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The witch is coming! The first 10 people to PM me with their email address can get a free reviewer copy of the book! We'd really appreciate your honest review if you get one of these but obviously I'm not going to hunt you down if you get a copy and don't write a review. Probably.
I'm really excited about this book. Nearly thirty pages of witch goodness including 11 archetypes, 2 prestige classes, new hexes, patrons, and feats and a brand new alternate class, the Sèvitè, written by yours truly.
Sèvitè can be translated as "servant of the spirits" and is based on Haitian Voudoun. It's kind of an interesting story behind it, too. Frank Gori, the publisher, brought me on as mechanics and balance editor after our Oracle book (available now!). He was impressed by my ability to beat the hell out of his work, I think. I had never really thought I had the creative spark to really write like this. But bring my system mastery and skill with simple(ish) statistics into play and I can contribute.
I was about to go to bed one night after editing submissions for the book and the word "loa" pops into my head. I must have known the word form something. Fiction maybe? Was it ever mentioned in True Blood (my wife loves that show)? But the word pops into my head unbidden and I just have to look it up. So I lay there in bed reading about Haitian Voudoun and loa on my phone. I just had to write about it. I started the next day and never looked back. I've written an alternate class or archetype for all the books we've been working on since. I found my creative spark all thanks to the loa.
As a class, I think it's pretty interesting, too (though I admit to being biased). At 1st, 2nd and every few levels thereafter you gain a loa. The loa grants you spell-like abilities usable a few times per day and another option: being ridden. Being ridden or possessed by a loa is believed to happen in Voudoun. When the sèvitè is ridden she loses access to her skills, spells, and the SLA's granted by other loa but gains new powers. An example is below:
Ayida-Weddo: Ayida-Weddo is a loa of fertility, rainbows, wind, water, fire, and snakes. This loa grants the sèvitè the ability to cast light at will. At 3rd level she may cast color spray three times per day. At 7th level, she may also cast mass dazzling blade three times per day. At 13th level, she may cast prismatic spray once per day. At 15th level she may cast prismatic wall once per day. Finally, at 17th level, she may cast prismatic sphere once per day.
While ridden, the sèvitè is surrounded by patterns of shifting colors. This functions as the blur spell. She gains a ranged touch attack of bright light that deals 1d6 damage per three sèvitè levels (minimum 1) with a 30-foot range. This attack overcomes damage reduction of any type. At 7th level, she is also treated as though under the effect of air walk.
This can also be a really cool RP opportunity if you want to play the possession to the hilt and have your sèvitè act or speak differently while possessed by the loa.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the sèvitè and the rest of the book.
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Into the Breach: The Witch will probably be available today or tomorrow depending on the speed at which retailers post it. I'll update with links when I can.
I've been really pleased to see the enthusiasm in the PMs I've gotten for review copies. I can't wait to see what you guys think! I'm going to take a few more people today and maybe even tomorrow. PM me with your email address and/or declaration of undying love!
The book is in the queue for the big 3 stores. We will likely do a bundle deal with our oracle book at a slightly reduced rate.
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Looking forward to reviewing this!
You should know that I am not the biggest fan of the fluff behind the witch and currently the only witch archetype that's managed to really hook me is Rite Publishing's Wild Hunter from "In the Company of Fey", so if even half of these spark my interest than you can bet that it's a pretty kick-ass project.
Given that I'm already super eager to check out the Sèvitè, I'd imagine this is going to be quite impressive.
I'll be back soon to let you know what my final impression is!
Thanks and looking forward to what you have to say in your review!
Hey YD - should we have received our review copies yet?
As I said via PM, really looking forward to the Bailiwick Hermit, Bog Builder and Theurgic Bulwark... and glad (from the sounds of it) that your Scorned Heart and Foul Temptress aren't "exactly" like the Hollow Eyed witch and Dark Mistress I and Christos Gurd have in our stretch goal book for Ultimate Witches and Warlocks...
Aww shucks...really looking forward to how you feel the Bog Builder turned out!
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Oceanshieldwolf, you should have gotten an email last night at the address you requested the code to go to (the hotmail one). We're experiencing some delays at DriveThru. It was uploaded around the same time we sent to the other stores but they still haven't listed it for sale. This is probably going to get resolved today, one way or another.
Oceanshieldwolf, you should have gotten an email last night at the address you requested the code to go to (the hotmail one). We're experiencing some delays at DriveThru. It was uploaded around the same time we sent to the other stores but they still haven't listed it for sale. This is probably going to get resolved today, one way or another.
No email received as yet YD...
