.. _Shadow:

Shadow
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*Medium undead, chaotic evil*

**Armor Class** 12

**Hit Points** 16 (3d8 + 3)

**Speed** 40 ft.

+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| STR       | DEX       | CON       | INT       | WIS       | CHA       |
+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+
| 6 (-2)    | 14 (+2)   | 13 (+1)   | 6 (-2)    | 10 (+0)   | 8 (-1)    |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

**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 Immunities** necrotic, poison

**Condition Immunities** :ref:`exhaustion <exhaustion>`, :ref:`frightened`, :ref:`grappled`, :ref:`paralyzed`,
:ref:`petrified`, :ref:`poisoned`, :ref:`prone`, :ref:`restrained`

**Senses** darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10

**Languages** -

**Challenge** 1/2 (100 XP)

:bi:`Amorphous`. The shadow can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch
wide without squeezing.

:bi:`Shadow Stealth`. While in dim light or darkness, the shadow can
take the Hide action as a bonus action.

:bi:`Sunlight Weakness`. While in sunlight, the shadow has disadvantage
on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.


Actions
^^^^^^^

:bi:`Strength Drain`. *Melee Weapon Attack:* +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one
creature. *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.