Shadow Blink

This spell is a limited form of teleportation that allows the caster to instantaneously blink from shadow to shadow. The shadows must be within 60 yards of each other, and must be large enough to allow a thief the size of the caster to hide in shadows. The caster arrives in exactly the spot desired. The caster can blink to another shadowed area he can see within range, or that he knows by direct and recent knowledge is present. The caster can blink with up to 250 pounds of encumbrance. If the desired destination is occupied by a solid object, if no shadow exists at the intended destination, or if the weight limit is exceeded, the attempted blink fails and is wasted. Shadow blinking is strenuous; the caster can take no other action in the same round after arriving at a destination.

The caster can make one blink per three levels of experience; thus, a 6th- to 8th-level caster can make two blinks, a 9th- to 11th-level caster can make three, and so on. Only one blink can be taken per round; all must occur within one round per caster level or be wasted.