Shadow Lurker
- Size
- Medium
- Type
- Fey
- Challenge Rating
- 5
- Source
- Tome of Beasts 3
- Alignment
- Chaotic-Evil
- Armor Class
- 16
- Speeds
- 40
- Walking Speed
- 40
- Strength Score
- 10
- Dexterity Score
- 22
- Constitution Score
- 14
- Intelligence Score
- 12
- Wisdom Score
- 14
- Charisma Score
- 16
- Skill Proficiencies
- Perception
- Languages Ref
- Common, Elvish
- Hit Points
- 84
- Resistances
- Resistant to Cold Damage, Immune to Necrotic Damage
- Languages
- Aethyrian Common, Elvish
Medium fey, chaotic evil
Armor Class 16
Hit Points 84 (13d8+26)
Speed 40 ft.
- STR
- 10 (+0)
- DEX
- 22 (+6)
- CON
- 14 (+2)
- INT
- 12 (+1)
- WIS
- 14 (+2)
- CHA
- 16 (+3)
Skills Perception +2
Damage Resistances cold
Damage Immunities necrotic
Senses darkvision 60', passive Perception 12
Languages Common, Elvish
Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)
Creeping Mists. While not in sunlight shadowy mist surrounds it. Mist reduces bright light within 60' of the shadow lurker to dim light.
Shadow Sight. Has advantage on Wis (Perception) checks while in dim light or darkness.
Sunlight Sensitivity. In sunlight disadvantage on attacks and Wis (Perception) checks that use sight.
Actions
Multiattack. Two Shadow Strikes. Can replace one with Shadow Steal.
Shadow Strike. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, 5 ft., one target, 10 (1d8+6) slashing damage and 7 (2d6) cold.
Shadow Steal. Chooses a creature it can see within 30' of it and convinces that creature's shadow to leave its owner. Target must make DC 15 Cha save or be cursed. A sleeping target has disadvantage on this check. While cursed target doesn't have a shadow and suffers one level of exhaustion that can't be removed until curse ends. Curse ends only if target convinces its shadow to rejoin with it by succeeding on a DC 15 Cha (Persuasion) check while within 10 ft. of its shadow or if shadow is returned with wish spell. While target is cursed its shadow becomes a living shade (see Creature Codex) under the shadow lurker's control. Alternatively shadow lurker can combine two stolen shadows into a shadow instead. Shadow lurker can have no more than ten living shades or five shadows under its control at one time. If a cursed creature's shadow is destroyed it becomes a mundane shadow and moves to within 10 ft. of the cursed creature and cursed creature has advantage on the check to convince the shadow to rejoin with it. If shadow lurker dies all stolen shadows return to their rightful owners ending the curses.
Bonus Actions
Shadow's Embrace. Dim light/darkness: Hide action.
Stat block from Tome of Beasts 3 (Kobold Press), Open Game Content used under the Open Game License 1.0a. Tome of Beasts 3. ©2022 Open Design LLC. All rights reserved. It is not Geminaea material. See Legal.