Attack of the Toy Box: Thirteen Parsecs Edition

For me, Thirteen Parsecs is an homage to a time when I was really into everything SciFi. Star Wars, Star Trek, Buck Rogers on TV, Battlestar Galactica, and of course all the toys of the time.  

After 1977, when Star Wars had hit the scene, toy companies rushed to get anything out for a Science fiction-hungry audience. Some of these toys are fondly remembered by Gen X still today.

Ever since I took out my Star Wars figures and tried to figure out D&D rules for them (one of the reasons I still hold the d20 Star Wars so fondly in my heart), the idea of mixing toys with my RPGs has been a quest in its own right. 

Big Trak

A toy you could program? What sci-fi-loving kid growing up at the dawn of the home computer era wouldn't want this? 

Big Trak is a multi-purpose planetside vehicle capable of operating in a variety of environments. 

Vehicle: Big Trak
Agi 10 (0)
Str 18 (+3)
Tou 18 (+3)
Int 16 (+2) Mission programmable AI
Wit - (-)
Per - (-)

Max 640 k/h (400 mph)
Crs 320 k/h (200 mph)
Acc 23 (20)

DR 3
DV 1-2*
Vit 80-90*

* Some are fitted with extra armor and regenerative systems. 

Weapons: Forward-mounted plasma laser cannons. 1d8 x2.

ROM the Spaceknight

Not to be outdone, Parker Bros. gave us ROM the Spaceknight, who also got his own tie-in comic from Marvel.

For Thirteen Parsecs, he could easily be part of an elite force of peacekeepers, like the Green Lantern Corps. 

ROM, the Space Knight

Level 10 Mystic Warrior

STR 16 +2 N
AGI 19 +3 A
TOU 14 +1
INT 15 +1
WIT 15 +1 
PER 17 +2 N

Fate 1d10
ViD d6
Vitality 65

DV 2

Checks 5/3/2
Melee +9
Ranged +11

Favored Weapon: Disruptor (+2 to hit, additional damage) 2d8

Agile, Melee and Ranged bonus, Free Running, Instant Kill (feature), Iron Will, +1 to damage, Mind over body, Survival skills at level 8.

Powers
Danger Sense, Enhanced Senses x2, Supernatural Attacks, Psychic Power (Telepathy - used to translate)

Space Sword

Maybe not as famous as the others, but the Toy Box Inc. glow-in-the-dark "Space Sword" came out a year before the Kenner Light Saber did, and was cheaper. Now they go for ridiculous prices on eBay. 

Weapon: Space Sword
Medium Weapon
Class: 2 
Reach: 1.25 meters (5ft)
Damage: 1d8+2 Slash
Cost: 50C
Features: Energy weapon

Star Bird

Man, was this the coolest spaceship ever? It was not Star Wars, certainly not Star Trek, and that made it perfect. Not a knock-off, but its own awesome thing. Also from MB Electronics.

Light Two-seat Space Fighter (Pilot and Weapons/Sensor operator)

Age: 2 (1 Quirk)
Structure: 10
DV: 4
Size: Small

Communications: 2
Computers: 1
Construction: 1
Defensive Systems: 3
Engineering Systems: 0
Engines (Speed): 3
Life Support: 1
Maneuverability: 3
Navigation: 2
Sensors: 2
Weapons Systems: 3, 2x Front cannon (1d6); Micro-missile rack (2d6).
Quirks: Bypass the Primary Buffer

Tobor 

"Tobor is robot spelled backwards."

Tobor was great.

My younger brother had one. We found this metal lid you could bend to make a click that Tobor responded to, like the included remote.

TOBOR

No. Appearing: 1-6
DV: 1-4
Move: 12 meters (40ft)
Vitality Dice: 6d8
Special Attack: units can be fitted with energy weapons (1d8)
XP Value: By ViD

Mindless: TOBOR robots have simple programming and AIs. They are immune to any sort of emotional control or fear. 

Nightsighted: TOBORs can see into the deep electromagnetic waves, they can see clearly even in complete darkness.

Technical Expertise: TOBORs are generally programmed for expertise in one area. As such, they may choose any one non-mystical class ability or any one skill, at which they gain a 85% base proficiency. This skill does not improve via performance, only by programming. 

Most TOBORs are used as labor in hazardous conditions or areas. They perform one task very well but can respond to verbal commands. 

Hope you all had/have a great Christmas, Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanza, Solstice, and Festivus!

Next Year, Same As Last Year

 It is 6:00 am here right now (give or take), and I am at work in a meeting.

Back in September, I got a new job. Similar to what I was doing before, but this time working directly with a University. In fact, I just got a new assignment today to graph various time series in Python. My language of choice for this was SAS or SPSS. Looks like I am getting more Python lessons for Christmas!

So...that means some of my plans for 2026 are getting moved. I wanted to dedicate the year to Sci-Fi games to correspond with the 60th Anniversary of Star Trek. But I didn't finish all the things I wanted to do with Fantasy this year. 

