02-16-2015, 06:20 PM
Shadow Step - phasing, stealth, time manipulation (300 OM)
Magus channels his powers from an immaterial plane of existence overflowing with negative energy. But the channel is not a one-way street. With some concentration, Magus can send himself through the channel, and slip between planes, seemingly vanishing from existence in the material plane. This places Magus in a shadowy, distorted version of reality which he can travel through before slipping back into the material plane. The effect appears as teleportation - he can disappear from one place and show up in another, and can seem instantaneous, as time moves much more slowly in the immaterial plane.
Magus can also 'hide' in this plane, but the Black Wind, a strange metaphysical force that few can experience, is much stronger here. Even for someone as experienced as Magus, the Black Wind can wear him down, twist his mind and body, leave him doubtful, tired, sickly, even mad. For this reason, Magus cannot resist its effects for more than ten minutes, or one minute in the material plane (or Verse), without succumbing to them. Even then, strange forces exist in and beyond the warped shadows - every use of Shadow Step is a potentially fatal one.
Shadow Step can be used in quick succession, or as a method to evade an incoming attack, but the more quickly or frequently Magus steps into the plane immaterial, the more exponential the effects on his body and psyche become.
Magus channels his powers from an immaterial plane of existence overflowing with negative energy. But the channel is not a one-way street. With some concentration, Magus can send himself through the channel, and slip between planes, seemingly vanishing from existence in the material plane. This places Magus in a shadowy, distorted version of reality which he can travel through before slipping back into the material plane. The effect appears as teleportation - he can disappear from one place and show up in another, and can seem instantaneous, as time moves much more slowly in the immaterial plane.
Magus can also 'hide' in this plane, but the Black Wind, a strange metaphysical force that few can experience, is much stronger here. Even for someone as experienced as Magus, the Black Wind can wear him down, twist his mind and body, leave him doubtful, tired, sickly, even mad. For this reason, Magus cannot resist its effects for more than ten minutes, or one minute in the material plane (or Verse), without succumbing to them. Even then, strange forces exist in and beyond the warped shadows - every use of Shadow Step is a potentially fatal one.
Shadow Step can be used in quick succession, or as a method to evade an incoming attack, but the more quickly or frequently Magus steps into the plane immaterial, the more exponential the effects on his body and psyche become.
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