Shadamen

Shadamen were created millenia ago by The Shade, Shandalar as shadowy copies of the humans that The Maker, Sumactil had created and populated Sitiath with. They are capable of living on the Plane of Shadows without any difficulties, other than the normal dangers that exist on the Plane. Over time, some of them have made their way from the Plane of Shadows to Sitiath, so that now there is a very small but stable population there. Small groups of shadamen can usually be found living together in larger cities, and the motivations of each group are as varied as those of the humans that they were copied from. Discrimination of shadamen is not common, but it is far from unheard of, and is usually caused by more zealous followers of The Maker.

Racial Traits

Medium Size

Speed 10ft

Trained in 1 skill of your choice and one associated focus of your choice

Shadamen's strong connection to the Plane of Shadow gives them a couple of benefits. First, they gain a +2 racial bonus to all Stealth checks. Second, if they are trained in Nethermancy, they gain a +2 racial bonus to all Nethermancy checks and learn one additional Nethermancy spell that they could learn without making a check, or at least an Initiate status spell, whenever they gain a level. They must meet the Intelligence requirement for the status of the spell.

Shadamen are so similar in appearance to humans, they gain a +10 racial bonus to Deception checks to disguise themselves as one.

Low-light Vision

Languages: Common

Shadamen Culture

Shadamen

+1 Intelligence, Persona, or Wisdom

Trained in Thievery skill and Stealth focus

Trained in Planar Magic skill and Nethermancy focus

Trained in Persuasion skill and Deception focus

Shadamen can cast Nethermancy spells for less mana. You can decrease the mana requirements of any Nethermancy spell you cast by an amount equal to the status of the spell (so, 1-8). Take this into account after any other changes in mana cost.

Languages: Common, Astral