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Hide in One’s Shadow

4th-level · Transmutation

Source Deep Magic for 5th Edition

Casting Time
Action
Range
Touch
Duration
3 Hours
Components
S, M
Material Component

charcoal

Source Information
Combat Reference
Target
1 creature
Description

When you touch a willing creature with a piece of charcoal while casting this spell, the target and everything it carries blends into and becomes part of the target’s shadow, which remains discernible, although its body seems to disappear. The shadow is incorporeal, has no weight, and is immune to all but psychic and radiant damage. The target remains aware of its surroundings and can move, but only as a shadow could move—flowing along surfaces as if the creature were moving normally. The creature can step out of the shadow at will, resuming its physical shape in the shadow’s space and ending the spell.

This spell cannot be cast in an area devoid of light, where a shadow would not normally appear. Even a faint light source, such as moonlight or starlight, is sufficient. If that light source is removed, or if the shadow is flooded with light in such a way that the physical creature wouldn’t cast a shadow, the spell ends and the creature reappears in the shadow’s space.

About Hide in One’s Shadow

Hide in One’s Shadow is a Level 4 level spell from the school of Transmutation.

This spell has a casting time of action , and a range of Touch . It has a duration of Instantaneous.

Casting Tips

1 tips

Consider these tips when casting this spell:

  • Tactical Use: Mid-tier spell with significant tactical impact. Great for resource management challenges.

School of Magic: Transmutation

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Transmutation spells change the properties of creatures, objects, or the environment.

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