SHADE AS A CLASS: Or Things To Do When You Are Dead

Not Dead...Yet...Related to this very long ago post, but demonstrates why blogging is peak when its just half-scribbled notes to yourself. Maybe also related to skeleton as class. Basically, I was thinking of an OSR game where one wouldn't die, but maybe could become a shade when at 0 or negative HP. But what would a shade do? Then it hit me that perhaps the PC would then be made of a bunch of magic spells. Hear me out.Shade As Class"Shuffle off this mortal coil": The player character manifests in 1d4 turns beside their body. They are exactly the same; however, they now have gaseous form permanently cast on them. They make no noise and cannot be harmed by non-magical, non-silver weapons. If the PC is "killed" in shade form, they are taken to the Underworld. They can also be invisible at will."To be or not to be...": You can use the following abilities any number of times per day equal to your level +1:Ghostly Illumination (as Light), it only emanates from around you, and it is like…