Originally posted here: https://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2020/10/dmsguild-witch-project-5e-druids-as.html
Back in the days of AD&D I was really taken by the Druid. Part of it was my own self-style Anglophilia and Celtophila, but another part was that the class was not only so very, very close to the type of witch I wanted to play, it was also a good example of taking a pre-Middle Ages archetype and making it work in D&D. As a then fan of the work of Margaret Murray, this appealed to me. Yes, yes I know that her thesis and premise has been booted from academics. That is fine and the way it should be, but it also works fine in my games.
So today I thought let's have a look at Druids as Witches in D&D 5. For the first time since 1st Ed AD&D the Druid is close to the witch archetype again.
Druidic Circle: Circle of Witchcraft
This pdf is three pages and is a PWYW price, with a suggestion of $1.00.
There is a cover and a page of legal, so only one page is dedicated to the class. This witch is a Druid of the Circle of Witchcraft. The witch gains Ritual Spellcasting, a bonus cantrip, and some powers. At level 6 there is a Blood Sacrifice option, Speak with Dead at 10th, and an "Occult Power" at 14th level.
It is interesting, but there is really not a lot here.
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