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ECLIPSE SHADE
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Alignment: Any nongood
Skills: Hide 8 ranks, Move Silently 8 ranks
Special: Sneak Aack +2d6
Special: Must be given the blessing of the Princes of Shade.
Class Features
All Eclipse Shade gain the following when within shadows or darkness:
Weapon and Armor Proficiency: A shade gains no proficiency in any
weapon or armor.
Creature of Shadow: By trading some por(on of your soul for the
stuff of shadow, you become a creature of the Plane of Shadow. In
well-lit surroundings (daylight or the radius of a daylight spell), none
of these powers func(on.
Shades are considered to be of the outsider type. Addi(onally,
Eclipse Shades gain the following benefits:
Shadow Ability: At 3rd and 5th level, a shade gains +1 dexterity.
At 4rd and 6th level, a shade gains +1 charisma.
Speed of Shadow: At every level a3er 2nd, a shade gains an
addi(onal +5 movement speed as long as he remains in
shadows. This bonus is reduced to +3 in medium or heavy
armor. Addi(onally, the shade gains an effec(ve +1 deflec(on
bonus to AC for each addi(onal movement bonus.
Shadow Life: At 6th level, a shade gains Fast Healing 2.
Shadow Strike (Su): Shadows engulf your weapon of choice (melee
or ranged), guiding it with deadly force towards your foe. Before you
make an aack roll, announce you are making a Shadow Strike. Pick a
number of dice less than your sneak aack dice. When you roll your
aack, add this many d6 to your aack roll. If you hit, you
automa(cally succeed at a sneak aack, and deal your remaining
sneak aack dice as cold damage (in addi(on to normal weapon
damage). You may only make one such strike every other round.
At 5th level, a shade’s Shadow Strike can, at your op(on, deal
nega(ve energy damage instead of cold damage, as the target
creature's own shadow turns to aack him. For this aack, your sneak
aack damage increases one die size (from d6 to d8).
Shadesight (Su): The shade has 60-foot darkvision. He can see
normally through any darkness effects but not through fog,
invisibility, obscurement, and so on.
Control Light (Su): The shade can decrease the levels of light within
a 100-foot radius by a factor of 10% per character (not class) level. For
characters and creatures dependent on light to see, this decreases
the effec(ve range of vision for them by the same percentage. For
each 25% decrease in light, anyone within the area gains a +1
circumstance bonus on Hide checks.
Shadow Stride (Su): As a standard ac(on as o3en as once every 2
rounds, a shade of 2nd level or higher can shrink into his own shadow
and reappear in any shadowy area within 300 feet.
At third level, this becomes a move ac(on. Upon arrival, you may
aempt to hide as a standard ac(on.
Sneak A-ack: This is exactly like the Rogue ability of the same
name. The extra damage increases by +1d6 every three levels (3rd,
6th). This damage stacks with any sneak aack bonus from other
sources.
Invisibility (Sp): The shade can use this ability once per round as a
sorcerer of his character (not class) level.
Shadow Pounce (Ex): At 4th level, the shade can make a full aack
ac(on a3er using Shadow Slide. If he uses this ability, it immediately
ends his turn. Addi(onally, once per encounter per enemy, this foe is
considered flat footed for the purposes of this aack.
Shadow Image (Su): Three (mes per day, the shade can use this
spell-like ability (similar to the mirror image spell) as a sorcerer of his
character (not class) level. This creates 1d4 figments of the shade, +1
per three levels.
Shadow Travel (Su): If the shade has 12 or more character levels,
then he can use teleport without error to reach a shadowy locale on
the same world or plane shi3 to access the Plane of Shadows. A shade
can shadow travel once per day.

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Base
Fort Ref Will
Level A-ack Special Creature of Shadow Bonus
Save Save Save
Bonus

1st +0 +0 +0 +0 Creature of Shadow, Shadow Strike, Shadesight, Control Light +2 balance, jump, tumble, +4 spot/listen, +8 hide/move silently

2nd +1 +1 +1 +1 Shadow Slide (Standard Ac(on), Shade’s Step Fast Healing 2

3rd +2 +2 +2 +2 Shadow Slide (Move Ac(on), Sneak Aack +1d6 +1 dex, +1 AC, speed +53

4th +3 +3 +3 +3 Invisibility, Shadow Pounce +1 cha, +1 AC, speed +53

5th +3 +3 +3 +3 Improved Shadow Strike, Shadow Image +1 dex, +1 AC, speed +53

6th +4 +4 +4 +4 Shadow Travel, Sneak Aack +2d6 +1 cha, +1 AC, speed +53

Class Skills (4 + Int modifier ): As Rogue.