Editing Witch (section)

===4e===
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Witches were filed under a [[variant class]] for the [[Wizard]] in [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]] in ''Heroes of the Feywild''. This variant class changed quite a bit about the core class, starting with Augury being a permanent Utility spell and automatically gaining Arcane Familiar as a feat alongside your cantrips. This familiar pretty much acts as your spellbook, allowing you to switch Dailies or Utility powers during an Extended Rest. Once you reach Epic levels, you can also spend an AP to regain a spent Encounter power and gain Combat Advantage on the target you spent used that spell on. What really makes it difficult is the choice in Covens, your subclass options:
* '''Dark Moon Coven''' grants training in Intimidation and a later boost to both that and Stealth. The unique power, Dread Presence, unfortunately also keys off Wis for the aftereffects of the power's blast zone. The plus is that at least this punches through resistances to necrotic damage.
* '''Full Moon Coven''' grants training in Heal and a later boost to both that and Diplomacy. The unique power is Glorious Presence, a power that shoves back enemies Wis blocks away and gives THP to anyone in the burst range.
As anyone can notice, both options aren't very clear on what secondary they want to focus on, between skills that key off Cha in both despite having a power that keys off Wis more.

Its exclusive [[Paragon Path]], the '''Legendary Witch''', fares little better, if not worse due to the inescapable trap option. Most of the features might be passable, but the capstone powers for each Coven are polymorphs that trap you between either using a single-use power or being forced to use MBAs, the thing most Wizards pretty much forget exist ([[Bladesinger]]s excepted) because what kind of retard Wizard tries punching things?

In general, it falls into the same problem as virtually every other [[D&D Essentials]] class ever in that it might be passable at Heroic tier, but swiftly becomes crap afterwards.

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