Shadow Drinker (Patreon)

Weapon (dagger), very rare (requires attunement)

This wicked dagger can absorb the shadows cast by your enemies. You gain a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls made with this magic weapon.

When you hit a Small or larger hostile creature with a melee attack using this dagger, you can choose to absorb that creature’s shadow as part of the attack. When you do, that creature no longer casts and shadow, and the dagger becomes shrouded in a dark haze that extends to you while you hold the dagger. While this haze is also surrounding you, you are invisible in areas of dim light and darkness.

The dark haze surrounds the dagger for 10 minutes or until you end it as a bonus action. The haze ends early after you attack or cast a spell. If a creature is hit by the dagger while it’s shrouded in this haze, the creature takes an extra 1d6 psychic damage from the attack. This bonus damage increases to 2d6 if the creature hit by the dagger is missing its shadow. Once the haze ends, the shadow immediately returns to the creature from whom it was taken.

You can only have 1 shadow absorbed in this way at a time. Once you steal a creature’s shadow, you can’t steal that same creature’s shadow again until the following dusk.

Curse. You have vulnerability to radiant damage while you’re attuned to this weapon.

Stalking always brought out the best in Cho. He'd have never thought this would be the line of work he'd get into, but the challenge was gratifying, and he got to use his hands. The dark of night was always so peaceful, too. Well, for him, at least.

He watched as the robed man turned a corner down an alley. Definitely headed for the Den.

Cho continued to watch as the man fumbled with keys at an unmarked door. He rapped on it in a staggered pattern before turning the knob, dim lantern light striking his face as the door creaked open.

The man's expression changed from worry to cold horror as Cho's dagger pressed into his back, the color and light seeming to drain away from his face. This was his chance, and he wasn't going to miss it. He felt his body shiver as strange magics took over, hiding his form and giving him several precious seconds for him to find his next target.