SHADOW CREATURE DESCRIPTIONS

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• Ash Wraith - Ash wraiths speak whatever languages they spoke in life.
• Big Cat
• Boar - Boars are about 4 feet long and 3 feet high at the shoulder.
• Breathsnatcher - They average 6 feet tall and weigh about 150 pounds.
• Celestial - All celestials are outsiders. A sample celestial (the gotthammer) is presented...
• Changeling (Template)
• Creating A Homunculus - Techno Mages have the ability to construct homunculi.
• Demonic Auto - The demonic auto does not speak. It has the normal height and weight of the automobile it most closely resembles.
• Donkey - Donkeys are surefooted and sturdy. They can carry up to 50 pounds as a...
• Dragon - All dragons speak their own language, Draconic. They speak a number of additional languages equal to their Intelligence bonus.
• Drow - Drow speak, read, and write Elven, a beautiful language they've corrupted with their own vile idioms and inflections.
• Dryad
• Dwarf - Dwarves speak Dwarven. Those of particular intelligence (and good breeding)...
• Eagle - Eagles include other large birds of prey and raptors.
• Efreeti - An efreeti typically uses its polymorphability to conceal its true form:...
• Elephant
• Elf - Elves speak, read, and write Elven. Many also take the time to learn one or more local languages.
• Gear Golem - Gear golems cannot speak. They typically stand 10 feet tall and weigh 4,000 pounds.
• Gnome - Gnomes speak their own language, Gnome. They usually take the time to learn one or more local languages as well.
• Gremlin
• Grendelspawn - Grendelspawn hiss and growl but seem to have no language of their own.
• Halfling - Halflings read, write, and speak their own language.
• Homunculus - Most homunculi cannot speak, with exceptions noted below.
• Leechwalker
• Living Dumpster - Living dumpsters do not speak. They weigh between 500 and 1,000 pounds, depending on how much trash they have inside them.
• Lizard
• Octopus
• Orc - Orcs read, write, and speak their own language (Orc).
• Otyugh - Otyughs weigh 500-750 pounds. They speak one local language.
• Platonic - A platonic is a powerful entity of Shadow devoted to a particular cause or abstract concept.
• Porpoise - Porpoises measure 4-6 feet long and weigh 110 to 170 pounds.
• Radiation Sickness - When characters are exposed to radiation, they may be afflicted with radiation sickness.
• Rat, Dire
• Retriever - A typical retriever weighs about 6,500 pounds. It does not speak.
• Roach Thrall - Roach thralls learn the dominant human language in their area quickly-generally within a few weeks of emerging from their eggs.
• Sidhe - Use the information on Fey to create new sidhe.
• Skunk Ape - Skunk apes speak their own language, which has no written form.
• Spirit
• Squid
• Swarm - A swarm is a collection of Fine or Diminutive creatures (usually creatures...
• Toxyderm
• Vivilor - Vivilors are outsiders who come in response to the summon vivilor spell.
• Vrock
• Wererat (Template) - Wererats retain whatever languages they spoke before they contracted lycanthropy.