Editing Nightshade

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The '''Nightshade''' is/are the penultimate [[undead]] in [[Frank Mentzer]]'s "[[Basic Dungeons & Dragons|Masters]]" line, and that line's excuse for still not including any [[demon]]s. (Ultimate undead being the [[lich]] as in [[AD&D]], and finally Special for ''someone else's'' demons.) As such the category gathers together the best of the abilities of undead before it, and are of gargantuan size.

Nightshades are [[Poison|toxic]], like the [[Companion Set]]'s Spirit right before it ([[druj]], [[revenant]], [[odic]]). They suffer penalties in sunlight.

The Master's "DM's Book" defined three: the '''nightcrawler''' (the strongest) underground, the '''nightwalker''' striding the surface and the '''nightwing''' in the air. (This rather suggests a fourth in the oceans, although their affinity to sheer cold might obviate that. Later editions have provided a watery nightshade anyway.)

Where other undead are mere spirits stranded on earth (by choice or no), and where demons serve their own aims; the nightshades are servitors of the Sphere of Death. Think of them as Hel's apostles on Earth.

Nightshades are so [[awesome|badass]] that the final stages of second-edition couldn't resist pilfering them. They are a feature in epic play, for instance that nightcrawler in [[Beyond Countless Doorways]].

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