Shadowcloak

(See also: Shadowcloak)

Faiths & Avatars Text

This spell creates a semisolid fog of amorphous shape that is centered on the caster or a single touched spell recipient being and moves with that being to hide him or her completely from view. In bright conditions, a rolling, roiling moving cloud of shadow can readily be seen, concealing only the spell recipient's precise identity, but in darkness, an unsuspicious observer is only 15% likely to think something is amiss with what she or he is seeing (darkness) and a successful Intelligence ability check must still be made to reach a decision that something is certainly unusual and that it is more or less at such-and-such a spot.

A shadowcloak both confuses attackers with its swirling, smoky chaos, and slows strikes, so that all attacks against the shadowcloak-user occur at a -3 attack penalty and a damage penalty of -1 point per die. The shadowcloak also muffles all sounds made by the cloaked being (regardless of that being's desires) so that even shouted speech seems faint and distant, and all sounds short of breakage or metallic ringing or clinking are very likely to be completely blanked out.

Torches, fire, smoke, and magical radiances are unaffected by contact with a shadowcloak spell, but they in turn have no effect on it and do not force it to part or light up its gloom. An observer outside a shadowcloak would be able to see the presence of a light source inside a shadowcloak because it would lighten the dark appearance of the fog around it to a light gray — but the observer would not be able to see other things within the shadowcloak because the light source illuminated them.

To the caster of a shadowcloak and to any other creatures present who are bearing consecrated holy symbols of Mask, its borders appear as a slight hazy shimmering in the air, but no darkness is apparent. The spell does not affect the vision and combat abilities of such beings.

Priest's Spell Compendium Text

This spell creates a semisolid fog of amorphous shape that is centered on the caster or a single touched spell recipient being and moves with that being to hide him or her completely from view. In bright conditions, a rolling, roiling moving cloud of shadow can readily be seen, concealing only the spell recipient's precise identity, but in darkness, an unsuspicious observer is only 15% likely to think something is amiss with what he or she is seeing (darkness) and a successful Intelligence ability check must still be made to reach a decision that something is certainly unusual and that it is more or less at such-and-such a spot.

A shadowcloak both confuses attackers with its swirling, smoky chaos, and slows strikes, so that all attacks against the user occur at a -3 attack penalty and a damage penalty of -1 point per die. The shadowcloak also muffles all sounds made by the cloaked being (regardless of that being's desires) so that even shouted speech seems faint and distant, and all sounds short of breakage or metallic ringing or clinking are very likely to be completely blanked out the dark appearance of the fog around it to a light gray — but the observer would not be able to see other things within the shadowcloak itself.

To the user and any others present and bearing consecrated holy symbols of Mask, the shadowcloak borders appear as a slight hazy shimmering in the air, but no darkness is apparent. The spell does not affect the vision and combat abilities of such beings.