SRD5:Shadow
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Shadow [SRD5 OGL/CC-BY] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] | ||||||||||||
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Medium Undead (Shadows), Chaotic Evil | ||||||||||||
Armor Class: 12 | ||||||||||||
Hit Points: 16 (3d8+3) | ||||||||||||
Speed: 40 ft. | ||||||||||||
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Skills: Stealth +4 (+6 in dim light or darkness) | ||||||||||||
Damage Vulnerabilities: radiant | ||||||||||||
Damage Resistances: acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks | ||||||||||||
Damage Immunity: necrotic, poison | ||||||||||||
Condition Immunity: exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained | ||||||||||||
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10 | ||||||||||||
Languages: — | ||||||||||||
Habitat: Underdark, Underground, Urban | ||||||||||||
Challenge: 1/2 (100 xp)Proficiency Bonus (PB): +2 | ||||||||||||
FeaturesAmorphous. The shadow can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. ActionsStrength Drain. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d6+2) necrotic damage, and the target's Strength score is reduced by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise,, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest. If a non-evil humanoid dies from this attack, a new shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later. |
Unofficial Description: Undead amorphious entity, resembling a athropoid shadow.
[6] Shadows are undead that resemble dark exaggerations of humanoid shadows.
Found in Adventures[edit]
- Descent into Avernus
- Curse of Strahd
- Princes of the Apocalypse
- Pharaoh
- Quests from the Infinite Staircase
- The Lost City
- When a Star Falls
- Dead in Thay
- The Sunless Citadel
- White Plume Mountain
- The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
List of Shadows[edit]
(3 official and unofficial Shadows)
Name | Type | Subtype | Size | HP | CR (XP) | Alignment | Habitat | Source |
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Shadow | Undead | Shadow | Medium | 16 | 1/2 (100) | Chaotic Evil | Underdark, Underground, Urban | SRD5 |
Shadow Hound | Undead | Shadow | Medium | 16 | 1/2 (100) | Chaotic Evil | Underdark, Underground, Urban | Quests from the Infinite Staircase |
Shadow Raven | Undead | Shadow | Medium | 16 | 1/2 (100) | Chaotic Evil | Underdark, Underground, Urban | Quests from the Infinite Staircase |
Sources and Notes[edit]
- ↑ Wizards RPG Team (6 May 2015). SRD-OGL v5.1. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. Licensed: OGL & CC-BY.
- ↑ also published in Wizards RPG Team (September 2014). Monster Manual. (5e) Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 978-0786965618. p. 269.
- ↑ Habitat — Not part of the SRD5.
- ↑ habitat - Dungeon Master's Guide (5e) p.302-305
- ↑ habitat (Underground) - user:Rlyehable (unofficial)
- ↑ MM5 p.269
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Alignment | Chaotic Evil + |
Author | SRD5 + |
CRval | 0.5 + |
Canon | true + |
Challenge Rating | 1/2 + |
Creature Name | Shadow + |
Experience Points | 100 + |
Features | Amorphous +, Shadow Stealth +, Sunlight Weakness + and Strength Drain + |
Habitat | Underdark +, Underground + and Urban + |
Hit Dice | 3d8+3 + |
Hit Points | 16 + |
Name | Shadow + |
Publication | SRD5 + |
Size | Medium + |
SortText | Shadow 5e + |
Subtype | Shadow + |
Summary | Undead amorphous entity, resembling a anthropoid shadow. + |
Type | Undead + |