Witches (Mayfair Games)

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Witches
Genre Role-playing game
Publisher Mayfair Games
Media typePrint

Witches is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Mayfair Games in 1990.

Contents

Contents

Witches is a supplement which contains rules for a witch character class, and presents backgrounds and guidelines for nine playable subclasses: the classic archetypal witches of ancient times, faerie witches, the dianic witch from the medieval era, the Golden Dawn (19th century), Wiccan (modern era), voodoo, animistic, elemental, and the Deryni witches from Katherine Kurtz novels. [1]

Publication history

Witches was written by Nigel D. Findley, with a cover by Joe de Velasco, and illustrations by Roger Raupp, and was published by Mayfair Games in 1990 as a 96-page book. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 118. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.