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===Campaign Information===

====Playing a Shadow Adept====

'''Combat:''' You fight as a typical warlock, except for the fact you are stronger in darkness than most creatures.

'''Advancement:''' Your abilities for the first five levels are extremely specific, as are the abilities granted by this prestige class.  It is possible to leave this prestige class early, and go back to normal advancement as a warlock.  Further, it is possible to take Hellfire Warlock as long as you and DM agree on a backstory for why you are doing warlock dealings with two different planes.  If so, the Hellfire Warlock will advance your damage dealing abilities to be on par with straight warlocks.

'''Resources:''' In Faerun, shades will help you.  Otherwise, becoming a shadow is a lonely path.  Expect to be feared by those who like light.

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====Shadow Adepts in the World====

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'''NPC Reactions:''' Generally NPCs distrust darkness.  Since you work towards darkness, this generality applies to you.  Expect NPCs to be one step more unfriendly than usual.
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====Shadow Adept Lore====

Characters with ranks in Knowledge (arcana) or Knowledge (the planes) can research Shadow Adepts to learn more about them.  When a character makes a skill check, read or paraphrase the following, including information from lower DCs.  Further, give the equivalent Warlock lore result.

{| class="zebra d20"
|+ Knowledge (the planes) (arcana)
! DC || class="left" | Result
|-
| 11 || class="left" | Some warlocks can become one with shadows.  They are known as Shadow Adepts.
|-
| 16 || class="left" | Shadow adepts are tougher to hit than other creatures, hiding in darkness and melding into it.
|-
| 21 || class="left" | At higher levels, Shadow Adepts can jump from shadow to shadow and enter the plane of shadow at will.
|- 
| 26 || class="left" | Specific information on an important Shadow Adept in your campaign world.
|}

====Shadow Adepts in the Game====

Player characters using this class will need to coordinate with other players methods of seeing in darkness.  This is an excellent prestige class for creatures with darkvision, as only the darkness invocation creates magical darkness.

NPC warlocks that disdain light and invocate would find this a useful prestige class.  They should make full use of their darkness to create surprise attacks.

'''Adaptation:''' This could be thematically reflavored, minus the meld into shadows ability for smoke, fire, water, and other types of creatures.  If you remove the invocations, and dark casting abilities, and replace them with something more martial, this could also be used as a martial class.

'''Sample Encounter:''' The player characters are plane shifted into the elemental plane of shadow.  After being lost for quite a considerable time, they approach a dark figure.

''EL 10:'' Fifth level warlock + fifth level Shadow Adept

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Allowed Alignments	Lawful Evil +, Neutral Evil +, Chaotic Good +, Chaotic Neutral + and Chaotic Evil +
Article Balance	High +
Author	Havvy +
Identifier	3.5e Prestige Class +
Rated By	Ghostwheel + and Jota +
Rating	Rating Pending +
Skill	Balance +, Bluff +, Concentration +, Craft +, Disguise +, Escape Artist +, Hide +, Intimidate +, Knowledge +, Listen +, Move Silently +, Search +, Sense Motive +, Sleight of Hand +, Spellcraft +, Spot +, Survival + and Use Magic Device +
Skill Points	4 +
Summary	Warlock slowly transforms into shadow. +
Title	Shadow Adept +