This document provides new subrace options for elves. The storm was a doubleedge sword for deo, who walked along silently amidst the pack, his cloak pulled close about him. That title is way too long to type, so lets just go with shadowfell from here on out. I have read all the story, both 4e and 5e for raven queen and all there is to know about 5e shadar kai. Episode 22 help ive shadowfell and i cant get up the dark twin of toril, the shadowfell is home to necrotic energies and sinister creatures. Shadarkai are considered shadow creatures for the purpose of effects relating to creature origin. Xxx number 6 publisher paizo publishing editor erik mona cover artist chris stevens game edition 3. As a player character race, shadarkai receive the following racial traits. This title was added to our catalog on june 02, 2015. Stub this redirect does not require a rating on the projects quality scale. Shadarkai are humanlike, but the weight of existence in the shadowfell has. Shadarkai were introduced in the 3rd edition version of the fiend folio.
Finally wotc has released rules for the new ability score format for all of the playable races. It contained the following articles related to the forgotten realms. Although shadar kai leave the shadowfell to seek fortune in the world and among the planes, a few needs and wants drive a shadar kai to return home from time to time. Code issues 27 pull requests 19 actions projects 0 wiki security insights. Following the dark augeries of their witches, shadarkai. Shadarkai preferred to use their speed, grace, and agility in combat. Shadar kai sworn to the raven queens service, the mysterious shadar kai venture into the material plane from the shadowfell to advance her will. Optional rules are also included for making characters from these races. If you are wielding a spiked chain, you can move 2 squares before or after making the attack, and you can treat your sneak attack damage as.
They were believed to have originated as an offshoot of elves associated with the raven queen, although other legends of their origins also existed, as well as shadarkai who were connected to other. Both versions have a gothy sadomasochistic theme imagine a whole race of cenobites from hellraiser, but the difference between 3e and 4e really couldnt be much greater. I know, i know, theyre werent popular with everyone, but taste is subjective so theres not much point litigating it. Introducing unearthed arcana, an expedition into the unknown and the unexpected. Note that this is a completely different story for the raven queen from the one in 4es shadowfell, and from the one in the dawn war pantheon in dungeon masters guide and in explorers guide to wildemount where she rules from letherna over a race of smpracticing goth shadow humanoids known as shadar kai and serves as the goddess of winter.
A shadar kai has a colorless comple xion that varies from alabas ter to dark gray. This new recurring feature introduces the followers of bane and their dark master. As far as culture, i want to use the 4e version of the shadar kai, and their connection with the sorrowsworn and raven queen. See more ideas about shadar kai, fantasy characters, fantasy art. Expert chainfighter is a heroic tier feat prerequisite. On the one hand, the dark clouds above filtered out the otherwise bright sunlight that the shadar kai did not particularly favor, but on the other, it also concealed his view of the moon. I was a big fan of the 4th edition version of the shadowfell, and the 4e versions shadar kai and the raven queen in particular. This came in the form of a feat, plus some extra boosting feats, and a racial paragon path to amplify its powers. After the positive response to the eladrin a couple of months ago in unearthed arcana, we decided to explore four more elf subraces. Shadarkai, also known as shadow fey, were a race of shadowlike fey connected to. Im guessing theyre sort of formalizing shades as the shadar kai from 4th edition, and creating new lore for shadar kai here to turn them into an elf subrace. Proficient in spiked chain, shadar kai, any martial class. Shadar kai physical qualities shadar kai are humanlike, but the weight of existence in the shadowfell has shaped them to be slightly shorter and much thinner than their human counterparts. The shadar kai were the elves who were feeding her some of their soulstuff so that she could undergo apotheosis.
The cenobites of the pleasure in pain, also known as the hierophants of the order of the gash, is a shadar kai cult of personality gathered around an entity known as the architect. Introducing unearthed arcana, an expedition into the unknown and. For years, he has built an invisible mercantileempire around the sale and brokering of weapons,armor. Shadarkai, also known as shadow fey, were a race of shadowlike fey connected to the shadowfell.
