Shadow Being
Spell, Enchantment, level 6
A stronger Shadow Form: the shadow resists ordinary weapons, strangles harder and serves as the caster's remote eyes and ears.
From the book
A more powerful version of Shadow Form. The animated shadow has half the caster's hit points, cannot be hurt by non-magical weapons, and strangles for 1-12 points of damage on a hit. Wherever it goes, the caster can see through its eyes and hear through its ears. It still has no mind or will of its own, so the caster must concentrate to keep control. Control range is unlimited and the spell lasts 1 hour. As with Shadow Form, any light spell disperses it.
At a glance
- Hit points
- 1/2 the caster's
- Damage
- 1-12 strangling
- Immunity
- Non-magical weapons
- Range
- Unlimited control
- Duration
- 1 hour
- Vulnerability
- Any light spell disperses it
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Non-variable
- Control
- Requires the caster's concentration
A scene
In the Imperial Courts of Tang, the Minister of Taxation was meeting secretly with a Sheban envoy, and neither of them noticed that one of the shadows in the corner of the room was the wrong shape. Far away across the city, the magician Wen sat in a locked room with his eyes shut, seeing through the shadow's eyes and hearing through its ears. He heard every word. Then the Minister's own sorcerer entered the room, looked sharply at the corner, and conjured a globe of light. Wen's shadow burst like smoke, and his eyes flew open.