Prerequisite: 5th level
When you are in an area of dim light or darkness, you can use your action to become invisible until you move or take an action or a reaction.
One with Shadows: Cover of Darkness
Review by Sam West, Twitter: @CrierKobold
Panicked, the goblin lackey’s eyes dart around the room. Surely that wasn’t just the wind; if the boss catches them slacking again, and something else goes missing, he’ll lose a hand for sure. He peers around the darkened room, no light to be had, checking behind every table and chair, doubling back twice to make sure that the locket is still here; everything is fine. Nobody is here. As he slowly closes the door, moving his sweep on to the hallway outside, from the corner appears a giddy tiefling, eyes locked on the abandoned prize, having once again snuck her way into an easy payday.
One with Shadows is a super nifty little trick warlocks can pick up at 5th level. This is a pseudo-Invisibility at will, given you can be in some area of dim light or darkness. As soon as you read this, gears start turning in your brain, figuring out how best to weaponize and utilize free at will Invisibility with the caveat that you can’t move or take any actions or reactions (this includes bonus actions according to Jeremy Crawford via twitter).
Tame use cases include setting up traps to get free advantage on some attack rolls; if you know you’ll be fighting in a space, why not start that fight off from invisibility? Attacking from an unseen place grants advantage on your first attack, making it a great little ambush feature. If you’re ever fleeing somebody, turning a corner and immediately becoming invisible can be a quick way to instantly lose somebody chasing you down, making it a great get out of jail free card if nonsense is the name of the game. This even can be a perfectly fine reconnaissance tool; enter a space you want to listen in on, make sure it starts off in dim light or darkness, and you can become an invisible sensor, soaking in all the information around you for as long as you’d like.
One with Shadows also plays well with other Darkness effects like Devil’s Sight and the tricksy fey part of the Summon Fey spell. The invocation doesn’t say the space has to remain dim light or darkness for the invisibility to persist; you simply can turn invisible, but can only make this transformation while in dim light or darkness. Once you’re invisible, nothing dictates a change in light alters your state, meaning you can stay invisible while darkness goes away, which is pretty nifty.
This isn’t an invocation that’s going to radically change how you play the game, nor is it the most powerful utility option warlocks can get access to with their invocations, but it is a perfectly serviceable little tool for the rogue-like warlocks out there looking to empower their sneaky skills a bit. If you want to add some extra edge or stealth to your warlock's sheet and got an invocation to learn, One with Shadows is a great choice.
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