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 ====== Shade ====== ====== Shade ======
  
 +**Resonances allowed:** Dark\\
 +**Races allowed:** Most commonly human, but can be any living humanoid
  
-| Pk race | requires an account with a lvl 30 character | +====Features==== 
-| Stat adjustments | +2 to stat of choice* (temporarily defaults to con until code is written) | +Shadow Infusion: 
-| Skill adjustments | +2 stealth | +  * No aging, age category is always normal 
-| Misc bonuses | MR, regeneration, low light vision 4 | +  * 5 sight bonus to see in the dark 
-| Innate spells | darkness | +  * Fast healing in darkness 
-| Standard alignments | any evil | +  * damage resistance depending on light in room 
-| Classes restricted | druid, ranger | +  * 50% void and cold resistance 
-| Normal adventuring starting age | 18-20 | +  * - 25% radiant resistance 
-| Average life span | 850 |+  * Slightly harder to hit in darkness, slightly easier to hit in light 
 +  * Innate shadow stride, shadow travel, listening shadow, deeper darkness, and invisibility spells
  
-==== Description ====+====Description==== 
 +"Shade" is a template that can be applied to any living creature in order to transform it into a living being that is infused with void energy from the Shadow Plane. In normal light, they are visually indistinguishable from other members of their base race. But as darkness falls, their true nature becomes more and more apparent. A shade's unnatural nature requires a disposition towards the dark.
  
-Almost 1,200 years ago, when the Zin'Charu disappeared, only one of their flying fortresses was saved by a man known now as Lord Shadow, who transported his entire city onto the Plane of Shadow. Ever since, it had been lost to human knowledge, but in 726SG by a hidden ritual it was returned to the prime. Quickly taking advantage of the tumultuous situation in Tharis, the newly returned Shadovar quickly established themselves as the new rulers of the City of Shadows. Intensely dedicated to the worship of Lord Shadow, their once-mortal leader, the Shadovar believe themselves to be the future rulers of the realm under His divine power.+During the fall of the Zin'Charu empire, over a thousand years ago, a single 
 +city escaped destruction through the supreme efforts of a powerful mage, now 
 +known as Lord Shadow. The city was transported into the Plane of Shadows, where 
 +it existed for a millenia. During that time, the people, now known as the 
 +Shadovar, fought a never ending battle for survival against the horrors of the 
 +plane. Such was the existential fight that it was inevitable that the great 
 +minds of the city found a way to use the void energy all around them to their 
 +own benefit. A process was devised which would grant great power to an 
 +individual, infusing them with pure void energy and transforming them into a 
 +shade.
  
-Not all Shadovar are shades. Shadovar is the name given to the Zin'Charu people who survived their extended passage through the Plane of Shadows. Lord Shadow and his children, the Princes of Shade, select only the most loyal and resourceful among the Shadovar to become shades. Empowered by a secret ritual known only to the Princes, these candidates surrender a piece of their soul to become bonded to the stuff of shadow. This exchange results in an extraordinarily long lifespan for the resulting shade, and an empowerment far beyond the means of normal mortals.+In recent times, the Shadovar were returned to the prime plane, and the Shadovar 
 +have begun to once more spread their influence. Lord Shadow and the Princes of 
 +Tenebrosa grant the shadow infusion to the most loyal and capable of their 
 +subjects, a great reward to showcase the great power of Lord Shadow.
  
-Shades look very much like humans, although their skin is gray to inky black, and their eyes are of a dark solid shade with no pupils. They are thinner than most humans, and tend to prefer dark-hued clothes and equipment. Shadovar are never made into shades until they have reached adulthood; there is no such thing as a young shade, and the offspring of those empowered are still normal humans.+====Player characters==== 
 +Playing as a shade can be difficult. Their very nature will engender hatred from 
 +most people, and fear in others. However, they are no mere monsters. They carry 
 +out Lord Shadow's bidding within the bounds of the law. Most of their actions 
 +are performed with a long-term plan in mind. 
 + 
 +This template is gifted through great service to Lord Shadow and the shadovar. 
 + 
 +<color red>**Warning**</color>: This is an advanced character template. It imposes disadvantages on 
 +your gameplay: If revealed, you may be attacked on sight and shunned in 
 +good-aligned cities.  
 + 
 +**Note:** Shade is an acquired template that may only be gained through RP and 
 +avatar-interaction.
  
-Shades are an extremely politically- and religiously-aligned race, and are expected to be played as such; even beyond the choice of the most loyal for the ritual, the gift is quickly taken away from those who betray the Shadovar cause, leaving them 'mere humans' once more. Please take this into account before rolling the race, as they will be expected to be played accordingly. 
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