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.

Magical Brew

Starting at 3rd level when you acquire your first two circle spells, you can infuse a brew with any of your circle spells. Making a magical brew takes 10 minutes and uses a spell slot one level lower than the spell slot level of the spell (with a minimum of 1). For instance, making a brew of vile visage uses a level 1 spell slot instead of the level 2 spell slot it takes to cast the vile visage spell. You cannot make a potion of a spell at a higher level than the base spell and you cannot cast the spell as a ritual to make a magical brew. Only spells from the Circle of the Brew spell list can be used to make magical brews. If a spell has a material component, it must still be used even when brewing a magical brew.

A magical brew’s magic still takes effect even if the creature that consumed it did so unwillingly or unknowingly. If a creature that has consumed a magical brew needs to make a saving throw to avoid the effect of the brew, like with the toil and trouble brew, the polymorph brew, or the hold monster brew, they do so with disadvantage.

Once you finish a long rest you regain all spell slots, including those used while making magical brews, and any magical brews you had prepared but had not been consumed lose their magical effect. You can have a number of magical brews equal to your Wisdom modifier active at a time. Brews of wild shape do not count towards the total number of magical brews you can have active at a time.