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Animals infected with the energies of the Shadow Plane. This template can only be applied to animals and changes their type to native outsider.

Predators from the Shadow Plane and the adult form of tenebrous worms.

* AllWebbedUp: Their Penumbral Web ability lets them project grey shadowy webs to ensnare opponents or create sheets of webbing, as per the monster web ability. Additionally, if a creature that touches them isn't native to the Shadow Plane, they also deal Strength damage and inflict temporary paralysis in addition to their usual effects.
* BreathWeapon: Nimbral children can unleash a howling gale of freezing winds from the Shadow Plane. It deals cold damage and slows targets for several rounds.
* CastingAShadow: Their powers all revolve around shadows. They're perpetually surrounded by a swirling vortex of shadows that gives them constant deflection and a boost to AC, they can cast ''deeper darkness'' at will, and their other special abilities are linked to the Shadow Plane.

Owbs are entities from the Shadow Plane with strong ties to the dark folk, who worship the owbs as their closest connection to the gods of shadows and truly believe that the first of their kind were created by the owbs.\\

Parasitic entities of the Shadow Plane dedicated to Zon-Kuthon.

* WeakenedByTheLight: Umbral shepherds are incorporeal beings of shadow and can't survive for long outside of a host unless they're on the Shadow Plane.

* BreathWeapon: Breath of the Void, which lets them unleash a howling gale of freezing winds from the Shadow Plane. It deals cold damage and slows targets for several rounds.

[[folder:Tenebrous Worm]]
->'''Level:''' 8
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium

Larval gloomwings that crave flesh, whether living or dead.

* BodyHorror: Their bites contain a mystical acid that converts living flesh into shadows.
* DarkIsEvil: Not evil, as they're actually Neutral, but definitely more painful as their bite attack does more acid damage more shadows there are. Note that that says ''shadows'' not darkness, as it deals the most damage in dim light but fairly little in both bright light and absolute darkness.
* PoisonedWeapons: They bristle with poisonous spines and their bite packs a nasty shadow acid.

[[folder:Umbral Shepherd]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_umbral_shepherd.PNG]]
->'''Level:''' 5
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil

Parasitic entities of the Shadow Plane dedicated to Zon-Kuthon.

* WeakenedByTheLight: Umbral shepherds are incorporeal beings of shadow and can't survive for long outside of a host unless they're on the Shadow Plane.

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[[folder:Nihiloi]]
->'''Level:''' 11
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral

* CombatTentacles: A mass of black, bramble-like tentacles writhes from the back of a nihiloi, who can unleash them in a haze of umbral whips.
* InnateNightVision: Nihilois can see perfectly in darkness of any kind, no matter how magical.

[[folder:Nimbral Child]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_nimbral_child.png]]

->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil

Kin to the shinging children of the Astral Plane, nimbral children are linked to darkness rather than light. Their stats can be found in ''Cradle of Night''.

[[folder:D'ziriak]]
->'''Level:''' 3
->'''Alignment:''' Any

* LightEmUp: A d'ziriak can cause its body to flare with intense polychromatic light.
* UndergroundCity: The towers in d'ziriak hive cities are only the foremost part of the settlement, with many more chambers reaching deep below.

[[folder:Shadow Mastiff]]
->'''Level:''' 5
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

* SavageWolves: Shadow mastiffs are canine fiends who stalk for prey in the dark corners of the Outer Planes.
* SupernaturalFearInducer: The shadow mastiff's bay can panic and force their enemies to flee from well-lit areas.

[[folder:Shae]]
->'''Level:''' 4
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Shaes put on white stone masks when they need a discernible face for interacting with humanoids. Among their own kind, they simply wear clothing spun from shadows.

[[folder:Nimbral Child]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_nimbral_child.png]]
->'''Level:''' 11
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil

Kin to the shinging children of the Astral Plane, nimbral children are linked to darkness rather than light. Their stats can be found in ''Cradle of Night''.

