Creating dark knight concept

[Dark3stSkies]

Hello fellow adventurers! First of all, I have to say that I adore 4e for letting me realise many of the concepts of players that I wanted to create, in pen and paper of course. Lately I'm stuck with creating a playable dark knight concept. I have something nice in mind but I need to be able to use shade form (assasin's class power), preferably by not being hybrid assasin. So, I was trying to get the power by multiclassing to assasin but I can't find a feat that lets me do so. I've read somewhere about a feat called "darkened soul" or something like that, which serves my purpose as intended, but I can't seem to find it. Is there anything like that?

 

[MwaO]

Darkened Soul is a feat that requires paragon multiclassing into Assassin, which is kind of expensive.

But at its base, it is a combo of:
Insubstantial
The ability to make hide checks if you have any cover or concealment.

Could you refluff a Shadar-Kai Rogue with Cunning Sneak into it?

 

[Dark3stSkies]

Thank you MwaO, I´ve found the feat. What I had in mind is somewhat close to the lord of the rings wraiths. That is a human (preferably paladin) who at some point became blinded by power and greed and walked a dark road. The idea is that this character will stay at shade form and thus take half damage from all attacks (except radiant), while stacking temporary hit points and resist to all dmg using paladin powers, so he is almost invulnerable. Then he will use a heavily punishing mark and attacks that do not end his shade form (there are many) as well as pashing through enemies square for mobility because he is a shade. I will make soon a character like that for a new campaign, however I wanted to use Soul Thief Paragon Path and the requirement of darkened soul feat takes away the Soul Thief PP option. Your idea of a Shadar-Kai rogue is fine as well, now I have many paths to choose from. Back to character building I guess!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Perhaps a hexblade using some of the stuff from Heroes of Shadow?

 

[Joshua Randall]

Some combination of shadar-kai race, the right class powers, and various consumables (oil of etherealness) should let you be insubstantial for most of every combat.

[sblock=class powers with the keyword 'insubstantial' sorted by class]
Name Class Level Action Type Source
Empowered Arsenal Ardent 5 Standard Player's Handbook 3
Disbelieve Danger Ardent 16 Immediate Interrupt Psionic Power
Temporal Strike Ardent 17 Standard Player's Handbook 3
Shade Form Assassin Minor Dragon Magazine 379
Shadow Jack Assassin 7 Standard Dragon Magazine 379
Blood Shadows Assassin 15 Standard Dragon Magazine 388
Murderous Shadow Assassin 19 Minor Dragon Magazine 388
Consign to Shadow Assassin 19 Standard Dragon Magazine 379
Wraith's Assault Assassin 23 Standard Dragon Magazine 379
Folded Shadow Assassin 25 Standard Dragon Magazine 379
Shroud of Winter Avenger 6 Minor Dragon Magazine 384
Spectral Charge Avenger 17 Standard Player's Handbook 2
Shield of Providence Avenger 22 Immediate Interrupt Divine Power
Shattering Strike Barbarian 7 Standard Heroes of the Feywild
Driving Smash Barbarian 23 Standard Heroes of the Feywild
Winter Ghost Rage Barbarian 29 Standard Player's Handbook 2
Mist Weapon Battlemind 3 Standard Player's Handbook 3
Deaden Blow Battlemind 22 Immediate Interrupt Psionic Power
Umbral Soul Cleric 10 Minor Heroes of Shadow
Starry Snare Cleric 17 Standard Divine Power
Spirit of Health Cleric 22 Standard Multiple Sources
Insect Plague Druid 16 Free Player's Handbook 2
Phantom Beast (Daily 22) Druid 22 Minor Player's Handbook 2
Airborne Form Monk 6 Minor Psionic Power
Empty Body Monk 22 Minor Psionic Power
Mist on the Storm Monk 29 Standard Player's Handbook 3
Summon Phantasmal Killer Psion 9 Minor Psionic Power
Dream Traveler Psion 16 Minor Psionic Power
Summon Mind Weirds Psion 19 Minor Psionic Power
Host of Sparrows Seeker 10 Immediate Reaction Player's Handbook 3
Infestation of Moths Seeker 17 Standard Player's Handbook 3
Swirling Dust Shaman 10 Minor Dark Sun Campaign Setting
Doorway to the Spirit World Shaman 22 Minor Player's Handbook 2
Spirits of Mist Shaman 29 Standard Player's Handbook 2
Fog Form Sorcerer 10 Immediate Interrupt Arcane Power
Storm Body Sorcerer 22 Minor Arcane Power
Wind Shape Sorcerer 22 Minor Player's Handbook 2
Necromantic Disruption Swordmage 17 Standard Dragon Magazine 372
Ghost Walk Swordmage 22 Minor Arcane Power
Radiant Shield Swordmage 23 Standard Arcane Power
Gaseous Form Vampire 10 Minor Heroes of Shadow
Breath of Chaos Warden 3 Standard Dragon Magazine 383
Convocation of Shadows Warlock Free Heroes of Shadow
Sand Shape Warlock 6 Minor Dark Sun Campaign Setting
Mirror Darkly Warlock 6 Minor Heroes of Shadow
Walk Through Darkness Warlock 6 Move Heroes of Shadow
Moonlit Escape Warlock 7 Immediate Reaction Dragon Magazine 393
King's Step Warlock 10 Immediate Reaction Dark Sun Campaign Setting
Shade Dance Warlock 10 Minor Heroes of Shadow
Shadow Form Warlock 10 Minor Multiple Sources
Cloak of Shadow Warlock 16 Move Multiple Sources
Master of Magic Warlock 22 Minor Multiple Sources
Vestige of Vykolad Warlock 25 Standard Dragon Magazine 383
Moonstride Wizard 2 Immediate Reaction Dragon Magazine 382
Phase Shift Wizard 16 Minor Arcane Power
Cloud Form Wizard 16 Minor Heroes of the Elemental Chaos
Wraithform Wizard 22 Minor Heroes of Shadow
Umbral Stride Wizard 22 Minor Heroes of the Feywild[/sblock]

Something I learned today: Barbarians have a Rage that makes them insubstantial. I never knew that before now.