Shadowdancer

Shadowdancers operate in the border between light and darkness. These nimble artists of deception are never completely trusted but always induce wonder when met. Many use their abilities to infiltrate past defenses and dupe others. Rogues and bards are the most common shadowdancers.

Properties

• Hit Die: d6.
• AB Progression: Medium.
• Primary Save: Reflex.
• Skill Points: 6 + Int Modifier.
• Class Skills: Balance, Bluff, Escape Artist, Knowledge, Parry, Perform, Sleight of Hand, Stealth.

Requirements

• Feats: Mobility.
• Skills: Stealth 7, Balance 7.

Progression

Available

Lvl	BAB	Saves			Feats	HP range		Cloak of Shadows			Concealment	Reflex Save Bonus vs Traps
		Fort	Ref	Will				Concealment	AC Bonus
1st	+0	+0	+2	+0	Darkvision, Shadow Strike	6±CON Modifier		-	-		0%	-
2nd	+1	+0	+3	+0	Uncanny Dodge I, Stealthy	12±CON Modifier		-	-		0%	+1
3rd	+2	+1	+3	+1	Concealment I, Cloak of Shadows	18±CON Modifier		35%	+2		10%	+1
4th	+3	+1	+4	+1	Sever Shadow, Improved Evasion	24±CON Modifier		35%	+2		10%	+1

Not Available

Lvl	BAB	Saves			Feats	HP range		Cloak of Shadows			Concealment	Reflex Save Bonus vs Traps
		Fort	Ref	Will				Concealment	AC Bonus
5th	+3	+1	+4	+1	Shadow Jaunt, Uncanny Dodge II	30±CON Modifier		35%	+2		10%	+2
6th	+4	+2	+5	+2	Concealment II	36±CON Modifier		50%	+3		20%	+2

Feats

• Darkvision - Allows sight in the (near) absence of any light.
• Shadow Strike - DEX times/day, the Shadowdancer teleports behind a hostile creature and makes a melee attack before returning to their point of origin. During the attack, they gain DR 20/+3. For 2 rounds after the attack, they suffer dramatic AC penalties.
• Uncanny Dodge - The Shadowdancer retains his dexterity bonus to AC, even if caught flat-footed or attacked by a hidden or invisible creature. A second rank grants a a +1 bonus on reflex saving throws made to avoid traps.
• Concealment - The Shadowdancer gains a permanent 10% Concealment against all attacks. At level 6, this increases to 20%.
• Cloak of Shadows - 3x/day, the Shadowdancer gains +2 AC and 35% Concealment for 1 turn. At level 6, this increases to +3 AC and 50% Concealment.
• Stealthy - This feat adds a +2 bonus to Stealth.
• Sever Shadow - Once per day, the Shadowdancer can summon a Shadow to fight at their side.
• Improved Evasion - Whenever the Shadowdancer fails a Reflex save vs half damage, they take only half damage.
• Shadow Jaunt - 2x/day, the Shadowdancer can become Invisibile as per the spell.

Class Route to Prestige

This assumes the character has only a single class to meet the requirements and is non-human before taking the prestige class (PrC). Human characters will have greater flexibility in regards to feat progression due to the extra feat granted at character creation by their racial bonus, Quick to Master. Some class routes to prestige may also favour multi-classing in order to more effectively meet pre-requisites or to better synergise the character's skill set to suit the PrC, however caution is advised as most PrCs have strict skill requirements and the wrong combination of classes (due to cross-classing of skills) may result in further delaying and reducing the levels of a prestige class obtainable or render it entirely unobtainable for the character.

Base Class	Minimum Base Class Level	Maximum Prestige Class Level	Stealth	Balance	Mobility
Bard	4th Level	4th Level	4th Level	4th Level	1st or 3rd Level
Civilian	4th Level	4th Level	4th Level	4th Level	1st or 3rd Level
Monk	4th Level	4th Level	4th Level	4th Level	1st or 3rd Level
Rogue	4th Level	4th Level	4th Level	4th Level	1st or 3rd Level
Ranger	4th Level	4th Level	4th Level	4th Level	1st or 3rd Level

Notes

All prestige classes require a PC to met the real (unmodified) rank of a skill, refer to Skills for clarification, in order to progress into the prestige class.