Sage of Shadow
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Sage of Shadow is one of several possible subclasses you can gain as a member of the sage class.
Your subclass affects which spells you can prepare as a sage, and what proficiencies you gain at 1st level. Your subclass grants more features at 2nd, 6th, 10th, and 14th levels.
Domain Proficiencies
You gain proficiency with hand crossbows and morningstars.
You gain proficiency with one skill of your choice from Deception, Intimidation, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth.
You can read, write, and speak one language of your choice from Ancient, Blin, and Stal.
Shadow Discipline
At 2nd level, you gain one of the following disciplines of your choice.
Aura of Truth
You and all friendly creatures within 30 feet of you have advantage on saving throws against being blinded or deafened.
Darkvision
You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
Impa's Blade
You add a d4 bonus die to any damage roll you make with a dagger or dart. Either of these weapons is magical when you wield it.
Manipulator's Expertise
You become proficient in one skill from Deception, Intimidation, Sleight of Hand, and Stealth. You also become an expert in any one of these skills.
Enveloping Darkness
At 6th level, you learn to augment your blessings.
A creature you have blessed gains darkvision out to a range of 60 feet, and has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to move quietly.
When a creature you have blessed rolls initiative, you or the creature can use a reaction to gain advantage on this check. If your campaign uses static initiative, it instead adds a +5 bonus to its initiative score. Once you use this effect, the blessing ends.
Unveil
At 10th level, you learn to augment your banes.
A creature you have baned has a -2 penalty on Charisma (Deception) checks made to lie, and on Dexterity (Stealth) checks made to hide or move quietly.
You can use your reaction to end the invisibility condition on a creature you have baned, and force it into its true form if it has changed shape or masked its form with an illusion. Once you use this effect, the bane ends.
Swift Shadows
Beginning at 14th level, your prowess with cunning magic accents your agility, and vice versa. You can add both your Dexterity modifier and Wisdom modifier to your initiative.
Shadow Sage Spells
Name | MP | Lv | School | Summary |
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Aegis | 0 | abjuration | A creature within 60 feet of you that you can see gains resistance to all damage other than bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing until the start of your next turn. | |
Aid | 3 | 2nd | abjuration | Your spell bolsters your allies with toughness and resolve, boosting maximum heart points. |
Animal Friendship | 2 | 1st | enchantment | Charm an animal for up to 24 hours. |
Animal Messenger | 3 | 2nd | enchantment | Instruct a Tiny beast to deliver a message, traveling potentially hundreds of miles to do so. |
Animal Shapes | 11 | 8th | transmutation | You transform any number of willing creatures within 30 feet into beasts (CR 4 or lower) for up to 24 hours. |
Antimagic Field | 11 | 8th | abjuration | A 10-foot radius sphere around you suspends or dispels all magic effects within it. |
Baneful Ray | 7 | 5th | evocation | You project a ray of divine power to bane a creature up to 60 feet away. |
Barrier | 2 | 1st | abjuration | Your bonus action grants a creature a +2 bonus to AC for up to 10 minutes. |
Beast Shape | 5 | 3rd | transmutation | Transform into a beast of your choice for 1 hour. |
Beguile | 2 | 1st | enchantment | You attempt to charm a creature you can see within range. |
Blade Barrier | 9 | 6th | evocation | Create a wall energy-blades up to 100 feet long and 20 feet wall which slashes creatures that are inside it or pass through it. |
Calm Emotions | 3 | 2nd | enchantment | You attempt to suppress strong emotions of a group of creatures. |
