Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:22 pm
I get that the statblock is a Witch Wizard 1. It's a bit awkward that 'Witch' is a race as there are 'Witch' classes such as PF's and Koumei's but having Witch Witch characters isn't a big deal.
My problem with this is that it's preferable to pretty much any race other than Gnomes for Shadowcraft mage. Let's see here:
Overall, the Witch doesn't have any downsides. Heck, a Rogue with True Strike and Sniper's Shot wouldn't care about the lower stats.
It feels like you took the best features of every race you ever considered taking for a caster, made them even better and put them all into one race.
My problem with this is that it's preferable to pretty much any race other than Gnomes for Shadowcraft mage. Let's see here:
Better than a human and any +2 Int/Wis/Cha race COMBINED!-4 Str, -2 Dex -2 Con +4 Int +2 Wis, +2 Cha
One bonus metamagic or spellcasting feat at first level.
Races with SLAs usually get them once per day. Also, they don't get to choose their first level spells. Feytouched, from Tome get to choose one SLA, once per day from the Illusion and Enchantment spells in the Sorc/Wiz list.Spell-Like Abilities: Each witch has their own magical talents. They may choose 2 first level spells, 4 zero level spells or one first and two zero level spells from the wizard, cleric and druid spell lists. These may be used at will. In addition each witch can use Detect Magic and Read Magic at will.
Only races I know of with this have LA. Spell resistance isn't a game breaker, but I'm just comparing this with other races, not overall game breaking capability (which I can't judge just yet)Spell Resistance equal to 10+level
Closest thing I can think of to this is the DL Tinker Gnome which gets a +2 to Craft (Alchemy) and all other Crafts, Professions, or Knowledges. The witch is clearly better in this regard too (not that it matters much, but still).+5 racial bonus to Craft (Alchemy), all knowledge skills and Spellcraft.
Overall, the Witch doesn't have any downsides. Heck, a Rogue with True Strike and Sniper's Shot wouldn't care about the lower stats.
It feels like you took the best features of every race you ever considered taking for a caster, made them even better and put them all into one race.