Contents 1 Shadows (Untethered) 1.1 Personality 1.2 Physical Description 1.3 Relations 1.4 Alignment 1.5 Lands 1.6 Religion 1.7 Language 1.8 Names 1.9 Racial Traits 1.10 Vital Statistics

[edit] Shadows (Untethered)

[edit] Personality

Shadows tend to remain in the background, staying invisible and intangible until they are needed for something, at which point they emerge from whatever shadow they were concealed in.

[edit] Physical Description

When alert, and projected off a surface, Shadows tend to have a roughly human build, though they have no weight, and can be knocked over by a soft breeze. They have between two and six glowing yellow eyes, and the middle fo their face is split in a toothy smile of jagged blackness. Most have claws that are fairly useful for combat, but are more often used to climb obstacles and grip things firmly.

[edit] Relations

Shadows are at best passively appreciated by those who can stand them, but are generally shunned for both their intimidating appearance, and their terrifying stare.

[edit] Alignment

True Neutral

[edit] Lands

Shadows prefer smooth land, with few ground interruptions to poke holes in them, and will attempt to remain behind solid objects as much as possible to avoid the sun.

[edit] Religion

Shadows tend to follow both the Sun deities and Shadow deities, worshiping the darkness and raging against the light.

[edit] Language

Shadows can understand Common and Abyssal, but are only able to speak a very stunted form of common, by forming the sounds with natural elements, and by writing the text with their own bodies or carving it into parchment.

[edit] Names

Shadows usually take on the name of whomever or whatever they take as a primary host, as well as their general form, prefixed by Shad-de. (Example: Shad-de Duncan, a rogue following the fighter, Duncan, would take on his silhouette.)

[edit] Racial Traits

• +2 Dexterity, −2 Constitution, −2 Charisma.: Being made of shadow, Shadows are far more flexible and quick than their shape would imply, but also less durable and shunned for their monstrous eyes and faces.
• "Shadow (Abyssal)": Shadows are of the Shadow type, hailing from the Abyssal realm originally.
• "Medium": No bonuses due to size
• Shadow base land speed is 35 feet: Shadow walk 50 feet
• Shadow Walk (Ex): As a move action, a Shadow may instead move from one shadow that they are standing in to another shadow within 50 feet, followed by whatever other actions they have remaining.
• Darkness' Gift (Sp): A Shadow may grant up to three adjacent allies Blind-sight 20 feet for one minute at a time, twice per day
• Darkness' Pain (Sp): A shadow may cause a touch attack dealing 1d4 charisma damage to an adjacent enemy that can be countered by a DC 10 will save and continues to cause charisma damage until the save is made. This can be performed twice per encounter.
• Automatic Languages: Common, Abyssal. Bonus Languages: Celestial, Orc, Elvish.
• Favored Class: | Rogue.

[edit] Vital Statistics

Table: Shadow Random Starting Ages

Adulthood	Simple	Moderate	Complex
5 years	+1d4	+1d6	+1d8

Table: Shadow Aging Effects

Middle Age1	Old2	Venerable3	Maximum Age
15 years	250 years	2000 years	+Unknown years
At middle age, −1 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At old age, −2 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha. At venerable age, −3 to Str, Dex, and Con; +1 to Int, Wis, and Cha.

Table: Shadow Random Height and Weight

Gender	Base Height	Height Modifier	Base Weight	Weight Modifier
Male	4'10"	+2d10	0 lb.	× ( 0 ) lb.
Female	4'5"	+2d10	0 lb.	× ( 0 ) lb.

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