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EdTheKet:
There has been some unclarity about the Shadowdancer class, or at least things have been left unclear. This post remedies that for the most part, although everyone should realize that a 100% fit is not going to be possible due to Layonara moving away from D&D.
 
In the new Cosmology (which is not that new anymore) there is no longer a Shadow Plane. In fact, there never was one.
This poses a bit of a problem for the Shadowdancer class, as some abilities of this class were rooted in the Plane of Shadow.

This post intends to clarify that situation, in summary, most abilities of the Shadowdancer will be seen as spells like how the sorceror class has spells (except in contrast to the sorceror, you can be trained to be an SD. Training can vary per individual and is up to the GM running the CDQ)). Others will be physical or mental abilities.

-   Hide in Plain Sight: this is a combination of being good at hiding and using whatever is available as cover, as well as a form of invisibility (so a combo of magic and physical means)
-   Darkvision: purely physical
-   (Improved) Evasion: physical
-   Uncanny Dodge: physical
-   Shadow Daze: a spell
-   Summon Shadow: a shadow is summoned from a lower frequency world, see here http://forums.layonara.com/layonara-server/126742-cosmology-faq.html
These are not undead (although NWN says they are). They are also not “shadow elementals” (i.e. they are not creatures of solidified shadow).
-   Shadow Evade: spell, kind of like a concealment spell, but then more like blending in with shadows instead of becoming blurry
-   Defensive roll: physical
-   Slippery Mind: physical/mental

Shadowdancers who RP that they make shadows dance by making gestures with fingers and hands are merely good at manipulating light and shadow. They cannot make other people’s shadow move or something like that.

Note regarding The Veil: her additional powers stem from the successful completion of a WLDQ. Future shadowdancers will not necessarily gain the same powers, nor replace or succeed The Veil, nor necessarily deal with the same entities that gave her her powers.

Alatriel:
So to further clarify, Shadowdancers do not step into a shadow and out of another.  They can be shrouded by shadows to create an illusion of invisibility, but the strength of their illusion is based on how well they themselves can physically hide (h/ms).  It is a mental ability that allows them to physically control the shadows, and while shadowdaze and shadow evade may be seen as a spell (mechanically in the game they have to cast for it to go off), it could be explained that it is a mental force of will that controls the shadows into a more physical and solid form?  Or are you saying that it actually is a spell?

EdTheKet:

--- Quote from: Alatriel ---So to further clarify, Shadowdancers do not step into a shadow and out of another.  They can be shrouded by shadows to create an illusion of invisibility, but the strength of their illusion is based on how well they themselves can physically hide (h/ms).  It is a mental ability that allows them to physically control the shadows,
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No, there's no physical control of shadows, no physical/solid shadow matter or anything. They cast an invisibility-like spell/illusion and use any cover that is available.



--- Quote ---shadowdaze and shadow evade may be seen as a spell (mechanically in the game they have to cast for it to go off), it could be explained that it is a mental force of will that controls the shadows into a more physical and solid form?  Or are you saying that it actually is a spell?
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I am saying it is actually a spell, not solidified shadow.

Alatriel:
thank you that helps a lot!
~E

Hellblazer:
Aye it does.

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