Gloom Shadow | Free Monster for D&D and PF2e

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Gloom Shadow - D&D 5e

Medium undead, chaotic evil

Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Hit Points 75 (10d8 + 10)
Speed 40 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover)

Skills Stealth +5 (+7 in dim light or darkness)
Damage Vulnerabilities radiant
Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities necrotic, poison
Condition Immunities exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 10
Languages —
Challenge 3 (700 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +2

Being of Darkness. Any Small nonmagical light source within 10 feet of the gloom shadow is automatically extinguished.

Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the gloom shadow can take the Hide action as a bonus action.

Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, the gloom shadow has disadvantage on attack rolls, ability checks, and saving throws.

Actions

Encapsulate. Melee Weapon Attack: The gloom shadow moves into the space of one Medium or smaller creature, enshrouding it in darkness. The target is blinded while enveloped. The creature must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or take 20 (5d6 + 3) necrotic damage and have its Strength score reduced by 1d4.

If the gloom shadow was hidden before making this attack, the target makes the saving throw with disadvantage. On a successful save, the target takes half damage and its Strength score isn’t reduced. The target dies if this reduces its Strength to 0. Otherwise, the reduction lasts until the target finishes a short or long rest.

If a humanoid dies from this attack, the gloom shadow regains hit points equal to the damage dealt with the killing blow.

Gloom Shadow - Pathfinder 2e

Creature 5

Medium, Incorporeal, Undead, Unholy

Perception +11; darkvision
Languages Necril
Skills Acrobatics +11, Stealth +15
Str –5, Dex +4, Con +0, Int –1, Wis +2, Cha +3

AC 21; Fort +9, Ref +15, Will +13
HP 40 (void healing); Immunities bleed, death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, precision, unconscious;
Resistances all 5 (except force, ghost touch, spirit, or vitality; double vs. non-magical)
Weaknesses light vulnerability

Aura of Gloom (aura, darkness, divine) 10 feet. A non-magical light source that is Small or smaller is extinguished when it enters the aura.

Light Vulnerability Attacks against the gloom shadow are treated as magical if made by a creature in magical light or with an object in magical light (such as from the light spell).

Speed fly 30 feet

Melee [one-action] shadow hand +16 (finesse, magical), Damage 2d6+3 void

Engulf [two-actions] (attack) DC 24, 5d6 void plus Absorb Shadow, Rupture 11. The creature is blinded but can breathe normally while engulfed.

Slink in Shadows The gloom shadow can Hide or end its Sneak in a creature’s or object’s shadow.

Absorb Shadow [one-action] (divine) Requirements The gloom shadow damaged a living creature with a shadow hand Strike or Engulf on its previous action.
Effect The gloom shadow pulls at the target’s shadow, making the creature enfeebled 1, or enfeebled 2 if it critically failed the most recent save against Engulf. This condition stacks with other enfeebled conditions from shadows, to a maximum of enfeebled 4. If the target’s enfeebled value was already 4, it dies. If the creature died on the gloom shadow’s previous action or from this ability, the gloom shadow regains 10 Hit Points. The enfeebled value from Absorb Shadow decreases by 1 every hour.