Shade
Monster Junkie
The devil's in the details. 
I like the pounce. Imagine the look on characters' faces as a blob of darkness leaps at them, then slashes 'em.
Automatic claw on grapple check seems reasonable.
Now about this:
"The light-absorbing substance which the Nogra’s body secretes also acts as a contact poison to any other species. Any character or creature which comes into contact with the Nogra (i.e., if the Nogra scores a hit) must make a saving throw vs. poison or be blinded 2-8 rounds later. This save vs. poison may be attempted in each round after the poisoning takes place, up until the round when blindness is determined to set in, and only needs to be made once within the pre-blindness period of 2-8 rounds to neutralize the effects of that particular poison strike. A separate save is required for each poison strike inflicted on a particular victim, whether the hits come from the same Nogra or different animals. If a victim is blinded, sight may only be restored by the use of a Cure Blindness, Limited Wish, Wish or Alter Reality spell. There is no known antidote for Nogra poison. "
Do we want to simplify this to be normal poison? If so, contact, injury, or both?
Or do we want to do something similar to what we did with the molydeus' abyssal venom?
I like the pounce. Imagine the look on characters' faces as a blob of darkness leaps at them, then slashes 'em.
Automatic claw on grapple check seems reasonable.
Now about this:
"The light-absorbing substance which the Nogra’s body secretes also acts as a contact poison to any other species. Any character or creature which comes into contact with the Nogra (i.e., if the Nogra scores a hit) must make a saving throw vs. poison or be blinded 2-8 rounds later. This save vs. poison may be attempted in each round after the poisoning takes place, up until the round when blindness is determined to set in, and only needs to be made once within the pre-blindness period of 2-8 rounds to neutralize the effects of that particular poison strike. A separate save is required for each poison strike inflicted on a particular victim, whether the hits come from the same Nogra or different animals. If a victim is blinded, sight may only be restored by the use of a Cure Blindness, Limited Wish, Wish or Alter Reality spell. There is no known antidote for Nogra poison. "
Do we want to simplify this to be normal poison? If so, contact, injury, or both?
Or do we want to do something similar to what we did with the molydeus' abyssal venom?
and for the climb, i decided to give them a +8 bonus since i didn't give them a climb speed. 
