Nightshade (Dungeons & Dragons)
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| Dungeons & Dragons creature | |
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| Nightshade | |
| Alignment | chaotic evil |
| Type | Undead |
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| First appearance | |
| Stats | OGL stats |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the nightshade is a powerful undead creature composed of darkness and evil.
In Third Edition, nightshades are native to the Plane of Shadow.
[edit] Types
- Nightcrawler — A nightcrawler is a massive behemoth similar to a purple worm, though utterly black in color.
- Nighthaunt — Nighthaunts are gargoylelike and drawn to places of evil power and defiled goodness.
- Nightswimmer — A nightswimmer is an aquatic nightcrawler.
- Nightwalker — Nightwalkers are human-shaped horrors that haunt the darkness.
- Nightwing — Nightwings are batlike flyers that hunt on the wing.
[edit] References
- Gygax, Gary. Dungeon And Dragons Fantasy Role-playing Game Set 4: Master Rules (TSR, 1985).
- Stout, Travis. Lost Empires of Faerûn (Wizards of the Coast, 2005).
- Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2000 and 2003).
- Various. Dungeons and Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (TSR, 1991).
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