Can a witch teach her familiar sorcerer / wizard spells from scrolls?


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Can a witch teach her familiar sorcerer/wizard spells (such as cold ice strike and wish) from scrolls and thus enable herself to cast them?


Only if the spell is on the witch spell list.

Grand Lodge

"A witch can only add spells to her familiar if those spells belong to the witch's spell list", top of p. 68.


I believe she also has to feed it to her familiar in the form of a potion. As in disolving the scroll into a brew. I may be wrong, but I swear I've read that somewhere.


Ctuchik wrote:
I believe she also has to feed it to her familiar in the form of a potion. As in disolving the scroll into a brew. I may be wrong, but I swear I've read that somewhere.

You are correct - the "adding spells to a witch's familiar" sidebar on page 68 of the APG reveals all.


Sigh. Dammit. I really wish Paizo had added the spell cold ice strike to the Witch's spell list. There aren't enough cold-based damage dealing spells for a Witch to use.


Berselius wrote:
Sigh. Dammit. I really wish Paizo had added the spell cold ice strike to the Witch's spell list. There aren't enough cold-based damage dealing spells for a Witch to use.

That really does seem weird, clerics (and oracles) have it but the witch (who has an erchetype called winter witch) doesn't.

Shadow Lodge Contributor, RPG Superstar 2010 Top 8

See if your GM will let you research a witch version of the spell.

Or, maybe work with your GM to come up with a new/modified Patron that includes the spell.


Benchak the Nightstalker wrote:

See if your GM will let you research a witch version of the spell.

Or, maybe work with your GM to come up with a new/modified Patron that includes the spell.

Oh i am the DM the winter witch simply adds this spell to her witch list and we are done.

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