Nighthaunt

Nighthaunts were the weakest and smallest type of nightshade.
==Description==
Nighthaunts were said to somewhat resemble a gargoyle made of night and shadow, including curling horns and a tail. The eyes were the only part that were a different color: they were pale and lifeless orbs inset into the flat, triangular face.
==Personality==
Nighthaunts were thoroughly malicious creatures that took pleasure in the destruction of the good and the innocent.
==Abilities==
Like the other nightshades, nighthaunts radiated a desecrating aura of great power, but were averse to sunlight. Additionally, nighthaunts could drain the energy of living creatures by pressing their blank face against their victim's.
Nighthaunts possessed a number of spell-like abilities, being able to mimic deeper darkness, detect magic, see invisibility, and unholy blight at will; contagion, greater dispel magic, haste, and invisibility thrice each day; and hold monster, finger of death, ice storm, and plane shift once each day.
One time each day, a nighthaunt could summon either 3-6 shadows, 2-4 wraiths, or 1 greater shadow to aid it.
==Combat==
Nighthaunts preferred to harass well-organized or stronger opponents from a distance with the spell-like abilities, often using deeper darkness and invisibility to cause confusion and division. They typically went for spellcasters first when they entered melee.
==Ecology==
Nighthaunts were native to the Plane of Shadow, but they were drawn to places of defiled goodness and evil power, such as desecrated temples and emptied graveyards.
==History==
In 1375 DR, a nighthaunt named Ysval led an army of undead with the goal of conquering Thay.
==Appendix==
===References===
Category:Nightshades
Category:Creatures found in the Shadowfell