Nightshade (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the nightshade is a powerful undead creature composed of darkness and evil.

In Third Edition, nightshades are native to the Plane of Shadow.

Types

 * Nightcrawler — A nightcrawler is a massive behemoth similar to a purple worm, though utterly black in color.
 * Nighthaunt — Nighthaunts are gargoylelike and drawn to places of evil power and defiled goodness.
 * Nightswimmer — A nightswimmer is an aquatic nightcrawler.
 * Nightwalker — Nightwalkers are human-shaped horrors that haunt the darkness.
 * Nightwing — Nightwings are batlike flyers that hunt on the wing.