My plan now is to keep going with Fantasy. I like doing Sci-Fi in June, so I might still do some then, and I would love to do something in September for Trek. I have been playing more AD&D 1st edition again; my D&D 5 is on hold for now. 

I do have some plans for posts and potential publications. But right now I am not promising much. I mean I am at work on Christmas eve at 6am and I still have 2 more meetings after this! I am happy for the work (and the pay!), but free time is not something I will have a lot of in 2026.

Ah, well, I don't want to complain. 

Have a great Christmas, everyone!

The Hex Girls: 25+ Years Later, Still the Coolest Thing Scooby-Doo Ever Did

It has been a little over 25 years since The Hex Girls first appeared in Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost, and I’m still comfortable saying this out loud: they are the coolest thing Scooby-Doo ever did, by accident or otherwise.

While I am sure I watched “Dark Shadows” before Scooby-Doo, there is no doubt that my desire to put horror into all my games, or at least the trappings of horror, comes from Scooby-Doo.

Scooby-Doo has always flirted with horror aesthetics, but the Hex Girls went further. They weren’t jokes, they weren’t villains in disguise, and they weren’t watered-down “spooky” window dressing. Thorn, Dusk, and Luna were confident, stylish, openly witchy, and most importantly, utterly uninterested in apologizing for any of it. In 1999, that was rare, especially in a cartoon aimed at kids.

What still impresses me is how unforced it all felt. The Hex Girls weren’t parody goths or moral lessons. They were just… cool. Musical witches who leaned into the aesthetic without winking at the audience. Scooby-Doo didn’t mock them, didn’t explain them away, and didn’t try to soften them. It simply let them exist, and that trust is probably why they stuck.

A lot of spooky or “dark” characters from that era feel dated now. The Hex Girls don’t. If anything, they feel more modern than many characters that came after them.

Fourteen Years of Writing About the Hex Girls (and Why I Keep Coming Back...and So Do You)

Today is also a quieter anniversary for me. It’s been 14 years to the day since the Hex Girls first appeared on The Other Side. I didn’t plan that kind of long-term relationship with a cartoon band, but here we are.

Looking back at those early posts from 2009 and 2010, what strikes me is how little my core reaction has changed. I liked them then for the same reason I like them now. They sit at a very particular crossroads of things I’ve always been interested in: witches, outsider magic, gothic aesthetics, and female characters who are defined by agency rather than trauma or redemption arcs.

Over the years, my writing has expanded outward. But the Hex Girls never stopped feeling relevant to that conversation. They weren’t just a phase or a nostalgic bookmark. They were an early example of something that would keep echoing through my work: witches as protagonists, not warnings.

That’s probably why I keep circling back to them. Not because they’re “retro,” but because they still work. They still feel honest. And in a media landscape that keeps rediscovering and rebranding “spooky girls,” the Hex Girls remain refreshingly uninterested in reinvention.

Some characters fade into nostalgia.

The Hex Girls moved in, lit some candles, and stayed.

And to be perfectly honest, you all keep coming back as well. My Hex Girl posts are some of the most frequented posts here. Hell, whole blocks of text I have written here have been used elsewhere and declared “canon” by others. 

The Hex Girls for AD&D 1st Edition

The Hex Girls are a great test case for me. That is, how can I do “bards” without resorting to the Bard class, and how can I do “witch” without creating a new witch class? Sure, I could port one of my Basic witches over, or even use one of the dozen or so witches I have laying around here. But let's go with Rule As Written for right now...well, I am going to add one thing.

The Hex Girls are a Coven in all but name. Though they do call each other “sister.”

Thorn

3rd-level human Cleric, Chaotic Good

Secondary Skill: Performer*

S: 10
I: 14
W: 16
D: 12
C: 12
Ch: 17

Paralysis/Poison: 10
Petrify/Polymorph: 13
Rod, Staff, or Wand: 14
Breath Weapon: 16
Spells: 15

AC: 8 (Ring of Protection +2)
HP: 11
THAC0: 20

Weapon
Dagger 1d4/1d3

Spells (Cleric)
First level: Bless, Faerie Fire, Light, Remove Fear
Second level: Hold Person, Speak with Animals, Resist Fire

Thorn is the leader of the group, the main singer and lute player, and the most spiritual of the group. The rings the girls wear are a gift from her grandmother.

I wanted her to be a druid (better fit) but I also wanted her Chaotic Good.

Luna
2nd-level human Magic-user, Chaotic Good

Secondary Skill: Performer

S: 11
I: 16
W: 15
D: 14
C: 12
Ch: 17

Paralysis/Poison: 14
Petrify/Polymorph: 13
Rod, Staff, or Wand: 11
Breath Weapon: 15
Spells: 12

AC: 9 (Ring of Protection +1)
HP: 5
THAC0: 20

Weapon
Dagger 1d4/1d3

Spells (Magic-user)
First level: Dancing Lights, Comprehend Languages

In the Scooby-doo universe Luna plays the keyboards; here she plays a harp. Though there are harpsichords and spinets. She can play those as well. 

