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The Shadowstep innate ability is usable by thieves with the Shadowdancer kit - who gain one use at level 5 and an additional use every 5 levels thereafter.

This ability is rarely leveraged by the AI in terms of non-player character use, with only a specific vampire, Cless Ironeye, Cabrina and Danya Ten-Teeth with a chance to use it.

Description

The character steps into the Shadow Plane and may move for 7 seconds while others are frozen in time. The caster cannot attack or cast spells while in the Shadow Plane.

Gameplay

The thief selects this spell from the "Special Abilities" menu, clicks on the spell icon, and the ability will then be cast by the shadowdancer - although unlikely, it in fact can be disrupted by damage.

If the spell is successfully completed, the character causes a Time Stop effect on the area map, with a duration of 7 seconds. The character will take on an overall color palette graphical coloring change during this period - this is to visually indicate that the "Shadow Plane" has been entered.

The caster cannot attack or cast spells while in the Shadow Plane. This counts as a level 0 ability. Only Shadowdancers can use it as an innate ability, but other characters can utilize this via the Rod of Shadowstep.

Creatures immune to the effects of Time Stop are also immune to this ability.

While in the Shadow Plane, the character can still:

Notes

Ordinary traps (the ones that can be detected and disarmed via Thief skills) will trigger during Shadowstep, but their effects will only take place after the duration ends. However, other traps, like Skull Trap, Delayed Blast Fireball, Symbol spells (e.g. Symbol, Stun (wizard)) and Glyph of Warding will completely ignore a character travelling through the Shadow Plane. Moreover, the shadow-stepping creature is able to move safely through harmful zones of effect (e.g. Cloudkill or Web).

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