Witch

Wield the Dark Arts

Black magic is associated with Hexes that cause suffering and spells that give rise to undeath. Harnessing such magic can lend you great power, but inevitably carries a cost. Darkness cannot be contained, after all; it merely seeps forth from wherever it is kept.

Your authority over Undead grants you the following benefits.

When you take damage from a creature you can see within 60 feet, you can take a Reaction to transfer some of that damage to a creature that is the sole target of your Hex. You take half the damage (round down) and the hexed creature takes the remaining damage.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a level 2+ spell slot (no action required).

If your familiar is within 60 feet of yourself, you can take a Magic action to dissolve its magical bond to this plane. Your familiar drops to 0 Hit Points and unleashes necromantic energy in a 20-foot Emanation. Each creature you choose within the Emanation makes a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC. A creature takes 8d10 Necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a level 6+ spell slot (no action required).

Fuel Your Curses with Blood

Forbidden by most Witch covens, Blood Magic centers on the use of dark spells and Hexes that draw from the spellcaster's life essence. It is fundamentally more perilous than other Witch crafts, but its many risks come with copious rewards.

You can detect the location of each creature within 60 feet of you that is missing any of its Hit Points and you can see such a creature if it has the Invisible condition. Additionally, you have Advantage on ability checks you make to track any creature that you or your familiar has damaged within the last 24 hours.

When you finish a Short Rest, you can perform a blood ritual to expend Hit Point Dice and recover expended level 1-5 spell slots. The cost for each spell slot is given on the Hemomantic Recovery table.

Once you use this feature, you can't do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

When you cast a spell with a spell slot that deals damage to a creature that is the sole target of your Hex, you can choose to sacrifice your blood for power. You take 5 or more Necrotic damage and the target takes an extra 1d8 Necrotic damage for every 5 Necrotic damage you took, to a maximum of 6d8 Necrotic damage. This damage ignores your Resistance and Immunity, and bypasses your Temporary Hit Points.

Copy Any Spell That Affects You

Compared to all other Witch's crafts, Blue Magic is unique, in that it reflects the essence of magic itself. Witches that specialize in Blue Magic absorb the energy of spells that affect them and let the arcana imprint upon their souls.

You have greater mastery over spells you have prepared, granting you the following benefits.

You can copy a creature's skills, in addition to its magic. When you see a creature within 60 feet of yourself makes an ability check using a skill or a saving throw in which it has proficiency, you can take a Reaction to duplicate that proficiency. Until you finish a Long Rest, you have proficiency in that skill or saving throw and can use the creature's bonus whenever you make that roll.

When a creature casts a spell that forces you to make a saving throw to avoid damage, you can take a Reaction to attempt to redirect some of the spell's energy to a new target. If you succeed on your saving throw against the spell, choose another creature you can see within the spell's range or up to 30 feet away from you, whichever is closer, to make a saving throw against the spell, using your spell save DC. The chosen creature can be the original spellcaster. On a failed save, the creature suffers the effects of the spell as if you had cast the spell and it had been the original target or been within the area of the spell.

You can use this feature and Blue Magic Duplication as a part of the same Reaction.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest.

Choke Foes and Enchant Allies

Magic based on the swirling smoke of strong-smelling herbs has been practiced since the time of ancient elves. Today, the discipline, a mix of aromatherapy and mystical arcana, is kept alive by the so-called "perfumed Witches", who can purify the body and still the mind with their collection of fragrances and herbal smokes. Their Fragrant Magic, however, is not always evident. Sometimes, it would appear their magic is more about relaxation and meditation, while other times, they summon foul clouds that disorientate and kill.

You can manipulate your magical fragrances to alter your magic, granting you the following benefits.

As a Magic action, you can release a cloud of multi-hued smoke in a 20-foot Emanation. Each creature you choose within the Emanation must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or have the Poisoned condition for 1 minute. At the end of each of its turns, a Poisoned creature repeats the save, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest.

You are constantly surrounded by a flowery fog in a 30-foot Emanation. Whenever an Ally within the Emanation makes a D20 Test, it can add a d4 to the roll.

Live in a Candyland

Witches that learn the fine details of Gingerbread Magic become masters in all things confectionery. Some Witches, particularly those with a sweet tooth, use their magic to delight others. Evil gingerbread Witches, by contrast, have a penchant for cruelty, and use their delectable powers to tempt others into traps or transform valuables into sweet treats.

As a Bonus Action, you can give an Ally you touch a burst of quickly-fading energy. The Ally can take the Dash action or Disengage action as a Bonus Action on its next turn.

When a creature that you can see hits you with an attack roll using a weapon, you can take a Reaction to transform its weapon into a harmless duplicate made of candy. You choose the type of candy it is made out of, whether it be marshmallow, cotton candy, or gingerbread. You take no damage from the attack. The weapon remains transformed and unable to deal damage until the end of the attacker's turn. The attacker can make attacks using other weapons or Unarmed Strikes as normal.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a level 3+ spell slot (no action required).