She is a Magic-user since I always see her as the “smart one.” Her spells are mainly to help with performances.

Dusk
2nd-level human Illusionist, Chaotic Good

Secondary Skill: Performer

S: 13
I: 16
W: 12
D: 16
C: 14
Ch: 15

Paralysis/Poison: 14
Petrify/Polymorph: 13
Rod, Staff, or Wand: 11
Breath Weapon: 15
Spells: 12

AC: 7 (Dex, Ring of Protection +2)
HP: 7
THAC0: 20

Weapon
Dagger 1d4/1d3

Spells (Illusionist)
First level: Audible Glammer, Color Spray

Dusk is our drummer. She remains largely the same. I gave her the Illusionist class since I feel she would be good at it and like Luna, her spells aid in the performances.

My one cheat is the Secondary Skill: Performer entry. This assumes the girls had musical training before taking up their class. This fits with AD&D 1st ed, allows me to fill the role of “bard” without getting bogged down in AD&D's bard class. 

If I were to do them for D&D 5th Edition, each would have a level or so of Bard before branching off to other classes. 

Links

Mine

• Scooby Doo Day: Hex Girls and Earth-27
• Here’s to Us: Hex Girls and Special Guest…
• Dark Places and Demogorgons
• Those Meddling Kids
• Cortex: Hex Girls 
• New: Hex Girls! 
• Hex Girls Season 2 for Cartoon Action Hour 
• Hex Girls 

Other Links

• Wikipedia
• The Witch's Ghost
• Hex Girls, Scoobypedia
• Hex Girls (Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated), Scoobypedia
• Visual Evolution of the Hex Girls, Reddit

I love that Reddit link; the girls were initially named Serena, Sabrina, and Samantha. All witches. And Samantha/Dusk looked really cool. And the less we talk about the “Velma” versions the better.

Monstrous Monday: Capricorn (Zodiac)

Growing up, I wanted to be an astrophysicist. My "wall" came in the form of Calculus II. While I am good at math, this one broke me. Which is ok, because by the time I was failing that class, I had discovered that I was also really, really good with computers and psychology.  

I mention this because every so often in writing about witches, astrology comes up. I am not going to get into why astrology is completely bogus here. No point. I am at least going to recognize how it can or at least could be used in my Occult D&D idea. That's a future post to be sure.

Since today is December 22, the Winter Solstice, it also marks the day that the sun enters Capricorn, for both Astronomy and Astrology.

Image by Alexa from Pixabay

CAPRICORN (Sea-Goat)

FREQUENCY: Rare
NO. APPEARING: 1–4
ARMOR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 12" (land), 15" (swim)
HIT DICE: 3+2
% IN LAIR: 25%
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1–4 / 1–6 (horns, bite)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Butt
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Animal (1)
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: M (6' long)
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
Attack/Defense Modes: Nil
XP VALUE: 95 + 4/hp

The Capricorn is a curious hybrid creature with the forequarters of a mountain goat and the hindquarters of a powerful fish or dolphin-like tail. It is equally at home scrambling across seaside cliffs or diving into deep, cold waters. Most are wary but not aggressive unless threatened or defending young.

A Capricorn fights with horned head-butts and snapping bites. If charging downhill or from a rocky ledge, it may butt for double damage on its first successful attack.

Capricorns dwell along rugged coastlines, sea cliffs, and cold island chains. They are usually encountered alone or in small family pods. Sailors consider sightings of mundane Capricorns a sign of harsh weather ahead.

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Good, but I can go more occult with this. Maybe something more akin to a Witch or Warlock patron.

CAPRICORN
The Sea-Goat, Warden of the Deep Winter, Keeper of the Long Path (Zodiac Patron)

FREQUENCY: Unique
NO. APPEARING: 1 (never encountered accidentally)
ARMOR CLASS: 2
MOVE: 15" (land), 18" (swim)
HIT DICE: 10+5
% IN LAIR: 75%
TREASURE TYPE: H, S, plus occult knowledge
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2–8 / 2–8 / 2–12 (horns, hooves, tidal bite)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: Crushing Tide, Inevitable Charge, Binding Oath
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Cold immunity, fate ward, patron’s reserve
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 30%
INTELLIGENCE: Very High (16)
ALIGNMENT: Lawful Neutral
SIZE: L (12' long)
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
Attack/Defense Modes: Nil
XP VALUE: 6,500+

Capricorn is not merely a celestial beast, but a cosmic office. It is the embodiment of endurance, sacrifice, patience, and the cruel mercy of time. Where other patrons tempt, seduce, or inspire, Capricorn tests.

Witches who invoke Capricorn do not gain easy power. They gain lasting power, earned through restraint, discipline, and acceptance of loss.

Capricorn favors witches who:

• Endure long trials
• Keep oaths even when inconvenient
• Accept isolation, exile, or slow ascension
• Practice winter magic, sea magic, fate magic, or Saturnine rites

Special Abilities

Crushing Tide

Once every 3 rounds, Capricorn may unleash a roaring surge of astral seawater in a 30-foot cone. Damage is 3d6, save vs. breath weapon for half. Creatures failing their save must also save vs. paralysis or be knocked prone.

