The Creaft of the Wise the Page Witch Tradition

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FOREWORD ...... 2 Halfling, Trow ...... 116 PART 1: INTRODUCTION ...... 6 Horned Women...... 116 PART 2: THE WITCH CLASS ...... 10 Initiate...... 117 Jackdaw ...... 118 Witch (Pagan Tradition) ...... 14 Kelpie ...... 118 Cowans ...... 16 Lithobolia ...... 119 Player Character Cowans ...... 17 Mud-Man...... 120 Familiars...... 17 Pyewacket ...... 120 List of Familiars (Pagan Witch) ...... 19 Rabbit, Killer ...... 121 PART 3: THE PAGAN TRADITION ...... 20 Scarecrow ...... 122 Tradition Description ...... 20 Selkie ...... 122 Occult Powers ...... 24 Schreckengeist ...... 123 Pagan Covens ...... 28 Sylph ...... 124 The Bándrui ...... 28 Troll, Wood ...... 124 The Followers of Aradia ...... 29 Wight, Barrow ...... 125 Life as a Pagan Witch ...... 30 Will-o’-Wisp...... 126 PART 4: SPELLS & SPELLCRAFT ...... 36 Wind Wraith ...... 127 Magical Theory and Thought ...... 36 Woodwose ...... 128 Spell Descriptions...... 37 Zombie, Bog ...... 129 First Level Spells ...... 38 PART 6: MAGIC ITEMS ...... 130 Second Level Spells ...... 45 Armor and Shields ...... 130 Third Level Spells ...... 52 Miscellaneous Items ...... 130 Fourth Level Spells ...... 61 Brooms ...... 132 Fifth Level Spells ...... 70 Cauldrons ...... 133 Sixth Level Spells ...... 78 Potions ...... 137 Ritual Spells ...... 86 Rings ...... 138 First Level Witch Rituals ...... 87 Rods, Staves, Wands ...... 138 Second Level Witch Rituals ...... 90 Swords & Weapons ...... 138 Third Level Witch Rituals ...... 93 PART 7: UNIQUE NPC WITCHES ...... 140 Fourth Level Witch Rituals ...... 95 Bodhmal ...... 140 Fifth Level Witch Rituals ...... 98 Liath Luchara ...... 141 Sixth Level Witch Rituals ...... 101 Alice Kyteler ...... 142 Witch Rituals for Non-Witches ...... 104 Morgane le Fey ...... 143 PART 5: MONSTERS ...... 106 APPENDIX A: SPELL LISTS ...... 145 Using Monsters in Your Game ...... 106 Witch Spells by Level...... 145 Amphiptere ...... 109 Spells Usable by Non-Witches ...... 146 Bánánach ...... 110 Spells Usable by Clerics ...... 146 Brownie ...... 110 Spells Usable by Druids ...... 146 Brownie, Boggart ...... 111 Spells Usable by Illusionists ...... 147 Fetch ...... 112 Spells Usable by Magic-users ...... 147 Glaistig...... 113 Alphabetical Spell List ...... 149 Goblin Men ...... 113 SampleGrim ...... 114 OGL Version 1.0a ...... file 152 Gwragedd Annwn ...... 115

1 FOREWORD

It was 40 years ago. 1979. The 70s were ending, and I was excited for the coming of the new decade of the 80s. It promised to be a great decade of home computers, new music, and for me, looking forward to Junior High and High School.

It was also a watershed year for my involvement in D&D and witches.

1979 was the year I was introduced to D&D. I have told the story before; I learned from a poorly Xeroxed copy of Holmes Basic and an AD&D Monster Manual. That formed what became my D&D incubator. I would later move on to the Moldvay Basic rules. What D&D *IS* to me was formulated at this time.

1979 was also the year that two books that would become central to what people considered witches to be were released. Drawing Down the Moon by Margot Adler and The Spiral Dance by Starhawk. Both books were published on October 31, 1979, and became best sellers. Both authors were very influenced by the works of Margaret Murray (The Witch-Cult in Western Europe) and Gerald Gardner (Witchcraft Today). While the archeological and historical scholarship of Murray and Gardner has been rightfully dismissed, the mythology of all these works is captivating.

The witches I started playing back then, Luna, Cara, Marissia, and soon Larina, were based on these and other sources. I gathered notes, began my own classes; The Witch became the front runner and my favorite.

October 31, 1999. 20 years after my start and the publication of Adler’s and Starhawk’s books, I released the Complete Netbook of Witches & Warlocks. My very first book on witches for the D&D (then AD&D 2nd Ed) game. In the grand occult publishing tradition, I went under the pseudonym “Web Warlock.” I clicked “OK” on the upload while sitting in the hospital three days after my first son was born.

SampleOctober 31, 2019. Twenty years later again, I present you thisfile book. It is something of a milestone for me. It is the penultimate release of my “Back to

Basics” series of Old-School Witch books. It is also the one that cleaves the closest to how I was playing in those long lost days. And as a special treat, my son, who was only three days old when I released my first book, is now 20 and contributed some spells to this book.

I am looking forward to seeing where I go in the next 20 years.

Timothy S. Brannan October 31, 2019 Samhain

Updated: I did not make my target October publication, but I think this delay serves this book better. Gave me the chance to do a little more writing, editing, and, most of all, playtesting. My October publication date was well served with my Pumpkin Spice Witch. Some material that was meant for this book went into the Pumpkin Spice Witch book instead. I think both books gained from this.

Tim Brannan March 17, 2020 Ostara

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FOREWORD, PART II

This is a bit of an experiment really.

Over the last six to nine months both the Pagan Witch and it’s companion piece, The Warlock have been very well received. So well in fact that I have had many requests to offer the Pagan Witch in a digest or A5 format to fit with the other books in the OSE series.

This is that book.

If you purchased this book there are no differences in text from the softcover letter sized version or the PDF. The words might be rearranged a little, but everything is here. The only difference is size.

PDFs of both sizes will be added.

If you enjoy this version, please let me know and others may follow.

Tim Brannan Fall, 2020

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