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Shadow Collector

When the traitor Count Ranalc was banished to the Netherworld, loyal sprites, gnomes, and nymphs of his court were exiled alongside him. Millennia in the shadows changed these courtiers into shadow collectors—mirrials in their own tongue. These small fey prowl the Netherworld and its borderlands, searching out wayward shadows to add to their vast collections.

According to legend, when the fey who would become mirrials first arrived in the Netherworld, their new shadowy home's lack of light meant they no longer cast the same twisting shadows they'd had in the First World. Despairing, the fey crept into the Universe, stalking midnight forests and dreary foothills to steal the shadows of unsuspecting mortals. When these first few stolen shadows cast barely a single foot of darkness, they took more and more, weaving their treasures together until they had terrifying shadows the size of dragons and giants.

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Shadow CollectorCreature 8

Small Fey Shadow 
Source Feybound pg. 149
Recall Knowledge DC 24 • Fey (Nature)
Perception +19; low-light vision
Languages Aklo, Common, Fey, Shadowtongue
Skills Acrobatics +16, Athletics +15, Deception +17, Stealth +18, Thievery +17
Str +3, Dex +6, Con +4, Int +3, Wis +4, Cha +5
AC 26; Fort +13, Ref +19, Will +15
HP 150; Weaknesses cold iron 10
Shadow Menagerie (aura, shadow) 10 feet. Stolen shadows dance around the shadow collector, making everything in the area concealed. The shadow collector isn't affected by this aura or the aura of any other shadow collector.
Speed 30 feet
Melee [one-action] claw +20 [+16/+12] (agile, finesse), Damage 2d6+9 slashingPrimal Innate Spells DC 26; 5th umbral journey; 3rd illusory disguise; 2nd illusory object; Cantrips (4th) figment
Slip Behind [one-action] (primal, shadow, teleportation) The shadow collector slips into a creature’s shadow, teleporting to a space adjacent to that creature within 15 feet. The target or its items can’t be emitting magical light, and if the target is within an area of magical light the shadow collector must choose a destination that puts the target between them and the light’s source.Sneak Attack The shadow collector’s Strikes deal an additional 2d6 precision damage to off-guard creatures.Steal Shadow (primal, shadow) [one-action] Requirements The shadow collector is adjacent to an off-guard living creature; Effect The shadow collector attempts to pull the creature’s shadow from its body. The target must attempt a DC 26 Fortitude save.
SuccessThe target is unaffected.
FailureThe collector steals a scrap of the shadow, increasing the size of their shadow menagerie aura by 5 feet for 1 minute.
Critical FailureAs failure, but the aura is increased by 10 feet and the collector steals the target’s shadow permanently. The shadow is returned if the shadow collector dies or takes a Dismiss action to release the shadow.
Umbral Detonation (primal, void) [two-actions] Requirements The radius of shadow menagerie is 20 feet or higher; Effect A long shadow yawns out from the menagerie, withering everything it touches. Each creature in a 60-foot line takes 8d6 void damage with a DC 26 basic Reflex save. A creature who critically fails is also blinded for 1 round. The shadow collector’s aura decreases by 10 feet.
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Sidebar - Additional Lore Shadow Crafters

Mirrials are valued members of shae courts and kayal cities across the Netherworld, where they use their skill in manipulating shadows to weave subtly magical shadowspun items. Shadowspun cloaks and gloves, either woven directly from a client’s shadow or crafted from wayward shadows mysteriously separated from their original owners, are the envy of every court, collection, and high society parlor across the Netherworld and beyond.
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