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Property	Value
rdfs:label	Vashta Nerada (4e Monster)
rdfs:comment	Meaning “the shadows that melt the flesh”, vashta nerada are shadow swarms that slip into the material plane from the void. Vashta nerada are often described as “piranhas of the air”, and can strip the flesh in an instant. They usually live in small groups, living on carrion, but sometimes they gather and prey on the living; not everyone returns from the dark.
Level	5
Strength	4
Alignment	Unaligned
dcterms:subject	User 4e Monster Level 5 Lurker Brute dbkwik:resource/HAQ3BbHuqJ8OeX5wJL2acw==
Author name	Sam Kay
Will	11
Reflex	16
Fortitude	14
conbonus	+3
strbonus	-1
Aura	Swarm Attack
dexbonus	+4
Initiative	+4
Intelligence	6
Wisdom	6
Recharge	Encounter at-will
Charisma	6
senses	Perception +5; darkvision
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date created	2010-01-31
Origin	Shadow shadow
Skills	Stealth +11
Speed	4 fly 6 ; phasing; altitude limit 1
Status	Done for now—I might add more.
Dexterity	15
Role	Lurker Brute
Name	Shadow Strike Shadow Form Shadow Bite Swarm Attack Latch onto Prey Vashta Nerada Suit Vashta Nerada Swarm
Type	Humanoid swarm
Languages	None
aurakeyword	Necrotic
aurarange	1
auraeffect	The vashta nerada swarm makes a basic melee attack against each enemy that starts its turn in the aura.
Keywords	Necrotic insubstantial insubstantial, swarm
Constitution	12
XP	200
AC	17 19
HP	42 72
Action	Standard Standard Action
Effect	172800.0 The vashta nerada swarm shifts into the space of a target within 1 square and takes the form of the target's shadow , becoming the same size as the target. Whenever the target moves or shifts, the swarm shifts with it, shifting into the square it moves to. While the swarm is latched onto the target in this way, if the target is killed by an attack made by the swarm, it rises as a free willed vashta nerada suit at the start of the swarm's next turn, standing up where it died . The vashta nerada suit is composed from the target's body, and so it must be slain before the target can be resurrected. The vashta nerada swarm appears to be an area of shadow, and gains total concealment when the entire swarm is in an area of dim light or darkness. In addition, a DC 26 perception check is required to notice that the vashta nerada swarm is not an ordinary shadow. If the swarm attacks, the creature it attacks can immediately notice that the swarm is not a shadow. +6 Vs. Fortitude; 3d10 + 4 necrotic damage. Close burst 1; the vashta nerada swarm makes a basic melee attack against each enemy in the burst.
Size	Medium
bloodied	21 36
wisbonus	+0
intbonus	+0
immune/resist/vulnerable	Immune disease, poison, necrotic Resist half damage against melee and ranged attacks, insubstantial Vulnerable 10 against area and close attacks
chabonus	+0
abstract	Meaning “the shadows that melt the flesh”, vashta nerada are shadow swarms that slip into the material plane from the void. Vashta nerada are often described as “piranhas of the air”, and can strip the flesh in an instant. They usually live in small groups, living on carrion, but sometimes they gather and prey on the living; not everyone returns from the dark.