Shadow

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Shadows are a relatively common monster to feature in many fantasy roleplaying games, but are arguably most associated with Dungeons & Dragons. As their name suggests, shadows are ghost-like undead monsters of animate darkness... or sometimes they are elemental creatures of darkness. It depends.

Slow Shadows are a variant introduced in WG5: Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure. Unlike regular shadows, which are generally humanoid in shape, slow shadows are mostly amorphous and blob-shaped. They latch onto their victims, dealing cold damage and slowing them like the slow spell. Anyone killed by a slow shadow becomes a slow shadow.

Gallery

Shadow

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  2e Monstrous Compendium Vol. 1
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  2e Monstrous Manual
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  Dungeon #54
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  3e
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  4e
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  5e
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  Pathfinder
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  Pathfinder 2e

Slow Shadow

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  WG5
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  Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix
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  Monstrous Compendium Annual Vol. 4

Others

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  Shadow Lurker Monstrous Compendium Annual Vol. 2
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  "Darkness Elemental" Dragon Magazine #227
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  3e "Shadow Elemental"