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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob" data-source="post: 5983179" data-attributes="member: 98644">In keeping with the cohort being a Shadow direct from the Monster Manual and no homebrewing at all, the alignment issue can be discounted, given it could be considered one of the &quot;unique or rare&quot; creatures which adopted another alignment over time. And because it would be a special Shadow, it's possible to roll proper stats up for the cohort, then apply the stat bonuses/negatives as if it were playing as a Monster Race. With only a -4 to INT, you could simply assign one of the high rolls to that stat (or point buy, however you roll). So that's settled as well.Aside from picking up some feats which allow your cohort to grasp material items (and other fun gems), the only problem I see is making the cohort mechanics function (HD + Level Adjustment to be accounted for). Especially given the fact you're likely to take advantage of the Create Spawn ability and have your own army under the Shadow's control (or Greater Shadow in this case)? It may not be what you're looking for (or the no save STR damage, I have no idea why), but if that's the case what prevents you from giving it PC Levels to make it something you want?Other than that, Tome of Magic's Shadow Magic section may have ideas for you. On what they are I can't say, because I've said enough for now. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jacob, post: 5983179, member: 98644"] In keeping with the cohort being a Shadow direct from the Monster Manual and no homebrewing at all, the alignment issue can be discounted, given it could be considered one of the "unique or rare" creatures which adopted another alignment over time. And because it would be a special Shadow, it's possible to roll proper stats up for the cohort, then apply the stat bonuses/negatives as if it were playing as a Monster Race. With only a -4 to INT, you could simply assign one of the high rolls to that stat (or point buy, however you roll). So that's settled as well. Aside from picking up some feats which allow your cohort to grasp material items (and other fun gems), the only problem I see is making the cohort mechanics function (HD + Level Adjustment to be accounted for). Especially given the fact you're likely to take advantage of the Create Spawn ability and have your own army under the Shadow's control (or Greater Shadow in this case)? It may not be what you're looking for (or the no save STR damage, I have no idea why), but if that's the case what prevents you from giving it PC Levels to make it something you want? Other than that, Tome of Magic's Shadow Magic section may have ideas for you. On what they are I can't say, because I've said enough for now. ;) [/QUOTE]

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