Obvs you should just use Misfortune instead.
if you want a witch-like character that can get into melee hexcrafter magus is definitely the way to go.
as far as an atypical witch is concerned... a half-orc scarred witch doctor with the prehensile hair hex (and 20 Con) will be money with touch attacks, will score some free AoOs with combat reflexes, and could even pick up improved trip or grapple to use against casters and other low CMD enemies. add the nature soul/animal ally/boon companion feats to get a wolf (or maybe leopard) animal companion and you should be interesting/different and effective.
Use the guides. There are several for the witch.
Look up the Bad-Touch Cleric while there and adapt it to the witch class.
Low BAB is not a big problem with touch attacks. High Dex is a must as it adds AC and ranged touch attacks. It can easily be made to apply to melee touch with the Finesse feat.
/cevah
You might use grappling hair to lock enemies down in the middle of a swarm you summoned. Vomit Swarm is one of the few standard-action summons.
You should be able to deliver the Frostbite spell via hair if you choose, it doesn't specify anything about using a hand.
Eastern might mean the Ancestor patron. Buffing should make you popular with the rest of the party.
The issue is that I have to get to fourth level without playing the way I want to play.
Do what any sane person does in PFS, apply 9 GM chronicles to them!
You know the last time I played a caster in PFS without 2nd level spells? It was my combat druid, my 2nd character.
Unfortunately prehensile hair says Intelligence, not casting attribute...
yes, it does... but...
A scarred witch doctor uses Constitution instead of Intelligence when determining the highest level of spells she can cast, her spell save DCs, number of spells known at 1st level, and any effects of her hexes normally determined by her Intelligence. (emphasis added)
the effective Str of the prehensile hair hex is "normally determined by her Intelligence", ergo a scarred witch doctor uses Con to determine the effective Str of her prehensile hair hex. that means that if you build with 20 Con, at first level you're at +5 to hit with your hair. it also means that if you dip 1 level of barb and take raging vitality your hair's effective Str would jump to 26 while raging (though you wouldn't be able to cast).
by 10th level even a monster Con isn't completely going to make up for d6 HD and 1/2 BAB if you want to keep frontlining... but by then you should be able to focus on either using your hair for touch attacks or on self buffing to increase your combat effectiveness. and in either case having the animal companion will also increase overall combat effectiveness.
the scarred witch doctor is good... and actually, i hadn't mentioned this, but RAW if you only have one natural attack (like say, just prehensile hair) you add 1.5x (effective) Str to it (which would be +7 at 1st level if you take the 20 Con, and means you get 3:1 power attack with it if you can afford to take it).
i'm no big fan of the white haired witch... (why did they make it so that their hair doesn't use Int for attack rolls?!? its actually worse than just taking the hex...) but if the scarred witch doctor can't use hair the way you want, it sounds like you need to bite the bullet and try to build a workable white haired witch...
we who are about to die salute you (and wish you good luck figuring out what you want to do).
Wow. Scarred Witch Doctor is so OP lol. The issue I have with it, I guess, is that it doesn't fit the theme I'm trying to go with. I'm trying to go with the white haired witches that you see in kung fu movies haha.
I'm too new to PFS to start GMing unfortunately. :(
Yes, but it is not PFS legal.