Candle | 0 | evocation | Create a five-foot sphere of flame which lingers for a minute, damaging creatures it touches. | |
Ceremonial Rite | 3 | 2nd | abjuration | A 10-minute ceremony lays a protective blessing upon a creature with varying benefits depending on recent events. |
Chill Touch | 0 | necromancy | A ghostly hand chills a creature to deal necrotic damage and prevent heart points recovery. | |
Clairvoyance | 5 | 3rd | divination | You create a sensor up to 1 mile away that sees or hears on your behalf, lasting for up to 10 minutes. |
Cloudkill | 7 | 5th | conjuration | Conjure a 20-foot radius cloud that heavily obscures and deals poison damage to creatures inside of it. |
Conjure Marionette | 3 | 2nd | conjuration | You summon a skull puppet in an unoccupied space that you can see within range. |
Conjure Wolf Spirit | 3 | 2nd | conjuration | |
Counterspell | 5 | 3rd | abjuration | You attempt to interrupt a creature in the process of casting a spell. |
Darkness | 3 | 2nd | evocation | Create magical darkness out to a radius of 15 feet for 10 minutes or longer. |
Darkvision | 3 | 2nd | transmutation | A creature you touch gains darkvision for 8 hours. |
Daruk's Shield | 6 | 4th | abjuration | A creature you touch repels up to three attacks that would otherwise hit it. |
Dead Hands | 3 | 2nd | conjuration | Ghostly hands grab hold of a creature, dealing necrotic damage and restraining it. |
Death | 1 | 1st | necromancy | You inflict wounds upon a creature you touch. |
Death Ward | 6 | 4th | abjuration | |
Delayed Flying Object | 6 | 4th | transmutation | |
Detect Magic | 2 | 1st | divination | Sense the presence of magic within 30 feet of you. |
Detect Poison and Disease | 2 | 1st | divination | Sense the presence and location of poisons, poisonous creatures, and diseases within 30 feet of you. |
Disguise Self | 2 | 1st | illusion | Cause yourself to appear different for the duration. |
Dispel Magic | 5 | 3rd | abjuration | You attempt to end a spell effect in range. |
Druidcraft | 0 | transmutation | Whispering to the spirits of nature, you create one of several minor effects. | |
Eldin Smog | 9 | 6th | conjuration | Conjure a cloud of fiery smoke that deals damage and blinds creatures. |
Ethereal Bridge | 6 | 4th | conjuration | You create a glass-like bridge up to 100 feet long and 20 feet wide over a chasm, river, or other obstacle. |
Farore's Courage | 2 | 1st | enchantment | For the duration, you and any friendly creatures within 30 feet of you have advantage on every saving throw against being charmed or frightened. |
Fear | 5 | 3rd | illusion | Each creature in a 30-foot cone must succeed on a Wis save or become frightened of you for up to 1 minute. |
Feather Fall | 2 | 1st | transmutation | Your reaction safely slows the descent for up to five creatures within 60 feet of you. |
Fly | 5 | 3rd | transmutation | A willing creature you touch gains a flying speed of 60 feet for the duration. |
Flying Object | 1 | 1st | transmutation | A Small nearby object shoots up to 100 feet in a straight line, potentially damaging a creature in its path. |
Fog Cloud | 2 | 1st | conjuration | You create a sphere of fog within range. |
Foresight | 13 | 9th | divination | A creature you touch can see into the immediate future. For 8 hours, the target has advantage on all attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws, etc. |
Greater Invisibility | 6 | 4th | illusion | A creature you touch becomes invisible for 1 minute. |
Greater Restoration | 7 | 5th | conjuration | You imbue a creature you touch with positive energy to undo one debilitating effect. |
Heal | 8 | 6th | evocation | A creature within 60 feet of you regains 10d12 heart points. |
Healing Word | 2 | 1st | evocation | Your bonus action restores a few heart points to a creature within 60 feet of you. |
Holy Aura | 11 | 8th | abjuration | Nearby creatures of your choice gain advantage on all saving throws, while all attack rolls against them have disadvantage. |
Illumination | 3 | 2nd | evocation | Create daylight out to a wide radius for 10 minutes or longer. |
