Witch's Spirit Talker Cheat Sheet

	A	B	C	D	E	F
1	Shaman Spirit	Hex	Effect	Key Ability	Requires Fore-Warning	Comments
2	Ancestors	Ancestral Blessings	Grant +1 to hit or damage within 30'
3		Ghost Blade	Grant Ghost touch for rounds/Cha bonus	Charisma	Yes
4		Intercessor	Speak with dead, only 1 question
5		Might of the Fallen	Cure 1 ability damage, 1d4 past 7th level
6		Wisdom of the Ages	Use Wis bonus instead of Int for Int-based skills	Wisdom
7	Battle	Battle Master	Good combat feats, but you're terrible at combat			Maybe for a gestalt build
8		Battle Ward	Deflection bonus of +3, increasing to +4, and +5			Overlaps with Ring of Protection
9		Curse of Suffering	Bleed +1 and 1/2 heal for rounds/level			Only when your oppenents really depend on healing...
10		Eyes of Battle	Perception +10 vs invisible for 1 round. Once/level.		Yes
11		Hampering Hex	AC, CMD -2 for rounds/level, increasing to -4
12	Bones	Bone Lock	Staggered for 1 round, increasing to rounds/level			Fort save to negate, not limited to 1/day per target
13		Bone Ward	Deflection bonus of +2, increasing to +3, and +4			Strictly inferior to Battle Ward
14		Deathly Being	Swap pos/neg energy, at 8th +4 vs death effects		Yes
15		Fearful Gaze	Shaken, then Frightened, then Panicked for 1 round			It's only 1 round
16		Grave Sight	Identify Dying condition and Undead		Yes
17	Dark Tapestry	Alien Summons	One summoned creature/spell gets the Advanced Template and is immune to critical hits			One creature per spell cast. A substantial boost.
18		Brain Drain	1d6/2 levels damage, use target's knowledge skill	Wisdom		You're almost certainly better at knowledge skills
19		Cloak of Darkness	Armor bonus +4, increasing to +6, +8, +10, and +12			A significant upgrade to Mage Armor
20		Maddening Whispers	Confused for 1, then 2, then 3 rounds			Will save. Consider this at 8th or better 16th level
21		Pierce the Veil	Darkvision, inceasing to ignoring Deeper Darkness		Yes	An hour of darkvision when needed.
22	Flame	Cinder Dance	Speed +10, additional movement feats
23		Fire Nimbus	Faerie fire on a single target for rounds/level, Saves -2 vs fire		Yes	Looks like you don't even need to aim, just know the target is within 30'
24		Flame Curse	Vulnerable to fire for 1, then 2, then 3 rounds			No save, a shame the witch spell list doesn't include much fire damage
25		Gaze of Flames	See through flames, smoke. At 7th gain clarivoyance via fire within 10'/level			A niche value below 7th level
26		Ward of Flames	Retribution damage of 1d6+1 per 2 levels
27	Frost	Biting Frost	1d6 for rounds/Cha bonus			Fort save
28		Hypothermia	Fatigued for 2, then 3, then 4 founds			Fort save
29		Sluggish	Speed halved			Fort save
30		Tundra Dweller	Cold resist 10 for rounds/Cha bonus	Charisma
31		Wilds-Attuned	Animal Affinity and Know Nature +4 (cold only)			It could come up. I suppose.
32	Heavens	Enveloping Void	For target the light is 2 levels lower, rounds/level			Normal light --> Darkness
33		Guiding Star	Free metamagic outdoors, at night, 1/night			Somewhat situational, but quite nice
34		Heavens Leap	Teleport 30', 1/day per target			Hex Vulnerability allows 2/day per target, Split Hex applies too
35		Lure of the Heavens	The Flight hex after 10th level			If you run out of flight hex minutes
36		Starburn	1d6 per 2 levels, 1/Cha bonus daily, delay 1d4 rounds between uses	Charisma
37	Life	Curse of Suffering	See Battle Spirit, above
38		Deny Succor	Block healing and consition removal for rounds per 2 levels		Yes
39		Enhanced Cures	Modest boost to Cure spells
40		Life Link	Witch takes 5 damage to cure 5 hp as a free action			Can your familiar use a Cure Light Wounds wand on you every round?
41		Life Sight	Identify many conditions, adds blindsight for living creatures after 12th level			Only after 12th level
42	Lore	Arcane Enlightenment	Learn wizard spell/Cha bonus (min 1)	Charisma		Consider leaving a spell slot (or two) open
43		Benefit of Wisdom	Same as Ancestors, Wisdom of Ages
44		Brain Drain	Same as Dark Tapestry, above
45		Confusion Curse	Confused for rounds/Cha bonus	Charisma		Not specified as mind-affecting.
46		Share Knowledge	Target gains your language and knowledge skills			When does this come up? Amazing when it does, I guess.
