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<blockquote data-quote="Sir Brennen" data-source="post: 7243361" data-attributes="member: 553">I'm currently playing a Shadow Sorcerer in a bi-weekly campaign, so I was really hoping this archetype made the cut for XGtE. The party is only 4th level, so I haven't had a chance to play with features like the shadow hound yet, but he's been pretty fun. I took from the list of quirks more for inspiration, and went with he has a low metabolism overall (very slow heartbeat, breathing, cold to the touch, only occasional blinking.) My Backstory with a Dark Secret (tm) includes a physical transformation when I gained my sorcerous powers, so I look like Keanu Reeves playing Neil Gaiman's Sandman comic character. So I've got the goth-y look, but that's about it. He's more a criminal (background) who likes finding ways to leverage his new magical powers in such endeavors. Magical darkness I can see through is great in that regard (and I've used it to good effect in combat as well.)Two things kind of played for laughs in party interactions: some of my companions are kinda of freaked out by my appearance, debating whether I'm undead or not. They're convinced at higher levels I'm going to turn into the &quot;Final Boss&quot;. I look for opportunities to creep them out when I can. One character has stated when he's on watch, he also watches my character, to make sure I'm still breathing at least a little. When exploring a hot, humid cave fed by geothermal springs, I leaned over and theatrically whispered &quot;I'm not sweating.&quot;The other is the party mage is generally annoyed with the warlock and I for our magical abilities which didn't require years of study to gain. You need books for your spells? Pfft.The one thing I really hope is in XGtE are more shadow themed spells, especially at lower levels. Fire-bolt and Burning Hands don't really say &quot;Shadow Sorcerer&quot; to me. (Though I changed, with DM permission, Fire-bolt to necrotic damage, and my Burning Hands flames are black and shadowy in appearance.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sir Brennen, post: 7243361, member: 553"] I'm currently playing a Shadow Sorcerer in a bi-weekly campaign, so I was really hoping this archetype made the cut for XGtE. The party is only 4th level, so I haven't had a chance to play with features like the shadow hound yet, but he's been pretty fun. I took from the list of quirks more for inspiration, and went with he has a low metabolism overall (very slow heartbeat, breathing, cold to the touch, only occasional blinking.) My Backstory with a Dark Secret (tm) includes a physical transformation when I gained my sorcerous powers, so I look like Keanu Reeves playing Neil Gaiman's Sandman comic character. So I've got the goth-y look, but that's about it. He's more a criminal (background) who likes finding ways to leverage his new magical powers in such endeavors. Magical [I]darkness[/I] I can see through is great in that regard (and I've used it to good effect in combat as well.) Two things kind of played for laughs in party interactions: some of my companions are kinda of freaked out by my appearance, debating whether I'm undead or not. They're convinced at higher levels I'm going to turn into the "Final Boss". I look for opportunities to creep them out when I can. One character has stated when he's on watch, he also watches [i]my[/i] character, to make sure I'm still breathing at least a little. When exploring a hot, humid cave fed by geothermal springs, I leaned over and theatrically whispered "I'm not sweating." The other is the party mage is generally annoyed with the warlock and I for our magical abilities which didn't require years of study to gain. [I]You need books for your spells? Pfft.[/I] The one thing I really hope is in XGtE are more shadow themed spells, especially at lower levels. Fire-bolt and Burning Hands don't really say "Shadow Sorcerer" to me. (Though I changed, with DM permission, Fire-bolt to necrotic damage, and my Burning Hands flames are black and shadowy in appearance.) [/QUOTE]

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