____ ____ ## Shade *Medium fey, chaotic evil* ___ - **Armor Class** ??? - **Hit Points** ??? - **Speed** 35 ft. |STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA| |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:| |18 (+4)|20 (+5)|14 (+2)|12 (+1)|18 (+4)|16 (+3)| ____ - **Saving Throws:** Wis +7, Dex +8 - **Damage vulnerabilities:** Radiant - **Damage resistances:** fire - **Damage immunities:** necrotic, psychic - **Skills:** stealth +6, deception +5, intimidation +9 - **Condition Immunities:** exhaustion, Frightened, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned - **Senses:** truesight 60 ft., darkvision 200 ft., passive Perception 16 - **Languages:** Common, Sylvan - **Challenge:** ??? ___ ***Arcane health.*** At the start of its turn, the shade regenerates 7 (1d8+2) hitpoints ***Shadow stealth.*** While in dim light or darkness, the shadow can take the hide action as a bonus action ***Sunlight weakness.*** In sunlight, the shade has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saves ***Spiritual perception.*** The Shade has advantage on all perception and investigation checks ***magic blades.*** all attacks count as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage. ***curse of bleeding souls.*** The curse causes searing pain that envelops the area that was sliced by the blade of light's blade, every time the creature makes an attack roll, dexterity skill check or saving throw, roll a d20, if the result is a natural 1, any attack, save, or check fails automatically and the creature's turn is ended ***Legendary resistance*** Not quite on the same plane as other legendary creatures, the shade can choose to have advantage on any save (4/day) ***wrathful souls.*** *(optional)* upon death, the souls inhabiting the shade's body leave violently, leaving a terrible sight for all those who behold it, causing 19 (4d6+3) psychic damage ***innate spellcasting.*** The terrible link the shade shares with the souls within its body allow them to cast magic * cantrips (at will:) healing word, cure wounds, magic weapon * (2/day) misty step, spirit guardians * (1/day) mass suggestion, scrying ### Bonus Actions ***Dark arrows.*** The shade imbues an arrow with a glowing evil energy, It magically turns arrows into dark arrows that do an extra 15 (2d8+5) damage on impact, ending the spell, spell save DC 14, 5/day ***blades & sorcery.*** If the shade casted a spell this turn, it can make one melee attack roll as a bonus action ### Actions ***multiattack.*** this creature can make two melee attacks in its turn ***Dark Shortbow.*** *Ranged Weapon Attack:* +8, range (50/300), one target. *Hit:* 8 (1d6+4) piercing damage. *dark arrows* if the dark arrows spell was cast on the arrow, deal an extra 15 (2d8+5) necrotic damage on a hit, Spell DC 14 to take half damage ***Bane of light's blade.*** *Melee Attack:* +8, range 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 12 (1d12+5) slashing damage plus 20 (4d8) necrotic damage, spell DC 13 to take half necrotic damage, if a creature rolls a natural 1 on the save, they are cursed with the *curse of bleeding souls* ### legendary actions The shade can take 2 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. The shade regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn. ***cantrip.*** the shade casts one of its cantrips ***firey eyes (costs 2 actions)*** the shade focuses their fearful gaze upon its target, the creature is frightened (Wisdom save DC 15) this effect can last for a maximum of two of the creature's turns, the frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a successful DC 12 wisdom save. If a target’s saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the target is immune to the shade’s gaze for the next 24 hours. ***cast spell (costs 2 actions)*** the shade moves half its movement and can cast either of its 2/day spells ***retaliation*** if a creature has just damaged the shade, then the shade can make an attack against the creature who has just harmed it in retaliation, the shade automatically deals half damage from this attack ### reactions