Undead
Shadow
SRD Content
Shadow
Medium Undead, Chaotic Evil
Armor Class 12
Hit Points 27 (5d8 + 5)
Speed 40 ft.
STR
6
(-2)
DEX
14
(+2)
CON
13
(+1)
INT
6
(-2)
WIS
10
(+0)
CHA
8
(-1)
Skills Stealth +6
Resistances Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Thunder
Immunities Necrotic, Poison; Exhaustion, Frightened, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained, Unconscious
Senses darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 10
Challenge 1/2 (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.