Shade

Humanoid, Medium

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Racial Traits

Speed 30 ft.
Age Mature at 18, live up to 500 years
Languages Common, Shadeword (a whispery dialect of the Plane of Shadow)
Alignment Tendencies Neutral, Any

Ability Score Increases

Hollow Shade
INTELLIGENCE
+1
CHARISMA
+2
OR
Gloamwalker
DEXTERITY
+1
CONSTITUTION
+1
CHARISMA
+1
OR
Lantern Shade
WISDOM
+1
CHARISMA
+2

Racial Features

Gloaming Sight

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.

Usage: always_on

Shadow Weave

You know the minor illusion cantrip. Choose Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma as your spellcasting ability for it.

Usage: always_on

Umbral Step

As a Bonus Action, you can teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see. You must be in dim light or darkness, and the destination must also be in dim light or darkness. You can use this trait a number of times equal to your Proficiency Bonus, regaining all uses on a Short or Long Rest.

Usage: proficiency_bonus_per_short_rest

Rules Compatibility

Primary Ruleset D&D 5.5 / SRD 5.2
Compatible Rulesets D&D 5e / SRD 5.1, D&D 5.5 / SRD 5.2
Ability Scores base_plus_lineage
Balance Notes Each playable combination totals exactly +3, with no single ability above +2.

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