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Simple idea:

What are fun ways to re-flavors the Witch cackle instead of just creepy laughter?

Doesn't have to be just vocal either! Love to hear some ideas.

I think the first thing you need to do is ask what the witch's flavor is and who they are as a person; what the influence of their patron is doing to them. For example, a plague witch might loudly, meanacingly cough and hack, a sign of disease.

Yu Mo Gui Gwai Fai Di Zao

Laughing is a pretty iconic thing for a witch to do. Whatever you change it to it would have to be something that occurs as the result of witch exerting themselves in some way.

So, I dunno flatulence?
clucking like a chicken?
DaLucaray wrote:
I think the first thing you need to do is ask what the witch's flavor is and who they are as a person; what the influence of their patron is doing to them. For example, a plague witch might loudly, meanacingly cough and hack, a sign of disease.

Ooo, coughing is a fun idea! What are some others?

LordKailas wrote:

Laughing is a pretty iconic thing for a witch to do. Whatever you change it to it would have to be something that occurs as the result of witch exerting themselves in some way.

So, I dunno flatulence?
clucking like a chicken?

The ideas don't have to be for serious witches. Like, maybe a witch is part tap dancing bard and does a short shuffle to extend it

Rhyming couplets?

I think there are plenty of options even if you keep it as laughter, eg.

YOUTUBE CLIP OF CREEPY LAUGHS

Roco wrote:
DaLucaray wrote:
I think the first thing you need to do is ask what the witch's flavor is and who they are as a person; what the influence of their patron is doing to them. For example, a plague witch might loudly, meanacingly cough and hack, a sign of disease.
Ooo, coughing is a fun idea! What are some others?

Heh, I like the idea of a horrible wracking cough. You're slowly choking through the whole battle until you vomit up a swarm of spiders.

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If you truly wish to strike fear into your players, or DM... as a Winter Witch, break out in song when you cackle... make them truly feel the coldness of your heart as you channel your inner Disney star.
Chell Raighn wrote:
If you truly wish to strike fear into your players, or DM... as a Winter Witch, break out in song when you cackle... make them truly feel the coldness of your heart as you channel your inner Disney star.

Oh gosh xD

That's exactly what I was trying to avoid!

We're playing reign of winter and that's just low hanging fruit x3

I play a Celestial Agenda Witch and my Chant (DM allowed me to use the Shaman one instead) is Throat Singing
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Tongue clicks a la Hereditary.

Finger snapping

Howling like a wild beast

Imitating bird calls

Whistling (tunelessly or with a nice little melody)

My girlfriend's witch did this.

If ever there was a sound to aggravate a bad situation...

With my very academic witch in Strange Aeons I refluffed it as muttering arcane syllables, which veered towards the Cthonic. Cackling didn’t make sense for him.

What would be a fun reflavor for a witch/ninja? Asking for a friend.
Valandil Ancalime wrote:
What would be a fun reflavor for a witch/ninja? Asking for a friend.

Witch + Ninja = Winja, so Winjing I guess ;)

Valandil Ancalime wrote:
What would be a fun reflavor for a witch/ninja? Asking for a friend.

Haiyahyahyahyahyah!

So, Cackle is Move action that makes another Hex's Duration continuing for 1 more round. Other versions of this could be:

1. Beckoning with a hand at the victim, as if asking for 1 more

2. Distracting the victim with some subtle, alluring maneuver

3. Weeping

4. Screaming "One more for the ROAD!"

5. Ululating; alternatively singing "La La La" with your tongue visibly vibrating

6. "Again!"

7. Some kind of pun or childish rhyme. Extending the Evil Eye Hex: "I'm going to keep my... EYE on you!"

8. (only if your GM is really lenient with always letting you have Prestidigitation going, all the time) pulling multi-colored scarves from your sleeve, 1 for every round you extend your other Hex

9. A short but intricate dance move, like something borrowed from "Smooth Criminal"

10. Singing "I want more... give me more... I want more, more, more more..." over and over

11. The gesture PA's mime at news anchors when said anchors are on camera and need to fill time or stall

12. A long, sonorous hum
Minigiant wrote:
I play a Celestial Agenda Witch and my Chant (DM allowed me to use the Shaman one instead) is Throat Singing

I use chant as well, generally. Cackle is a bit Brothers Grimm.

Several ideas:

Whistling, like Yondu in Guardians of the Galaxy controlling his arrow.
Ghostly moaning
Banshee-like shrieking
Knuckle/joint/neck cracking
Finger snapping
Loud humming
Playing the spoons
Michael Jackson-like screaming
Squirrel-like chittering
Wolf-like howling
Whatever that sound is Wookiees make
Armpit noises

My male witch went with the classic "mad scientist" laugh.
Roco wrote:

Simple idea:

What are fun ways to re-flavors the Witch cackle instead of just creepy laughter?

Doesn't have to be just vocal either! Love to hear some ideas.

Gingerbread Witch. Santa Claus. Ho ho ho.

Pointing and threatening. "You! YOOOOUUUUU!"

Scatting. Skibby dobba dibby hexxy uppi duppi.

Gingerbread Witch. Martha Stewart explaining her hexes to the 4th wall.

Talking Trash. "Hey guy. You're doin' all right. You missed that last time, but you'll do fine next time. Just swing. Swing hard, guy. You can do it. Aw you missed again. Maybe you are garbage."

The ol' soft shoe.
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Take a Lute into battle and pretend to be a bard, but play really badly and out of tune
MrCharisma wrote:
Take a Lute into battle and pretend to be a bard, but play really badly and out of tune

OMG... I might just have to do something like this when I play a witch...

Chell Raighn wrote:
MrCharisma wrote:
Take a Lute into battle and pretend to be a bard, but play really badly and out of tune
OMG... I might just have to do something like this when I play a witch...

For added effect, take a Ukulele to the gaming table and actually play it in real life. You don't even have to learn how to play, and a toy ukulele costs like $10!

Kitty Catoblepas wrote:

Gingerbread Witch. Santa Claus. Ho ho ho.

Pointing and threatening. "You! YOOOOUUUUU!"
Scatting. Skibby dobba dibby hexxy uppi duppi.
Gingerbread Witch. Martha Stewart explaining her hexes to the 4th wall.
Talking Trash. "Hey guy. You're doin' all right. You missed that last time, but you'll do fine next time. Just swing. Swing hard, guy. You can do it. Aw you missed again. Maybe you are garbage."
The ol' soft shoe.

I don't know how but I somehow missed your entire post =P I love all of them, especially THE LAST ONE (you can skip to 1:05 if you want to).

Have you watched the Netflix's Sabrina?

In a couple episodes she does this whispery chant that is nevertheless heard around her despite being a whisper.

That's the cackle of a witch in my party.

In fact I looked up the clip in question:
Sabrina using Fortune Hex with Cackle to extend duration
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