Character Creation Challenge: Day 2, Eireann

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Welcome to day 2 of the Character Creation Challenge. Today's witch is a return from the 2021 Challenge.

Eireann is/was a Moon Elf Witch for the 4th Edition D&D game. She was also tied very closely to the Forgotten Realms. I had some ideas for her, but some of those went on to be part of Sinéad's character.

For this version, I am going to say that Eireann knew about Sinéad and looked up to her. So much so that like Sinéad in her time, Eireann leaves the Moonshae Isles to make her fortune on the Sword Coast.

Mechanically, she is a Dragon Magazine #43 witch. This is important to me because this is most likely the witch Ed Greenwood talks about in his "Down-to-earth Divinity" article in Dragon #54. Witch obviously had a role to play in the early Forgotten Realms; Ed even says so. 

Eireann is a "Moon Elf" by birth, but she is a "Free Elf" by culture. When she left home, she joined a band of Free Elves and began to travel with them. At second level, she is still with them. 

Her secondary skill is "Midwife." A skill she learned when living on the Moonshae Islands. I will detail all the new Secondary Skills I am developing later on. I am 100% certain that it is a skill that will never see game use in most games. But there will be a case or two in my games where it would happen. Of course it is also great background detail. She joins the Free Elves, and stays because she is a good mid-wife.  For this reason I give her the form of address of "Goodwife" even though she is not married.

I am also still playing around with the idea of "unaligned" in AD&D 1st Ed.

Goodwife Eireann
2nd level Free Elf (Moon) Magic-user/Witch, Unaligned

Secondary Skill: Midwife

S: 10
I: 18
W: 12
D: 10
C: 14
Ch: 15

Paralysis/Poison: 10
Petrify/Polymorph: 13
Rod, Staff, or Wand: 11
Breath Weapon: 16
Spells: 15

AC: 10 (no armor)
HP: 6
THAC0: 20

Weapon
Dagger 1d4/1d3

Familiar: None yet (Dragon #43 witches can get them later on)

Spells (Witch)
First level: Change Self, Charm Man, Cure Wounds

Spells (Magic User)
First level: Read Magic, Sleep

Theme Song: Child of the Meadow

So a lot of old ideas and a lot of new ones as well. 

I feel a little bad that I have neglected this witch in favor of Sinéad. But this also allows me to build a better witch out of her. Essentially, I have taken anything "witchy" I had planned for Sinéad and dumped it all into Eireann. It works well to be honest. 

I have her listed as part of the West Haven coven, but in truth, she is really more of a Solitary Witch. Maybe loosely aligned with it.