As a Magic action, you can transform an area into a field of confectionary delights. Choose a point you can see within 120 feet. For 1 minute, a 30-foot-radius Sphere of magic centered on that point transforms every nonmagical object entirely within the area that isn't being worn or carried into an edible candy replica. Structures become gingerbread houses, trees are made of chocolate, and so on. The GM decides the type of candy into which objects are transformed. Candy objects have no damage threshold and Vulnerability to all damage. A candy object reverts to its original material at the end of the duration or if it leaves the Sphere, unless it is eaten.

The Sphere lasts for 1 minute, until you have the Incapacitated condition, or if you dismiss it (no action required). Additionally, everything inside the Sphere appears to be joyous and colorful. Whenever you or an Ally starts its turn inside the Sphere, it regains 10 Hit Points. A creature doesn't gain this benefit if it has 0 Hit Points.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest.

Wield Nature and an Empowered Familiar

Plants, nature, and things that grow are the domain of Green Magic. Normally a branch of arcana championed by Druids, some Witches have a close tie to the powers of Green Magic and can coax plants and animals to do their bidding.

When you summon your familiar, you can divide its spirit into two bodies. When summoned in this way, your familiar is two identical creatures that share a single pool of Hit Points. Your twin familiars act on subsequent turns. You can use your Quick Attack twice on the same turn, using an action to command one twin and a Bonus Action to command the other. A spell or feature that targets or dismisses your familiar affects both twins.

You exude an aura of Green Magic that restores and reinvigorates life around you. When you finish a Long Rest, plant life within 120 feet of where you finished your Long Rest grows as if a month had passed with abundant food, water, and other necessities. If the plants would produce fruits, berries, or vegetables, the plants grow enough food to feed six creatures for one day.

Additionally, choose up to six creatures you can see at the end of the rest. Those creatures each gain Temporary Hit Points equal to your Witch level + your Charisma modifier. You can also end one of the following conditions affecting each creature: Blinded, Deafened, Paralyzed, or Poisoned.

Whenever you are targeted by an attack while your familiar is within 5 feet of you, you can take a Reaction to command it to dive in the way of the attack, causing the attack to target your familiar instead.

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

Conjure the Magic of the Moon

The moon is a potent symbol for many Witches— especially those who practice their craft incognito. To them it represents a guiding light in the darkness, a confidant or keeper of secrets, and a link to the powerful natural forces that govern time and tide. Lunar Witches are the masters of the night: shadowy, mercurial, and formidable.

You and your familiar can attempt to hide when Lightly Obscured. Additionally, you can add your Charisma modifier to any Dexterity (Stealth) check you make as a part of the Hide action (minimum bonus of +1).

When you finish a Long Rest, you gain a blessing based on a phase of the moon. You can choose the blessing of any moon phase, and the blessing is empowered if it's the moon's current phase. The GM determines the current phase, or determines it randomly on the Moon Phases table. You can use the benefit of your blessing once and regain the ability to do so when you finish a Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a level 2+ spell slot (no action required).

Whenever you cast Moonbeam, the spell creates a 10-foot-radius Cylinder. If you reduce an enemy to 0 Hit Points using the spell, the area expands to a 15-foot-radius Cylinder for the duration of the spell.

Enchant and Beguile Your Foes

Purple Magic holds sway over the domains of illusions and enchantments that take hold over people's minds, as well as anything that is not quite as it seems. Practitioners of this craft are puppet masters, shaping the apparent reality around them with the ease of a marionette.

When you cast Disguise Self, you can modify it so that you appear as a figure of authority to anyone who sees you. You don't choose your appearance; rather, your appearance varies from observer to another. For example, a blacksmith might see you as a guild master, whereas a soldier might see you as a captain.

You can take a Bonus Action to create an illusory disguise over two creatures within 60 feet of yourself, making it seem as if they have teleported and switched places. The disguise extends to the target's voices, sounds, smells, etc. Disguised creatures don't perceive any part of the illusion.

A creature can take a Study action to examine a magically disguised creature and make an Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC. On a success, the creature can see both illusory creatures for what they are.

This illusion lasts until the end of your next turn, and it ends early if either disguised creature takes an action that the other can't take (such as casting a spell), if you have the Incapacitated condition, or if you dismiss it (no action required).

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

You can warp everything a creature sees into a hellscape full of terrible creatures. When a creature fails its saving throw against your Hex: Hallucination cantrip, you can further distort its mind. The creature has the Frenzied condition. A creature with the Frenzied condition loses the ability to distinguish between friend and foe, regarding all creatures it can see as enemies. While Frenzied, the creature chooses the targets for its attacks, spells, and abilities randomly from among the creatures it can see within range, and it must make an Opportunity Attack if any creature provokes one. The Frenzied condition ends after 1 minute, or when the spell ends.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a level 2+ spell slot (no action required).

Lay Your Foes to Waste with Arcane Fury

Arcane magic tied to channeling the elements is deemed Red Magic, and is extremely hazardous when used. Witches that specialize in this craft are among the deadliest spellcasters in existence, channeling their curse into unhindered arcane wrath.

When a creature you can see within 60 feet of yourself deals Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder damage to one or more creatures, you can change that damage type to one of the other listed types (no action required).

