Shadow
Shadow
Medium Undead, chaotic evil
AC12 (natural armor)HP27 (5d8 + 5)Speed40 ft., swim 20 ft., climb 20 ft., crawl 20 ft.
STR
6 (-2)
DEX
14 (+2)
CON
13 (+1)
INT
6 (-2)
WIS
10 (+0)
CHA
8 (-1)
Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10CR1/2 (100 XP)
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 Test.
Actions
Draining Swipe. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. 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.
Bonus Actions
Shadow Stealth. While in Dim Light or darkness, the shadow takes the Hide action.
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Creature data from the System Reference Document 5.2, CC-BY-4.0. See licensing.