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I do think it's deeply funny that OP took a break from their troll posts about 1e being the best game ever made and 2e being a cruel sin to the loyal, massive 1e player base to also post about how 1e is a bad game. Truly covering all bases.
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I do think it's deeply funny that OP took a break from their troll posts about 1e being the best game ever made and 2e being a cruel sin to the loyal, massive 1e player base to also post about how 1e is a bad game. Truly covering all bases.
I mean the sense in which Paizo did not ignore "witch too strong" complaints is that in the next edition of the game the witch is demonstrably not "too strong."
I'm not sure what else would make the OP feel listened to.
If protective luck is causing so many problems in your opinion just create a house rule that it can only be used 1/day for each target.
As far as other hexes are concerned I don't think they are unbalanced at all.
Nearly all hexes have short range, usually 30', only work once/day and to keep them up you have to cackle, which you have to do each round and has a range of 30'.
I know I play witches a lot, so I am probably biased, but you have to be very careful not to let hexes lapse. You have to go Hex/ Cackle each round, which only leaves you with a swift action. To set up the sort of thing you are complaining about takes many rounds.
I suspect if you properly police hex ranges and what the witch is doing the balance problems will go away, maybe with a house rule about protective luck.
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Mightypion- That is just the kind of thing I was saying.
And as to soothsayer, yes, but that costs you another hex.
I am playing a Shaman, keeping my merry band of murder hobos within chant range is nigh impossible.
This is why most/all of my Shamans have been half-elf. It's because of the favored class options available to them. Specifically, the elven one: "Add 5 feet to the range of a chosen shaman hex. Multiple bonuses from this ability can apply to the same hex, to a maximum of an additional 30 feet for any single hex." My chants have quite the range.
Yeah, if having disadvantage on attack rolls against the party is a problem, target the witch or make the party save against attacks instead. Not that big a deal.
I've never been happy with arguments along the line of: if (character ability) is a problem, just (alter every encounter in the campaign to counter this ability).
I would rather ban (character ability), every time.
I opted for human for the blasting (and other) options from the cleric spell list.
Half-Elves get the same options as humans, and have access to the elf favored class options too. Only real reason to go human is if you want that extra feat, or if you really want to play a human. Even the half-elf can get an alternate racial trait to appear nearly 100% human.
