Living Shadow

D&D 2024 character option: Living Shadow. Source: Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft. option type Divine Gift The shadow you cast is animate and ever-present, even when lighting conditions would otherwise prevent it. Your shadow occasionally moves out of sync with you. Sometimes it appears to be undertaking random but mundane tasks, while at other times it acts out your darker impulses, threatening or even attacking other shadows. With effort, you can bend this shadow puppetry to your will. Roll on or choose an option from the Shadow Quirk table to determine how your living shadow behaves. Additionally, you gain the traits that follow. 1 My shadow often holds weapons or bears wounds that don't exist. 2 When I'm distracted, my shadow panics and tries to get other people's attention, as if it's desperate to escape me. 3 When it's not being watched, my shadow makes threatening gestures or creeps toward people. 4 My shadow's movements mirror mine incorrectly-when I raise my left hand, my shadow moves its right. 5 My shadow fiddles with or occasionally breaks Tiny, nonmagical objects. 6 There's a slight but noticeable delay between my movements and those of my shadow. Shadow Quirk Grasping Shadow You learn the mage hand cantrip if you don't already know it, and require no components to cast it. The hand created by the spell is shadowy but is not bound to your actual shadow. Your spellcasting ability for this spell is Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma (your choice when you gain this Dark Gift). Shadow Strike When you make a melee attack roll, you can increase your reach for that attack by 10 feet. Your shadow stretches and delivers the attack as if it were you. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your proficiency bonus, and you regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest. Ominous Will Immediately after you make an attack roll, an ability check, or a saving throw and roll a 1 on the d20, your shadow exerts a will of its own and might assist or hin...