Hey there folks. I’m still chugging away at the next big post so I thought I’d share a little homebrew RP to hold you over!

A couple months back one of my groups decided to play Curse of Strahd, and being that the game is classic gothic horror, I took the opportunity to put to paper a character concept that’d been rolling around in my head for a while: a Hexblood Artificer, reflavored as a black cat ‘n’ cauldron Witch-in-training.

But what’s a Witch without a little “toil and trouble”? I needed rhyming witchy incantations, much like The Chilling Adventures’ Sabrina or He-Man’s Orko, to complete the concept; magic words to hang my spells on that’d drive home the homebrew. After searching high and low in vain for a blog post or 3rd party supplement, I finally relented and brewed up my own custom castings.

Below is just a taste; a couple cantrips and the first level Artificer spells; but the work continues! There’s certain to be a Wizard multiclass in the near future..

FIREBOLT V, S 
     Frozen peak and ashen spire, from Cania, I call HELLFIRE.

MENDING V, S, M (two loadstones)
     Fair is foul, and foul is fair, with repulsion I repair.

ALARM V, S, M (a tiny bell and a piece of fine silver wire)
     Silver wire, silver bell, any trespass you will fell.

CURE WOUNDS V, S
     Sew the threads and cut the twine, sear the wound and you'll be fine.

DETECT MAGIC V, S
     Pluck the weave, oh knowing mistress, lend your aid, reveal your secrets.

DISGUISE SELF V, S
     Shadows weave and knot and tie, make a mask to trick the eye.

EXPEDITIOUS RETREAT V, S
     Hollowed bones and wings of old, give me speed of that tenfold!

FAERIE FIRE V
     Lightning bugs and fireflies, burn once more, then crystalize!

FALSE LIFE V, S, M (a small amount of alcohol or distilled spirits)
     Whiskey, rum or something cheaper, grant me shelter from the reaper.

FEATHER FALL V, M (a small feather or piece of down)
     Feather feather falling fast!

GREASE V, S, M (a bit of pork rind or butter)
     Pat of butter from the feast, bring to boil for some GREASE!

HEX V, S, M (the petrified eye of a newt)
     With eye of newt I carve my sign, a witch's HEX, this curse of mine!

IDENTIFY V, S, M (a pearl worth at least 100 gp and an owl feather)
     Knowing mistress, through this prism, grant me sight to see your vision.

JUMP V, S, M (a grasshopper's hind leg)
     Green grasshopper's leg to keep, to make a most astounding leap.

LONGSTRIDER V, S, M (a pinch of dirt)
     Pinch of dirt and ranger's spittle, quickly now for just a little!

PURIFY FOOD AND DRINK V, S
     Taster tester, poke and pester; is this food a good digester?

SANCTUARY V, S, M (a small silver mirror)
     Mirror, Mary, sanctuary!

TASHA'S CAUSTIC BREW V, S, M (a bit of rotten food)
     Bubble bubble blacken burn, give this cursed brew a turn!

P.S. I posted these on Reddit a couple months back as well, I did not steal them!