You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Charisma modifier (a minimum of once). You regain all expended uses when you finish a Long Rest.

When a creature that you can see hits you with an attack, you can take a Reaction to reduce the damage you take from the attack by 50, to a minimum of 0.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a level 4+ spell slot (no action required).

When you cast a level 1+ Witch spell that deals Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder damage, you can expend another spell slot of equal or higher level to deal maximum damage with that spell on the turn you cast it.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest.

Soar Through the Sky With Ease

Although all Witches appreciate a good Broom of Flying, Sky Magic Witches embrace the power of the winds. Known colloquially as "Cloud Witches", they spend as much time aloft as they do on the ground, floating over their contemporaries with a breezy disposition.

When you summon your familiar, you can transform it into a crowlike hybrid with black feathers and beady eyes. It gains the following benefits.

As a Bonus Action, you can create a 10-foot Emanation of twisting wind originating from you. The Emanation lasts for 1 minute, until you have the Incapacitated condition, or you dismiss it (no action required). Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a level 2+ spell slot (no action required). The Emanation has the following effects.

Whenever you are hit by an attack while you are flying or falling, roll a d4. On a 4, the attack misses you.

Cut Down Foes with the Soulsword

Secret covens throughout the Material Plane practice their magic by drawing spells into their blades. Maniacally cackling and whirling their way across the battlefield, these Witches weave their curses into a bloody tapestry whenever they bring their steel to bear.

You can attack twice instead of once whenever you take the Attack action on your turn.

In addition, you can cast one of your cantrips (including your Hexes) that has a casting time of an action in place of one of those attacks.

Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with your Soulsteel weapon, you can expend a level 5 or lower spell slot to deal extra damage equal to 1d8 per level of the spell slot. This damage is your choice of Force, Necrotic, or Radiant.

You have Resistance to Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing damage dealt by an enemy that is the sole target of your Hex.

Glimpse and Shape the Future Through Tea Leaves

Witches that practice Tea Magic learn to brew magically delicious and restorative tea, as well as to glimpse the future in their tea leaves. They are among the calmest and friendliest of Witches, at worst cranky (if forced to drink their tea in a hurry) or twitchy (after too much tea).

You can see deeper glimpses into the future through your tea leaves. When you finish a Long Rest, you can examine the shape of your tea leaves. The GM tells you a shape that hints at future events. For example, if you see a tower in your tea leaves, you might encounter a wizard on the following day. If you see a serpent, you might encounter a lair or a monster. When you encounter an event hinted at by your tea leaves, you gain Heroic Inspiration.

When a creature drinks your tea as a part of your Tea Ceremony, it can gain one of the following benefits of its choice. Once it gains a benefit from this feature, it can't do so again until it finishes a Long Rest.

You regain all expended uses of your Tasseography feature when you roll Initiative.

Make Friends and Sing Songs

Technicolor Witches draw their magic from the power of friendship. They have a penchant for collecting adorable animals of all shapes and sizes, which they will never endanger, no matter how dire the situation. Above all, these Witches are defined by their relentless positivity, which empowers their arcana and spurs on their Allies.

As a Magic action, you can weave a small magical bracelet of string, beads, or some other inexpensive material. You can have a number of these bracelets up to your Charisma modifier (minimum of one). If you make another one, you must render an existing bracelet nonmagical. A creature wearing one of your bracelets gains the following benefits.

You can leverage your bonds of friendship for protection. When an attacker that you can see hits you with an attack, you can take a Reaction to gain a bonus to your Armor Class equal to the number of friendly creatures within 5 feet of you (to a maximum of +10), potentially causing the attack to miss you instead.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a level 2+ spell slot (no action required).

You can redeem your foes instead of slaying them. When an enemy you can see is reduced to 0 Hit Points, you can take a Reaction to protect the creature from further harm. Instead of dropping to 0 Hit Points, the creature drops to 1 Hit Point and has the Unconscious condition. The condition ends early for it if it regains any Hit Points. When the creature awakens, any magical effect causing it to be Charmed, cursed, Frightened, or possessed ends. Furthermore, the creature becomes Friendly to you and your Allies.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Long Rest.

Heal and Mend a Broken World

White Magic is fundamentally good and benevolent for all living things. Witches that adopt this craft, in spite of the hateful curse that infects them, often dedicate themselves to healing and caretaking.

You can craft a magical talisman that wards off harm. Creating a talisman takes 1 hour of work, which can be done during a Short or a Long Rest. You can only have one of these talismans at a time; crafting a new talisman causes the previous one to become nonmagical. Any creature wearing the talisman adds a d4 to all saving throws it makes.

When you, your familiar, or an Ally you can see within 30 feet of you takes damage, you can take a Reaction to cause that creature to regain a number of Hit Points equal to 1d10 plus your Charisma modifier.

Once you use this feature, you can't use it again until you finish a Short or Long Rest. You can also restore your use of it by expending a level 2+ spell slot (no action required).

Whenever you cast a spell or use a Witch feature that restores a creature's Hit Points, that creature gains a +3 bonus to its Armor Class until the end of your next turn.