Symbolically, this represents the slow but unstoppable force of time and consequence.

Inevitable Charge

When Capricorn charges, the target must save vs. paralysis or suffer double horn damage and be driven back 10 feet. Magical movement, haste, or teleportation does not negate this unless it explicitly alters fate or time.

Binding Oath

Once per day, Capricorn may bind a creature or witch to an oath spoken aloud in its presence.

The target must save vs. spells or be bound.

Breaking the oath inflicts a cumulative curse.

• First violation: –1 to all rolls for 24 hours
• Second violation: –2 and loss of spellcasting for 1 day
• Third violation: permanent –1 Constitution until atonement

A witch bound by Capricorn’s oath always knows when they are about to break it.

Fate Ward

Once per day, Capricorn may negate a spell or magical effect directed at it, as if the event never occurred. This is not dispelling, but retroactive inevitability.

Patron’s Reserve

Capricorn never grants spells freely. Instead, it may store power for its witches.

During the month of Capricorn, a Zodiac-patron sworn witch (one of the following):

• Delay the effects of exhaustion, aging, or curse for 1d6 days
• Automatically succeed on one saving throw related to cold, water, fear, or time
• Treat a failed divination as a partial success

This reserve cannot be used impulsively. The witch must declare its use before rolling.

Witch Patron Benefits

Witches sworn to Capricorn often gain access to:

• Winter and water Occult spells
• Binding, curse, and endurance magic
• Resistance to cold and fatigue at higher levels
• Reduced penalties for aging or long-term magical strain

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I will likely have more ideas. Kudos to my wife for helping come up with all of this while we were watching "The Secret of Oak Island."  This is their year to find the treasure!

I will try to do these for every sign. Yeah, you would need to revise them to fit your world, but that should be easy. Plus I am no expert on astrology, it was antithetical to my desire to be an astrophysicist, so if I get something wrong, well...it happens.

Blogsphere Links: Witches on Other Blogs, Part 5

Here is the last batch! I'll update my Witch Links page with all of these.

  

Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque

Magic Summary for Beyond the Wall
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2015/02/magic-summary-for-beyond-wall.html

The Other Boleyn Witch
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-other-boleyn-witch.html

Let's Loot the Witch's House!
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2016/01/lets-loot-witchs-house.html

Go See The Witch
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2016/02/go-see-witch.html

So, You Saw The Witch...
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2016/03/so-you-saw-witch.html

The Last Apprentice and 5e D&D
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2016/10/the-last-apprentice-and-5e-d.html

The Witch Queen of the Black Numenoreans
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2017/01/the-witch-queen-of-black-numenoreans.html

The Witch's Guest
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-witchs-guest.html

Total Skull, October 2017
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2017/11/total-skull-october-2017.html

Conjure Wife
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2019/10/conjure-wife.html

Origins of the Witch, The Gothic's Cruel Optimism, the Shadow Over Lovecraft
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2021/10/origins-of-witch-gothics-cruel-optimism.html

Sepulchre of the Swamp Witch
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2022/12/sepulchre-of-swamp-witch.html

Sigil Fires and Witch Wards
https://talesofthegrotesqueanddungeonesque.blogspot.com/2024/07/sigil-fired-and-witch-wards.html

Tenkar's Tavern

Some Thoughts on Mundane Magic
http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2018/11/some-thoughts-on-mundane-magic.html

These Old Games

52 Weeks of Magic - Item 29 - The Witch's Staff
http://www.theseoldgames.com/2019/10/52-weeks-of-magic-item-29-witchs-staff.html

Meet The New Antagonists - The Coven of Ash
https://www.theseoldgames.com/2019/12/meet-new-antagonists-coven-of-ash.html

The Skin Wolf Golem
https://www.theseoldgames.com/2020/03/the-skin-wolf-golem.html

OSR OCD. Witches Brew
https://www.theseoldgames.com/2020/09/osr-ocd-witches-brew.html

Throne of Salt

Class: Book Club Witches
http://throneofsalt.blogspot.com/2018/11/class-book-club-witches.html

Tower of the Archmage

New magic Item: Summoner's Candles
http://towerofthearchmage.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-magic-item-summoners-candles.html

New Monster: Fear Gorta
http://towerofthearchmage.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-monster-fear-gorta.html

New Magic Item: Mask of the Witchdoctor
http://towerofthearchmage.blogspot.com/2013/11/new-magic-item-mask-of-witchdoctor.html

The Witching Hour Approaches! Witch of the Deep
http://towerofthearchmage.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-witching-hour-approaches.html

5e New Spell: New Skin
http://towerofthearchmage.blogspot.com/2015/10/5e-new-spell-new-skin.html

Tribality

The Warlock Class
http://www.tribality.com/2016/10/20/the-warlock-class-part-zero/

