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Simple question, are the Patron spells tied to the familiar for a witch, since table 2-10 doesn't have patron spells listed on it I thought this was the case but I was not sure.
The Bonded Witch Half-Elf Archetype in the advanced race guide replaces the familiar with a bonded item, but it doesn't say what if anything it does to the Patron Spells, does a Bonded Witch still pick a Patron when they pick their Bonded Item?
Additionally, are the spells that the Bonded Witch is able to cast via their bonded item added to the Bonded Witch's Spells Known, or are they only usable via their bonded item?

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Well since no one else responded, I guess I have to take your word for it.
So since the Bonded Witch doesn't specifically say it replaces the Patron Spells even though the Patron is picked at the same time as the familiar and the familiar is switched for a bonded item, the Bonded Witch still gets the Patron of the player's choice.
And I'm assuming that the Bonded Item's spells are not added to the Witch's spell list since it doesn't specifically say that they are (though honestly it makes a whole lot more sense to me to replace the Patron list with the Bonded item list for additional spells).

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The description of the bonded witch says that "Bonded witches forsake familiars as vessels of power in favor of a specific object that grants them powers ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE OF THEIR PATRON ALONE, as they tap into the powerful magic of the item itself."
This means that she gets the spells from her bonded item in addition to the spells from her patron. There is a restriction however, in that the spells granted by her bonded item can only be cast once per day each. I don't think these become spells known, otherwise she could memorize these spells in her spells per day slots and there would be no casting limit of 1/day. The statement that these spells cannot be further modified by metamagic feats strongly suggests that they do not become spells known.
Just my opinion, though.

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caveat: its not once per day each, its "any one of these spells once per day". so say you have a 6th level weapon bonded witch, she can cast warding weapon, versatile weapon or greater magic weapon from her bonded item once per day. not all three of them once per day.
why they didn't just give the bonded witch the item bond from a wizard i don't understand.