D&D 3.5 Witch Doctor

[Nerd648]

I recently saw and fell in love with this class (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60146) but my DM won't allow it. I still want to play a Louisianan Voodoo type character but am at a loss as to how.

Any suggestions? I'm trying for NG but will change that if needed and I'm starting at level 3 if that helps.

Thanks in advance.

[Psyren]

The Pathfinder Witch gets a voodoo doll Hex - just be male and run that class by your DM.

EDIT: The Gravewalker archetype is even better - it replaces your familiar with a "poppet" that you can use to deliver touch spells as ranged touch attacks, by pointing at the target then stabbing your poppet with a pin.

You can be any alignment so NG will work.

[Nerd648]

Wow! That stuff looks really good! Thanks!

My DM tends to be strict about allowing PF stuff in his campaigns, so are there any 3.5 methods that you know of?

[Telonius]

How authentically voudou do you want to get? Binder's mechanics could pretty easily be re-fluffed to be based on lwa instead of vestiges.

[Nerd648]

I would like to be fairly authentic, the dolls and medicine man type stuff being key.

Edit: DM did say no to the Pathfinder Witch.

[MilesTiden]

Hmm. If you were starting at a higher level, I would definitely suggest binder. At 5th level, with Improved Binding, you could get Buer as a vestige, which would fit extremely well. As it is, you could probably take like, max ranks in Heal or something.

[limejuicepowder]

Spirit shaman is pretty good. Druid spell list, and lots of flavorfull spirit-based class abilities. I played a witch-doctor character using a spirit shaman, and it worked very well. He was a big hit at the table.

[Nerd648]

I only glanced at the spirit shaman before but I'll be sure to take a closer look at it. Thanks!

[Piggy Knowles]

It deviates a fair bit from the flavor, but you could honestly refluff a psion, preferably a kineticist, this way.

With a good mix of psychokinetics, metacreativity and telepathy plus a healthy dose of roleplaying, you could have a lot of fun playing a witch doctor psion. Have your psicrystal be the eyes in a voodoo doll, and manipulate it to control your enemies like puppets (via Control Body (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/controlBody.htm)), or prod it with needles and watch as the same thing happens to them (Crystal Shard (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/crystalShard.htm), or several other similar powers). Stir up terrible brews with Psionic Minor Creation (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/minorCreationPsionic.htm), or cheat death as you dive into a nearby flame and emerge later, still alive (Fiery Discorporation (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/fieryDiscorporation.htm)). Look into someone's eyes and paralyze them with fear, or hypnotize them to do your bidding (Psionic Suggestion (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/suggestionPsionic.htm) or Brain Lock (http://www.d20srd.org/srd/psionic/powers/brainLock.htm)).