Monster Lab: Frost Witch Queen for D&D 5e
http://www.tribality.com/2017/02/17/monster-lab-frost-witch-queen-for-dd-5e/

Trollish Delver

1d20 things in a witch's hovel
http://www.trollishdelver.com/2017/05/1d20-things-in-witchs-hovel.html

The Three Witches of the Dreadoak
http://www.trollishdelver.com/2018/07/the-three-witches-of-dreadoak.html

Witch bottle for Romance of the Perilous Land
http://www.trollishdelver.com/2021/09/witch-bottle-for-romance-of-perilous.html

Ultanya

Cauldron of the Witch
http://www.ultanya.com/2014/10/cauldron-of-witch.html

The Yule Cat
https://www.ultanya.com/2014/12/the-yule-cat.html

The Witch's Bookshelf
http://www.ultanya.com/2015/10/the-witchs-bookshelf.html

Wretched, Awful Things...

The Sixty Quirks of Witches and their Ilk
http://newfeierland.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-sixty-quirks-of-witches-and-their.html

What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse

Endless Quest Crimson Crystal Adventure #4: Stop That Witch!
https://lordgwydion.blogspot.com/2010/11/endless-quest-crimson-crystal-adventure.html

Beast of the Week: Witch
http://lordgwydion.blogspot.com/2012/11/beast-of-week-witch.html

Beast of the Week: Spearfinger
https://lordgwydion.blogspot.com/2012/02/beast-of-week-spearfinger.html

Wrath of Zombie's Blog

Hubris Player Classes- Witch
https://wrathofzombie.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/hubris-player-classes-witch/

The Blood Witch- A DCC class
https://wrathofzombie.wordpress.com/2014/07/18/the-blood-witch-a-dcc-class/

The Occult Slayer (Witch Hunter)- a 5e Fighter Martial Archetype
http://wrathofzombie.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/the-occult-slayer-witch-hunter-a-5e-fighter-martial-archetype/

The Bog Witch- A Terrible Creature Found in the Hubris Bogwood Swamp
http://wrathofzombie.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/the-bog-witch-a-terrible-creature-found-in-the-hubris-bogwood-swamp/

The Abhorrent Creature- The Witch/Warlock! An Enemy For Barbarians of the Ruined Earth
https://wrathofzombie.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/the-abhorrent-creature-the-witchwarlock-an-enemy-for-barbarians-of-the-ruined-earth/

Writeups.org
All of these are for DC Heroes Role-Playing Game

Tara Maclay (!) but sadly no Willow
https://www.writeups.org/tara-maclay-amber-benson-buffy-vampire-slayer/

Thelma Bates (HƎX)
https://www.writeups.org/thelma-bates-lesbian-ghost-hex-rooper/

Bavmorda
https://www.writeups.org/bavmorda-willow-witch-movie/

The Charmed Ones
Prue, https://www.writeups.org/shannen-doherty-charmed-prue-halliwell/
Piper, https://www.writeups.org/piper-halliwell-charmed-holly-marie-combs/
Phoebe, https://www.writeups.org/charmed-alyssa-milano-phoebe-halliwell/
Melinda Warren, https://www.writeups.org/melinda-warren-charmed-witch/

John Constantine
https://www.writeups.org/john-constantine-hellblazer-dc-vertigo-comics/

Elvira, mistress of the dark
https://www.writeups.org/elvira-mistress-of-the-dark/

Evil-Lyn (Masters of the Universe cartoons) 
https://www.writeups.org/evil-lyn-masters-universe-cartoon/

Hecate (Ms. Marvel character)
https://www.writeups.org/hecate-ms-marvel-comics/

Jadis the White Witch
https://www.writeups.org/narnia-tilda-swinton-jadis-white-witch/

Morgana the Witch
https://www.writeups.org/morgana-the-witch-wonder-woman-dc-comics/

Samantha Stephens
https://www.writeups.org/bewitched-samantha-stephens-elizabeth-montgomery/

Ursula the sea witch
https://www.writeups.org/ursula-witch-little-mermaid-disney/

Woman aka Witch (Hawk the Slayer)
https://www.writeups.org/woman-witch-hawk-the-slayer-movie-1980/

Wonder Woman
https://www.writeups.org/wonder-woman-diana-dc-comics-old/

Zenopus Archives
(*The* place for Holmes information)

35 years ago this month (Mar 77)
https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2012/03/35-years-ago-this-month-mar-77.html

Part 4: "...And a Half-Human, Half-Serpent Naga"
https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2013/11/part-4-and-half-human-half-serpent-naga.html

Part 55: Summary of Changes (Holmes Manuscript)
https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2016/05/part-55-summary-of-changes.html

And that is all! For now anyway.

Blogsphere Links: Witches on Other Blogs, Part 4

 A few more today. As always, let me know if I missed yours.

