Does anyone use the Shadowcaster shadow?

[uwfsam2000]

Started a play as the shadowcaster. I finally got to level 7 and got the summons

He has a will save dc 18. Sadly, the shadow almost always literally makes the save within a round

Is anyone using this shadow? I'm really disappointed. He turns hostile super fast.

[mbradtke]

well, didnt play yet but sounds very gimmick'ish, it certainly has his downsides to use this, i guess you just have to be prepared in case it turns on you, the class gets +5 int over time, I "guess" that is its actual strenght

[MjKorz]

Originally posted by mbradtke:

well, didnt play yet but sounds very gimmick'ish, it certainly has his downsides to use this, i guess you just have to be prepared in case it turns on you, the class gets +5 int over time, I "guess" that is its actual strenght

Shadowcaster indeed gets +5 Profane intelligence bonus from Umbral Mind, but this Profane bonus stacks neither with Profane Ascension, nor with Draven's Hat and is absolutely useless. The only real bonus Shadowcaster gets is the untyped +2 intelligence bonus from his shadowform, but he loses 4 feats relative to a basic wizard to achieve this which is definitely not worth it.

[Shadow]

Originally posted by MjKorz:

Shadowcaster indeed gets +5 Profane intelligence bonus from Umbral Mind, but this Profane bonus stacks neither with Profane Ascension, nor with Draven's Hat and is absolutely useless.

Unless you have neither Profane Ascension nor Draven's Hat.

This is why I don't like min/maxing. No imagination. No adaptability. No fun, IMO. Just numbers and the single minded drive to make them as big as possible.

[Ankaros]

Originally posted by John Doe:

I guess it gets better overtime? there's something odd about this summon, on my level 20 character, the shadow rolled a nat 20 and somehow didn't break free, the dc is still 18.
Weird.

It breaks free on a nat 1

[Mastigos]

Why the hell would you go Draven's Hat when you can get Horns of Naraga?

https://pathfinderwrathoftherighteous.wiki.fextralife.com/Horns+of+Naraga

And the Profane Bonus from Noc depends on story choices.