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Message: <blockquote data-quote="schatten-k.raehe" data-source="post: 2844571" data-attributes="member: 40627">Well, a 13th-level Shadowcaster actually can have a Feat available to take the Favored Mystery feat by means of the Bonus Feats class feature ;O)However let's stick to the important facts:1. Reaching 13th-level a Shadowcaster casts Initiate Mysteries (such as Greater Shadow Evocation) as spell-like abilities.2. By means of taking the Favored Mystery feat (supposed the Shadowcaster has a slot available) he can cast Greater Shadow Evocation two times per day (because the feat doesn't increase the uses per day of the Mystery in question, until it already could be cast as a supernatural ability or becomes a supernatural ability later up the experience ladder) as a supernatural ability.3. Supernatural abilities are not subject to spell resistance, thus a target is entitled to a Will saving throw to disbelief the shadow illusion only.4. If the Will save was successful, the target can either ignore the spell effect of the mimicked spell (in case of nondamaging spells, such as Wall of Force), or takes only 60% of the damage the mimicked spell would cause otherwise (in case of damaging spells, such as Ice Storm). If the Will save fails, the spell mimicked works normally on the target.5. According to the spell description of the Greater Shadow Evocation spell (which the Mystery of thesame name is based upon),Thereby the target would be allowed any saving throw the simulated spell allows in addition to the Will saving throw to disbelief the shadow illusion, but the important question is, if the mimicked spell actually is part of the Greater Shadow Evocation mystery and benefits from being a supernatural ability, ignoring spell-resistance, or if the Greater Shadow Evocation kind of conjures (or something like that) the spell from the Plane of Shadow, so that it was evoked by the the mystery but is not part of it, thus not getting the benefit of being a supernatural ability?I'd rule that the energy of the mystery itself is shaped into the simulated spell thus being handled like a supernatural ability, ignoring spell-resistance altogether. That way the Shadowcaster would actually gain a tiny increase in value...But I'm not sure about that issue and would like to hear some other oppinions on the topic.However I have some problems with the Shadowcaster anyway, as it is IMHO hopelessly underpowered compared to wizards/sorcerers with the appropriate feats and prestige classes to become casters with a Shadow Mage / Sorcerer theme...There's some work to do to improve the Shadowcaster... It's a great concept, but there are too many open (rule) issues and illogical restrictions, which dampen the fun that class could be... Just hope there will be a huge errata on, and web enhancement about Shadow Magic...</blockquote>

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