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The Complete Netbook of Witches & Warlocks Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition The Complete Netbook of Witches & Warlocks The Complete Netbook of Witches and Warlocks The Complete Netbook of Witches & Warlocks Forward Sometimes it is the steps backward that prompt us to big steps forward. This document is the cumulating effort of my knowledge of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. I have been working on three documents over various periods of time since 1987; The Witch; The Glantri Handbook; and Vampires. Each, while being similar, were very different projects. My original project attempted to unite these different works, along with some game playing notes that I have collected over the years. The Witch of course was my star. At almost 200 pages it was the most complete work on the witch that I have ever seen, official or otherwise. That is until my word processor ate it. Frantically rushing to save what I could and holding on to my only printout, which was already several revisions old, I decided to take a new direction. The Witch, which had over time been updated to 2nd Edition riles and been renamed the Complete Handbook of Witches and Warlocks, (a nod to TSR’s Handbook series and to the old Bard games Compleat Spellcaster) now was merging with the less game specific material from the Glantri Handbook and my collected notes on the Vampire. The birth of this tripartite union was The Complete Guide to Shadow Earth. Shadow Earth was a new game world in which the witch would take center stage. However, TSR had plans of their own. They had released Ravenloft: Masque of the Red Death. It’s Gothic Earth was almost everything I wanted to do for my Shadow Earth. So once again I was sent back to the drawing board. Revising my old copies I split everything back up again. What you have now is The Complete Netbook of Witches & Warlocks. Again a nod both to TSR and Bard Games, but also to reflect the effect the Internet has had on my D&D experiences. I am not pretending that this will be the final or most authoritative word on witches in the Dungeons & Dragons game. I do believe it is the most complete work to date on the subject and a completely playable version of the witch. Please enjoy using this work as much as I have enjoyed creating it. Web Warlock [email protected] 31 October 1999, Samhain 22 December 1999, Yule - Revised Acknowledgements Nothing happens in a vacuum. This work has been created and brought to you not only by myself, but a host of supporters. I’d like to thank the following people for their help in completing this document. R. Michael Grenda and Jon R. Cook for helping me develop all these ideas over the last 19 years. To all the players who I forced the witch on. Thanks to Evil and Debbie, for reading the various versions of this document. And a big thanks to Rune R. Christensen for extensive grammar checking and editing. Web Warlock The Complete Netbook of Witches and Warlocks 3 Table of Contents Superior Occult Powers .................................................................................................. 17 FORWARD..............................................................................................2 Astral Travel ............................................................................................................ 17 Evil Eye.................................................................................................................... 17 Foretell Future.......................................................................................................... 17 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS....................................................................2 Kiss of Death............................................................................................................ 17 Manufacture Potions #5............................................................................................ 17 Summon Divine Aid ................................................................................................. 17 TABLE OF CONTENTS........................................................................3 Superior Elemental Powers....................................................................................... 17 Superior Psionic Powers........................................................................................... 18 LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................... 4 Superior Wizard Spells ............................................................................................. 18 Wish......................................................................................................................... 18 INTRODUCTION...................................................................................6 Witch’s Blessing....................................................................................................... 18 Witch’s Curse........................................................................................................... 18 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK ......................................................................................................... 6 SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS ........................................................................................................ 22 WHAT YOU NEED ................................................................................................................... 6 Witches........................................................................................................................... 22 DISCLAIMER ........................................................................................................................... 6 Warlocks ........................................................................................................................22 A NOTE ABOUT GENDER ........................................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER 2: ROLE-PLAYING THE WITCH.................................23 CHAPTER 1: THE WITCH SUBCLASS .............................................7 BEING A WITCH .................................................................................................................... 23 WITCHES AND WARLOCKS...................................................................................................... 7 Cosmology ..................................................................................................................... 23 Witches vs. Wizards.......................................................................................................... 7 WITCH TRADITIONS & KITS.................................................................................................. 23 Witches and Clerics........................................................................................................... 7 Descriptions of Traditions............................................................................................... 23 Druids vs. Witches............................................................................................................ 8 Family Tradition.............................................................................................................. 24 THE WITCH’S GODDESS.......................................................................................................... 8 Amazon Witch................................................................................................................ 24 WITCHES & WARLOCK ADVANCEMENT ................................................................................. 9 Crone.............................................................................................................................. 24 REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................................... 11 Faerie Witch ................................................................................................................... 25 Alignment .......................................................................................................................11 Gypsy Witch................................................................................................................... 25 Weapons Allowed........................................................................................................... 11 Malefica (Demonic / Diabolic)......................................................................................... 25 Non-weapon Proficiencies............................................................................................... 11 Mara (Death Mistress) .................................................................................................... 26 Witch’s Mark.................................................................................................................. 11 Natural Witch ................................................................................................................. 26 Apprentices and Initiates................................................................................................. 11 Occultist ......................................................................................................................... 28 Followers and Hirelings................................................................................................... 11 Tantric Witch (Seductress).............................................................................................. 28 The Flock .......................................................................................................................11
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