Yes witches can heal in fact they have a light heal hex. Since a hex can be used every round and she gets her second at second level she will be a very good back up healer. basically able to do a cure lights every round...limited by the fact she can only cast the same hex on person once every 24 hours...so she can heal a person once a day. A witch can also take cure lights as a 1st level spell.<br/><br/>I took slumber as her first hex since its a beefy sleep spell in that it will effect any number of HD. The nice thong about hexes is that Azile can use them every roll limited to only using the same hex once per day on a person.<br/><br/><br/>Mysterica, I wanted to ask in what direction were you planing on your caster going spell wise. Azile being a witch has several options, I can use her as a support , close range damage [later on long range damage] or a support/controller type. It all depends on the hexes and spells i have her learn. As an example for control, she already has the slumber hex and i can take misfortune which causes the target for 1 rd to roll 2 dice for every roll it makes and take the LOWEST rolled. This can be extended to 2 rounds with another hex called cackle [which just happens to be a move action] so Azile could easily set up a target for you.<br/>She can also depending on patron get some powerful attack spells...at later levels.<br/>Since we are working as a team, I  think working out how best to utilize our spells and gifts will help everyone.<br/><br/>Phaia