* AllWebbedUp: Their Penumbral Web ability lets them project grey shadowy webs to ensnare opponents or create sheets of webbing, as per the monster web ability. Additionally, if a creature that touches them isn't native to the Shadow Plane, they also deal Strength damage and inflict temporary paralysis in addition to their usual effects.
* BreathWeapon: Breath of the Void, which lets them unleash a howling gale of freezing winds from the Shadow Plane. It deals cold damage and slows targets for several rounds.
* CastingAShadow: Their powers all revolve around shadows. They're perpetually surrounded by a swirling vortex of shadows that gives them constant deflection and a boost to AC, they can cast ''deeper darkness'' at will, and their other special abilities are linked to the Shadow Plane.
* AnIcePerson: All of a nimbral child's attacks involve cold damage.
* InnateNightVision: Besides the typical darkvision, they have the see in darkness ability that lets them see even in magical darkness.
* MasterOfIllusion: They have both ''shadow evocation'' and ''shadow conjuration'' as spell-like abilites, letting them make shadowy illusions so effective they act as quasi-real spells from other schools.
* NoSell: Immune to blindness, cold damage, and poison.
* {{Telepathy}}: Their only method of communication.
* WallCrawl: They have a climb speed equal to their standard move speed, which is already faster than the typcial player character's.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Nimbral children have the light sensitivity weakness and their BreathWeapon doesn't work if they're in bright light.
* WolverineClaws: Their standard method of attack is two claw attacks every round that deal additional cold damage.

[[folder:Owb]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/owb_prophet.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:An owb prophet]]
->'''Level:''' 6 (regular), 13 (prophet)
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Owbs are entities from the Shadow Plane with strong ties to the dark folk, who worship the owbs as their closest connection to the gods of shadows and truly believe that the first of their kind were created by the owbs.\\
\\
Owb prophets are owbs that have successfully contacted one of the vanished Forsaken via esoteric occult rituals, in the process causing them to become a conduit to their patron, allowing them to grant spells to clerics on the Forsaken's behalf.

* ColdFlames: Owbs can conjure orbs of flickering, blue-white flames that shed no heat.

[[folder:Gloomwing]]
->'''Level:''' 4
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Large

Predators from the Shadow Plane and the adult form of tenebrous worms.

* BrownNote: The patterns on their wings constantly shift, causing nausea in those who look at them.
* ChestBurster: They can take a full round to implant a helpless target with eggs that soon hatch worms to devour them from the inside out.
* DeadlyGas: Not quite deadly, but an aggravated gloomwing is surrounded by an invisible cloud of pheromones that leave others fatigued and vulnerable.
* EnemySummoner: Their pheromone cloud doubles as a distress signal to call other gloomwings and tenebrous worms.

[[folder:Nimbral Child]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_nimbral_child.png]]
->'''Level:''' 11
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
->'''Size:''' Medium

Kin to the shinging children of the Astral Plane, nimbral children are linked to darkness rather than light. Their stats can be found in ''Cradle of Night''.

* AllWebbedUp: Their Penumbral Web ability lets them project grey shadowy webs to ensnare opponents or create sheets of webbing, as per the monster web ability. Additionally, if a creature that touches them isn't native to the Shadow Plane, they also deal Strength damage and inflict temporary paralysis in addition to their usual effects.
* BreathWeapon: Breath of the Void, which lets them unleash a howling gale of freezing winds from the Shadow Plane. It deals cold damage and slows targets for several rounds.
* CastingAShadow: Their powers all revolve around shadows. They're perpetually surrounded by a swirling vortex of shadows that gives them constant deflection and a boost to AC, they can cast ''deeper darkness'' at will, and their other special abilities are linked to the Shadow Plane.
* AnIcePerson: All of a nimbral child's attacks involve cold damage.
* InnateNightVision: Besides the typical darkvision, they have the see in darkness ability that lets them see even in magical darkness.
* MasterOfIllusion: They have both ''shadow evocation'' and ''shadow conjuration'' as spell-like abilites, letting them make shadowy illusions so effective they act as quasi-real spells from other schools.
* NoSell: Immune to blindness, cold damage, and poison.
* {{Telepathy}}: Their only method of communication.
* WallCrawl: They have a climb speed equal to their standard move speed, which is already faster than the typcial player character's.
* WeakenedByTheLight: Nimbral children have the light sensitivity weakness and their BreathWeapon doesn't work if they're in bright light.
* WolverineClaws: Their standard method of attack is two claw attacks every round that deal additional cold damage.

