Shadow Magic
You are a creature of shadow, for your innate magic comes from the Shadowfell itself. You might trace your lineage to an entity from that place, or perhaps you were exposed to its fell energy and transformed by it.
The power of shadow magic casts a strange pall over your physical presence. The spark of life that sustains you is muffled, as if it struggles to remain viable against the dark energy that imbues your soul.
- Shadow Magic: Added
- Eyes of the Dark: Improved
- Strength of the Grave: Unchanged
- Tenebrous Spell: Added
- Hound of Ill Omen: Unchanged
- Shadow Walk: Unchanged
- Umbral Form: Unchanged
Shadow Sorcerer Quirks
At your option, you can pick from or roll on the Shadow Sorcerer Quirks table to create a quirk for your character.
| d6 | Quirk |
|---|---|
| 1 | You are always icy cold to the touch. |
| 2 | When you are asleep, you don't appear to breathe (though you must still breathe to survive). |
| 3 | You barely bleed, even when badly injured. |
| 4 | Your heart beats once per minute. This event sometimes surprises you. |
| 5 | You have trouble remembering that living creatures and corpses should be treated differently. |
| 6 | You blinked. Once. Last week. |
Shadow Magic
(Improves 1st level "Sorcerous Origins" feature)
You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the Shadow Spells table. Each of these spells counts as a sorcerer spell for you, but it doesn't count against the number of sorcerer spells you know.
Whenever you gain a sorcerer level, you can replace one spell you gained from this feature with another spell of the same level. The new spell must be an illusion or necromancy spell from the sorcerer, warlock or wizard spell list.
Shadow Spells
| Sorcerer Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 1st | False life, Ray of Sickness |
| 3rd | Darkness, Phantasmal Force |
| 5th | Summon Shadow Spawn, Vampiric Touch |
| 7th | Phantasmal Killer, Shadow of Moil |
| 9th | Enervation, Mislead |
Eyes of the Dark
(Improved 1st level feature)
From 1st level, You can see normally in darkness to a distance of 120 ft.
Additionally, as a bonus action, you can spend 1 sorcery point to be able to see normally in magical darkness for 10 minutes.
Strength of the Grave
(1st level feature)
Starting at 1st level, your existence in a twilight state between life and death makes you difficult to defeat. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points, you can make a Charisma saving throw (DC 5 + the damage taken). On a success, you instead drop to 1 hit point. You can't use this feature if you are reduced to 0 hit points by radiant damage or by a critical hit.
After the saving throw succeeds, you can't use this feature again until you finish a long rest.
Tenebrous Spell
(2nd level feature)
When you cast a spell that targets an area, you may spend 2 sorcery points to cause magical darkness to cover the area until the end of your next turn.
When you cast a spell that targets an area, you may spend 1 sorcery points to cause darkness to cover the area until the end of your next turn.
Hound of Ill Omen
(6th level feature)
At 6th level, you gain the ability to call forth a howling creature of darkness to harass your foes. As a bonus action, you can spend 3 sorcery points to summon a hound of ill omen to target one creature you can see within 120 feet of you. The hound uses the dire wolf's statistics, with the following changes:
- The hound is size Medium, not Large, and it counts as a monstrosity, not a beast.
- It appears with a number of temporary hit points equal to half your sorcerer level.
- It can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. The hound takes 5 force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
- At the start of its turn, the hound automatically knows its target's location. If the target was hidden, it is no longer hidden from the hound.
The hound appears in an unoccupied space of your choice within 30 feet of the target. Roll initiative for the hound. On its turn, it can move only toward its target by the most direct route, and it can use its action only to attack its target. The hound can make opportunity attacks, but only against its target. Additionally, while the hound is within 5 feet of the target, the target has disadvantage on saving throws against any spell you cast. The hound disappears if it is reduced to 0 hit points, if its target is reduced to 0 hit points, or after 5 minutes.
Shadow Walk
(14th level feature)
At 14th level, you gain the ability to step from one shadow into another. When you are in dim light or darkness, as a bonus action, you can teleport up to 120 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness.You also gain Resistance to necrotic damage
Umbral Form
(Improved 18th level feature)
Starting at 18th level, you can use a bonus action to magically transform yourself into a shadowy form.
In this form, you have resistance to all damage except force and radiant damage, and you can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. You take 5 force damage if you end your turn inside an object.
You remain in this form for 1 minute. It ends early if you are incapacitated, if you die, or if you dismiss it as a bonus action.
Once you use this action, you can't use it again until you finish a long rest, unless you spend 5 sorcery points to use it again.