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@Shfish, is there anything in the rules that says creatures with darkvision don't see shadows? Does this mean that creatures made of shadows -- such as shadows -- are invisible to creatures with darkvision?

I am quite partial to @Wolf Monroe's suggestion: these are magical effects that work in certain light conditions, and they are not illusions. The subjective experience of a creature shouldn't.

Hi

My question is: is the concealment granted by the Shadow Blend ability possessed by many creatures negated by darkvision? Consider:

The shadow mastiff has Shadow Blend:

In any condition of illumination other than full daylight, a shadow mastiff disappears into the shadows, giving it concealment (50% miss chance). Artificial illumination, even a light or continual flame spell, does not negate this ability; a daylight spell, however, does. A shadow mastiff can suspend or resume this ability as a free action.

Shadow Creature (from shadow creature template) has Shadow Blend:

In any condition of illumination other than bright light, a shadow creature blends into the shadows, giving it concealment (20% miss chance). A shadow creature can suspend or resume this ability as a free action.

Eidolons can get Shadow Blend:

In any condition of illumination other than bright light, the eidolon disappears into the shadows, giving it concealment (20% miss chance). If it has the shadow form evolution, it instead gains total concealment (50% miss chance). The eidolon can suspend or resume this ability as a free action. Source: Advanced Race Guide

And Fetchlings have Shadow Blending:

Attacks against a fetchling in dim light have a 50% miss chance instead of the normal 20% miss chance. This ability does not grant total concealment; it just increases the miss chance.

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In the case of a Shadow Mastiff, the 3rd level spell Daylight can defeat there ability. If darkvision can too, then almost every creature in every beastiary and many players also defeat their ability.

In all the Shadow Blend abilities the wording is "giving it concealment", where as in Shadow Blending the wording is "instead of the normal". The normal concealment granted to creatures in areas of darkness is most certainly negated by darkvision, however is it safe to say that an ability that explicitly says "this ability grants concealment" cannot be so easily overcome?

I invite your wisdom.

z.

ps I'm a player playing a fetchling summoner

Awesome! Thanks guys!

Yeah its too bad. I'm kinda old, and I remember in 3rd and 2nd edition there were illusion spells and psionic powers that affected the light level. In particular 2nd edition psionicists could do that with a telekinetic power that affected light. I wish that kind of stuff existed in Pathfinder!

Hi

I'm making a fetchling summoner and wanted to take advantage of my concealment in conditions of dim light. I seem to remember there being a low level spell that adjusts the light level by one step (from bright to normal, normal to dim, etc). Is that just my imagination?

Also, clearly this spell I'm imagining isn't on the summoner spell list. Is there a feat for importing a spell from another spell lists?

Thanks!

z.