Shadow animal

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Nidal is home to many shadow animals.

Shadow animal
(Creature)

Type
Outsider
(native)
CR
+1 or +2
Environment
Any
Alignment
Source: Nidal, Land of Shadows, pg(s). 60

Shadow animals are animals transformed by energies from the Netherworld after having ventured into shadow-haunted regions despite their natural abhorrence of such places. Their colouration loses all brightness, and they gain a brutal cunning, to the point they can understand but not speak languages. Shadow predators are bestowed with unusual powers, and herbivores become more aggressive and dangerous than normal. On Golarion, shadow animals are most commonly found in Nidal.1

References

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  1. Liane Merciel, et al. “Bestiary” in Nidal, Land of Shadows, 60. Paizo Inc., 2018