Shadow

Medium undead, chaotic evil

Armor Class 12

Hit Points 16 3d8+3

Speed 40ft

STR

6 -2

DEX

14 +2

CON

13 +1

INT

6 -2

WIS

10 0

CHA

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 Exhaustion, Frightened, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained

Senses Darkvision 60ft, Passive Perception 10

Languages —

Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)

Amorphous The shadow can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing. Shadow Stealth While in dim light or darkness, the shadow can take the Hide action as a bonus action. Sunlight Weakness While in sunlight, the shadow has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.

Actions

Strength Drain Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5ft, 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.