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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pauln6" data-source="post: 7477540" data-attributes="member: 6777422">My long running character was a 2e shadow mage.  I convert her to the new edition every time so in 4e she was a Warlock /Assassin hybrid.  At the moment,  she is a customised Warlock with the modified fey escape ability of the fey pact and life absorbing power of the fiendish pact as the shadow sorcerer doesn't quite do it for me.This thread is making me wonder if there isn't a lot more potential in illusion than I first thought but what of shadow magic itself?  In 1e it was just a way for illusionists to gain access to quasi real evocation spells and monster summoning but the dividing line blurred when shadow conjuration and shadow evocation became a free for all.Could 5e sustain shadow magic spells for illusionists,  Shadow sorcerers,  and shadow pact warlocks?  If so, would it be more sensible to restrict conjuration to monster summoning and evocation to a specific list like in 1e?  I'm struggling to see why you need a broad shadow conjuration spell when higher level illusions do the same thing.Most importantly,  would the broad nature of the spells be unbalanced in a world where sorcerer and Warlock spell choice is so narrow and where bards could poach them?</blockquote>