Once upon a time there was a warrior who wished to harness the natural magic in his body and become a monk, alas whilst they were disciplined and determined the did not have the patience to master the art of Ki. On a dark night they pondered the question "Why do people always shut their eyes when they meditate?" and came to a conclusion. How could one possibly focus when the light of the world was shining through their eyes. The warrior trained in the darkness and studied the way of shadow monks until they had created a separate and new method of combat. Using darkness as a cloak concealing their motions and a tool to heighten their focus they became a master of martial combat to the point that they could even kill the light around them.

A Shadow Knight a specialized fighter, excels in the art of combat within darkness. Trained to operate seamlessly in the shadows, they utilize darkness not simply as a deceptive tactic but as a favoured environment. With honed senses, they execute surprise attacks with deadly precision, mastering the nuances of obscurity. The Shadow Knight turns darkness into a strategic canvas, effortlessly blending swift, calculated movements with heightened awareness, showcasing a unique fighting style that transcends conventional tactics.

Bonus Proficiency

3rd-level Shadow Knight feature

You have begun your training in Shadow Knight techniques allowing you to gain proficiency in Stealth if you don't already have it.

Shadow Sense

3rd-level Shadow Knight feature

You are growing accustomed to darkness, you gain darkvision out to a range of 60 feet. If you already have darkvision from your race, its range increases by 30 feet. You have learned to rely on your sense other than sight to perceive the world around you efficiently giving you blindsight out to a range of 30 feet.

Additionally, when in darkness or dim light you can give yourself advantage on a weapon attack you make an amount of times per short rest equal to your proficiency bonus. Your masterful strikes in the dark are in part to both your movements being difficult to track in the poor visibility as well as the enhanced focus you gain from not being distracted by what you can see.

Umbral Strikes

7th-level Shadow Knight feature

You gain the ability to attack with increased speed not giving your foe any time to react. As a bonus action you can make a weapon attack, if you are wielding a weapon both hands you make two bonus action attacks instead of one (one with each weapon). Additionally, if a creature can use its reaction for a spell or ability, such as the shield or a reaction attack due to being targeted or hit by an attack they cannot do so against your attacks if you are in dim light or darkness.

Night's Clarity

10th-level Shadow Knight feature

You gain the ability to add your Constitution modifier to ability checks and saving throws whilst in darkness or dim light because of your enhanced focus.

Once per long rest you can choose to ignore the darkness/dim light restriction.

Nightshroud Rend

15th-level Shadow Knight feature

You have become a master of the darkness, you can use your action to cast the darkness without using any spell components. Alternately, you can turn invisible as an action whilst inside dim light or darkness for whilst you remain in the dim light or darkness.

Once you have used this feature you cannot do so again until after you finish a long or short rest.

Shadow Stalker's Grace

18th-level Shadow Knight feature

You have mastered the art of shadow combat granting you the following benefits.

• Whenever you make an attack roll against a surprised creature you can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10.
• You can take the Dodge or Hide as a bonus action whilst in dim light or darkness.
• You have advantage on all Dexterity (Stealth) checks.