The Witch - A 5E Class

NOW REVISED - With more subclasses and greater balance. - The history of the Witch is one maligned with claims of dark pacts made with even darker spirits. Claims of its amoral practitioners dancing round a bound sacrifice under the moonlight. These, for the greater part, are more often than not flights of fancy - which like most whispered tales of old, retain the shades of an obfuscated truth. Yes, Witches exist. They do not melt when doused in water, and most are not green. They are not all women, and male Witches are not called Warlocks. They fly at night, but only seldom on brooms. They sometimes draw their power from ancient spirits, but they also draw it from nature, from artefacts and sigils. As a collective, they don’t serve some eternal evil, and they rarely use sacrifices in rituals. Yes, some of them fall to the old powers, hoarding magic within themselves, corrupting their forms - turning them into Hags - but most exist to quietly explore the Wonders of the world, travelling across planes, and planets and oceans to visit the ancient places, where lingering powers older than comprehension yet dwell.