#hex channeler

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Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. witch. hex channeler.  necromancy is a priority.

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Hex Channeler (Witch Archetype)

Yesterday we had one heal-focused witch, and now we have another of a different sort! From what I understand, there are three healing-focused witches in pathfinder, We’ve already covered the hedge witch, which can spontaneously heal and take afflictions into themselves, the herb witch, which can eradicate afflictions with herbal remedies, and now today’s entry, the hex channeler.

Drawing power from patrons that revolve around life and healing, hex channelers are conduits for positive or negative energies, depending on their morality, and represent another Advanced Class Guide archetype that blends the powers of one class into another, namely clerics, in this case.

However, these witches are not necessarily clerics, and their patrons are not necessarily gods or even divine beings. They might be benevolent or malevolent forces of nature, or cosmic beings that care not for the politics of the outer planes, or perhaps entities from the very positive or negative energy planes themselves.

 Regardless, all hex channelers have one thing in common, the ability to channel energy like a cleric, healing the living or harming the dead if positive, and vice versa if negative. What is more interesting, however, is that they can also channel their energy through their familiar, giving them two points from which to unleash their pulses of power.

Naturally, hexes that either heal and protect, or curse and harm, are a big part of this archetype, and should be chosen as appropriate.

If you’re interested in a healer that can heal the whole party like a cleric, but have access to the witch spell list, then this might be the archetype for you. Admittedly, with so few witch patrons granting access to undead creation magic, the negative energy version is less useful, but both can be used to create either a supporting, buffing healer, or a debuffing, damaging control specialist.

 The text seems to imply that the patron itself is supplying the energy for the unique abilities of these witches, which should tell you a general power level of witch patrons, ranging from empyreal lord level to perhaps true deities in scope or nature. This also implies that these patrons are a little more hands-on with their connection, providing power other than spell energy and knowledge. The ramifications are for you to decide.

  Emulating her seilenos patron, Prebini is equally as passionate and full of life as her mentor, able to unleash wave after wave of magically induced emotion and healing magic alike. However, she can be a bit overzealous, healing friend and foe alike to prolong a fight just a little bit longer, savoring the raw emotion.

 With their gods dead or forgotten, the kasatha of the world of Unar turn to arcane magic to keep themselves safe and healthy. Some rumors suggest that the patrons followed by their witches are shades of their old gods, while others suggest something older, and native to this world they find themselves on.

 To many, the notion that the great fire spirit would grant healing powers is a bizarre concept, but they know little of their role in the hearth, and in the nature of renewal that fire often brings. As such, their witches are famous for commanding plants to bloom and life to grow, as well as snuffing it out with life-burning black flame.