I'm not really a fan of the coven concept replacing cackle to be honest. I think if there is such a problem with cackle (even though I like the idea just for the fun of a mockingly laughing spellcaster) then it should be replaced by another solo based ability. The coven spell casting functionality should in my opinion be used to allow a witch to more easily cut down ritual time as they could be naturally better at rituals than others.
Part of the problem seems to be that people are confusing a pathfinder witch with a Wiccan witch. Sure they have the same name but unless something has changed in the past five years the Wiccan witch is really a priest with a different named attached to it at least from the reading I had done. The other part of the problem seems to be the preconception of deals with the devil and such which actually might be part of the class, however that also leads back towards a more religious view instead of a learning to harness and control power theme that most ttrpg spellcasters tend to have.
Really I just want to make sure that the Witch Patron dynamic really does not end up mimicking the cleric diety one. There are already too many sell your soul preconceptions about any class like this, and frankly in my opinion that is more in the realm of champions and clerics. I think that the playtest version just from a dead does manage to swell a mysterious patron rather decently. I mean it could be used to very much set up a Great Expectations sort of scenario where the Patron is thought to be Oz the great and powerful and instead turns out to be the Wicked Witch of the West.
I was thinking about what to run for my son who is currently two on his fourth or fifth birthday just for fun.I hadn’t thought about pre published stuff but I do have a few years for planning. Instead I was working on a fun little adventure based on a couple nursery rhymes, little bunny foo foo and maybe hickory dickory dock. Basically making a pre gen mouse type character and letting him run through a relatively bloodless game. Could put in some combat to delay the vile bunny until he gets gooned though. |