Shadow Mage 2

Class Group	Wizard
Ability Score Requirements	Intelligence 9 Wisdom 15
Prime Requisite	Intelligence
Races Allowed	Dark Elf Human Humanoids
Alignments Allowed	Any

The Shadow Mage						Spell	Slots	per	Spell	Level
Level	XP Needed	Hit Dice (d4)	THAC0/BAB	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	0	1	20/+0	1+1¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	3,000	2	20/+0	2+1¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	6,000	3	20/+0	2+1¹	1+1¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
4	12,000	4	19/+1	3+1¹	2+1¹	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	24,000	5	19/+1	4+1¹	2+1¹	1+1¹	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	48,000	6	19/+1	4+1¹	2+1¹	2+1¹	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	72,000	7	18/+2	4+1¹	3+1¹	2+1¹	1+1¹	—	—	—	—	—
8	105,000	8	18/+2	4+1¹	3+1¹	3+1¹	2+1¹	—	—	—	—	—
9	160,000	9	18/+2	4+1¹	3+1¹	3+1¹	2+1¹	1+1¹	—	—	—	—
10	285,000	9+1	17/+3	4+1¹	4+1¹	3+1¹	2+1¹	2+1¹	—	—	—	—
11	425,000	9+2	17/+3	4+1¹	4+1¹	4+1¹	3+1¹	3+1¹	—	—	—	—
12	850,000	9+3	17/+3	4+1¹	4+1¹	4+1¹	4+1¹	4+1¹	1+1¹	—	—	—
13	1,235,000	9+4	16/+4	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	4+1¹	4+1¹	2+1¹	—	—	—
14	1,610,000	9+5	16/+4	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	4+1¹	4+1¹	2+1¹	1+1¹	—	—
15	1,985,000	9+6	16/+4	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	2+1¹	1+1¹	—	—
16	2,370,000	9+7	15/+5	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	3+1¹	2+1¹	1+1¹	—
17	2,755,000	9+8	15/+5	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	3+1¹	3+1¹	2+1¹	—
18	3,140,000	9+9	15/+5	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	3+1¹	3+1¹	2+1¹	1+1¹
19	3,525,000	9+10	14/+6	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	3+1¹	3+1¹	3+1¹	1+1¹
20	3,910,000	9+11	14/+6	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	5+1¹	4+1¹	3+1¹	3+1¹	2+1¹

¹This bonus spell slot can only be used to prepare a spell of the school of Shadow Magic.

Class Features

Hit Points

Hit Dice (Levels 1-9): 1d4 + HP Adjustment per level
Hit Dice (Levels 10+): +1 HP per level

Starting Equipment

Start with a spellbook and (1d4+1) x 10 gp to purchase starting equipment with. Can keep left over money.
Using the Alternate Starting Wealth house rule, the shadow mage can instead begin play with a spellbook and 30 gp or the following pre-selected equipment:

Combat Proficiency

Cannot wear armor and cast spells at the same time.
Allowed to use daggers, quarterstaves, darts, knives, slings and light crossbows.

Proficiencies

Non-Weapon Proficiencies

Starts with 4 Non-Weapon Proficiencies.
Gains a Non-Weapon Proficiency every multiuple of 3 levels (level 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18).
Can choose a Non-Weapon Proficiency at normal cost in the General and Wizard categories.
Can choose a Non-Weapon Proficiency at +1 cost from any other category.

Weapon Proficiencies

Starts at Level 1 with 1 Weapon Proficiency Slot

-5 Penalty to hit with weapons without proficiency.

Gains a Weapon Proficiency Slot every multiple of 6 levels (level 6, 12, 18).

Spellbook

Restricted Schools

Shadow Mage cannot learn spells from the schools of Abjuration or Evocation unless that spell is also from the school of Shadow Magic.

Learn Spells Roll

The learn spell roll can be found by looking up the Intelligence Ability Score table.

Starting Spells

There are multiple rules for how to obtain your starting spells, and your GM will choose which option you will be using.

Guaranteed Versatility

At 1st-level the spell book contains 5 spells.

1 of the starting spells must be read magic
The abjurer then gains one offensive, one defensive, and one other spell. The final spell is a randomly chosen spell from the school of Shadow Magic.
The abjurer need not make a Learn Spells roll for any of these spells as they are assumed to have learned them over the course of their long apprenticeship.

Fast Learner

At 1st-level the spell book contains 3d4 1st-level spells.

2 of the starting spells must be read magic and detect magic.
The rest of the starting spells can be chosen from universal magic spells (1st-level spells only) without making a learn spells roll. Or make learn spells rolls for non-universal magic spells. The Abjurer can also choose one spell from the school of Shadow Magic (1st-level spells only) without making a learn spells roll.
The GM may assign you spells instead to start with.

Spells of Choice

At 1st-level, the abjurer chooses 1st-level spells they wish to gain and must roll learn spells checks for each spell, stopping when all 1st-level spells have been exhausted or when the abjurer has learned their maximum number of spells.

No spells are guaranteed using this method, and there is a chance that the abjurer starts with 0 spells, having to resort to finding spells through other means and fighting with weapons until that point.

Learning New Spells

Can only learn spells of a level for which you have spell slots.
Can learn a spell from another's spell book with a learn spells roll.
Gain 1 spell when leveling up. This spell must be from the school of Shadow Magic, and must be approved by the DM.
The maximum number of spells you can learn per level can be found by looking up the Intelligence Ability Score table.

Casting Spells

A wizard cannot just cast any spell they have learned. They must memorize these spells into appropriate spell slots ahead of time.
The wizard can only cast spells that they have memorized. The wizard cannot cast that spell again once cast, until they return to their spell book and memorizes it again.
A wizard cannot choose to forget a memorized spell to replace it with another one. They can, however, cast a spell just to cleanse his mind for another spell.

Special Features

Non-Shadow Mages hit by a shadow magic spell save at a bonus or penalty depending on ambient light, as seen below

This penalty increases to -2 if the target is a specialist of an opposition school (abjuration or evocation).

+15% chance when learning a shadow spell
-15% chance when learning spells from other schools.

At 4th level, can see as well in moonlight as a normal human does by broad daylight

Reduces combat penalties for darkness by 1 point total.

At 7th level, can see perfectly by starlight.

Reduces combat penalties for darkness by 2 points total.

At 10th level, the shadow mage can see perfectly in total darkness.

Negates all combat penalties for darkness.

Magical blindness or fog can still impair vision, no matter the level.

Lightning Condition	Modifier
Bright daylight/continual light	+2
Weak daylight/dusk/light	none
Twilight/moonlight/lantern light	–1
Weak moonlight/torch light	–2
Candlelight/starlight	–3
Total darkness	–4

Saving Throws

Experience Level	Paralyzation, Poison, or Death Magic	Rod, Staff, or Wand	Petrification or Polymorph¹	Breath Weapon²	Spell³
1-5	14	11	13	15	12
6-10	13	9	11	13	10
11-15	11	7	9	11	8
16-20	10	5	7	9	6
21+	8	3	5	7	4

¹Excluding polymorph wand attacks.
²Excluding those that cause petrification or polymorph.
³Excluding those for which another saving throw type is specified, such as death, petrification, polymorph, etc.

Shadow Mage Spells

1st-Level

2nd-Level

3rd-Level

4th-Level

5th-Level

6th-Level

7th-Level

8th-Level

9th-Level

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