Character Types

Name: Witch Doctor

Category: Profession

Description: A witch doctor is a tribal figure in Africa. They may worship any number of gods/sprits, but each witch doctor has only one god/spirit for a patron. This patron grants the witch doctor his spells and abilities.

Combat Technique: Any or none.

Preferred Skills: Dancing, Healing, Herbalism, Religion, Singing, Weather Sense.

Benefit: A witch doctor has the ability to purify an area by doing a special dance. Typically, the witch doctor must wear a specially carved demon mask while doing this. This dance causes the area to be protected from evil spirits for a year. It's also a time of celebration for the people of a village when a witch doctor comes to purify it.

Disadvantage: Witch doctors have responsibilities to the people in their area. Villagers will go to a witch doctor for a variety of cures and so forth.

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Appropriate For: Anyone.

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