Shadow

Medium undead, Chaotic Evil

Armor Class 12

Hit Points 27 (5d8 + 5)

Speed 40 ft.

STR 6 (-2)

DEX 14 (+2)

CON 13 (+1)

INT 6 (-2)

WIS 10 (+0)

CHA 8 (-1)

Skills Stealth +6

Damage Resistances acid, cold, fire, lightning, thunder

Damage Immunities necrotic, poison

Condition Immunities exhaustion, frightened, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained, unconscious

Senses Darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 10

Languages —

Challenge 1/2

Amorphous. The shadow can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so.

Sunlight Weakness. While in sunlight, the shadow has Disadvantage on D20 Tests.

Actions

Draining Swipe. m +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) Necrotic damage, and the target's Strength score decreases by 1d4. The target dies if this reduces that score to 0. If a Humanoid is slain by this attack, a Shadow rises from the corpse 1d4 hours later.

Bonus Actions

Shadow Stealth. While in Dim Light or Darkness, the shadow takes the Hide action.

Source

Monster Manual (2024), p. 272