Earlier I posted the Queen of Witches, today I want to post something I feel lacking in the Patherfinder witch; A connection to the divine.
One thing I felt the early batch of witch books for the d20 game did well was the inclusion of a good amount of Prestige Classes. There were all sorts really, but the ones I liked the best allowed the witch to take an aspect of what made her a witch and explore it in detail. The Witch Priestess is one such class. I suppose to fill out the mix I would also include an Arcane Witch, an Occult Witch, maybe some sort of expert on Charms and another on Potions. But that would be for another day.
Here is the Witch Priestess. All content below this point is consider Open.
Section 15: Witch Priestess, Copyright 2012, Timothy. S. Brannan.
OGC Declaration: The following text content is considered Open Content for term of the OGL.
Witch Priestess
Hit Dice: d6
Requirements To qualify to become a Witch Priestess, a character must fulfill all of the following criteria:
Knowledge (Religion) 8 Ranks
Knowledge (Witchcraft): 10 Ranks
Feats: At least one Witch feat.
Special: A Witch Priestess must belong to a coven.
A Witch Priestess typically has a high wisdom.
Class Skills The Witch Priestess class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration (Con), Craft (Alchemy) (Int), Craft (any) (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Heal (Wis), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (nature), Knowledge (religion), (Int), Knowledge (witchcraft) (Int), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), and Spellcraft (Int).
Skill points at Each Level: 4 + Int modifier
Class Features All of the following are class features of The Witch Priestess prestige class.
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The Witch Priestess gains no proficiency with weapons or armor.
Special: The Witch Priestess gains special powers at each level of her progression.
Spells per Day: The Witch Priestess begins gaining Divine spells as a cleric of the same level. The Witch Priestess can though add her levels to levels of witch for determination of DCs or level based effects. Levels of witch do not however add to her levels of Witch Priestess when casting divine Witch Priestess spells. For example a character with 10 levels of Witch and 3 levels of Witch Priestess will cast witch spells as a 13th level witch, but Witch Priestess spells as a 3rd level caster. NOTE: A Witch Priestess with levels in a divine spellcasting class may opt to continue to progress with those spell levels, they will not however add to her casting of witch spells. So a character with 10 levels of Witch, 3 levels of cleric and 3 levels of Witch Priestess can cast as a 10th level witch and as a 6th level divine spell caster.
Divine Spells: The witch may cast spells as a cleric of the same level. She uses the same list of spells as does the cleric. She still cannot use spells that are contrary to her alignment or beliefs; that is no Raise Dead spells. Domain: The Witch Priestess gains access to a clerical domain of the appropriate type. They gain the spells and associated powers as a cleric with this domain. At 8th level the Witch Priestess gains a 2nd domain.
Occult Powers (Su): At 3rd level the Witch Priestess gains additional occult powers as if she were a witch of that Tradition. The Witch Priestess will choose occult powers form her own Tradition first always at 3rd level, then branching out to the other Traditions for her next Occult power. Note: Some witches call their Occult Powers “Hexes”. These witches may choose a new Witch Hex at these levels. The first Hex must be of the Minor sort. The second Hex may be Major or Grand as appropriate.
Bonus Feat: The Witch Priestess gains an additional feat. She may choose from Witch or Cleric/Divine feats if she meets the requirements.
Form Coven: The Witch Priestess can form a new coven. If she is part of a coven now she will leave, with no ill will, to form her own coven. The number of witches she gathers is equal to 1d6+ her Charisma modifier. These witches will be under 6th level for a total number of levels equal to the Witch Priestess level + her level as a Witch. For example a witch with a 17 Charisma can have a maximum of 9 (3 + 6) witches. If she is a 10th level witch and a 5th level Witch Priestess the she can have a maximum of 15 levels of witches in her coven. So possibly 8 1st level and 1 7th level or any combination thereof.
Drawing Down the Moon (Su): Once per day the witch priestess can recall a number of spell levels equal to half her level (witch and witch priestess combined) rounded down. The witch must complete a ritual to regain her spell levels that takes a full round. Once complete the witch regains the knowledge of the spells lost.
Charge of the Goddess (Su): The witch at this point is such a force for her Patron that she can summon the Goddess’ own power into herself. The witch radiates an aura of Fear at 15’ to all her enemies. She gains a bonus of +2 to all her saves and AC. She also gains +3 to all offensive attack forms, spells (spellcasting and DCs) or weapons. This charge lasts for a number of rounds equal to the witch’s Wisdom score. It may be performed only once per day and takes one full round to perform.
| Level | BAB | Fort. | Ref. | Will | Special | Divine Spellcasting* | ||||
| Save | Save | Save | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1st | +0 | +0 | +0 | +2 | Divine Spells, Healing | 1 | ||||
| 2nd | +1 | +0 | +0 | +3 | Domain (1st Domain) | 1+1 | ||||
| 3rd | +1 | +1 | +1 | +3 | Occult Power / Hex | 1+1 | 1 | |||
| 4th | +2 | +1 | +1 | +4 | Bonus Feat | 2+1 | 1+1 | |||
| 5th | +2 | +1 | +1 | +4 | Form Coven | 2+1 | 1+1 | 1 | ||
| 6th | +3 | +2 | +2 | +5 | Drawing Down the Moon | 3+1 | 2+1 | 1+1 | ||
| 7th | +3 | +2 | +2 | +5 | Occult Power / Hex | 3+1 | 2+1 | 1+1 | 1 | |
| 8th | +4 | +2 | +2 | +6 | Domain (2nd Domain) | 4+1 | 3+1 | 2+1 | 1+1 | |
| 9th | +4 | +3 | +3 | +6 | Bonus Feat | 4+1 | 3+1 | 2+1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10th | +5 | +3 | +3 | +7 | Charge of the Goddess | 5+1 | 4+1 | 3+1 | 2+1 | 1+1 |
*A Witch Priestess may choose to continue advancing as any divine spellcasting class she also has.
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