Illusory Script | 1 | 1st | illusion | You write a script that appears true to creatures you designate, but illusory to all other creatures. |
Image | 2 | 1st | illusion | Create the image of an object, a creature, or some other visible phenomenon that is no larger than a 20-foot cube. |
Imprisonment | 13 | 9th | abjuration | You create a magical restraint to hold a creature that you can see within range, permanently. |
Invisibility | 4 | 2nd | illusion | A creature you touch becomes invisible until it attacks or casts a spell, for up to 1 hour. |
Jump | 1 | 1st | transmutation | A creature's jump distance is tripled until the spell ends. |
Knock | 3 | 2nd | transmutation | You magically open a lock or similar opening, but create a loud knock audible from up to 300 feet away. |
Lesser Restoration | 3 | 2nd | abjuration | You touch a creature and can end either one disease or one lesser condition afflicting it. |
Life | 2 | 1st | conjuration | You heal the wounds of a creature you touch. |
Light | 0 | evocation | You touch one object, causing it to shed bright light in a 20-foot radius and dim light for an additional 20 feet | |
Locate Creature | 6 | 4th | divination | Sense the direction of a familiar creature you specify if it is within 1,000 feet of you. |
Longstrider | 2 | 1st | transmutation | A creature you touch has its speed increases by 10 feet for 1 hour. |
Lullaby | 2 | 1st | enchantment | Up to 4d12 heart points' worth of creatures within 30 feet of you fall unconscious for 1 minute. |
Magic Circle | 5 | 3rd | abjuration | You create a 10-foot radius cylinder that prevents certain creature types from entering. |
Magic Lock | 3 | 2nd | abjuration | You seal a door, window, chest, or other entrywat with a magic lock that is particularly difficult to break or force open. |
Magic Mouth | 3 | 2nd | illusion | You implant a message within an object in range, a message that is uttered when a trigger condition is met. |
Malevolent Mockery | 0 | enchantment | Debilitating doubts deal psychic damage and impose disadvantage on an attack roll. | |
Marvelous Melody | 0 | enchantment | Your melody damages adjacent creatures, and potentially charms them. | |
Mass Heal | 13 | 9th | evocation | Restore up to 700 heart points, divided as you choose among all creatures within 60 feet of you. |
Mending | 0 | transmutation | This spell repairs a single break or tear in an object you touch. | |
Message | 0 | transmutation | You whisper a message that can be heard only by one creature you designate within 120 feet, who can respond similarly. | |
Mind Blank | 12 | 8th | abjuration | One creature you touch becomes immune to divination spells, the charmed condition, psychic damage, and any effect that senses its thoughts. |
Muffle | 1 | 1st | illusion | |
Nayru's Love | 12 | 8th | abjuration | A creature you touch becomes immune to damage other than psychic for up to 1 minute. |
Nightmare Visage | 4 | 2nd | illusion | A creature you touch becomes horrifying to its enemies, adding psychic damage and fear to its attacks. |
Nondetection | 5 | 3rd | abjuration | For 8 hours, you hide a target that you touch from divination magic. |
Paralyze | 3 | 2nd | enchantment | You attempt to paralyze a creature you can see within range. |
Perceive Invisibility | 2 | 1st | divination | For at least 1 minute, you see invisible creatures and objects as if they were visible. |
Poison Spray | 0 | Conjuration | Fling poisonous gas or fluid at a creature within 10 feet, which must succeed on a Constitution saving throw or take poison damage. | |
Programmed Illusion | 8 | 6th | illusion | You create a potentially complex illusion that activates when a certain criteria is met, and can activate repeatedly until dispelled. |
Project Duplicate | 10 | 7th | illusion | For up to 1 day, project a convincing illusory copy of yourself up to 500 miles away. |
Protection from Energy | 5 | 3rd | abjuration | A creature you touch gains resistance to one damage type you specify for up to 1 hour. |
