Shadow Form
Spell, Enchantment, level 4
Animates the caster's own shadow into a controllable, semi-solid fighter that light spells disperse.
From the book
The caster's own shadow is given some substance and made to act. It is an exact silhouette of the caster and can be controlled up to 100 ft. away. It can fight or handle fairly simple tasks, but has no mind or will of its own, so the caster must direct it mentally.
The shadow uses the caster's attack factor, deals 1-8 points of strangling damage when it hits, and has 1 hit point for each of the caster's levels. Any weapon harms it normally, treating it as unarmored, and any magical light spell disperses it instantly. It lasts 1 minute per level of the caster.
At a glance
- Range
- 100 ft.
- Attack
- Caster's attack factor; 1-8 strangling damage
- Hit points
- 1 per caster level
- Vulnerability
- Normal weapon damage (unarmored); any magical light spell disperses it
- Duration
- 1 minute per caster level
- Save
- None
- Spell type
- Variable, as stated
- Control
- No intelligence or will of its own; must be mentally controlled
A scene
The alley in Mohenjo-Daro was narrow and dark, and the thug with the knife was very sure of himself until the magician's shadow detached itself from the wall. It slid across the ground and rose up behind him, a flat black silhouette of Deepa herself, and wrapped its hands around his throat. He choked and flailed. His friend slashed at it with a sword, and the blade bit into the shadow as it would into flesh, but the shadow held on. Deepa, standing well back, kept her mind on it and did not let go.