Of Dice and Dragons

Welcome to the Witch’s Brew
https://ofdiceanddragons.com/welcome-to-the-witchs-brew/

OSR Grimoire

Holmes Expanded: Character Classes
https://osrgrimoire.blogspot.com/2021/01/holmes-expanded-character-classes.html

Holmes Expanded: The Witch
https://osrgrimoire.blogspot.com/2021/01/holmes-expanded-witch.html

B5: Horror on the Hill
https://osrgrimoire.blogspot.com/2022/10/b5-horror-on-hill.html

The OSR Library

Folkloric and Infernal Magic Options (OSR)
http://theosrlibrary.blogspot.com/2014/10/folkloric-and-infernal-magic-options-osr.html

The Witch Class (S&W / OSR) The Traditional Evil Witch archetype.
http://theosrlibrary.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-witch-class-s-osr-traditional-evil.html

The Magician Class (OSR)
https://theosrlibrary.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-magician-class-osr.html

OSR Pirate/Renaissance and Colonial Classes. Magician, Sorcerer, Witch
https://theosrlibrary.blogspot.com/2018/07/osr-piraterenaissance-and-colonial_94.html

Owl’s Guide to Witches

Guide for Pathfinder Witches
https://feeneygames.github.io/PFGuideArchive/archive/Owl%E2%80%99s%20Witch%20Guide/OwlsWitchGuide.html

The Piazza

Witch Class
https://www.thepiazza.org.uk/bb/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=26878

The PorPor Books Blog: SF and Fantasy Books 1968 - 1988

Book Review: Hecate's Cauldron
https://theporporbooksblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/book-review-hecates-cauldron.html

The Witch Queen of Acheron
https://theporporbooksblog.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-witch-queen-of-acheron.html

Book Review: Silverglass
https://theporporbooksblog.blogspot.com/2019/06/book-review-silverglass.html

Magician by Robert Holdstock and Malcolm Edwards
https://theporporbooksblog.blogspot.com/2023/05/magician-by-robert-holdstock-and.html

Power Score RPG

Baba Yaga's Hut
http://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/search?q=baba+yaga

Dungeons & Dragons - The Baatorians, the Original Denizens of Hell
https://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/2017/01/dungeons-dragons-baatorians-original.html

Dungeons & Dragons - A Guide to the Demonomicon of Iggwilv
https://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-demonomicon-of-iggwilv.html

Dungeons & Dragons - A Guide to Tasha
https://thecampaign20xx.blogspot.com/2016/06/dungeons-dragons-guide-to-iggwilv-witch.html

Prismatic Wasteland

Familiars: A Witch’s Best Friend
https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/familiars-a-witchs-best-friend

Quag Keep

The Quintessential Witch D20, Death Curse
https://quagkeep.blogspot.com/2011/07/quintessential-witch-d20-death-curse.html

B5 Horror on the Hill
https://quagkeep.blogspot.com/2012/04/b5-horror-on-hill.html

The Hamlet of Thumble
https://quagkeep.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-hamlet-of-thumble.html

Judges Guild: Witches Court Marshes
https://quagkeep.blogspot.com/2017/12/judges-guild-witches-court-marshes.html

Role Aids: Witches
https://quagkeep.blogspot.com/2019/02/role-aids-witches.html

Quest of the Ancients
https://quagkeep.blogspot.com/2019/01/quest-of-ancients.html

Saga of the Witch Queen
https://quagkeep.blogspot.com/2019/07/saga-of-witch-queen.html

Way of the Witch
https://quagkeep.blogspot.com/2022/08/way-of-witch.html

FOR6: The Seven Sisters (1995)
https://quagkeep.blogspot.com/2025/01/for6-seven-sisters-1995.html

Witch Hunt (1983)
https://quagkeep.blogspot.com/2025/02/witch-hunt-1983.html

Rachel Bonuses

Comparative OSR Witchcraft
https://rachelghoulgamestuff.blogspot.com/2013/05/comparative-osr-witchcraft.html

Fey-touched Background for 5e
http://rachelghoulgamestuff.blogspot.com/2014/08/in-which-5e-background-is-introduced.html

The sorcerer, draft 3
https://rachelghoulgamestuff.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-sorcerer-draft-3.html

Raven Crowking's Nest

Patrons & Projects II: A Sample (Hecate)
https://ravencrowking.blogspot.com/2012/07/patrons-projects-ii-sample.html

The Time of the Oath
http://ravencrowking.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-time-of-oath.html

Helloween: Better Than Raw - Charity Desire
http://ravencrowking.blogspot.com/2018/10/helloween-better-than-raw.html

Realms of Chirak

B/X D&D Month XIV: Terragia, the Witch of Galitath
http://realmsofchirak.blogspot.com/2014/04/bx-d-month-xiv-terragia-witch-of.html

The Witch of Galitath for Magic World
https://realmsofchirak.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-witch-of-galitath-for-magic-world.html

Sages of Greyhawk (Facebook)

Iggwilv, the Witch-Queen of Perrenland
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1471065309863986/permalink/1760909524212895

Save Versus All Wands

Witches in Early D&D
http://saveversusallwands.blogspot.com/2017/11/witches-in-early-d.html

What is Book of Spells? Part 1: Magic-Users
https://saveversusallwands.blogspot.com/2017/10/what-is-book-of-spells-part-1-magic.html

