Does a Shadowdancer's summoned shadow count as a shadow for hide in plain sight?

Noumenon · Mar 18, 2012

I'm leaning yes, it's just that things that are creatures often don't count as objects, and it makes it kind of easy to hide anywhere.

Jack Simth · Mar 18, 2012

Noumenon said:
I'm leaning yes, it's just that things that are creatures often don't count as objects, and it makes it kind of easy to hide anywhere.

"She cannot, however, hide in her own shadow. "

The shadow she gets as a class feature is very obviously hers....

Sekhmet · Mar 19, 2012

I'd allow it, but only if you accept the 1d6 Strength Drain for touching it.

Noumenon · Mar 19, 2012

You only have to be within 10 feet of the shadow, and a shadow has to touch you to drain, not the other way around.

That's not the normal way I read "her own shadow," but it kind of makes sense.

Sekhmet · Mar 19, 2012

Oh! I read that as "Shadow Jump" and not HiPS. That's my bad.

Greenfield · Mar 19, 2012

I don't think Shadow Dancers get drained by their own Shadow.

As far as your question is concerned, yes and no.

The Shadow (capital letters) is a creature, not a random area of darkness.

On the other hand, if your Shadow casts a shadow (lower case), you could use that (just as you could use the shadow of any other companion).

So the question is, does a Shadow cast a shadow?