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Shadow Focus (Cantrip) You learn one rank 0 Shadow spell and gain the Stolen Shadows talent.

Stolen Shadows When you are in an area obscured by shadows or darkness, you can use a triggered action and expend the casting of a rank 0 Shadow spell to drag the shadows and darkness with you when you move. This effect causes you to be partially obscured until the end of the round.

Dancing Shadows (Sense Magic) You can use an action to take control of a shadow you can see within medium range for 1 minute. As a minor activity, you can cause the shadow to move up to 5 yards in any direction, change the shadow’s appearance, and otherwise control it as if it were a puppet. You can use this talent a number of times equal to 1 + your Power score, regaining expended uses when you complete a rest.

Darkening Bloom (Spell Recovery or Improved Spell Recovery) You can use an action to heal damage equal to your healing rate and then cause magical darkness to spread out from a point in your space until it reaches a 2-yard radius. The darkness remains for 1 round. Once you use this talent, you must complete a rest before you can use it again.

Sheltering Darkness (Counterspell) When you cast a Shadow spell, you become partially obscured by shadows for a number of rounds equal to your Power score.

Improved Darkening Bloom (Spell Recovery or Improved Spell Recovery) You can use Darkening Bloom one additional time between rests.