Shadow

Medium · Undead · Chaotic Evil

📖 SRD 5.2.1 (2024)
HP27
AC12
CR0.5

Speed 40 ft.

Ability Scores

STR6 (-2)
DEX14 (+2)
CON13 (+1)
INT6 (-2)
WIS10 (+0)
CHA8 (-1)

Details

Initiative +2 (12) Skills Stealth +6 Resistances Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder Immunities Necrotic, Poison; Exhaustion, Frightened, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained, Unconscious Vulnerabilities Radiant Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10 Languages None

Traits

  • Amorphous. The shadow can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so.
  • Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, the shadow has Disadvantage on D20 Tests.

Actions

  • Draining Swipe. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) Necrotic damage, and the target's Strength score decreases by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces that score to 0. If a Humanoid is slain by this attack, a Shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.

All text above is reproduced verbatim from the D&D 5e 2024 SRD. No AI interpretation.

Attribution

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