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Circle of the Brew

Source: Hexbound

When mentioning the word witch, many instantly think of the witch druids belonging to the Circle of the Brew. After all, their practice is so well-known it has codified the general idea of witch.
Circle of the Brew witches worship nature and spirits equally, and use both in their witchcraft. They see the natural world as a giver of blessings, and it’s their duty to take those resources and transform them to suit their needs, and they do so with the help of spirits. They distill the natural and spiritual energies into powerful magical brews that they can then ingest or have others ingest to wondrous results.
Because of their unconventional practices and their insistence on changing and shaping the natural world to suit their needs, Circle of the Brew druids are the odd ones out of all the druid circles. They are the most likely out of all druids to live close to or even in civilization, sharing their magic with those who need it. Many Circle of the Brew druids become famed healers and apothecaries.
They fit perfectly, however, in the world of witch covens. Many Circle of the Brew druids are the designated healers and pharmacists in enormous covens, and they also tend to be among the richest witches because of their incredible magical potions.

Witchmark

Witchmarks for this witch’s druid circle are varied. Some take the form of their favorite ingredients, such as vines coiling around their limbs. Others look like soil covering their feet, representing their connection to nature and where they find most of their ingredients. There are also witches of this circle that have the recipe of the first magical brew they managed to make as their witchmark, emblazoned on their back or arms.

Brew of Wild Shape

When you choose this circle at 2nd level, you call upon the gifts of the spirits to bottle your wild shape ability into a brew of wild shape.

Making a brew of wild shape in your collapsible cauldron takes 10 minutes and spends one use of your wild shape ability. As an action, you or any willing creature can consume the brew of wild shape. The creature that has consumed the brew of wild shape immediately uses the wild shape ability as if they were a druid and chooses their beast form; they are limited by the same rules and enjoy the same advantages as a druid assuming the form of a beast. If the creature consuming the brew of wild shape is not a druid, they can only maintain their beast form for half the time you would be able to maintain it. When this time is over, they make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC or are stunned for one round. If a creature consumes your brew of wildshape unknowingly or unwillingly, the brew of wild shape has no effect.

When a brew of wild shape is made, you can’t regain that use of wild shape until the brew is ingested, destroyed, or until you take a long rest. At the end of a long rest you regain all your uses of the wild shape ability, including those used to make brews of wild shape, and any brews of wild shape you had prepared but had not been consumed lose their magical effect.