[[folder:Owb]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/owb_prophet.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:An owb prophet]]
->'''Level:''' 6 (regular), 13 (prophet)
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Owbs are entities from the Shadow Plane with strong ties to the dark folk, who worship the owbs as their closest connection to the gods of shadows and truly believe that the first of their kind were created by the owbs.\\
\\
Owb prophets are owbs that have successfully contacted one of the vanished Forsaken via esoteric occult rituals, in the process causing them to become a conduit to their patron, allowing them to grant spells to clerics on the Forsaken's behalf.

* ColdFlames: Owbs can conjure orbs of flickering, blue-white flames that shed no heat.

[[folder:Tenebrous Worm]]
->'''Level:''' 8

->'''Size:''' Medium

Larval gloomwings that crave flesh, whether living or dead.

* BodyHorror: Their bites contain a mystical acid that converts living flesh into shadows.
* DarkIsEvil: Not evil, as they're actually Neutral, but definitely more painful as their bite attack does more acid damage more shadows there are. Note that that says ''shadows'' not darkness, as it deals the most damage in dim light but fairly little in both bright light and absolute darkness.
* PoisonedWeapons: They bristle with poisonous spines and their bite packs a nasty shadow acid.

[[folder:Umbral Shepherd]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_umbral_shepherd.PNG]]
->'''Level:''' 5
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil

Parasitic entities of the Shadow Plane dedicated to Zon-Kuthon.

* WeakenedByTheLight: Umbral shepherds are incorporeal beings of shadow and can't survive for long outside of a host unless they're on the Shadow Plane.

[[folder:Shadow Creature]]
->'''Challenge Rating Adjustment:''' +1

Creatures originating from other planes that have become imbued with shadow. This template can be applied to any living creature.

Their stats can be found in ''Bestiary 4'' or online [[https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/templates/shadow-creature-cr-1/ here]].

[[folder:Shadowfire Creature]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_shadowfire_creature_fire_elemental.PNG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:A shadowfire fire elemental]]
->'''Challenge Rating Adjustment:''' +1

Shadowfire creatures are shadow creatures that have been imbued with the power of fire. This template can be applied to any creature with the shadow creature template.

Their stats can be found in ''The Emerald Spire'' or online [[http://aonprd.com/MonsterDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Shadowfire%20Fire%20Elemental%20(Large) here]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:D'ziriak]]
->'''Level:''' 3
->'''Alignment:''' Any

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gloomwing]]
->'''Level:''' 4
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Large

Predators from the Shadow Plane and the adult form of tenebrous worms.

* BrownNote: The patterns on their wings constantly shift, causing nausea in those who look at them.
* ChestBurster: They can take a full round to implant a helpless target with eggs that soon hatch worms to devour them from the inside out.
* DeadlyGas: Not quite deadly, but an aggravated gloomwing is surrounded by an invisible cloud of pheromones that leave others fatigued and vulnerable.
* EnemySummoner: Their pheromone cloud doubles as a distress signal to call other gloomwings and tenebrous worms.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nimbral Child]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_nimbral_child.png]]
->'''Level:''' 11
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil
->'''Size:''' Medium

Kin to the shinging children of the Astral Plane, nimbral children are linked to darkness rather than light. Their stats can be found in ''Cradle of Night''.
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[[folder:Nihiloi]]
->'''Level:''' 11
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium
[[/folder]]

!!Owb
->'''Level:''' 6

Owbs are entities from the Shadow Plane with strong ties to the dark folk, who worship the owbs as their closest connection to the gods of shadows and truly believe that the first of their kind were created by the owbs

