Nightcrawler

Nightcrawlers were a massive, deadly form of nightshade found in the Plane of Shadows.
==Description==
Nightcrawlers resembled purple worms, but were covered in solid black, chitinous armor. Even the teeth and the inside of the mouth were black. They were approximately long and weighed .
==Biology==
Being a type of undead, these creatures did not need to eat, drink, or breath to survive.
===Senses===
Nightcrawlers were better at burrowing through the ground than walking over it. They had both tremorsense and darkvision.
==Abilities==
Like all nightshades, nightcrawlers radiated a desecrating aura. However, they greatly disliked natural daylight, being creatures of utter darkness.
Nightcrawlers had a number of spell-like abilities, being able to cast contagion, deeper darkness, detect magic, greater dispel magic, haste, invisibility, see invisibility, and unholy blight at will. They could summon undead creatures each night; the undead served for up to an hour. Nightcrawlers could summon nine to sixteen shadows, three to six greater shadows, or two to four dread wraiths this way.
==Combat==
They typically attacked by burrowing, then bursting out of the ground to swallow victims whole. When they did, their victim's body was drained of its life energy.
==Ecology==
===Diet===
These creatures had an inescapable craving for the life force of other creatures, though it was not a dietary requirement. Being a type of undead, they had no dietary needs.
===Relationships===
Nightcrawlers were a favored monster of the gnome deity Urdlen. As such, he sometimes called them to the Prime Material plane for short periods in order to conduct some sort of task.
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Category:Creatures found in the Shadowfell
Category:Worms