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Shadow Creatures are denizens of the Plane of Probability and classified as conceptual life.
- "While more commonly called "shadow creatures," conceptual life originates in the Plane of Probability. They are creatures which take the form of a facet of the Plane of Abiding, usually an abstract or non-physical concept, and exaggerate it into an animistic nightmare.
- Most forms of conceptual life possess at least human intelligence, though bestial examples have been seen. By far the most common manifestation of a concept is in the form of living shadows, though this, too, is not without exceptions. Many of the lesser forms have unwholesome appearances which are easily confused with demonic life or even the undead. Combined with this are violent and destructive personalities -- though, strangely, directed at Moon Mages. Unless controlled by spells or driven by intense pressure, a concept's first goal in life appears to be to murder the people that summoned it.
- Conceptual life has the hardest time of all four kingdoms manifesting in the Plane of Abiding. With exceptions such as the large planar breach beneath Taisgath, all living concepts that you will encounter in your day to day life were brought into being by a summoner. The manifestation of a greater concept is the stuff of legends, said to require rare stellar alignments or incredible examples of symbolic sympathy (such as Jon Illbani manifesting the greater concept of math on the road to inventing the geometry of teleportation).
- Despite this, there is a, forgive the term, conceptual link between us that is hard to deny. While we can imagine a god or an elemental existing in isolation of us, what is a Voidspawn -- a lesser concept of anger -- if we were not sitting in an entirely different plane of reality, being angry? This has been fertile ground for mystics and philosophers for centuries.
- Greater forms of conceptual life are usually called "great spirits," while lesser forms are "shadow creatures" or any other form of "creature" as their visible nature suggests." From the work of Fredrick Modah, Throne City[1].
Types
- Shaderald
- Shadowling
- Shadow Servant
- Devourer
- Tenebraeling
- Voidspawn - Lesser spirit of anger.
- Shadefield Eviscerator
- Emaciated Umbramagus
- Shadow Master
There is some confusion as to what role, if any, the Plane of Shadows plays in the cosmology of shadow creatures, as it seems to have produced shadow creatures of it's own.
- Abominable Umbral <Race>, <Race> Shadow, Ghastly Behemoth, Cadaverous Fiend, Ghastly <Race>, Shadowy <Race>, Inky <Race>, Moaning Figure, Fiendish Creature, Wraithlike Race, Gloomy <Race>, Skeletal Mass
Despite their name, Shadow Hounds are corrupted creatures, rather than extraplanar shadow creatures.