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Summon Shadow wrong level!
« on: July 17, 2016, 12:45:00 AM »
So I realized the summon shadow ability for Shadow dancers only summons a level 5 Shadow... where according to NWN at level 6 I should have been summoning a level 7 Shadow fiend... and at 9th level a level 10 Shadow lord.

While at first i figured.. it might have been changed to where i have ot be level 7 to summon the fiend.. I just got level seven and it is still  summoning a level 5 shadow.

Is this intentional or a bug?

http://nwn.wikia.com/wiki/Shadowdancer

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Re: Summon Shadow wrong level!
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2016, 10:14:01 AM »
Strange; I checked the scripts and it should work properly.

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Re: Summon Shadow wrong level!
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2016, 10:39:55 AM »
Strange; I checked the scripts and it should work properly.

If any hard proof is needed just ask me when i'm in game.

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Re: Summon Shadow wrong level!
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2016, 07:27:14 AM »
Finally managed to get my proof with help,




As can be Tsubaki is at least 7 Shadow dancer but summoning the wrong level shadow.
http://nwn.wikia.com/wiki/Shadowdancer

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Re: Summon Shadow wrong level!
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2017, 03:02:44 PM »
Summoned shadows don't scale up directly in NwN. They scale up every 3 levels; you should have a stronger shadow at level 9.

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Re: Summon Shadow wrong level!
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2017, 04:24:55 PM »
Summoned shadows don't scale up directly in NwN. They scale up every 3 levels; you should have a stronger shadow at level 9.

Actually, we tweaked the Summoned Shadows. My bad. They follow the PnP guidelines as per here:

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/prestigeClasses/shadowdancer.htm

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Summon Shadow (Su)
At 3rd level, a shadowdancer can summon a shadow, an undead shade. Unlike a normal shadow, this shadow’s alignment matches that of the shadowdancer, and the creature cannot create spawn. The summoned shadow cannot be turned, rebuked, or commanded by any third party. This shadow serves as a companion to the shadowdancer and can communicate intelligibly with the shadowdancer. Every third level gained by the shadowdancer adds +2 HD (and the requisite base attack and base save bonus increases) to her shadow companion.

If a shadow companion is destroyed, or the shadowdancer chooses to dismiss it, the shadowdancer must attempt a DC 15 Fortitude save. If the saving throw fails, the shadowdancer loses 200 experience points per shadowdancer level. A successful saving throw reduces the loss by half, to 100 XP per prestige class level. The shadowdancer’s XP total can never go below 0 as the result of a shadow’s dismissal or destruction. A destroyed or dismissed shadow companion cannot be replaced for 30 days.