47	Mammoth	Beast of Burden	Create a medium load, or increase medium to heavy			Heavy load is significant, no AC bonus and 5' movement
48		Mammoth Hide	Variant of Barkskin			Overlaps with Amulet of Natural Armor
49		Phantom Stampede	CMD -4, Concentration -4
50		Primal Speaker	Speak with Animal, megafauna only			At 10th level you gain Charm Animal
51		Thunder Foot	You can overrun using your witch level for CMB/CMD			At 11th level you have Greater Overrun to knock prone
52	Nature	Entangling Curse	Single target entangle for rounds/Cha bonus	Charisma
53		Erosion Curse	1d6 per 2 levels to objects or constructs			Ignores hardness, still too little damage
54		Friend to Animals	Spontaneously cast Summon Nature's Ally, grant summoned creatures a save bonus of Cha bonus	Charisma
55		Speak with Animals	Choose an animal type and talk with them
56		Stormwalker	No penalty for weather, ice, etc. Increased vision.
57	Slums	Accident	Trip with your caster level instead of CMB
58		Bad Penny	Curse a coin with -2 saves/skills, increasing to -4			Buy something or leave the coin to be picked up? It's certainly situational.
59		City Spirit	Your dex/wis skills get +4 for 3+Cha bonus rounds	Charisma		Perception is a wis skill, apply this before searching a key area.
60		Ward of the City	Poison/disease saves +5 (increasing to +7, +9), 25% vs crits (increasing to 35%, 45%)		Yes
61	Stone	Crystal Sight	See through 1'/level of stone (1"/level of metal)			By 2nd level you can see though any stone wall that isn't a fortification, many of them at 1st level
62		Lodestone	Same as Mammoth/Beast of Burden, above
63		Metal Curse	AC -2 (increasing to -4, -6) vs metal attacks for 1 round (increasing to 2, 3)			No save. At 8th level (-4 AC for 2 rounds) this is decent, pretty good at 16th (-6 AC for 3 rounds).
64		Stone Stability	CMD bonus and trip feats
65		Ward of Stone	DR 5 vs 1 melee attack (increasing to 2, 3)			Too little DR
66	Tribe	Curse of Faltering	Force crits to be re-rolled with a penalty of Cha bonus	Charisma		A 1 hour buff with great action economy. A good default use of Spirit Talker.
67		Curse of Isolation	Prevent flanking and aid-another			This isn't bad, but Curse of Faltering is so much better that I don't know when you would choose this.
68		Steadfast Example	Target can use your will save once. Only ward one target at a time.
69		Threatening Coordination	Squares around allies are difficult terrain for target.			No 5' step. Flank an opponent and they'll have trouble escaping.
70		Touch of Succor	Remove many (most?) negative conditions.		Yes
71	Waves	Beckoning Chill	Cold damage entangles the target for 1 round			No save. Synergy with: Winter's Grasp (2nd), Frostfall (2nd), Frosty Aura (4th), Polar Midnight (9th!) for ongoing cold damage, or Elemental Spell.
72		Crashing Waves	Increase the CL of water spells and add trip (fort save)			Are there any (good) witch spells to use this with?
73		Fluid Magic	This doesn't apply to a witch
74		Mist's Shroud	Grant concealment and blur for 1 (increasing to 2, 3) minute, but only until one attack is prevented.
75		Water Sight	See through fog/mist. Gain scrying at 7th, Greater Scrying at 15th, for rounds/level.
76	Wind	Air Barrier	Upgraded Mage Armor with missile protection
77		Sparkling Aura	Remove invisibility/concealment, increase melee damage by Cha bonus for rounds per 2 levels	Charisma	Yes	No save, so a nice tool vs invisible opponents.
78		Vortex	Critical hits with spells stagger the target			Typically a witch doesn't use a lot of attack spells
79		Wind Sight	Clairvoyance for rounds/level at 7th level
80		Wind Ward	Ward an ally for 20% missile miss (50% at 16th level) for rounds/level (minutes/level at 8th)			At 8th level you have time to ward the entire party prior to an encounter you expect to heavily feature archery.
81	Wood	Hex of Lignification	Staggered for 2 rounds, gains hardness 5, fort save
82		Nature's Gift	Goodberry for Cha bonus hp/day	Charisma
83		Spines and Brambles	Create difficult terrain an concealment in squares/Cha bonus. You move freely.	Charisma		Modest battlefield control or concealment.
84		Verdant Path	Woodland stride, at 8th airwalk within 10' of a tree			Unlimited flight in a forest, at 8th level
85		Whispering Leaves	Whispering Wind, at 8th you can listen for a reply.
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