Of Shadowdancers and Shadows
Posted: Wed Jan 08, 2020 5:35 pm
I'm trying to understand how Shadows are supposed to be played like. I have seen plenty of creativity when it comes to them by the playerbase, some speaking backwards, some being their character's very own shadow taking form and sentience, others creating a being from the energy of the Shadow Plane and so and so on. There's no concrete information as to what this shadow is supposed to be, which is why there's so much variation in the way people RP it.
This isn't inherently a bad thing, but it does leave me somewhat confused. They're clearly not meant to be Shadows (the undead) as they are in tabletop (and the main game), which leaves me with nothing when it comes to what it's meant to be in Arelith.
If you examine them, they're True Neutral Outsiders, which again, tells me virtually nothing and leaves me even more puzzled.
My question is, what exactly are they meant to be? If anything. Are they meant to be whatever it is we want them to be? So long as it's vaguely thematic, or is there a more coherent idea regarding them that I'm not aware of.
I must add, once again, I do not mind the variety and the ability for the Shadow to be whatever one wants it to be. The more I think, the more I'd prefer that, however the question still stands.
This isn't inherently a bad thing, but it does leave me somewhat confused. They're clearly not meant to be Shadows (the undead) as they are in tabletop (and the main game), which leaves me with nothing when it comes to what it's meant to be in Arelith.
If you examine them, they're True Neutral Outsiders, which again, tells me virtually nothing and leaves me even more puzzled.
My question is, what exactly are they meant to be? If anything. Are they meant to be whatever it is we want them to be? So long as it's vaguely thematic, or is there a more coherent idea regarding them that I'm not aware of.
I must add, once again, I do not mind the variety and the ability for the Shadow to be whatever one wants it to be. The more I think, the more I'd prefer that, however the question still stands.