getting the slow spell as a witch


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Other than being a Samsaran or obviously using a scroll with UMD, is there a way to get the slow spell as a witch either through a magic item or a feat or something?

Slow just seems like such a good witch spell, and is one of my favorite spells in general, it seems odd to me that witch wouldn't get it. Odd enough that I started playing a witch with the intention of taking it, and now i realize, I can't.

If it is a staff that would be good, since I could use my ability score and spell focus feats on the DC, I just haven't found a staff with the slow spell yet.


1. Agility or Time patron along with an amulet of reverse incantation. I recommend this approach if your patron isn't locked in.

2. Two levels of the Pathfinder savant prestige class. (You'll lose some hexes and either a level of spellcasting or two feats in the process. Plus, Pathfinder savant is addicting and you'll be tempted to take more levels and lose more hexes....)

3. Fiendish obedience (Ardad Lili or one of the Infernal Dukes) and 12 hit dice. Bit of a late bloomer, that, and they're evil to boot.

4. Pipes of shifting tempo. Note that the caster level is 5, which is pretty bad in the long run.

5. A single level of wizard or something so that you don't have to UMD wands or staves.

6. Spell research. GM-dependent.

7. Custom magic item creation. GM-dependent.

8. Settle for something like bestow curse, which can do largely the same thing (or worse) but doesn't have an area of effect.


Are there other Patrons that may grant it as a spell option? May have to check later publications of various books as little things like that pop up but get over looked.


There's a spontaneous casting witch, the ley line channeler. Spontaneous arcane spellcasters can use a ring of spell knowledge for off-list spells.


blahpers wrote:

1. Agility or Time patron along with an amulet of reverse incantation. I recommend this approach if your patron isn't locked in.

2. Two levels of the Pathfinder savant prestige class. (You'll lose some hexes and either a level of spellcasting or two feats in the process. Plus, Pathfinder savant is addicting and you'll be tempted to take more levels and lose more hexes....)

3. Fiendish obedience (Ardad Lili or one of the Infernal Dukes) and 12 hit dice. Bit of a late bloomer, that, and they're evil to boot.

4. Pipes of shifting tempo. Note that the caster level is 5, which is pretty bad in the long run.

5. A single level of wizard or something so that you don't have to UMD wands or staves.

6. Spell research. GM-dependent.

7. Custom magic item creation. GM-dependent.

8. Settle for something like bestow curse, which can do largely the same thing (or worse) but doesn't have an area of effect.

The amulet might be my answer. Conveniently I did take the time patron. I knew witches didn't get haste in their base spell list, but I thought they got slow.

Savant could work, but all it really does is make me wish I had played a wizard anyway. That is a pretty sweet prestige class I did not know about.

I'm definitely a good witch, so the fiendish obedience is out.

I'm honestly fine with the UMD to use the staff. I took the pragmatic activator trait, so UMD is based on INT, so MY UMD won't be an issue. I couldn't find a staff that came with the slow spell, but with the help of a friendly wizard, I can create a staff with it. My GM is ok with custom item creation.

Had not thought of bestow curse. The alternate staggered whenever you take damage option is almost as good. It's at least a good hold over until I either get the amulet or get a rod crafted.


avr wrote:
There's a spontaneous casting witch, the ley line channeler. Spontaneous arcane spellcasters can use a ring of spell knowledge for off-list spells.

Man I really got to read more options before deciding to just play the vanilla version of a class. This would have fixed my issue, and has pretty cool abilities.

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