Appearance:

The Shadowmantle is a charcoal-black cloak, its edges embroidered with a pattern resembling burning branches, as if the fabric itself once passed through a searing flame. The material is ashen gray and textured like smoldering coals, though it is cool to the touch.

• The clasp is a bent, bloodied arrowhead, a remnant from Lucian’s days as a ranger — the last arrow he fired before abandoning the life he once knew.

• When the hood is pulled up, the cloak seems to drink in the light, its surface shimmering with subtle, smoke-like shadows that swirl around Lucian’s frame, obscuring him from view.

Effects:

• While you wear this cloak with its hood up, Perception checks made to see you have disadvantage, and you have advantage on Stealth checks to remain hidden.

• Pulling the hood up or down requires an action.

• While the hood is up, the cloak’s edges appear to smolder with faint, ember-like glows, as if the burning branches are still aflame, creating a visual effect that is haunting but not illuminating.