Cloaker Shadow Shift? Does Light Dispel?


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Without yet having our Bestiary, I have to post this from the SRD, but I'm assuming there hasn't been much of a change in language with Pathfinder. With that assumption, I'm trying to figure out how a cloaker's shadow shift ability works (or doesn't work) when they emerge from shadows:

Shadow Shift (Su): A cloaker can manipulate shadows. This ability is effective only in shadowy areas and has three possible effects.
Obscure Vision: The cloaker gains concealment (20% miss chance) for 1d4 rounds.
Dancing Images: This effect duplicates a mirror image spell (caster level 6th).
Silent Image: This effect duplicates a silent image spell (DC 15, caster level 6th). The save DC is Charisma-based.

(Emphasis mine)

Does this mean that cloakers can only ENACT the abilities while they are in areas of shadow, and they continue working normally even if light is brought to bear as long as they are 'turned on' while in shadow, OR does it mean that light dispels their use of the ability, and that only continue to function as long as they stay in shadow?

Brandon.


Fleece66 wrote:

Without yet having our Bestiary, I have to post this from the SRD, but I'm assuming there hasn't been much of a change in language with Pathfinder. With that assumption, I'm trying to figure out how a cloaker's shadow shift ability works (or doesn't work) when they emerge from shadows:

Shadow Shift (Su): A cloaker can manipulate shadows. This ability is effective only in shadowy areas and has three possible effects.
Obscure Vision: The cloaker gains concealment (20% miss chance) for 1d4 rounds.
Dancing Images: This effect duplicates a mirror image spell (caster level 6th).
Silent Image: This effect duplicates a silent image spell (DC 15, caster level 6th). The save DC is Charisma-based.

(Emphasis mine)

Does this mean that cloakers can only ENACT the abilities while they are in areas of shadow, and they continue working normally even if light is brought to bear as long as they are 'turned on' while in shadow, OR does it mean that light dispels their use of the ability, and that only continue to function as long as they stay in shadow?

Brandon.

I read that as saying it only works in Shadowy Areas, period. If you brighten up the room, the effects stop. And I'll gamble that these get changed to reference 'areas of dim light', much like the Shadowdancer's abilities.

Contributor

I assumed the change to dim light would be the only fix as well. It just seems to make this such a disposable ability...not a whole lot of PCs wander around in the dark...

It reminds me of the character on Mystery Men who was only invisible when people weren't looking! =-)


Fleece66 wrote:

I assumed the change to dim light would be the only fix as well. It just seems to make this such a disposable ability...not a whole lot of PCs wander around in the dark...

It reminds me of the character on Mystery Men who was only invisible when people weren't looking! =-)

A lot of PCs with Darkvision will walk around with no light at all. ;)

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