Witchcrafter

You can learn spells from themes you know in the Occult power source. The Death theme is considered to be from your power source.

You know one theme of your choice and the Blood, Death, Fear, Madness, Poison, or Shadow theme.

Your grimoire

A grimoire has 100 blank vellum pages suitable for recording spells and concoctions, a concoction takes up one page per catalyst cost, and a spell takes up one page per mana cost.

With your grimoire in hand, you can cast any spell it contains as a ritual. You can’t cast the spells except as rituals, unless you’ve learned them by some other means.

Copying a ritual into the book. If you come across a spell in written form, such as a witch’s grimoire or a mage’s spellbook, you can add it to your grimoire if it has the ritual tag, you can decipher the unique system of notation used to write it, it costs equal to (or less than) your mana limit, and if you can spare the time and costs to copy it. For each mana cost of the spell, the process consumes 5 mana, takes 8 hours, and costs 100 sp. The cost represents materials you expend as you experiment with the spell to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it.

Copying a recipe into the book. If you come across a concoction recipe, such as a recipe that says to add toad slime, two red mushrooms, and 2 dragonflies to create a concoction, you can add it to your grimoire if it is from a theme you know, it costs equal to (or less than) your catalyst limit, and if you can spare the time and costs to copy it. For each catalyst cost of the concoction, the process consumes 5 catalysts, takes 8 hours, and costs 100 sp. The cost represents materials you expend as you experiment with the concoction to master it, as well as the fine inks you need to record it.

Losing your grimoire. If you lose your grimoire, you can perform a 1-hour ceremony to replicate it into a new grimoire that matches the old in every way as the previous grimoire turns to dust. This ceremony can be performed during a short or long rest.

Your grimoire’s appearance. Your grimoire has its own appearance, decorative flourishes, and margin notes. It might be a plain, functional leather volume that you received as a gift, a finely bound gilt-edged tome you found in an ancient grove, or even an heirloom passed down to your from your ancestors.

You have been given or have created a grimoire, a magical book where you record rituals and concoctions.

You prepare the list of concoctions that are available for you to create. To do so, choose a number of concoctions from your grimoire equal to your wisdom + the amount of concoctions you can prepare based on your Invocation choices.

For example, if you are level 3 with 3 wisdom and you have chosen 3 concoctions, your list of prepared concoctions can include six concoctions. Creating the concoction doesn’t remove it from your list of prepared concoctions.

You can change your list of prepared concoctions when you finish a short or long rest. Preparing a new list of concoctions requires time spent brewing chemical bases which catalysts can be added to: at least 1 minute per catalyst cost for each concoction on your list.

You gain two invocation as shown on the Invocation column of the Witch table. An invocation grants one of the following options:

• You can prepare an additional concoction when you finish a short or long rest. Additionally, add a new concoction from a theme you know to your grimoire. The concoction is added to your grimoire without expending any sp, though you still must spend time writing it. The concoction must cost equal to, or less than, your catalyst limit. If the concoction costs 2 or more catalysts, you must know a number of feats, concoctions, or spells from the concoction’s theme equal to the concoction’s catalyst cost minus 1.
• Learn two cantrips from themes you know in your power source.
• Learn a new spell from a theme you know in your power source. The spell must cost equal to, or less than, your mana limit. If the spell costs 2 or more mana, you must know a number of feats, concoctions, or spells from the spell’s theme equal to the spell’s mana cost minus 1.
• You can use two invocation to learn a new theme. If it is from your power source, you learn a cantrip from it.

When you gain a level, you gain additional invocation as shown on the Invocation column of the Witch table and you can

• Choose a concoction in your grimoire and replace it with another concoction from a theme you know.
• Choose a cantrip you know and replace it with another cantrip from a theme you know. You cannot replace a cantrip if you would then know zero cantrips from that theme.
• Choose a spell that costs 1 or more mana and replace it with another spell that costs 1 or more mana from a theme you know, following the restrictions above.

You know three cantrips, one concoction, one spell, and one concoction or spell from the themes you know. Your grimoire contains the concoctions you know.

