Personally, if a player wanted to maintain a cackle for longer than an encounter, I'd start asking for Fortitude saves to avoid going hoarse.
By the rules, they are at least hustling if they are doing more than sitting still and cackling, and will take non-lethal damage and become fatigued after an hour or two.
By the play, I'd insist the player actually cackle constantly and see how long until the other players strangle him... Okay... not really, but it would be fun.
Also, in case you weren't sure, you can't cackle twice a round.
The rules say that cackle extends a hex 1 round. If a witch cackles every round, can they continue extending the hex indefinitely?
In the same way that an illusionist can sustain a Silent Image spell "indefinitely."
There's no in-combat limit, but the GM can rule other restrictions.
Also, in case you weren't sure, you can't cackle twice a round.
Our group doesn't do things like cackle twice per round or cackle for hours on end for cheese reasons, but just out of curiosity, where does it state that you cannot cackle twice in one round?
Witch, Cackle Hex: Can I use my standard action and move action to cackle twice in one round, extending another hex by two rounds?No, you can only use cackle once per round.
This is being considered for clarification in a future printing of the Advanced Player's Guide.
A cackling witch may want to be mounted, so their mount can move while they cackle.
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My witch cackles whenever possible, even if just for roleplay reasons :), it's actually had some interesting feedback, as minions begin to try and kill the person driving them crazy first (which, in this case is good because of group dynamics (2 melee and a ranged char that focus on AoO's together).