a part of an attack
roll, ability check, or saving throw, and you take this action
with advantage. In addition, a number of creatures equal to
the spirit's level within 10 feet of you gain advantage on their
next ability check, saving throw, or attack roll attempted on
their next turn.
Serenity
Bound. When this spirit is bound, you always have a sense of
peace and clarity of thought. You only need to sleep for half of
a long rest in order to benefit from the long rest, though the
remaining time must still be spent engaging in light activity.
In addition, you gain a bonus to your passive Wisdom
(Perception) score equal to the spirit's level.
Release. When you release this spirit, you or a creature
within 10 feet of you is released from one of the following
conditions: charmed, frightened, or stunned. The number of
conditions is equal to the spirit's level, therefore multiple
creatures can benefit from this effect.
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Sloth
Prerequisite: 7th level
Bound. While you have a spirit of Sloth bound to your
service, the area in a 10 foot radius around you is considered
difficult terrain. In addition, creatures provoke opportunity
attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action.
Release. When you release this spirit, all creatures within
30 feet of you lose their reaction for a number of rounds
equal to the spirit's level.
Valor
Prerequisite: 7th level
Bound. While this spirit is bound, you and your allies
within 10 feet of you have advantage on saves against being
frightened. If this spirit is 6th level or higher, you and all allies
within 10 feet of you can't be frightened. You must be
conscious for the spirit to grant this bonus.
Release. You cast the spell heroism as this spirit's release,
and you cast the spell at the spirit's level. You have advantage
on concentration checks to maintain the effects of this spell.
Wonder
Bound. While this spirit is bound to you, you radiate an aura
of awe. When any creature within 10 feet of you attempts a
Wisdom (Insight) check, it takes a penalty to its roll equal to
the level of this spirit. The creature must be aware of your
presence, and you must be conscious for the spirit to grant
this effect.
Release. When this spell is released, it emits a flash of
dazzling light, and you cast enthrall on all creatures within a
10-foot radius of you. Creatures that are blinded or can't be
charmed succeed this save automatically. Instead of the
spell's normal duration, this effect lasts
for a number of rounds equal to twice
the spirit's level. If the spirit is
4th-level or higher, and a creature
fails its save by 5 or more,
it is stunned instead
of being affected
as if by the
enthrall spell.
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 Witch Spell List
The spells listed with x are taken from Chapter 3 of Xanathar's Guide to Everything.
All other spells can be found in Part 3, Chapter 11 of the Player's Handbook.
Blindness/Deafness Banishment Investiture of Wind x
Cantrips (0 Level) Blur Blight Magic Jar
Blade Ward Continual Flame Charm Monster Mass Suggestion
Chill Touch Crown of Madness Confusion Mental Prison x
Dancing Lights Darkvision Dominate Beast Soul Cage x
Druidcraft Detect Thoughts Elemental Bane x True Seeing
Frostbite x Enthrall Freedom of Movement Wall of Thorns
Infestation x Healing Spirit x Giant Insect
Light Invisibility Greater Invisibility 7th Level
Mage Hand Levitate Guardian of Nature x Etherealness
Magic Stone x Locate Animals or Plants Hallucinatory Terrain Finger of Death
Mending Melf's Acid Arrow Phantasmal Killer Mirage Arcane
Minor Illusion Misty Step Polymorph Plane Shift
Poison Spray Moonbeam Sickening Radiance x Power Word Pain x
Primal Savagery x Phantasmal Force Stoneskin Project Image
Produce Flame Protection from Poison Regenerate
Ray of Frost Ray of Enfeeblement 5th Level Sequester
Thaumaturgy See Invisibility Animate Objects Symbol
Toll the Dead x Silence Cloudkill
Commune with Nature 8th Level
Spider Climb
1st Level Contact Other Plane Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting x
Spike Growth
x
Absorb Elements Suggestion Creation Animal Shapes
Animal Friendship Danse Macabre x Antimagic Field
Armor of Agathys 3rd Level Dominate Person Antipathy/Sympathy
Cause Fear x Animate Dead Dream Demiplane
Charm Person Bestow Curse Enervation x Dominate Monster
Detect Magic Blink Insect Plague Feeblemind
Detect Poison & Disease Catnap x Planar Binding Glibness
Disguise Self Counterspell Raise Dead Maddening Darkness x
Faerie Fire Daylight Rary's Telepathic Bond Maze
False Life Dispel Magic Scrying Mind Blank
Find Familiar Enemies Abound x Seeming Power Word Stun
Healing Word Feign Death Telekinesis Telepathy
Hellish Rebuke Fly
Hex 6th Level 9th Level
Glyph of Warding
Mage Armor Magic Circle Circle of Death Astral Projection
Purify Food & Drink Major Image Contingency Foresight
Ray of Sickness Sending Create Homunculus x Imprisonment
Silent Image Slow Create Undead Mass Polymorph x
Sleep Speak with Dead Disintegrate Psychic Scream x
Speak with Animals Tongues Eyebite Power Word Kill
Witch Bolt Water Walk Flesh to Stone Shapechange
Investiture of Fire x True Polymorph
2nd Level 4th Level Investiture of Ice x Weird
Alter Self Arcane Eye Investiture of Stone x
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Appendix
Multiclassing Credits
When you advance in level, and at your DM's discretion, you This version of The Witch D&D 5e class was created by
may take the option to multiclass into a Witch. You must Reddit user JPGenn. This homebrew class takes its
meet the following prerequisites to qualify for a Witch. inspiration and basic concept design from this excellent &
inspired Witch class build by Zarieth.
Multiclassing Prerequisites
Ability Score Mimimum Artistic Credits
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma 13
The Druid King : Dusan Markovic (deviantArt)
the Forest church 2 : weiweihua (deviantArt)
"The Crow's Dagger" : Elsa Kroese
Proficiences "Forest Shaman" : Paulos Varrus (flickriver)
When you first multiclass into Witch, you gain only some of raven
the class's starting proficiences as shown below. wraith
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Multiclassing Proficiencies witches
Proficiences Gained [Homebrew Stains] : DraceExe
Short bows, herbalism kit

Spellcasting
Spell Slots. You determine your available spell slots by
adding all of your witch levels to the levels of your other
classes (PHB p.164). Use this total to determine your spell
slots by consulting the Multiclass Spellcaster table
(PHB p.165).
Alternate Starting
Equipment
When you create a witch, you receive equipment based on a
combination of your class and background. Alternatively, you
can start with a number of gold pieces and spend them on
items (Chapter 5 of the PHB).
Starting Wealth for Witches
Funds
4d4 x 10 gp

Changelog
Version 1.2
Added Signs of a Covenant quirks table
Added weapon proficiencies
Familiar Magic : added Evasion rules, removed Attack
Coven of Shadows : 1st-lvl ability change
Changes to several Spirits
General rule clarifications, proofreading
Version 1.1
Witch's Familiar : familiar gains temp HP, celestial and fey
abilities simplified
Familiar Magic : change to celestial healing ability

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