Shadow Queen (5e Creature)

Shadow Queen

Medium undead, chaotic evil Armor Class 14 (natural armor) Hit Points 82 (15d8 + 15) Speed 40 ft. STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 14 (+2) 15 (+2) 13 (+1) 20 (+5) 18 (+4) 20 (+5) Skills Stealth +6 Damage Vulnerabilities radiant Damage Resistances necrotic Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 14 Languages Abyssal, Common, Infernal Challenge 7 (2,900 XP) Light Sensitivity. While in bright light, the shadow queen has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight. Shadow Stealth. While in dim light or darkness, the shadow queen can take the Hide action as a bonus action. Innate Spellcasting. The shadow queen's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: eldritch blast, mage hand, minor illusion, ray of frost, thaumaturgy 3/day each: bane, cure wounds, fog cloud 2/day each: arms of hadar (as a 2nd level spell), darkness ACTIONS Longsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) slashing damage, or7 (1d10 + 2) slashing damage if used in two hands, plus 2 (1d4) necrotic damage.

A shadow queen is the matriarch of the darkest beings in the universe, shadows. Believed to be put into place by the shadow himself, they are powerful shadows that have been promoted in a sense to leadership roles. They are normally female, though a few shadow kings have been in circulation. They take the form of what they were in life, for example, a human woman with jet-black hair, wearing a gown of shadows and armed with spells fueled by the darkness of her realm. While they are faster than the average human, they do not walk. Instead, they appear to hover in midair, almost as if they were flying at very low altitudes.

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