Spell Charm Witch (Apath)

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A spell charm witch has a more personal relationship with her patron, requesting spells as she goes instead of preparing them ahead of time by creating witch charms, tiny objects that house the power of her spells.

Class Abilities

Spell Charm

When preparing spells, a spell charm witch selects a number of spells from among those her familiar knows equal to her number of spells per day an creates witch charm for these spells. This number is not modified for a high Intelligence score; the numbers on the table are fixed. A spell charm witch must select all the spells her patron offers her each day before preparing any other spell.

During the day, the spell charm witch can use any of her witch charm to cast the prepared spell, expending one of her daily spell slots to do so much like a sorcerer does.

Witch charm are magical constructs she can place in her a familiar or another object such as a pendant or small fetish made of twigs and feathers. Other options include placing the charm in gems, jewellery, scrolls, embroidery, or in runes marked on sticks or cards. Whatever option is used, the charm must be within 30 ft. and visible to the witch to be used, or she must make a concentration check or lose the spell. The DC for this check is equal to 20 + the spell's level. Unless the charm object is also a bonded object or magic item, it does not take up an item slot.

Metamagic

If a spell charm witch knows any metamagic feats, she applies them to her spells when she creates witch charm for the day. For example, a spell charm witch might choose to prepare an empowered lightning bolt by using a 5th-level spell slot. Any time she uses lightning bolt during the ensuing day, she must use a 5th-level spell slot to cast it, and it is always empowered. A spell charm witch could use a 3rd-level spell slot and a 5th-level spell slot to retrieve lightning bolt and empowered lightning bolt if she wanted to have both spells available to her in a day. A spell charm witch cannot choose to alter her spells with metamagic feats on the fly, as other spontaneous casters do. Spell charm witch using metamagic feats do not have an increased casting time as sorcerers do.

This ability replaces arcane school.

Summary of Changed Class Abilities

These abilities of the original class are lost or modified in this archetype:

• Spellcasting