Book of Spells for Zylarthen Released!
https://saveversusallwands.blogspot.com/2017/10/book-of-spells-for-zylarthen-released.html

Save Vs. Dragons

A-to-Z Challenge, V: Vulbat (New Oe/BX/1E Monster)
https://savevsdragon.blogspot.com/2012/04/to-z-challenge-v-vulbat-new-oebx1e.html

A-to-Z Blogging Challenge Day 1: Atanuwe's Feast Day
https://savevsdragon.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-to-z-blogging-challenge-day-1.html

Sea of Stars RPG

Review – Once Upon A Time: A Guide to Fairy Tales (for Pathfinder)
https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/review-once-upon-a-time-a-guide-to-fairy-tales-for-pathfinder/

New Spells – Fever Chain of Spells
https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/new-spells-fever-chain-of-spells/

Review – #1 with a Bullet Point: 5 Magic Witch’s Daggers
https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/review-1-with-a-bullet-point-5-magic-witchs-daggers/

May RPG Blog Carnival Review – Occult Mysteries and Magic
https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2017/05/31/may-rpg-blog-carnival-review-occult-mysteries-and-magic/

Adventure Report – Storybooks and Witches
https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2020/03/17/adventure-report-storybooks-and-witches/

Tuesday Magic Item – Solstice Wand
https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2021/12/22/tuesday-magic-item-solstice-wand/

Gwestrya, Hedge Witch (Petrichor 365)
https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2023/05/18/gwestrya-hedge-witch-petrichor-365/

Tuesday Magic Item – Witch Wand
https://seaofstarsrpg.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/tuesday-magic-item-witch-wand/

Steve's Gamer Blog

Witches & Warlocks (4e)
http://stevesgamerblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/witches-warlocks.html

Scarecrows Part 1 and Part 2
 - https://stevesgamerblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/building-scarecrows-part-1.html
 - https://stevesgamerblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/building-scarecrows-part-2.html

The Witch Preview (Heroes of the Feywild)
https://stevesgamerblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/witch-preview-heroes-of-feywild.html

Heroes of the Feywild Preview: Pixie and Witch
http://stevesgamerblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/heroes-of-feywild-preview-pixie-and.html

Strange Magic

Weekend Edition: Palace of the Vampire Queen
http://strangemagic.robertsongames.com/2010/10/weekend-edition-palace-of-vampire-queen.html

Witch for B/X D&D
http://strangemagic.robertsongames.com/2012/03/witch-for-bx-d.html

Split Classes in B/X D&D
http://strangemagic.robertsongames.com/2012/03/split-classes-in-bx-d.html

Bene Gesserit for B/X D&D
http://strangemagic.robertsongames.com/2012/09/bene-gesserit-for-bx-d.html

Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles Wiki

Witch and Witchcraft tales (from Germany)
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Category:Witch

Sword & Shield

Compleat Spell Caster
https://swordandshieldrpg.blogspot.com/2012/06/compleat-spell-caster.html

Last batch tomorrow!

Blogsphere Links: Witches on Other Blogs, Part 3

 A lot more links today, and some more still to come.

At this point, I am sure I have some links, so let me know if yours should be in this collection.

Halls of the Nephilim

The Mask of Satan
https://punverse.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-mask-of-satan.html

M is for Mask
https://punverse.blogspot.com/2014/04/m-is-for-mask.html

The Cloak of Feathers (DCC)
https://punverse.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-cloak-of-feathers-dcc.html

Kole, Witch of the Wild
http://punverse.blogspot.com/2014/06/kole-witch-of-wild-basic.html

Succubus Sundays
http://punverse.blogspot.com/search/label/Succubus%20Sunday

Scarecrows for D&D 5
http://punverse.blogspot.com/2014/09/autumnal-equinox.html

I Cast Light!

EYE OF NEWT AND A DASH OF STARDUST: Ingredients for Fairy Tale Adventures
https://icastlight.blogspot.com/2025/01/eye-of-newt-and-dash-of-stardust.html

I Don't Remember That Move

The Batterwitch(es)
https://rememberdismove.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-batterwitches.html

Witch Generator
https://rememberdismove.blogspot.com/2015/05/witch-generator.html

a peeper deeper, Ready to Harvest the Witch's Garden
http://rememberdismove.blogspot.com/2019/10/a-peeper-deeper.html

In Place's Deep

Serve the Master!
http://inplacesdeep.blogspot.com/2014/11/serve-master.html

The Witch (Rough Draft)

http://inplacesdeep.blogspot.com/2010/10/witch-rough-draft.html

Internet Sacred Texts Archive

https://www.sacred-texts.com/

Jaron's RANTs and RAVEs

[DND] Character Concept - WAR D&D: Witch Elf
http://jaron95.blogspot.com/2010/03/dnd-character-concept-war-d-witch-elf.html
Based on the WoW Witch Elf, they a close to what I would call a War Witch.

