Patron Themes
Source Advanced Player's Guide pg. 99
Each patron has a theme, regardless of their nature or identity. This theme describes the forces over which the patron grants a witch influence. Some patrons are multifaceted, granting different themes and teaching different lessons to different witches. Your patron's theme determines the following.
Spell List You use this magical tradition and spell list.
Patron Skill You become trained in the listed skill.
Hex Cantrip You gain this special hex cantrip.
Granted Spell Your familiar automatically learns the spell listed here, in addition to those you gain through witch spellcasting.
Baba YagaRareSource Legends pg. 32Baba Yaga teaches you how to transfer spirits into objects and freeze your foes. A witch with Baba Yaga as their patron can choose an inanimate object as a familiar. If they do, they still can gain master abilities and some familiar abilities that don’t require movement. The object familiar has no Speeds and must select a Speed familiar ability before it can move, coming to life in a way appropriate to the chosen Speed and using the statistics of a normal familiar for that day.
Spell List occultPatron Skill OccultismHex Cantrip spirit objectGranted Spell chilling spraySource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 99Foiling foes and undermining those who stand in your way are the tools of the curse patrons.
Spell List occultPatron Skill OccultismHex Cantrip evil eyeGranted Spell ray of enfeeblementSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 99Through your patron, you gain glimpses of the future and insight into the ever-woven tapestry of time.
Spell List occultPatron Skill OccultismHex Cantrip nudge fateGranted Spell true strikeSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 99Your patron represents a grand ideal or goal, granting you magic to further their mission and bring others to the cause.
Spell List divinePatron Skill ReligionHex Cantrip stoke the heartGranted Spell commandRareSource Monsters of Myth pg. 77Few in Shimmerford or elsewhere would be foolish enough to attempt to draw the Mosquito Witch's attention, but whether you're one of those foolish few or simply someone who attracted the Mosquito Witch's attention unwittingly or unwillingly, she grants you powers over insects and other arthropods.
Spell List primalPatron Skill NatureHex Cantrip buzzing bitesGranted Spell pest formSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 99Your patron speaks from the shadows, granting you power over darkness and dreams.
Spell List occultPatron Skill OccultismHex Cantrip shroud of nightGranted Spell sleepSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 99Your patron is one of sigils and symbols, tomes and texts, words and wisdom.
Spell List arcanePatron Skill ArcanaHex Cantrip discern secretsGranted Spell magic weaponSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 99The wild places of the world feel the touch of your patron.
Spell List primalPatron Skill NatureHex Cantrip wilding wordGranted Spell your choice of
summon animal or
summon plant or fungusSource Advanced Player's Guide pg. 99Your patron reflects the frozen reaches of the world, bitterly cruel to those who underestimate that power.
Spell List primalPatron Skill NatureHex Cantrip clinging iceGranted Spell gust of wind