Shadowsteal was a wizard spell from the schools of alteration and illusion.[1][2]
Effects[]
This spell could be triggered at the time of casting or long after by either uttering a command word or the fulfillment of specific conditions set at the time of casting. It affected the caster or a willing recipient touched by the caster.[1][2]
When under the influence of a shadowsteal the recipient acquired a shapeshifting shadowy appearance that utterly concealed their identity. They retained all of their normal skills and abilities. The continually shifting appearance also emitted changing signatures of heat that confounded infravision.[1][2]
The target could open a dimension door at any time while the spell was active, but doing so instantly ended the spell. A shadowsteal could be negated only by a dispel magic spell or the death of the spell's target.[1][2]
Components[]
This spell only required verbal and somatic components to cast.[1][2]
History[]
In ages past this spell was a preferred method of wizards to kill a foe and escape without getting caught.[1][2]
Appendix[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Ed Greenwood (1995). The Seven Sisters. (TSR, Inc), p. 89. ISBN 0-7869-0118-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Mark Middleton et al (March 1998). Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume Three. (TSR, Inc), p. 804. ISBN 978-0786907915.