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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 2238278" data-attributes="member: 2011">Equating shadows to shadowy illumination is fine to do in your game, you should just be consistent (i.e. someone in someone else's shadow should have concealment then).Not doing so is also fine.Some of the people here, myself included, try to interpret the rules in a fairly literal way to avoid confusion (course, it sometimes adds to the confusion).To me, if they had meant shadowy illumination which is a legitimate game mechanic, they would (or should) have said so.Btw, the literal interpretation also indicates that there are circumstances where a ShadowDancer cannot HiPS.For example, PC1 has a 40 foot radius light source in a large room. PC2 is a ShadowDancer. Just because the ShadowDancer is within 10 feet of Shadowy Illumination (but not within 10 feet of PC1) does NOT mean that he is within 10 feet of a shadow. If you rule (like I do) that Shadowy Illumination is not equal to shadow, then there are no shadows there (other than PC2's shadow which he cannot use for HiPS).What is good for the goose is good for the gander.The Shadowy Illumination is equal to a Shadow interpretation would allow any Shadowy Illumination within 10 feet to be used (e.g. that beyond a light radius or even a Darkness spell).</blockquote>