Learn about playing a member of one of the shadowfells most compelling races. The shadarkai, or shadow fey, are a race of bitter, determined folk whose souls are poisoned by shadow. Im not looking to argue in this thread over whether the 4e versions of these things were good or bad, or whether the new versions are or are not. Gloomwrought and beyond was a boxed set minicampaign released in 2011 in conjunction with the essentials heroes of shadow book to give emo adventurers a grim playground of dark delights to explore. The shadar kai are a 4th edition race, added here as a homebrew. This illustration of shadarkai by chris stevens and espen grundetjern accompanied the races description in the monster manual.
Sarshan had worked with the disgraced githyanki for some time, funneling troops through the network of portals scattered across elsir vale and coordinating the assassination of troublemakers. Pale and pierced humans and their shadar kai cousins do not appear far removed, though the lifedraining effects of the shadowfell leave shadar kai somewhat shorter and slimmer. Theres some information in the source books, but for some reason im having trouble bringing it together into a playable setting. Spellcasters typically favored shadow magic and illusion spells. Shadarkai of netherese origin were more sinister than shadarkai from other origins. Shadar kai actually matures att 20 pretty sure the environment and that raven queen restores all shadar kai souls explain that part. Ferocious beasts roam the wild places of athas, making them deadly regions for travelers.
I also want to bring back the sorrowsworns hierarchy with the raven queen. So im doing this thing where i make a list of every race by attribute bonus and every class by attribute requirement, because i was reading matthews dark sun as planetary romance thread and it occurred to me if im going to make myself a custom setting thing defined by which classes and races are allowed and which are forbidden, it would behoove me not to, say, accidentally allow a class. Therefore, they typically wielded light weapons and were particularly known for fighting with spiked chains. Unsurprisingly, this was inspired by too many recent conversations about hellraiser. This was started in phb3 and continued with essentials. It can be found on page 62 of mordenkainens tome of foes. At one point, the shadarkai were normal elves, but years of living in the shadow plane.
Ages spent in the shadowfell have shaped the shadar kai into a people that live passionately and fearlessly to combat the apathy and gloom of their home plane. Shadowfell dwellers tend range from evil to insane to unusually and often eerily quirky it says something when the shadar kai, a race of vivaciously hedonistic, sadomasochistic, arrogant adrenaline jockies, are the consistently nicest race of natives. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, or join the discussion, where you can join the project and find out how to help. Individual shadarkai, therefore, seek to make the best of all possible fates. I want to make the raven queen a blend of 4e 5e versions. When i first read that shadarkai were going to be in unearthed arcana, i was pretty stoked. In 4e, they are a bleak people who inhabit the shadowfell and serve the raven queen. Today i discuss the raven queen and her place in the forgotten realms 5e mythology. But shadarkai also believe that nobody truly knows what fate holds. The relationship was a profitable one for sarshan, and its loss irked the shadar kai. I suppose im okay with that approach as long as we still have a humanstouchedbythe. Shadarkai are considered shadow creatures for the purpose of effects.
A shadarkai lives in extreme ways not only to throw off the apathy of the shadowfell but also to test fate and ensure that he or she has a great destiny. The goal of this project is to develop a number of fullfeatured classes for dungeons and dragons 4th edition using the shadow power source. Racial traits as a player character race, shadarkai receive the following racial traits. You gain a benefit with any of the following powers you possess deft strike. Anyone else bummed about the treatment of shadarkai. Gloomwrought and beyond is a box setsupplement for dungeons and dragons 4th edition. The shadarkai were the elves who were feeding her some of their soulstuff so that she could undergo apotheosis. Thoughts on 5e shadarkai as a playable race compared to. Shade and shadar kai are 4e races, both tied to shadow in some way, shadovar dont exist as a playable race. Shadarkai, also known as shadow fey, were a race of shadowlike fey connected to the. The elf subrace, shadar kai, is wizards of the coast. These shadarkai first debuted in the monster manual, which actually. This is a community project, so multiple ideas and multiple versions of ideas will be offered up, hammered down, or tossed out. Half of my problem is a difficulty coming up with concrete details about the shadowfell, which is kind of the dark counterpart to faeriethe feywild in 4th edition cosmology.