Nightshade

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Nightshade
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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.

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.

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).