Shadow blade 5e reddit The Sorcerer/Bard is fine but you're not getting Extra Attack and Shadow Blade until nine, three levels later than the Bladesinger. Perfectly fine, the cost of Warcaster is the only problem since the subclass is so MAD. The obvious combination, thematically at least, I can see is getting three levels Shadow sorcerer to give Shadow Monk Shadow blade. There is some Posted by u/chuckmachine - 2 votes and 17 comments Double check with the DM, though being a re-flavour on how you cast the spell and not changing it mechanically would be fine at my table. Well, the usefulness of these spells is highly contextual. However there are rules in XGE stating the cost of spell-crafting services and it puts a Shadow Blade above 1sp, so the closest RAW interpretation is that Booming Blade DOES work with Shadow Blade, but I would definitely check with the DM before trying to run it. With shadow blade you can still 2 weapon fighting (meaning more chances to prod SA). And if you really want to upcast shadow blade, say the permanent one can be temporarily boosted by upcasting. this is the Shadow Blade description that i found: You weave together threads of shadow to create a sword of solidified gloom in your hand. As a level 6 blade singer with extra attack, and with a level 3 shadow blade dealing 3d8+4 on each hit, I dealt a total of 147 points of damage across 4 rounds, for an average of 37 points of damage per round. lfhtcn znky lldc kcnxom mpx ucbw itcza awdu nzp zzeyo