Shadowbard

Illusion (Shadow) [Shadow]

Level: Bard 5

Casting Casting Time 1 Standard Action Components V S M F DF Effect Range Close (25 ft. +5 ft./2 levels) Area Phantom singer Duration 1 round/level, D, P Saving Throw None Resistance No

Description

You conjure up a quasi-real phantom singer that is visible as a shifting, shadowy duplicate of yourself.

The singer follows you automatically, moving as you move even if you teleport. The singer cannot be damaged, but can be dispelled. When a shadowbard comes into being, it immediately begins a bardic performance of your choice—it has access to all of the bardic performances that you do. It continues that bardic performance until you direct it as a move action to switch to a different performance. Rounds spent by a shadowbard creating a bardic performance do not decrease the number of rounds you can use your own bardic performance, nor can a shadowbard’s bardic performance be used to trigger spells that require you to begin or cease a bardic performance.

This spell can be made permanent.