New Releases Tuesday: The Witch Finder Class

 Walpurgis Week continues.  I have a new release for fans of the Old-School Essentials game (and any Basic Era game).

I mean, someone has to keep all these witches in line.

The Witch Finder Class

I have been tinkering with this one for a while now. Finally came together for me while working on my most recent witch book (spoiler, out tomorrow).

From the DriveThruRPG page:

“We are the fire. We are the silence. We are the last prayer between damnation and the soul.”

- Creed of the Order of Saint Ossian.

In a world where magic and witches are real and pose a threat to law, light, and good, there will be Witch Finders.

Inside, you will find:

- The Witch Finder Half-Class for Old-School Essentials (compatible with other Basic-era games).
- New spells for witch finders (and for clerics if you choose).
- New magic items, including the infamous Malleus Maleficarum.
- Two Witch Finder Orders, The Orders of St. Ossian and St. Werper. United in purpose but divided by methods. 

Requires Old-School Essentials Core Rules.

--

Classic Classes

I am calling this series "Classic Classes," though some are not "classic" per se, save for how long they have been languishing on my "to be completed" lists. I do not have a projected timeline for them all yet, but I plan on completing the Healer, the Sun-Priest (I just need to give it a new name), and a few more. For now, the plan is only to complete my own unfinished work. 

What is a Half-Class?

The Witch Finder is a "Half-Class" that is it is designed to be used along with another class that is the character's primary class. A quick look at the various Witch Finders and Witch Hunters shows they began as something else and continued that.  Cotton Mather (Salem Witch Trials) was a "cleric" first and foremost. Mathew Hopkins (England) was mostly a charlatan ("thief") and even in modern times Robin Sena, aka Witch Hunter Robin, was also a witch herself. 

So by this logic, I created a "Half-Class" for the Witch Finder. This also helps me preserve some of the flavor of my old 3.x era Witch Finder Prestige Class. 

Will future Classic Classes be Half-Classes? No idea yet, but it will be fun to find out.

Monstrous Mondays: Monstrous Maleficarum #4 - Lilith & the Lilim

 Walpurgis Week begins with a preview of sorts of my soon-to-be-released Left Hand Path Witch book. This one began while my oldest was reading through an early draft of the LHP book and decided he wanted some of my demons for his 5th edition game. I had the stats, I had the art. I had material that I had to cut from the final draft of the LHP book. So this one came together rather nicely.

Monstrous Maleficarum #4 - Lilith & the Lilim

Since the dawn of humankind, there have been monsters, demons, out there in the dark waiting to steal our most vital resources: our lives, our will, our children.

Monstrous Maleficarum #4 brings these demons, the Lilim, together; a shared story from all over the ancient world, and their dark Mistress Lilith herself.

Herein, you will find nine types of Lilim demons to challenge and terrify your players. The terrifying Mormo and Empusa would live for combat and the flesh of humans. The forsaken Mazziqin. The powerful Lamashtu. The Batibat invader of dreams and her far more powerful cousin, the Mara. The seductive Succubus, and the most powerful of all, the Lilitu.

Also presented is Lilith. Neither god nor demon nor witch nor mortal, but something akin to all four and something unique at the same time.

What is Monstrous Maleficarum?

Monstrous Maleficarum is a series of smaller publications to feature new monsters for the 5th Edition of the World's Greatest Role-Playing game. Sometimes these monsters are from previous editions, brought into the new era via the Open Gaming License. Sometimes they are new takes on classic creatures of myth and legend. And other times they will be brand new creatures.

Each “issue” will feature a theme of related monsters. Every issue will feature 100% Open Gaming Content text.

--

Enjoy!

Walpurgis *Week*

 Wednesday is Walpurgisnacht, or Walpurgis Night (technically Walpurgis Eve), and I have some treats for you all this week starting tomorrow.

By way of toady's fashion statement, a spoiler for the week.