Darklance
Shadow Weave Spells
The Shadow Weave is a force of mystical energy which
originates from deities of shadows such as Mask, Cyric, and
Shar and from the elemental plain of shadow, also called the
Shadowfell. Those who tap into this energy do so through
these deities or loose a portion of their sanity during their
studies. The power imbues illusion magic with more
substance, allowing it to occasonaly take on solidity, and
allows transport to and from the plane of shadows.
These spells are specific to users of the Shadow Weave,
creatures of the Shadowfell, and worshipers of shadow
deities. Only characters which have a connection to these
forces can ordinarily learn them through normal means.
Other characters must be taught these secrets by someone
who already understands them. The GM determines if other
creatures can learn these spells on their own.
Shadow Weave Spells and Illusions
For the purposes of immunities, resistances, and
abilities, all Shadow Weave Spells are also treated
as illusion spells if their listed school is different.
All spells with "(shadow)" after their school entry
are shadow weave spells for this purpose.
Shadowbolt
Conjuration (shadow) cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60, 120, or 180 ft Components: VSM (a drop of dried
blood)
Duration: Instantaneous
You conjure a bolt of swirling shadows which streaks toward
a creature within range. Make a ranged spell attack against
the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d4 psychic and cold
damage. If the target is in dim light the bolt instead does 2d4
damage, or 3d4 in darkness, if the caster is in dim light, the
range increases to 120ft, or to 180ft in darkness.
The spell creates more than one bolt when you reach
higher levels: two bolts at 5th level, three bolts at 11th level,
and four bolts at 17th level. You can direct the bolts at the
same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll
for each bolt.
Shadow Threads
Conjuration (shadow) cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 ft
Components: S
Duration: Instantaneous
You can send out tiny threads from the Shadow Weave for
minor effects. You can instantaneously snuff out a small
lightsource, no larger than a campfire.
In dim light or darkness, you can create minor illusions or
a single non-magical, solid object, which fits in a 5 foot cube.
Creatures which touch the object make an intelligence saving
throw, if they succeed, they recognize it as an illusion and it is
no longer solid for them.
Evocation (shadow) cantrip
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 60 ft
Components: S
Duration: Instantaneous
A small black spike of pure shadow springs forth from your
outstretched hand, flying toward a creature within range and
striking them. Make a ranged spell attack against the target.
On a hit, it takes 1d8 necrotic damage and shadows cling to
them, imposing disadvantage on ability checks which rely on
sight until the start of your next turn.
The spell's damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 5th
level (2d8), 11th level (3d8), and 17th (4d8).
Shadowstep
1st-level conjuration (shadow)
Casting Time: 1 bonus action
Range: 30 ft
Components: S
Duration: Instantaneous
Following the connections through shadows, you melt into
one shadow, or area of dim light or darkness you can touch,
and teleport to another within range.
Darkveil
1st-level illusion (shadow)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self Components: S
Duration: 1 hour
You draw a thin coating of wispy shadows around yourself, in
order to hide, granting you advantage on Dexterity (stealth)
checks in dim light or darkness for the duration.
Wall of Shadows
2nd-level conjuration (shadow)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 120 ft
Components: VSM
Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute
A wall of semisolid opaque shadows springs into being in a
place you designate within range. You can make the wall up
tp 30 feet long, 15 feet high, and 1 foot thick. You can shape
the wall in any way you want, as long as it make one
continuous path along the ground. The wall lasts for the
duration.
When the wall appears, each creature along its path must
make an intellegence saving throw or take 3d4 psychic
damage. Whenever a creature attempts to touch the wall, it
must make an intellegence saving throw, on a failure, the wall
is completely solid to that creature, on a success, the creature
realizes the wall is not real and can pass through it without
issue.
Gloomlight
3rd-level evocation (shadow)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Touch
Components: VSM (obsidian worth 100 gp, consumed)
Duration: Until dispelled
A small shadow mirage, in the shape of whispy black flames,
springs forth from an object that you touch. The effect looks
like a flame, but is black in color and gives off no visible light
to those without darkvision, it also creates no heat and
doesn’t use oxygen. A gloomlight flame can be covered or
hidden but not smothered or quenched. To those with
darkvision, the gloomlight gives off light as a torch.
Umbrageous Transport
6th-level conjuration (shadow)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 5 feet
Components: VS
Duration: 1 round
This spell creates a link through the power of the shadow
weave from one shadow cast by an object of large or larger
size within range to another, at any distance, on the same
plane of existance. You must have stood within the shadow of
the object at your destination before. For the duration any
creature may step into the target shadow and exit via the
destination shadow, using only 5 feet of movement. Objects
chosen for this spell must be in tune with the essence of the
shadow, places such as the mausoleum of a graveyard, an
anchient twisted tree where many were exicuted, an
abandoned tower on the edge of town, etc. The DM decides
what sutable place may be nearby.