Bestiary/Shade

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Shade

General
Type	Undead
Category	Undead
Alignment	Evil
Karma	−4,000
Fame	4,000
Behavior	Attacks on sight
Speed	Medium
Stats
Strength	76–100
Dexterity	76–95
Intelligence	36–60
Hit points	46–60
Stamina	76–95
Mana	36–60
Damage	7–11
Armor	28
Resources
Carving	Nothing

The Shade is a ghostly spellcaster with 55–70 Magery and 46–60 hit points. Shades, spectres and wraiths share identical stats and loot; only the name differs.

Overview

• In-game name: a shade
• Corpse: a ghostly corpse
• Behavior: it attacks the nearest target it sees and fights like a spellcaster (mage AI), mixing spells with melee.
• Enemies: fey creatures (wisps, pixies, centaurs, ethereal warriors and the like) and the undead are enemies and attack each other on sight.
• Bleed immune: bleed attacks (a weapon special New Bradford enables) don't affect it.
• Looks: a translucent ghostly figure.

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	76–100
Dexterity	76–95
Intelligence	36–60
Hit points	46–60
Stamina	76–95 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	36–60 (same as its Intelligence)
Melee damage	7–11
Armor rating	28
Fame / Karma	4,000 / −4,000

Skills

Skill	Range
Evaluating Intelligence	55.1–70.0
Magery	55.1–70.0
Magic Resistance	55.1–70.0
Tactics	45.1–60.0
Wrestling	45.1–55.0

Abilities

Magic

It fights with the mage AI: it closes to melee range but casts between swings. Its Magery is 55.1–70.0 and its Evaluating Intelligence 55.1–70.0.

• Damage spells: Magic Arrow, Harm, Fireball, Lightning and Mind Blast. A stronger one (with more Magery) can also cast Energy Bolt and Explosion.
• Other spells: about 1 cast in 8 is Poison (only if you aren't poisoned already). It may also Bless itself, curse you (Weaken, Clumsy, Feeblemind or Curse), drain your mana (Mana Drain) or Paralyze you.
• Healing: it cures itself when poisoned, and sometimes heals itself (Greater Heal when badly hurt), more often the higher its Magery.

Poison immunity

It is immune to all poison, so poisoned weapons, the Poison spell and poison potions do nothing to it.

Loot

Every shade carries:

• Gold: about 30–75 in total (from its "Meager" loot)
• 10 reagents (random)

It may also carry:

• A magic weapon, armor piece or shield (up to 2 chances, from about 1% down to 0.2% each)
• A musical instrument (about 0.1% or less)

Carving

There's nothing to carve from its corpse.

Location

• Champion spawn: it is a level 1 creature of the Unholy Terror champion spawn (champion: Neira), so it appears at the fixed Unholy Terror altar at 5179, 709, and any of the 11 Lost Lands altars that rolls Unholy Terror. Each one killed during a spawn gives the killer Valor and champion-title progress.
• The Deceit brazier: double-clicking it from within 2 tiles summons one creature picked at random from a list of about 90, and this is one of them. The brazier warns players who step next to it ("Heed this warning well, and use this brazier at your own peril"). It works once every 15 minutes and places the creature within 5 tiles. The summoned creature is set to attack the closest target, even if it would normally leave you alone, and it stays within 5 tiles of the brazier.

Tips

• It's immune to all poison, so don't bother poisoning it.
• Fragile in melee; close in quickly.
• Its 10 reagents are handy for a mage.