Additionally, if your bonded weapon has the thrown
Shadow
Crafted with lost magics, clothes, armour and weapons have
been woven and forged with threads and shards of Shadow.
Linked to their home Plane, these fragments allow strange
feats as the shadows of the Material Plane become
something more than simple patches of darkness.
These items use magic derived from Shadow, a place
considered by many to be evil. Though these items have no
inherent morals, some strongly good adventurers might balk
at their use. The more pragmatic understand that tools can
be defined by how they are used.
The boons might be granted by morally questionable
beings, or instead stolen to gain an edge against the creeping
madness of Shadow.
Shadow and Light
For there to be Shadow, there must be Light. Many
of the Shadow items require your shadow to
perform properly. Your DM may disable your
abilities when you have no shadow, such as in
complete darkness.
Shade's Gloves
Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)
Woven of liquid shadow, these gloves fit tightly to your hands,
impossible to remove while you are attuned to them. You can
also bond a weapon to the gloves, spending an hour
meditating, focusing on a weapon. All shadows are linked
through Shadow, and you can use your object interaction
reach into your off hand and through Shadow to draw your
bonded weapon from wherever it is.
Shade's Socks
Wondrous item, uncommon (requires attunement)
Cobbled from tough shadow, it is hard to tell where your feet
end and your shadow begins. While wearing these socks
without shoes, you can use an Action to merge with the
shadow of another object, becoming indistinguishable from
it. The object must be large enough that you can completely
shade yourself behind it. You must use 5 feet of movement to
emerge from the shadow before you can take an action,
bonus action or reaction.
Shade's Limbs
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
Attuning to both the Shade's Gloves and Shade's Socks
causes them to become a single item. You can bond a weapon
to the gloves, spending an hour meditating, focusing on a
weapon. You can use your object interaction reach into your
off hand and through Shadow to draw your bonded weapon
from wherever it is.
While wearing the socks without shoes, you can use an
Action to merge with the shadow of another object, becoming
indistinguishable from it. The object must be large enough
that you can completely shade yourself behind it. You must
use 5 feet of movement to emerge from the shadow before
you can take an action, bonus action or reaction.
property and you use it to hit an enemy or an object within
the weapon's range with a ranged melee weapon attack, you
can use a bonus action to step through your shadow to your
target's shadow, teleporting to an unoccupied space within 5
feet of your target.
Darksense
Boon, rare (permanent)
The whites of your eyes have changed, black veins criss-
crossing them. Magical darkness no longer impedes you,
granting you Blindsight throughout any single source of
magical darkness. Your Blindsight ends at the edge of the
magical darkness and this ability does not allow you to see
into magical darkness from the outside.
Shadow's Pockets
Boon, rare (permanent)
Your shadow conspires with you to hide your valuables. As a
bonus action, you can pass an item that can fit through a 2
foot diameter opening to your shadow to conceal in a pocket
dimension that can hold up to 50 pounds, not exceeding a
volume of 6 cubic feet. Retrieving an item from your shadow
takes an action, your shadow automatically passing you the
correct item.
Stowing or retrieving an item from your shadow cannot be
done if you are not connected to your shadow or have no
shadow, for example if you are flying or in complete darkness.
Your shadow is unable to accept items that contain
extradimensional spaces, such as a bag of holding or portable
hole.
Empty Quiver/Case/Pouch
Wondrous item, rare (requires attunement)
This seemingly empty container gets markedly heavier when
attuned, as though full of ammunition. Though it hangs
empty, its shadow appears to be packed to the brim. When
you reach to draw from this container, your hand fills with a
pure black piece of ammunition, in the shape of the
ammunition you need. When you successfully hit an enemy
you deal psychic damage instead of piercing or bludgeoning.
The ammunition disappears 6 seconds after being drawn
from the container. Your shadow's container never empties.
Vengeful Shadows
Wondrous item, rare
This loose shroud hangs limply around your shoulders, even
in high winds. Its shadow, however, is a writhing mass of
humanoid limbs tipped with unnatural talons. Whenever a
creature within 5 feet of you hits you with an attack the
shadows lash out in vengeance, dealing 1d4 psychic damage.
Protective Shadows
Wondrous item, rare
This black and white cloak hangs behind you, moving gently
to avoid impeding your movements. Its shadow seems
normal until you are attacked, at which time it expands and
curls around you protectively. All magical damage that you
take is reduced by 2.
