witch

Spellcasting Table

Features:

🕮 1st Level – Book of Shadows

You imbue a mundane tome with personal arcane essence, creating your Book of Shadows.
This functions identically to a Wizard’s spellbook, allowing you to inscribe spells and rituals. Your Book of Shadows often contains handwritten entries, symbols of power, personal reflections, and drawings of your familiar or magical symbols.

• You prepare spells each day from your spellbook.
  
  
• When you find a spell on the Witch spell list, you can copy it using the same rules as the Wizard class.
  
  
• The book is magically bound to you, and a special ritual allows you to recreate it if lost, though it costs time and resources.
  
  

🌒 1st Level – Witchcraft

Your study of the arcane through folklore, herbology, and whispered secrets grants you magical power.

• You are a half caster, meaning you use the Paladin/Ranger spell progression table (if you're keeping them lower-tier magically).
  
  
• You can prepare a number of spells equal to your Charisma modifier + half your Witch level (rounded down).
  
  
• You also gain proficiency with brewer’s supplies and herbalism kits, and can craft potions over long rests if you have the ingredients.
  
  
• Your spellcasting ability is Charisma, and your spell save DC and attack mod follow normal caster rules.
  
  

🔍 2nd Level – Arcane Sense

You develop an intuitive sensitivity to arcane presence.

• As an action, you can “sense spellcasters” within 60 feet of you, as long as they are visible.
  
  
• This includes any creature currently concentrating on a spell, any creature with innate spellcasting, or with an arcane feature (e.g., Warlock Eldritch Invocations).
  
  
• This feature is blocked by magical concealment like Nondetection or Mind Blank, or features that protect against divination magic.
  
  
• You can use this feature a number of times per long rest equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum 1).

🧿 Rule of Three

Unlocked at 2nd level.

“The third time is power. The fourth is temptation. The fifth is folly.”
— Witches’ Proverb

Witches understand the sacred balance of the world, and none hold it more sacred than the Rule of Three. It governs intention, action, and consequence. When a witch weaves their magic too deeply into the same thread, reality pushes back.

Feature Mechanics:

You may target the same creature or area with a spell, Hex Ritual, or magical effect up to three times within a 24-hour period (or during a single combat encounter) without penalty. However:

• Upon the fourth instance of magical targeting (whether via spell, Hex Ritual effect, or repeated buffs/debuffs against the same target), you must roll a Rule of Three Consequence Check.
  
  

Rule of Three Consequence Check
Roll a DC 13 Charisma saving throw. On a failure, choose or roll from the Backlash Table (see below). On a success, the magic works as normal—but the DC increases by 2 for each subsequent use (DC 15 on 5th use, 17 on 6th, etc.).

📉 Backlash Table (Rule of Three Consequences)