The Blade witch is one who has chosen to focus on the Blade manifestion, even to the point of sacrificing spell abilities and further manifestations. In exchange for this loss, the Blade witch is able to wield a blade of far greater power than his less focused peers.
| Level | Attack Bonus | Fort. Save | Ref. Save | Will Save | Special | Spellcasting |
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Skill Points at each level: 2 + Int modifier.
HD: d8
Weapon Devotion: Whenever the Blade witch manifests her blade she may choose a +1 special ability to bestow upon the blade. Use of this ability requires the blade witch to allocate two first level spell slots to the empowering of this ability. The manifestation's special ability can be chosen each time spells are readied. It does not count towards the spells to be readied that day. The spell slots are burned when the blade is first manifested with its ability. If the spell slots are unavailable, the blade manifests with only the standard enhancement bonus and abilities. A Blade witch who is double wed may only bestow this ability on one blade.
Blade Affinity: A Blade witch's levels stack with previous witch levels for the blade manifestation only - thus a Blade Witch 3/Mind Witch 6 deals 1d6+9 damage with a Mind Blade, but is considered level 6 for all other Mind Witch abilities.
Spellcasting: A Blade witch continues training in magic as well as combat. Thus, at 2nd and 4th levels, the character gains new spells per day and spells readied as if she had also gained a level in a spellcasting class she belonged to before she added the prestige class. She does not, however, gain any other benefit a character of that class would have gained (bonus feats, extra manifestations, and so on). This essentially means that she adds the level of Blade witch to the level of some other spellcasting class the character has, then determines spells per day, spells ready, and caster level accordingly.
If a character had more than one spellcasting class before she became a Blade witch, she must decide to which class she adds each level of Blade witch for purposes of determining spells per day and spells readied when she adds the new level.
Blade Bond: The Blade's witch's blade (or blades, if double wed) manifestation gains a +1 enhancement bonus, which stacks with any previous enhancements.
Improved Weapon Devotion: The Blade witch may add either two +1 enhancements or a single +2 enhancement upon her blade. Each plus one enhancement uses up two first level spell slots and each +2 enhancement uses up two second level spell slots. The manifestation may be chosen each time spells are readied. A double wed Witch blade may choose to bestow a +1 enhancement on each weapon instead, using up two first level spell slots for each one.
Supreme Weapon Devotion: The Blade witch may add up to a +4 enhancement to her blade, whether it be a single +4, a +3 and +1, 2 +2, or any combination. Each enhancement follows the system above - thus a +4 enhancement would require two 4th lvl spell slots (note that this means a straight progression from witch to blade witch would not allow +4 enhancement as the spell slots would not be available until more witch levels were taken). These enhancements may be chosen each time spells are readied. A double wed Blade witch may apply these enhancements in combination to both blades, though they may not apply more that +4 total.