!!Owb Prophet
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/owb_prophet.png]]
->'''Level:''' 13
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
->'''Size:''' Medium

[[folder:Shadow Mastiff]]
->'''Level:''' 5
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

[[folder:Shae]]
->'''Level:''' 4
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral

[[folder:Tenebrous Worm]]
->'''Level:''' 8
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium

Larval gloomwings that crave flesh, whether living or dead.
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* BodyHorror: Their bites contain a mystical acid that converts living flesh into shadows.
* DarkIsEvil: Not evil, as they're actually Neutral, but definitely more painful as their bite attack does more acid damage more shadows there are. Note that that says ''shadows'' not darkness, as it deals the most damage in dim light but fairly little in both bright light and absolute darkness.
* PoisonedWeapons: They bristle with poisonous spines and their bite packs a nasty shadow acid.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Umbral Shepherd]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_umbral_shepherd.PNG]]
->'''Level:''' 5
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
->'''Size:''' Medium

Parasitic entities of the Shadow Plane dedicated to Zon-Kuthon.
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* WeakenedByTheLight: Umbral shepherds are incorporeal beings of shadow and can't survive for long outside of a host unless they're on the Shadow Plane.
[[/folder]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:D'ziriak]]
->'''Level:''' 3
->'''Alignment:''' Any
->'''Size:''' Medium

[[folder:Gloomwing]]
->'''Level:''' 4
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Large

Predators from the Shadow Plane and the adult form of tenebrous worms.
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* BrownNote: The patterns on their wings constantly shift, causing nausea in those who look at them.
* ChestBurster: They can take a full round to implant a helpless target with eggs that soon hatch worms to devour them from the inside out.
* DeadlyGas: Not quite deadly, but an aggravated gloomwing is surrounded by an invisible cloud of pheromones that leave others fatigued and vulnerable.
* EnemySummoner: Their pheromone cloud doubles as a distress signal to call other gloomwings and tenebrous worms.

[[folder:Nimbral Child]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_nimbral_child.png]]
->'''Level:''' 11
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil

Kin to the shinging children of the Astral Plane, nimbral children are linked to darkness rather than light. Their stats can be found in ''Cradle of Night''.

[[folder:Shadow Creature]]
->'''Challenge Rating Adjustment:''' +1

Creatures originating from other planes that have become imbued with shadow. This template can be applied to any living creature.

Their stats can be found in ''Bestiary 4'' or online [[https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/templates/shadow-creature-cr-1/ here]].

[[folder:Shadowfire Creature]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_shadowfire_creature_fire_elemental.PNG]]
[[caption-width-right:350:A shadowfire fire elemental]]
->'''Challenge Rating Adjustment:''' +1

Shadowfire creatures are shadow creatures that have been imbued with the power of fire. This template can be applied to any creature with the shadow creature template.

Their stats can be found in ''The Emerald Spire'' or online [[http://aonprd.com/MonsterDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Shadowfire%20Fire%20Elemental%20(Large) here]].

[[folder:Shadow Mastiff]]
->'''Level:''' 5
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

[[folder:Shae]]
->'''Level:''' 4
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tenebrous Worm]]
->'''Level:''' 8
->'''Alignment:''' TrueNeutral
->'''Size:''' Medium

Larval gloomwings that crave flesh, whether living or dead.

* BodyHorror: Their bites contain a mystical acid that converts living flesh into shadows.
* DarkIsEvil: Not evil, as they're actually Neutral, but definitely more painful as their bite attack does more acid damage more shadows there are. Note that that says ''shadows'' not darkness, as it deals the most damage in dim light but fairly little in both bright light and absolute darkness.
* PoisonedWeapons: They bristle with poisonous spines and their bite packs a nasty shadow acid.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Umbral Shepherd]]
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pathfinder_umbral_shepherd.PNG]]
->'''Level:''' 5
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil
->'''Size:''' Medium

Parasitic entities of the Shadow Plane dedicated to Zon-Kuthon.
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