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[Templar]

I remember the introduction of the witch in the Wasted West companion book. While it wasn't much of an interest to my group it did have some intriguing potential for use, the idea that instead of strain you simply had to keep raw resources on hand. The thing I was wondering though was if there was any effort to add to it, even if the stuff to expand it was unpublished if there is anything official to give them a slightly larger repertoire or if there was some fan made stuff that I could comb through.

[HoraceBlack]

I did some stuff years ago, the link is below. Hope this helps.
http://www.fullbodyburn.com/html/game_corner.htm
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[King Snarf]

Also, there's some stuff right here, notable for a collection of edges and hindrances; whoever came up with those is BRILLIANT.

I've also been trying to devise some spells, witch-centric relics, and various other things to kinda give them the variety that the other HOE ABs have.
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[ValhallaGH]

My Marshal put some stuff together when I was playing a witch. Most of it was variations on the old Black Magic villain powers, toned down and appropriate to the flavor text of Euro-centric witchcraft.

Good stuff, including an iron-body and stone-body spell, even an (unreliable) invulnerable ghost-rock fueled force field. I'll see if I can get it up online for others to use.
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[King Snarf]

I keep meaning to write more stuff for witches, but then I get distracted by something shiny.
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[ValhallaGH]

My HOE Marshal worked up the following extra spells and spell books:
http://gunrocksgamingrules.pbworks.com/f/Arcane+Background-+Witch.doc

I always saw the lack of witch supplements as one of the few big oversights by the PEG team. Which is a shame, because they are a really cool character concept (and the only one besides mad scientists / junkers that should have a Flight power).
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[Fuzyfeet]

Luckily while the official material may be lacking, we fans have not. After seeing what was out there even I wrote three spells (Crystal Ball, Forget Me, & Forget Me Not).
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[Fists-of-Dorn]

Something to keep in mind when using the Witchcraft spells that I put together, and that ValhallGH has linked (thanks), is that in the games I ran I doubled the character's base wind for PCs and the big villains. The base wind being double the vigor and spirit die types, while other things like edges and powers added to this score as usual.
I also used the Wind score to replace strain so that characters could make a real go of using their powers more effectively. Abilities that added to the wind score could be used for strain, but any effect that added strain (Steel-trap mind or Child o' the Atom, etc) could be used only as strain. I left wind recovering at the rate of 1 per minute of rest, while strain (in most cases) recovered at 1 per 15 minutes of rest. I found this really permitted characters with powers to expand their powers rather than picking up only the most cost-effective powers for mass-destruction.
Even had a few doomies without nuke, it was great.
To keep witches alive, mostly because their powers are far less direct than other arcane backgrounds, their wind used for casting spells recovered at a rate of 1 per 5 minutes (Early in the document).


-Fists.

[Prime]

The witches run off of dark hunting grounds energy like most arcane backgrounds, you could probably tweak some of the black magic found in the marshal's section of the weird west book.

[King Snarf]

[Sitting Duck]

Seeing as how the HOE Witches are partially descended from Mina Devlin, the source of their power isn't likely to be all that nice.
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[HoraceBlack]

I had been working on an article back in the day on witch familiars, but sadly I lost it, in one of the major computer megawhoopses:(
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[ValhallaGH]

[King Snarf]

I too had something on witches I'd been working on. While not fully fleshed out, it built on material established in the Black Circle. Here's the gist...

1) As stated in the Black Circle, Mina was well aware of the cost of dealing with the Reckoners, and thought the price was too high. As such, she sent out agents to study other magic traditions, notably voodoo and alchemists.
2) My premise was that at sometime, Mina (or one of her descendants) figured out a way to cast spells without calling on the Reckoners. The key is the ingredients. The ingredients are either material favored by spirits or material that, due to popular belief, have been imbued with potential for magic. The witches use the ingredients as a focus to draw energy from the Hunting Grounds.
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[JackMann]