Circle of Underdark Shadows

Druids of the Circle of Shadows draw their power not from the sunlight and life of the surface world, but from the deep, lightless realms of the Underdark. They thrive in the darkness, using the shadows to cloak themselves and manipulate the battlefield. These druids are experts at harnessing the cold, silent power of the underworld, weaving the dim light and gloom into a powerful defense and offense. They are masters of stealth and subterfuge, lurking in the darkness and emerging only when the time is right to strike.

Druids of this circle guard the hidden places of the world, ensuring the balance between light and dark is maintained. Their ability to meld into the shadows and summon shadowy guardians makes them formidable protectors of the Underdark’s secrets.

Cloak of Shadows

2nd-level Circle of Shadows feature

As a Circle of Shadows Druid, you can enter a shadowy state: The Cloak of Shadows. As an action, you can expend a use of your Wild Shape feature to shroud yourself in shadows, rather than transforming into a beast form, and you gain 4 temporary hit points for each level you have in this class. While this feature is active, you gain the following benefits:

Night’s Sight: You have darkvision out to a range of 120 feet. In that radius, you can see in dim light as if it were bright light and in darkness as if it were dim light.

Incorporeal Movement: You can pass through small gaps and openings effortlessly, allowing you to move through spaces as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. Additionally, you can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. If you end your turn inside an object, you take 1d10 force damage and are moved to the nearest unoccupied space.

Dimmed Veil: A shroud of shadows cloaks the area around you, subtly blending you into the darkness. The space you occupy becomes dimly lit. This veil lightly obscures your form, making you harder to detect.

Shadow Step: You gain the ability to step from one shadow into another. When you are in dim light or darkness, as a bonus action you can teleport up to 60 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness.

These benefits last for 10 minutes, until you lose all these temporary hit points, or until you use your Wild Shape again.

Shade Walker

2nd-level Circle of Spores feature

At 2nd level, you gain proficiency in the stealth skill. If you already have proficiency in this skill, the proficiency bonus is doubled.

Circle Spells

2nd-level Circle of Shadows feature

You learn additional spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the table below. Each of these spells counts as a druid spell for you, but it doesn’t count against the number of druid spells you know.

Circle of Spores Spells

Druid Level	Spells
3rd	shadow blade, pass without trace
5th	spirit guardians, hypnotic pattern
7th	compulsion, greater invisibility
9th	dominate person, bigby's hand

Extra Attack

6th-level Circle of Shadows feature

Starting at 6th level, you can attack twice, instead of once, whenever you take the Attack action on your turn. Moreover, you can cast one of your cantrips in place of one of those attacks.

 

Shadowed Guardians

10th-level Circle of Shadows feature

As an action, you can call shadowy guardians to swirl around you in a 15-foot radius, reaching out to provide protection. Each creature of your choice within the radius must make a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC. On a failed save, a creature takes 3d8 cold damage and is restrained by the swirling shadows until the start of your next turn. This spell’s damage increases by 1d8 when you reach 12th level (4d8), 15th level (5d8), and 18th level (6d8). On a successful save, creatures take half damage but suffers no other effects. You can use this feature a number of times equal to your Wisdom modifier, and regain all expended uses when you finish a long rest.

Darkened Veil

14th-level Circle of Shadows feature

At 14th level, your mastery of shadows deepens, allowing you to shroud yourself in an impenetrable veil of darkness. When you activate your Cloak of Shadows, the shadows turn dim light within 10 feet of you into darkness, and bright light in the same area to dim light.

Silouette

At 3rd level, your wild shaped animals can take on a shadowy for, similar to your own