Protection from Poison | 3 | 2nd | abjuration | A creature you touch is no longer poisoned, and is bolstered against poison for 1 hour. |
Purify Food and Drink | 1 | 1st | transmutation | Remove poison and disease from food and drink within a 5-foot-radius sphere. |
Reflecting Shield | 3 | 2nd | abjuration | You enhance a shield's defenses, and grant its wielder the ability to reflect ranged spell attacks. |
Remove Curse | 5 | 3rd | abjuration | At your touch, all curses affecting one creature or object end. |
Revivify | 5 | 3rd | necromancy | You touch a creature that has died within the last minute, restoring it to 1 heart point. |
Sage's Smite | 1 | 1st | evocation | Your next melee attack surges with elemental power. |
Sage Armor | 2 | 1st | abjuration | You touch a creature to surround it with a transparent barrier of protective energy, potentially improving its AC. |
Sage Hand | 0 | conjuration | Conjure a translucent, floating hand that can manipulate objects at range. | |
Sanctuary | 2 | 1st | abjuration | You ward a creature within range against attack, which remains protected so long as it doesn't harm other creatures. |
Scrying | 7 | 5th | divination | You can see and hear a particular creature you choose that is on the same plane of existence as you. |
Seeming | 7 | 5th | illusion | Give numerous creatures an illusory disguise that lasts up to 8 hours. |
Sending | 4 | 3rd | evocation | You send a short message to any creature with which you are familiar over any possible distance. |
Sentinel | 6 | 4th | conjuration | You conjure a stationary statue that lasts for 8 hours. It can shoot fiery projectiles. |
Sequester | 10 | 7th | abjuration | A willing creature or object you touch becomes hidden and enters suspended animation for any period of time. |
Shapechange | 13 | 9th | transmutation | You change into almost any creature for up to 1 hour. |
Silence | 3 | 2nd | illusion | For up to 10 minutes, no sound can be created in a 20-foot-radius sphere within 120 feet. |
Silhouette | 1 | 1st | illusion | |
Speak with Animals | 2 | 1st | divination | You gain the ability to comprehend and verbally communicate with beasts for the duration. |
Spider Climb | 3 | 2nd | transmutation | A creature you touch can climb across vertical surfaces and ceilings while leaving its hands free, for up to an hour. |
Spike Growth | 3 | 2nd | transmutation | A 20-foot radius of ground grows spikes, dealing 2d4 piercing damage for every 5 feet of movement a creature travels through it. |
Spook | 0 | enchantment | A creature must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or take psychic damage and be unable to take reactions for 1 round. | |
Stinking Cloud | 5 | 3rd | conjuration | Conjure a 20-foot radius cloud that heavily obscures. A creature that starts its turn in the cloud must succeed a Con save or lose its action. |
Summon Instrument | 0 | conjuration | You summon a musical instrument into your hands out of thin air. | |
Suppress Pain | 4 | 2nd | enchantment | A creature gains temporary heart points at the start of each of its turns, and is immediately revived the first time it drops to 0 heart points. |
Telepathic Bond | 7 | 5th | divination | For 1 hour, up to 8 creatures of your choice can communicate telepathically with each other. |
Thaumaturgy | 0 | transmutation | You manifest a minor wonder, a sign of supernatural power, within range. | |
Time Stop | 13 | 9th | transmutation | Briefly stop time for everyone but yourself. |
Tiny Hut | 5 | 3rd | abjuration | |
True Resurrection | 13 | 9th | necromancy | Taking an hour and 250,000 rp worth of diamonds, you bring back to life any creature that has died within the past 200 years. |
True Seeing | 9 | 6th | divination | A creature you touch gains truesight out to a range of 120 feet for 1 hour. |
Web | 3 | 2nd | conjuration | You conjure a mass of webbing that restrains creatures caught in it. |
Weird | 13 | 9th | illusion | Each creature in a 30-foot sphere must make a Wis save or take psychic damage and become frightened of you. |