Yesterday I reviewed some DMSGuild Druid circles that would work as witches. Today I am going to look at some Warlock Pacts that would work as witches.
For many a witch is a distaff warlock, but as you can imagine that has never really worked for me. That is not to say you can't do it. I am currently playing a very witchy warlock. In fact the whole point of the character is to see if I can get a witch-like experience of the Rules As Written warlock.
For these reviews, I am still following my rules.
Warlock Patron: The Witch
This PDF is one page (cover not included in the download). It is a PWYW with a suggested price of $1.00.
While it is called the Warlock Patron The Witch, I am not seeing much to differentiate it from other warlocks. Nor anything about it that is particularly witchy. I was hoping for warlocks that make pacts with ancient witches and Witch Queens like Baba Yaga, or even Tasha/Iggwilv. So some neat ideas here and there, but not pulled together well enough for me.
Which is too bad, the cover art had a lot of promise.
Warlock Patron- Hala
Hala was the Goddess of Witches for Ravenloft. She was introduced in the late 2nd Edition days along with the Ravenloft Witch.
This PDF is three pages (1 cover, 1.5 content) and sells for PWYW, suggested $0.50.
In this case the warlocks do choose Hala as their patron and we get a Warlock pact that is very, very similar to what we saw in 2nd Ed Ravenloft, Van Richten's Monster Hunter Compendium Vol. 3. It works so well in fact that this could be the model for other witchy-type warlocks.
Easily worth the $0.50.
This one is a neat idea. A Warlock with a special kind of patron to become a Gingerbread Witch, ala the witch from "Hanzel and Gretel."
This PDF is a straight sale of $0.75 and you get three pages of class features to the Warlock. There is also a Gingerbread familiar which is a nice touch. Though I am less impressed with the art; the author uses the Gingerbread man from the movie "Shrek." This is doubly disappointing given the number of public domain images that could have been used or artists out there that would have done art for this.
While the idea has some merit I don't see a lot of people playing this as a class option long term.
Lastly, I have one that covers Warlocks, Druids, Sorcerers and Wizards all as witches.
This 9 page PDF is PWYW with a suggestion of $2.00. It covers four different subclass archetypes that can be used as the witch.
There is Druid: Circle of the Coven, which draws on the natural powers associated with the Fey. Sorcerer: Witch Stigma, which is a sorcerer with faerie blood, or witch blood if you prefer. Warlock: Haggardly Pact which is a pact with hags and finally the Wizard Arcane Tradition: Coven, which is similar to the witch kit found in AD&D 2nd ed or the witch subclass for wizards in D&D 4e.
Each one is like viewing the witch through the lens of the stated class. Each one also provides something unique, but also each one is an incomplete picture. I think what might be fun is to have a coven of five witches, each one represented by a subclass here and one more as a Witch class. OR create a witchy subclass for the cleric.
That would be fun to try.
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