Shadowforged
Weapon (melee), very rare
These pure black weapons appear plain, other than utterly
absorbing all light to touch them. However, their shadows are
surrounded by grasping tentacles. When you make weapon
attacks with these weapons, you roll twice for each attack. On
a single hit, they deal damage as normal. On a double hit, the
tentacles tear at your target's shadow, dealing an additional
1d6 psychic damage. On a double miss, you take 1d6 psychic
damage as the tentacles tear at your shadow instead.
Mindbreaker
Weapon (ranged), very rare
These weapons are ornately crafted from a mix of natural
components and pieces of Shadow. Their shadows are
covered in a mass of tiny imps which will clamber over each
other to grasp on to any ammunition loaded into the weapon.
When you make weapon attacks with these weapons, you roll
twice for each attack. On a single hit, they deal damage as
normal. On a double hit, the imps tear at your target's
shadow, causing them to have disadvantage on Wisdom and
Charisma saving throws until the start of your next turn. On a
double miss, you have disadvantage on Wisdom and
Charisma saving throws until the start of your next turn as
the imps still on your weapon tear at your shadow in derision
at your failure.
Options for Double Hit Weapons
The mechanics for Shadowforged and Mindbreaker
weapons can be addressed in multiple ways. As
written they grant effective permanent advantage.
This can be mitigated or altered in one or more of
the following ways:
No criticals: The weapons are unable to score
critical hits. (This option would reduce the rarity to
rare)
Split rolls: Roll for the weapon attack, then roll for
tentacle/imp attack. In this case, on a miss, the
tentacle/imp attack could be against the player's
AC. (This option would reduce the rarity to
uncommon)
Only on advantage/disadvantage: The tentacles
only hit enemies on a double hit with advantage
and only hit the player on a double miss with
disadvantage. (This option would reduce the rarity
to uncommon)
Alternate advantage/disadvantage: When rolling
with advantage, roll one extra d20 with a triple hit
dealing an additional 2d6 damage. When rolling
with disadvantage, roll only one d20 with the
normal rewards/penalties for hitting/missing.
Raging Shadows
Wondrous item, very rare
When you are attuned to the Shade's Limbs and wearing the
Vengeful Shadows, the shroud becomes Raging Shadows.
While the item appears unchanged around your shoulders,
the shadows grow larger and more violent.
Whenever a creature within 5 feet of you hits you with an
attack the shadows lash out in vengeance, dealing psychic
damage equal to 1d4 + your proficiency modifier.
Shade's Limbs continue to function as normal.
Shielding Shadows
Wondrous item, very rare
When you are attuned to the Shade's Limbs and wearing the
Protective Shadows, the cloak becomes Shielding Shadows.
While the item appears unchanged around your shoulders,
the shadow grows larger and envelopes you more fully.
When you are attacked, the shadow expands and curls
around you protectively. All magical damage that you take is
reduced by an amount equal to your proficiency modifier.
Shade's Limbs continue to function as normal.
Vengeance Vs. Protection
When worn together, the Vengeful/Raging
Shadows and Protective/Shielding Shadows fight
each other, providing neither of the benefits. Once
bonded to one, you cannot bond to the other.
Shadow Bond
Boon, legendary (permanent)
You gain the ability to permanently bond Shadow items to
you. If an item requires attunement, you must be attuned to it
to bond to it. This grants the following benefits and
drawbacks:
Once bonded, the items cannot be removed or unattuned
except with a wish spell. They also no longer register as
magical to any detection magics, though the strange
actions of your shadow are still plain to see.
Once bonded to the Shade's Limbs you can expend 5 feet
of movement instead of your bonus action to teleport to a
thrown weapon.
Once bonded to an Empty Quiver/Case/Pouch, you can
spend an hour meditating with another ammunition
container to transfer the enchantment across to it, causing
the original to dissolve into shadows and disperse.
Once bonded to an Empty Quiver/Case/Pouch and the
Shade's Limbs you can also teleport to a successful
ranged weapon attack that used ammunition from the
Empty Quiver/Case/Pouch using the Shade's Limbs
ability.
If you have the Shadow's Pockets Boon, once bonded to
the Shade's Limbs and a Shadowforged or Mindbreaker
weapon, you can summon or dismiss your weapon from or
to your Shadow's Pockets with your object interaction.