Shadowcaster Mysteries

0 Level (Fundamentals)

• Arrow of Dusk: Ray deals 2d4 nonlethal, x3 crit.
• Black Candle: As the spell darkness or light
• Caul of Shadow: Shadows grant deflection bonus to AC
• Liquid Night: Create ink by manifesting surrounding shadow.
• Mystic Reflections: As the spell /[[detect magic]]].
• Shadow Hood: Subject takes -1 penalty on attack rolls and Dexterity based checks.
• Sight Obscured: +2 enhancement bonus on Disable Device, Stealth, and Sleight of Hand skills checks, or any other checks that involve concealing the subject’s actions or gestures.
• Umbral Hand: As the spell mage hand
• Widened Eyes: Gain low light vision.

1st Level

• Bend Perspective: Change point of view as if you were standing elsewhere.
• Carpet of Shadow: Transform the ground into shadowstuff, impeding movement.
• Dusk and Dawn: Create Area of shadowy illumination.
• Life Fades: Deal nonlethal damage and cause fatigue.
• Mesmerizing Shade: Daze subject for 1 round or cause -1 penalty on attacks, saves and checks.
• Quicker than the Eye: Gain bonus on sleight of hand checks, use sleight of hand at a distance.
• Steel Shadows: Gain +3 Armor Bonus and +3 Shield bonus to AC
• Voice of Shadow: As the spell /command, but also affects constructs and undead.

2nd Level

• Black Fire: Create fire in several squares that deals cold damage.
• Congress of Shadows: Hold 2-way conversation at a distance.
• Flesh Fails: Deal minor ability damage.
• Piercing Sight: Gain darkvision 60' and see invisible creatures.
• Sight Eclipsed: Hide while being observed.
• Shadow Skin: Thicken your flesh with the power of shadow.
• Thoughts of Shadow: Briefly enhance mental abilities.
• Trail of Haze: Touched target emits a trail of shadowy mist only you can see.

3rd Level

• Afraid of the Dark: Create shadowy reflection of the subject that deals ability damage.
• Clinging Darkness: Roots foes in place.
• Dancing Shadows: Makes subjects harder to hit.
• Flicker: Flash through several locations via conduits of shadow.
• Killing Shadows: Gaze attack that deals damage.
• Sharp Shadows: Foes striking you take piercing damage.
• Umbral Fist: Make special attacks at a distance.
• Umbral Touch: Deal damage and slow with a touch.

4th Level

• Aura of Shadow: Subject is protected from cold and deals cold damage with attacks.
• Bolster: Grant subject temporary hit points.
• Fearful Gloom: Area of shadow causes fear in all who enter.
• Shadow Evocation: Mimic evocation below 5th level but only 20% real.
• Shadow Vision: Subject takes penalties on most actions and has a 50% miss chance.
• Shadows Fade: As the spell dispel magic
• Step into Shadow: Short range travel through shadow.
• Warp Spell: Steal the energy of another caster's mystery or spell.

5th Level

• Curtain of Shadows: Block line of sight and deal cold damage.
• Dark Air and Water: As the spell control winds or control water
• Echo Spell: Repeat a mystery or spell cast in the previous round.
• Feign Life: Animate objects and give them concealment.
• Languor: Shadows weight a subject down.
• Pass into Shadow: As the spell plane shift, but must involve the plane of shadow.
• Sickening Shadow: Area of shadow causes illness in all who enter.
• Unravel Dweomer: As the spell break enchantment

6th Level

• Deadly Shade: Area of shadow enhances or dampens damage dealt within.
• Flood of Shadows: Casting in the area becomes difficult, mysteries and shadow spells are empowered.
• Shadow Evocation, Greater: Mimic evocation spells below 7th level, but only 60% real.
• Shadow Investiture: Grant subject cold resistance 15, evasion and the ability to see in darkness.
• Shadow Storm: Arcs of cold and electricity strike multiple targets.
• Shadows Fade, Greater: As the spell dispel magic, greater.
• Unveil: Remove many adverse conditions.
• Voyage into Shadow: As spell shadow walk but faster.

7th Level

• Ephemeral Image: Create a shadow duplicate through which you can cast magic.
• Grasping Shadows: Tendrils grapple foes and cause blindness.
• Life Fades, Greater: As the mystery life fades, but more potent and affecting more subjects.
• Prison of Night: Entrap a subject in a shadow prison.

8th Level

• Flesh Fails, Greater: As the mystery flesh fails, but more potent and affecting more subjects.
• Menagerie of Darkness: Transform nearby animals and vermin into shadow creatures and gain control over them.
• Tomb of Night: Prison of shadow drains levels from those inside.
• Umbral Body: Become an incorporeal being of shadow.

9th Level

• Black Labyrinth: Shift portions of the real world into Shadow and vice-versa, creating a bewildering array of effects.
• Consume Essence: Slay creatures and instantly reanimate it as a dark creature under your control.
• Ephemeral Storm: Targets save or die, success success results in 5d6 damage.
• Shadow Time: Act freely for 3 rounds.