Shadow Meld

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Lamoron
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Shadow Meld

Post by Lamoron » Wed May 20, 2020 8:39 pm

In the near future my Elf Nethermancer is going to hit Circle 6, and after that she's going with some Thief Circles. This has prompted me to read up on synergies, and there are a lot of those, but it has also caused me to take another look at any Nethermancer spells dealing with stealth, and I have some questions.

Shadow Meld

the target gains a +4 bonus to all Stealthy Stride tests while near shadows for the duration of the spell

I'm guessing the intent is that it requires a generally shadow area, like at night with torches, and being near shadows means being able to hide in them, or can I actually use it to hide in bright daylight, if there's something like a cart in the middle of an open field, casting a shadow? Spell says yes, logic says "no you dumbass".

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Re: Shadow Meld

Post by Slimcreeper » Wed May 20, 2020 11:57 pm

If the cart casts a shadow, I'd say yes. Any shadows! If they are holding a parasol and are in its shadow, then they disappear and the parasol appears to float on its own!

Okay, maybe not all shadows.

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Re: Shadow Meld

Post by Sharkforce » Thu May 21, 2020 12:36 am

I would say generally speaking "any shadows". remember, however: "This talent does not allow the adept to vanish while being observed—once a
character is aware of the adept’s presence and watching him the talent will not work."

so if there is a cart, yes, they can stealthy stride behind it (they could have done that regardless, mind you). but if someone is staring at them, they can't just walk behind the cart and disappear into the shadows, and if someone looks away for a few moments and then looks back, and the only possible hiding place is behind the cart, well... I will refer you to this excellent instructional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-M2hs3sXGo :)

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Re: Shadow Meld

Post by Mataxes » Thu May 21, 2020 3:19 am

Somehow I knew that would be the bit.
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Re: Shadow Meld

Post by Lamoron » Thu May 21, 2020 8:15 am

Mataxes wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 3:19 am
Somehow I knew that would be the bit.
It's a fair assumption, that if you knew this would be the question before opening the thread, the language could use some tightening up :)

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Re: Shadow Meld

Post by Panda » Thu May 21, 2020 1:10 pm

Josh was referring to the YouTube video, which was also exactly the video I expected.

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Re: Shadow Meld

Post by Lamoron » Thu May 21, 2020 5:22 pm

Ah, my bad 🤣

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Re: Shadow Meld

Post by Mataxes » Thu May 21, 2020 11:43 pm

Panda wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 1:10 pm
Josh was referring to the YouTube video, which was also exactly the video I expected.
And of course it wasn't the video nobody would expect.
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Re: Shadow Meld

Post by Lamoron » Fri May 22, 2020 5:45 pm

Mataxes wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 11:43 pm
Panda wrote:
Thu May 21, 2020 1:10 pm
Josh was referring to the YouTube video, which was also exactly the video I expected.
And of course it wasn't the video nobody would expect.
Could we have an upvote function on this forum :D

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