The Shadow

The Shadow (Stealth / Sabotage / Avoidance)

Progression: • Unseen
↓ avoid notice
• Infiltrator
↓ bypass security
• Saboteur
↓ disable threats indirectly
• Ghosted
↓ vanish under pressure
• Living Absence

Expressions: • Ignore the first DANGER escalation per Cycle in a defined context (Section 3)
• Act during Night with reduced penalty in a defined context (Section 14; Exposure still applies per Section 17)
• Once per Cycle, downgrade a “world-spend” reaction from “immediate” to “delayed reveal” (ties to Sections 18.4–18.5 and 15.9 / 20.5 style reveals)

Trauma mutation examples: • Dissociative (support costs more)
• Predator Instinct (violence becomes easier—but louder)