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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Redthistle" data-source="post: 6989759" data-attributes="member: 6778305">An intriguing concept.The Shadow leans into an Evil direction, even if not through malice, but simply by the nature of its hunger. The best that it might manage, alignment-wise, appears to be Chaotic Neutral. That might make it difficult to be accepted by other adventurers. It would be smart to discuss playing such a character with your group before going forward with it to determine what scenarios would allow it to be included.If the intent is to create a monstrous group, otoh, this race would be a good fit. Also, you might want to work up its typical/average starting ability scores, average damage from hits, etc., for those DMs who might like to use this as a monster NPC in their games. 5e doesn't really go in for negative Ability Score adjustments, so you may want to change the starting ASI to a choice between +2 Strength or +2 Dexterity instead of imposing a downside to other ability scores.Speed, Darkvision, Shadow Stealth, Amorphous, Otherworldy Possessions, Shadow Equipment, Damage Vulnerabilities, and Sunlight Sensitivity: all of these make sense given the origins of the shadow, as do the Undead and Shadow features.Strength Drain is what I find OP. That much of an ability drain without getting a saving throw is just too unbalanced. Options: change the ability drain to simply losing 1 point of Strength with each hit, no saving throw allowed; or keep the loss of 1d4 points of Strength per hit, but include a Constitution saving throw vs. a DC equal to 8 + half the Shadow's character level. A successful save cuts the loss by half (to a minimum of 1 Strength point). Keep the rest of the feature's description regarding the effects of Strength reduced to 0 and regaining Strength points. Minor edit: "forth" s/b "fourth".I also like your take on Languages. That should lead to some interesting role playing.Aside from other minor edits such as missing the space between words in some places, I kind of like this.</blockquote>

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