View source for The Shadow of the Sky (3.5e NPC)

{{Author
|author_name=IGTN
|date_created=May 07, 2010
|status= Complete
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<onlyinclude>{{Stat Block 2
<noinclude>|summary=A (literally) shadowy puppetmaster</noinclude>
|name=The Shadow of the Sky
|race=[[Elemental-Bodied (3.5e Race)|Shadowbodied]]
|clvl=[[Elemental Weird (3.5e Class)|Elemental Weird]] 7
|cr=7
|al=CN |size=Medium |type=Outsider (counts as Elemental for everything)
|init=+7 |listen=+0 |spot=+0 |sens=Darkvision 90 ft, See in Magical Darkness 30 ft
|lang=Common
|ac=23 |touch=16 |flat=20 |acmods=+3 Dex, +7 Armor, +3 Deflection
|hp=34 |hd=7
|immune=sleep
|resist=50% chance to negate critical hit or sneak attack, Invisible except in bright light
|fort=+6 (+10 vs Poison and Disease) |ref=+8 |will=+8
|othsav=+8 against paralysis, +4 against stunning
|spd=30 ft
|fly=10 ft (good)
|melee1=Short Sword +9 (1d6+2/19-20)
|cg=3 potions of [[SRD:Cure Moderate Wounds|Cure Moderate Wounds]]
|bab=+3 |grp=+2
|freq1=8/day
|sla8/day=''[[SRD:Mirror Image|Mirror Image]]''
|freq2=6/day
|sla6/day=''[[SRD:Darkness|Darkness]]''
|freq3=4/day
|sla4/day=''[[SRD:Displacement|Displacement]]'', ''[[SRD:Identify|Identify]]'', ''[[SRD:Silent Image|Silent Image]]''
|freq4=3/day
|sla3/day=''[[SRD:Augury|Augury]]'', ''[[SRD:Shadow Conjuration|Shadow Conjuration]]''
|freq5=2/day
|sla2/day=''[[SRD:Tongues|Tongues]]'', choice of ''[[SRD:Invisibility|Invisibility]]'' (Extended) and ''[[SRD:Invisibility Sphere|Invisibility Sphere]]''
|freq6=1/day
|sla1/day=''[[SRD:Confusion|Confusion]]'', ''[[SRD:Divination|Divination]]''
|str=8 |dex=16 |con=13 |int=10 |wis=10 |cha=16
|feats=[[Psuedoelemental Being (3.5e Feat)|Psuedoelemental Being]] (Shadow), [[SRD:Improved Initiative|Improved Initiative]], [[Weapon Finesse (3.5e Feat)|Weapon Finesse]], [[Hardiness of the Elements (3.5e Feat)|Hardiness of the Elements]](B)
|skills=Concentration +11, Diplomacy +13, Sleight of Hand +10, Bluff +3 (can always Take 10)
|poss=[[Book_of_Gears_(3.5e_Sourcebook)/Magic_Items#Building_a_Better_Magic_Item:_the_Minor_Magic_Item|Magic]] [[Races_of_War_(3.5e_Sourcebook)/Equipment#Spiderweb_Clothing|Spiderweb Clothing]], Ring of Protection, Cloak of Resistance, Magic Short Sword, two potions of ''[[SRD:Glibness|Glibness]]''. It says that's not counting the one it just drank, and I believe it, don't you?
|sq=Rolls twice and takes the better result when using ''Augury'' and ''Divination''. Spheres: [[Oracle (3.5e Sphere)|Oracle]], [[Shadow (3.5e Sphere)|Shadow]], Trickery (Advanced Access)
}}
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It favors tactics of false fear, and prefers to have allies near when it fights. It uses ''Mirror Image'' both for the defensive benefit and to create an illusion that there are more of it than there actually are. It uses ''Displacement'' to protect itself and its illusions. It saves its ''Confusion'' power for when it feels seriously threatened. It will use ''Darkness'' to divide and befuddle its enemies and to provide a hiding place to itself. It likes to ''Shadow Conjure Glitterdust'' and ''Webs'', or, when necessary, ''Grease'', although it keeps one in reserve for a ''Phantom Steed'' to make a quick escape.

Additionally, before doing anything that might endanger it, like attempting a risky political maneuver or even venturing out of one of its many lairs, it will use an ''Augury'' or ''Divination'' (depending on importance) to determine risk. In politics, it will use its powers to both find and create blackmail material on people, such as by using Confusion to turn an argument violent, or using elaborate illusions to trick people into looking unseemly.

It will use its ''Augury'' and ''Divination'' powers on behalf of others, and it will ''identify'' items, if the price is right. Additionally, it personally knows half of the underworld of its adopted home city, although substantially fewer know it, as it uses a number of constantly-changing psuedonyms and illusions to do business. It sometimes uses ''Mirror Image'' to appear as multiple of its psuedonyms at once. However, at least one of its lairs is in the hideout of a gang of thieves that it controls.</onlyinclude>

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Author	IGTN +
Challenge Rating	7 +
Identifier	3.5e NPC +
Name	The Shadow of the Sky +
Race	Shadowbodied +
Rating	Undiscussed +
Size	Medium +
Summary	A (literally) shadowy puppetmaster +
Title	The Shadow of the Sky +
Type	Outsider (counts as Elemental for everything) +