Manual of the Planes

CHAPTER 9:MONSTERS190disease and earth-based effects, +4 bonus on Fortitudesaves against poisonSaves: Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +5Abilities: Str 23, Dex 8, Con 19, Int 7, Wis 10, Cha 8Skills: Intimidate +8, Jump +8, Listen +12, Search +11,Spot +12Feats: Great Fortitude, Power AttackClimate/Terrain: Any undergroundOrganization: Solitary or gang (2–4)Challenge Rating: 6Treasure: StandardAlignment: Usually chaotic evilAdvancement: By character classCombatCharge (Ex): A half-earth elemental minotaur typicallybegins a battle by charging at an opponent, loweringits head to bring its mighty horns into play. In addition tothe normal benefits and hazards of a charge, this allowsthe beast to make a single gore attack that deals 4d6+9points of damage.Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day—magic stone, soften earthand stone, stone shape. These abilities are as the spells castby a 6th-level cleric.Natural Cunning (Ex): Although half-earth elementalminotaurs are not especially intelligent, they possessinnate cunning and logical ability. This makes themimmune to maze spells, prevents them from ever becominglost, and enables them to track enemies. Further, theyare never caught flat-footed.Skills: Half-earth elemental minotaurs receive a +4racial bonus on Search, Spot, and Listen checks.SHADOW CREATURESShadow creatures dwell on the Plane of Shadow, sometimescrossing into other planes where the barriersbetween dimensions are weak. Just as parts of the Planeof Shadow resemble a strange, distorted version of theMaterial Plane, shadow creatures superficially resemblecreatures from the Material Plane. Shadow creaturesare darker, more elusive, and spookier than their materialcounterparts. Grays and blacks are their mostcommon colors, with white and yellow rarely seen.They are not to be confused with shadows (undeadcreatures that often dwell on the Plane of Shadow).Other creatures native to the Plane of Shadow exist thathave stronger or weaker connections to the energies ofthat place (such as the shadow mastiff ) and do notfollow this template.Creating a Shadow Creature“Shadow” is a template that can be added to any corporealcreature (referred to hereafter as the “base creature”). Thecreature’s type changes to “magical beast.” It otherwiseuses all the base creature’s statistics and special abilitiesexcept as noted below.Speed: As base creature × 1 1/2.Special Qualities: A shadow creature retains all thespecial qualities of the base creature and also gains thefollowing ones:• Cold resistance of 5 + 1 per HD, to a maximum of 20.• Darkvision with a range of 60 feet.• Low-light vision.• Shadow Blend (Su): In any conditions other than fulldaylight, a shadow creature can disappear into theshadows, giving it nine-tenths concealment. Artificialillumination, even a light or continual flame spell, doesnot negate this ability. A daylight spell, however, will.Shadow creatures also have one additional supernaturalability for every 4 HD they possess (minimum of one)chosen from the following list:• +2 luck bonus on all saving throws.• Cause fear once per day.• Damage reduction 5/+1.• Evasion.• Mirror image one per day.• Plane shift self to or from the Plane of Shadow onceper day.• Regenerate 2 hit points per round (slain if brought to 0hit points).If the base creature already has one or more of these specialqualities, use the better value.Skills: Same as the base creature, plus Move Silently+6.Feats: Same as the base creature.Climate/Terrain: Same as the base creature.Organization: Same as the base creature.Challenge Rating: Same as the base creature +1.Treasure: Same as the base creature.Alignment: Same as the base creature, althoughrarely good.Advancement: Same as the base creature.Sample Shadow CreatureShadow WightMedium-Size Magical BeastHit Dice: 4d12 (26 hp)Initiative: +1 (Dex)Speed: 45 ft.AC: 15 (+1 Dex, +4 natural)Attacks: Slam +3 meleeDamage: Slam 1d4+1 plus energy drainFace/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Energy drain, create spawnSpecial Qualities: Undead, cold resistance 9, darkvision60 ft., low-light vision, shadow blend, plane shiftSaves: Fort +1, Ref +2, Will +5Abilities: Str 12, Dex 12, Con —, Int 11, Wis 13, Cha 15Skills: Climb +5, Hide +8, Listen +8, Move Silently +16,Search +7, Spot +8Feats: Blind-Fight