Jeff's Gameblog

The Ink Witches
http://jrients.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-ink-witches.html

Land of Nod

The Old Mage's Almanac - Spells of Voice
http://matt-landofnod.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-old-mages-almanac-spells-of-voice.html

Le Chaudron Chromatique (The chromatic cauldron)

Goblin Enchantress (with shaman and retinue)
http://chaudronchromatique.blogspot.com/2014/10/goblin-enchantress-with-shaman-and.html

The Lizard Man Diaries

Star Witch Class for White Star
http://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2016/02/star-witch-class-white-star.html

Mad Gaming Madness

Fantastic Friday: Witch Class in D&D

• Part 1, https://madgamingmadness.blogspot.com/2021/03/fantastic-friday-witch-class-in-d-part-1.html
• Part 2, https://madgamingmadness.blogspot.com/2021/03/fantastic-friday-witch-class-in-d-part-2.html
• Part 3, https://madgamingmadness.blogspot.com/2021/03/fantastic-friday-witch-class-in-d-part-3.html
• Part 4, https://madgamingmadness.blogspot.com/2021/04/fantastic-friday-witch-class-in-d-part-4.html
• Addendum, http://madgamingmadness.blogspot.com/2021/10/fantastic-friday-witch-class-in-d.html

Monster Brains

Art site with lots of great old art featuring witches, demons, ghosts, and other monsters.

Witches In Woodcuts
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2007/03/blog-post.html

Rosaleen Norton
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2007/08/rosaleen-norton-australian-occultist.html

Compendium Of Magic And Demonology, 1775
http://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2014/12/compendium-of-magic-and-demonology-1775.html

Cornelis Saftleven - Drawings of Demons, 17th Century
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2015/01/cornelis-saftleven-drawings-of-demons.html

Leonard Baskin - Imps, Demons, Hobgoblins, Witches, Fairies and Elves, 1984
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2015/01/leonard-baskin-imps-demons-hobgoblins.html

Cornelis van Jacob - Saul and the Witch of Endor, 1526
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2015/01/cornelis-van-jacob-saul-and-witch-of.html

Illustrations from Walt McDougall’s Good Stories for Children, 1902-05
Check out the "carrion crawler" from 1902!
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2015/11/illustrations-from-walt-mcdougalls-good.html

John D Batten
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2016/01/john-d-batten.html

Norman Lindsay (1879 – 1969)
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2016/08/norman-lindsay.html

Paul Ranson (1864-1909)
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2016/12/paul-ranson-1864-1909.html

Frans Francken the Younger (1581 - 1642)
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2017/08/frans-francken-younger-1581-1642.html

Reggie Oliver - The Hauntings at Tankerton Park
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2017/03/reggie-oliver-hauntings-at-tankerton.html

William Mortensen (1897-1965)
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2017/05/william-mortensen-1897-1965.html

Jaroslav Panuska (1872-1958)
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2017/04/jaroslav-panuska-1872-1958.html

Gabriel Ehinger - The Witch of Endor, 1675
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2017/07/gabriel-ehinger-witch-of-endor-1675.html

Heinrich Kley (1863 - 1945)
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2019/12/heinrich-kley-1863-1945.html

Richard Doyle (1824-1883)
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2020/02/richard-doyle-1824-1883.html

Stephen Romano Curator in Residence - Luciana Lupe Vasconcelos
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2020/05/monster-brains-stephen-romano-curator_12.html

Joannès Drevet - The Witch, 1904
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2021/01/joannes-drevet-witch-1904.html

Richard Doyle - Witches and Dragons, late 19th Century
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2021/03/richard-doyle-witches-and-dragons-late.html

Franz von Zülow - The Witch's Kitchen, Early-Mid 20th C
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2021/03/franz-von-zulow-witchs-kitchen-early.html

Valery Slauk (Belarusian, 1947 - )
https://monsterbrains.blogspot.com/2021/11/valery-slauk-belarusian-1947.html

Monsters and Manuals

Witches and Warlocks
http://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.com/2016/03/witches-and-warlocks.html

Mutants & Magic

Web Witch
http://mutantsmagic.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-labyrinth-lord-monster-web-witch.html

Natures Sacred Journey

Bringing the Witch back to D&D
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/naturessacredjourney/2016/08/bringing-the-witch-back-to-dd/

Northport

Demons and Patrons in Basic Era Games
https://gwythaintny.wordpress.com/2020/01/31/demons-and-patrons-in-basic-era-games/

NUELOW Games

The Love Witch has been unleashed!
https://nuelow.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-love-witch-has-been-unleashed.html

Coming Soon: 'Secrets of the Witchkind'
https://nuelow.blogspot.com/2016/10/coming-soon-secrets-of-witchkind.html

Body Wraps of Dimension Travel
https://nuelow.blogspot.com/2017/07/heres-magic-item-for-any-game-system.html

Remains of Atlantis: The Codex of Doom (Part One)
https://nuelow.blogspot.com/2018/04/remains-of-atlantis-codex-of-doom-part.html

More of the links tomorrow.