Shadowdancer questions

[Azaria]

Does the shadowdancer summon have a fixed 1d6 sneak or does it grow/benefit from its own aura?

how long does it last?

if i were to go kensai sd.. would the summon copy teh haste?

[Iceborn]

"The Shadowdancer gains a d6 sneak attack per three levels of the Shadow when standing near it."

I assume the duration remains as vanilla, 1 hour/SD level.

And, no. I don't think it copies your buffs - only your appearance, but I'd be intrigued to hear otherwise.

Finally I can start whiping wiki links about again!
http://wiki.arelith.com/Shadowdancer

[Azaria]

"The Shadowdancer gains a d6 sneak attack per three levels of the Shadow when standing near it."

thats gives the caster sneaks but what about the summon itself tho.. doesnt say it gets that aura effect aswell

[caldura firebourne]

it does copy your buffs as well, or at least it did last week, meaning you can cast grace or whatever on yourself, summon the shadow, then cast grace on it for a double buff, might need fixing

[Iceborn]

Interesting.

Do they copy the equipment buffs as well? If they don't, I'd argue that they are fine with the "double buff".

[caldura firebourne]

not sure about skill buffs or AC, but stat buffs yeah

[Astral]

From my understanding of the update the shadow itself has static 1d6 sneak attack that doesn't change (probably needed for it to have Crippling Strike, is my guess).

[Dalenger]

I'll piggyback on this thread. Would a summon be able to use double sided/duel weapons without major debuffs?

I think it would make sense for the summon to gain the users speed buffs, like from Kensai and monk speed, but can't confirm nor deny it.

[Azaria]

i would love to know about dual wield too

[Baron Saturday]

I've actually been rather curious as to why the shadow doesn't have weapon finesse, what with most shadowdancers being dex-based.

[Shadofury]

I wonder if Shadowdancers would get like a free portal or way to access the shadowplane

[Iceborn]

The three last things I hope to see implemented.
If the Shawdowdancer has dual-weapon feats; so does the shadow.
If the Shadowdancer has weapon finesse; so does the shadow.
And while I don't think they had any ability to go directly to the plane of shadows, it'd be a nice if they had something special for it.

[Azaria]

^I agree to those!!!^ +1

[Shadofury]

The three last things I hope to see implemented.
If the Shawdowdancer has dual-weapon feats; so does the shadow.
If the Shadowdancer has weapon finesse; so does the shadow.
And while I don't think they had any ability to go directly to the plane of shadows, it'd be a nice if they had something special for it.

there was a place once when shadow walk for shadowdancers worked almost like a mini dimension door 30 feet in a given direction.

and druids could tree walk from anywhere to their chosen place of safety with a branch item ( single use per rest teleport item)from level 15 of druids in this case

so why couldnt shadowdancers at a certain level like hips get an item that lets them step into the shadowplane??

[Peppermint]

The duration is vanilla.

Stat bonuses are copied.

The shadows do not have dual-wield/weapon finesse feats by default, but will be granted them if their master has those feats.

[Iceborn]

Woo, now I want a pink pony!

[Mithreas]

Sorry, you'll need haks for that. There's no way to pink-skin a pony without them...

You could use a red-ish aura, if that helps?

[Iceborn]

What about a prismatic dragon named "Pink pony?" I bet nobody could tell the difference.

[Shadofury]

lets work on the shadowdancer plane walking item before we name dragons after their snackfood

[Dalenger]

What about speed buffs from haste/monk speed?

[Iceborn]

Hey, I can actually confirm that one!

They don't seem to get any class buff at all. At least my shadow isn't getting any of the kensai or monk ability. Not Haste, not Freedom of Movement, not the UBAB.

[Peppermint]

They only copy physical stats. That's all.