Editing SeventhSun:Paths (section)

== Shadow ==
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The Shadow succeeds through subtlety, movement, preparation, and misdirection. Shadows may be scouts, spies, investigators, negotiators, wanderers, or audacious opportunists. The Path is broader than theft or assassination: it belongs to heroes who understand that position, knowledge, and timing can decide a conflict before force is applied.

'''Recipe.''' Seven Trained Skills. Awareness, Combat, Finesse, Guile, Insight, Stealth, and Technics suit a ruin-courier; replace any of them freely.

'''Identity.''' The Shadow Gift and Talents reward preparation, movement, and misdirection rather than a prescribed profession.

=== Shadow Gift and Talents ===

A Shadow receives '''Always Prepared''' automatically and may choose General or Shadow Talents.

{| class="wikitable codex-table ss-rules-table"
! Talent
! Type
! Effect
|-
| '''Always Prepared'''
| Gift
| Spend 1 Nerve to produce a plausible item, useful fact, or minor precaution that you arranged earlier.
|-
| '''Ghost'''
| Shadow Talent
| You may move at full Speed while using Stealth.
|-
| '''Quick Hands'''
| Shadow Talent
| Once per turn, draw, stow, plant, or palm a small object without spending an action.
|-
| '''Slip Away'''
| Shadow Talent
| When an opponent misses you in melee, move up to 3 squares as a reaction.
|-
| '''Surprise Attack'''
| Shadow Talent
| Gain a bonus damage die against an opponent who has not perceived you.
|-
| '''Vanish'''
| Shadow Talent
| Spend 1 Nerve while unobserved or concealed to become Hidden without making a roll.
|-
| '''Weak Point'''
| Shadow Talent
| After observing a target for one round, your next attack against it ignores its Protection.
|}