Minor point, while most of the abilities were errata'd to swift actions and therefore mostly useful for qualifying for Final Embrace, the Grab ability remains a free action.
I think newer feats like the Celestial Obediance do a good job closing the CMB vs CMD gap due to halved BAB, but it's still a pretty difficult endeavor.
The main issue that sends people dipping is the poor durability, and as far as I'm aware the Witch has difficulties attaining the Polymorph spells a Wizard could use for combat.
EDIT: Also form-dependant abilities are lost while polymorphing anyway, although I've never been clear as to if that means the chosen form must have hair to retain White Hair or if any polymorph loses it. This will be relevant for my own White Haired Witch/Magus in a couple of levels when he attains Monstrous Physique.
The main issue that sends people dipping is the poor durability,
Well yes.
But being able to hit something is nice too.I have been trying to get a White Haired Witch build together with difficulty so I have been looking into this.
On your build-
1 The damage on the hair works off int not strength. So you want to swap around the int and str in your build. That will give you +4 on damage with hair instead of +0 and allow you to cast spells that are not cantrips, which is also a boon.
2 I would go Dex 14 Con 14 and Int 16 to 18 depending on how much you want to dump other stats. Then take weapon finesse.
3 You want Serpentine Squeeze as a trait.
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1 The damage on the hair works off int not strength. So you want to swap around the int and str in your build. That will give you +4 on damage with hair instead of +0 and allow you to cast spells that are not cantrips, which is also a boon.
Damage is INT based but to hit is STR based. This is surely a mistake, but it wasn't corrected with the swift action nerf of the class.
On the hair attack- I suspect what was intended was the hair attack works off int for both to hit and damage.
My GM has just house ruled it that way. And let me take the Serpentine Squeeze though I am LE and worship Asmodeus, which I then forgot about when I made my last post. You can always check if your GM is benign.
The RAW is certainly the hairs to hit works off strength, which I always knew, and seeing the last post I think you are probably right SillyGuy, you get to add 150% of your strength mod, which I did not know. Some GMs may disagree or house rule otherwise.
I may have got a couple of things wrong in my initial post, but your character wants an int of at least 14. You need it to cast spells and hair damage.
If you are interested in swapping ideas I can post my build. Its given me no end of trouble due to working from 2 published guides both of which contain errors, and there are an appalling number of Pathfinder rules and I am no guru in that dept.
The thread Gravewalker cometh . . .
Any help for White-Haired Witch in more recent material? Unfortunately VMC Magus with the Maneuver Mastery Arcana doesn't help, because VMC Magus only gives you effective Magus levels for qualifying for Arcana, not for their effect. VMC Wizard taking the Knowledge Is Power Discovery would work, but WAY TOO LATE, and before this it uselessly attempts to duplicate your Familiar (and I don't think White-Haired Witch is compatible with any archetype that replaces the Witch's Familiar) and almost uselessly gives you a Sorcerer/Wizard Cantrip (only use I can think of is if you need Mage Hand for going into Arcane Trickster after level 10 without needing to spend a Rogue Talent on Minor Magic, which is not a bad idea, except that VMC Rogue is probably the better VMC for White-Haired Witch into Arcane Trickster, and that isn't single-classed anyway).
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I started a thread called Wrestling with White Haired Witch. It might have helpful ideas. Good luck.
(Linkified) Oh wow, I didn't realize that thread had gotten necro'ed as well.
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1 The damage on the hair works off int not strength.Actually, I think the Damage bonus works both off Int AND St. IIRC, it says, you get to add you Int modifier, not that you use your Int Modifier instead of St.
Someone is splitting hairs. :-)
/cevah
^Never make fun of a Witch who is having a bad hair day . . . .
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You mean like this?
/cevah
^Never make fun of a Witch who is having a bad hair day . . . .
Offer to wash their hair. They they cannot do anything with it. :-)
/cevah
