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You were not trained in towers or colleges.
Your magic was learned in whispers, moonlight, blood, herbs, and old roads.
You are a witch—keeper of forbidden lore, village protector, curse-breaker, healer, or harbinger.

Witches draw power from tradition, intuition, spirits, and the land itself, rather than formal study.

 
Feat:

Witchcraft Tradition

You belong to—or were once taught by—a witch tradition. Choose or invent one:

  • Hedge Witch – Protectors of villages, healers, midwives (Earth or Water)

  • Coven Witch – Initiates of secret circles and shared rituals (Fire or Spirit)

  • Wild Witch – Bound to forests, beasts, storms, or seasons (Earth, Water, Air, or Spirit)

  • Moon Witch – Diviners, dream-walkers, fate-readers (Air or Water)

  • Blood Witch – Practitioners of sacrifice, pain, and life-force magic (Water or Spirit)

  • Road Witch – Travelers of liminal spaces and forgotten paths ( Follows One or multiple Elemental Affinity)

Benefit:
In rural settlements, isolated communities, or places touched by folklore, common folk are more likely to seek your aid rather than fear you, offering food, shelter, or information in exchange for charms, healing, or advice.

Skill Proficiencies:

Choose two:

  • Arcana

  • Nature

  • Medicine

  • Insight

  • Religion

  • Survival

Tool Proficiencies:

Choose one:

  • Herbalism Kit

  • Alchemist’s Supplies

  • Poisoner’s Kit

  • Calligrapher’s Supplies (for sigils, scrolls, runes)

Languages:

  • One of your choices

  • Witch Cant: a symbolic, coded language of charms, knots, moon-marks, and gestures shared among witches

 

Equipment:
  •  A charm focus (bone, crystal, twig, coin, or candle)

  • A small grimoire or bundle of ritual notes

  • Herbalism kit or chosen tools

  • A set of traveler’s clothes or ritual garb

  • A pouch containing 10 gp

 

 
Feature: Folk Magic

You know the small magic of the world—rituals that don’t always require spell slots.

  • You can perform minor rituals or major rituals (blessings, protections, omens, wards, charms) that:

    • Take time (From a minute to hours)

    • Use simple components

    • Have narrative or minor mechanical effects (DM discretion)

    • Major rituals can be performed alone or with a coven (Group)
      • Major rituals performed with a coven increase its effectiveness and duration. (Same as with minor rituals)
      • Major rituals still take time and components
      • Major rituals include leveled spells
      • Its effects depend on how well the ritual is performed. (DC 10-15 Arcana & DC 10 in minor rituals)

Examples:

  • Bless a home against ill fortune

  • Ease pain during childbirth

  • Read omens in smoke, tea, bones, or dreams

  • Ward a doorway against spirits

These effects are subtle, not combat-breaking—but powerful in the story.

 
Suggested Characteristics
d4 Personality Trait
1 I speak softly, but my words carry weight.
2 I collect strange items “just in case.”
3 I trust signs, dreams, and instincts more than logic.
4 I enjoy unsettling people—sometimes on purpose.
d4 Ideal
1 Balance – Magic must be respected, not exploited.
2 Tradition – Old ways survive because they work.
3 Freedom – No one should own another’s soul.
4 Power – Knowledge is power, and I will claim it.
d4 Bond
1 I owe my craft to a mentor—living, dead, or something else.
2 A village or place depends on me.
3 My grimoire contains secrets someone would kill for.
4 I am tied to a spirit, land, or ancient pact.
d4 Flaw
1 I rely too much on omens and signs.
2 I am feared—and sometimes I enjoy that.
3 My magic has a cost I don’t always admit.
4 I struggle to resist forbidden knowledge.
 
 
Contacts

In rural settlements, isolated communities, or places touched by folklore, common folk are more likely to seek your aid rather than fear you, offering food, shelter, or information in exchange for charms, healing, or advice.

d4 Contact
1 A folk of the village or place that depends on me. (Well Known)
2 Other Witches. (Infamous/Respected)
3 A noble from the village or place that depends on me. (Respected)
4 A lord of the village or place that depends on me. (Famous & Respected)
 
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