Category:Shadow Asp

This section contains canon info from officially published sources

The shadow asp is an asp originally from the Demiplane of Shadow, although it may sometimes be encountered in certain domains of the Demiplane of Dread. Being a creature infused with the essence of that plane, shadow asps are magical beasts, not animals. Although not really tougher than a standard venomous snake, the shadow asp's poison is supernatural in nature and suffused with shadow, capable of transforming a bite victim into an if the victim sustains enough Ability Damage to Strength to drop it to zero.

Encountering a shadow asp

In old Har'Akir, the great nobility conjured shadow asps and put them to work as eternal guardians of the noble lords' tombs. A spellcaster can summon a shadow asp today via a Summon Monster III spell, and tales exist of a lost [[spell] that could summon a large number of them at once.^[1][2]

Beyond Har'Akir, shadow asps can also be encountered in Sithicus, where they are under the control of Inza.^[3] Kristov, a reclusive hermit living in the Fracture of the Shadow Rift, may call shadow asps to defend himself.^[4] The shadow asp may also be encountered elsewhere in the Shadow Rift^[5].

References

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

		Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III Denizens of Darkness
		Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III - p98 Denizens of Darkness - p137
		Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III - p98 Denizens of Darkness - pp136-137
		Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium III - p98 Denizens of Darkness - pp136-137