Concoctions are inherently short lived. If a concoction is not used or consumed within 24 hours of being created it loses its power. A character can expend resources to add preservative chemicals which make it last much longer as detailed on Alchemical Creations.

The Witch table shows how many catalysts you have to create concoctions. To create a concoction, you must expend catalysts based on the concoction’s cost.

You regain half your total catalysts when you finish a short rest and all expended catalysts when you finish a long rest. If you have any unused concoctions, you regain fewer catalysts equal to the amount of catalysts unused.

The Witch table shows how much mana you have to cast spells. To cast a spell, you must expend mana based on the spell’s cost.

You regain half your total mana when you finish a short rest and all expended mana when you finish a long rest.

There is a limit on the amount of catalysts you can spend to create a concoction and mana you can spend to cast a spell. The limit is based on your level, as shown on the Catalyst Limit and Mana Limit columns of the Witch table.

Concoctions using 4 or 5 catalysts and spells using 4 or 5 mana are particularly taxing to create and to cast. Once you create a concoction using 4 catalysts or cast a spell using 4 mana, you can’t create another concoction using 4 catalysts or cast another spell using 4 mana until you finish a short or long rest. Once you create a concoction using 5 catalysts or cast a spell using 5 mana, you can’t create another concoction using 5 catalysts or cast another spell using 5 mana until you finish a long rest.

wisdom is your alchemical ability for your concoctions since you learn your concoctions through ancient traditions and following the old ways. You use your wisdom whenever a concoction refers to your alchemical ability. The Alchemy skill describes how to create a concoction.

Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for your spells, since your magic comes from your ability to attune with intermediaries. You use your wisdom whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. The Occult skill describes how to cast a spell.

You can cast a spell you know as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag.

You gain the ability to make a creature unaware of your magical influence on it. When you cast a spell affecting one or more creatures, you can alter one creature’s understanding so that it remains unaware of being affected.

Additionally, if the effect charmed, frightened, or confused the creature, you can use an action once before the effect expires to try to make the chosen creature forget some of the time it spent affected. The creature must succeed on a Will saving throw against your spell save Difficulty or lose a number of hours of its memories equal to 1 + the mana expended to cast the spell. You can make the creature forget less time, and the amount of time can’t exceed the duration of your spell.

You bargain with nearby spirits of nature, the elements, or other spirits, to reach untapped power. On a long rest you can choose 1 spell you know and replace it with another spell from a theme you know, which must cost equal to, or less than, your mana limit. Once you use Bargain, you can’t use it again for 7 days.

You can cast confusion without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast fear without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast gaze of two minds without expending mana.

You can cast hypnotize without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast instinctive charm without expending mana.

You can cast disguise without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast the slow portion of the haste/slow spell without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast image without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast alter self without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast striding and springing without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast bless without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

As an action, choose a spell you know that has a casting time of an action or longer, costs 3 or less mana, and does not restore health. You can cast the chosen spell as a ritual until you finish a short or long rest.

You can cast bestow curse without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast sleep without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can attune your senses to determine if any supernatural creatures lurk nearby. Choose up to two creature types from the following list: aberrations, celestials, dragons, elementals, fey, fiends, monstrosities, oozes, undead, or creatures with the (shapechanger) tag. By spending 1 uninterrupted minute in concentration (as if you were concentrating on a spell), you can sense whether any creatures of those types are present within 2 kilometers of you.

This feature reveals which creature types are present and the creatures’ general direction from you. If there are multiple groups of enemies within range, you learn this information for each group.

You can use your action to increase your powers of perception. When you do so, choose one of the following benefits, which lasts until you are incapacitated or you take a short or long rest.

Darkvision. You gain darkvision out to a range of 10 meters. If you already have darkvision, its range increases by 10 meters.

Ethereal Sight. You can see into the Ethereal Plane within 10 meters of you.

Greater Comprehension. You can read any language.

See Invisibility. You can see invisible creatures and objects within 2 meters of you that are within line of sight.

You can cast bane without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast twist fate without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.

You can cast speak with dead without expending mana. You can augment it further by expending mana.