Shadow
Shadow (CR 13)
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GENERAL
CR 13 Hit Dice 19
XP 25,600
CE, Medium, Undead
Init +6; Senses Standard Darkvision 60ft, Perception +20
DEFENSE
AC 34, touch 20, flat-footed 30 (+8 armor, +4 dex, +6 natural, +6 deflection)
hp 295
Fort -, Ref +12, Will +17
Aura: -
SR: -
Special Defenses: Incorporeal
- Incorporeal creatures take half damage (50%) from magic weapons, spells, spell-like effects, and supernatural effects.
- Incorporeal creatures take full damage from other incorporeal creatures and effects, as well as all force effects.
- May enter and move through solid objects, but must remain within one square of the surface. May attack adjacent living creatures from within solid objects with a 50 percent miss chance.
Immunities:
- immune to all non-magical attack forms
- all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms)
- disease, poison, ability damage, ability drain, energy drain
- death effects, necromancy effects, sleep effects
- nonlethal damage
- paralysis, stunning, fatigue, exhaustion
- any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless)
Weaknesses: Cannot heal damage on its own (if it has no Int), but healed by negative energy.
OFFENSE
Speed Flight 40 ft.
Space / Reach: 5 ft. / 5 ft.
Single Melee Shadowy Fangs +14 Touch attack (2d8+15/x2 Negative Energy damage) + 1d6 Str damage
Full Melee Shadowy Fangs +14 Touch Attack (2d8+15/x2 Negative Energy Damage) + 1d6 Str damage, 2x Shadowy Claws +19 (2d6+5/x2 Negative Energy damage)
Ranged None, but see Distorted Shadow
Special Attacks Distorted Shadow, Strength Damage
Action Points 0
STATISTICS
Str -, Dex 16, Con -, Int 6, Wis 12, Cha 15
Base Atk +13; CMB +22; CMD 30
Feats -
Skills Knowledge, Local +20, Stealth +24 (-6 in bright light)
Languages Common, Stilth
SPECIAL ABILITIES
- Distorted Shadow
Once per encounter, as a swift action, a Shadow may flicker and distort itself, throwing shard of itself in the area around it. While under the effects of Distorted Shadow, the shadow has reach 15 and gains the effect of Combat Reflexes, so it may make up to four attacks of opportunity. Distorted shadow lasts until the beginning of the Shadows next action round.
- Strength Damage
All of a Shadow's bite attacks (Shadowy Fangs) inflict Strength damage. This is classed as special energy damage and is not considered resistable. Note that a shadow's attacks of opportunity DO inflict Str damage as well. When a creatures Strength score reaches zero, they are dead, regardless of their hit point total.
- Spawn Shadow
Any creature which is killed by the Shadow's Strength damage remains on the field of play. On the killing shadow's initiative tick in the next round, a new Shadow is spawned in that square, with an initiative equal to the creating Shadow's initiative, and it may immediately begin taking actions. Note that killing the spawning Shadow before the new shadow arrives WILL stop the new shadow from appearing.
TREASURE
sell value of approximately 11,250 gp
COMBAT TACTICS
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