Flask of the Veiled HordeLevel 10 Uncommon

This flask is wrought from a black metal of unknown origin. It is cold to the touch, and shaking reveals that it is filled with a heavy liquid. A stopper of the same black metal seals it shut.

Wondrous Item        5,000 gp

Utility Power ✦ Daily (Minor Action)

Effect: You pour a mote of darkness from the flask to create a shadow creature that obeys your spoken commands and is allied with you and your allies. The creature appears adjacent to you and takes its turn on your initiative count according to commands you give to it (commanding it is a free action). If you don't command the creature, it takes no actions. The creature disappears at the end of the encounter.

Veiled Horde Shadow
Medium shadow animate
Level 10 Minion Skirmisher XP 0

Standard Actions

(⚔) Shadow Grasp (necrotic) ✦ At-Will

Attack: Melee 1 (one creature); +13 vs. Reflex

Hit: 9 necrotic damage.

Move Actions

Shadow Jaunt (teleportation) ✦ At-Will

Requirement: The shadow must be adjacent to a creature.

Effect: The shadow teleports to a square adjacent to a creature within 6 squares of it.

Triggered Actions

Death Burst (necrotic) ✦ Encounter

Trigger: The shadow drops to 0 hit points.

Effect: The shadow is destroyed, and each creature adjacent to it takes 9 necrotic damage.

Str 10 (+5)                Dex 18 (+9)                Wis 10 (+5)
Con 15 (+7)                Int 3 (+1)                Cha 7 (+3)

Alignment Unaligned        Languages -

Published in Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium, page(s) 83.