Old World» Summon Shadow Creature

"umbral" means, made of shadow-stuff, perhaps has the shadow demon’s incorporeal-claws thing (but they’re not really incorporeal, just quasi-real), has various of the cooler powers from the MotP shadow creature template - this represents, like, creatures dredged up from nightmares of mortals

"shadow creature" means, simple template, more like "dark creature" from ToM, but use the MotP shadow creature, just give only a fixed set of basic powers

the noble khayal genie has various shadow-related powers, primarily "manifest shadow simulacrum of thing into reality"

When casting summon monster spells, some spellcasters, instead of using the standard list of summonable creatures, summon shadow creatures (usually shadow versions of normal animals or magical beasts, or undead or outsiders native to the Shadow Realm).

Summonable Creatures
CreatureTypeSizeHit Dice
1st level
BadgersanimalSmall1
Dire ratsanimalSmall1
Ghost scorpionsanimalSmall2
Giant banded centipedesanimalMedium1
Giant crab spidersanimalSmall2
MonkeysanimalTiny1
OwlsanimalTiny1
Viper (snake)sanimalTiny1
2nd level
Bull (cattle)sanimalLarge3
Cave scorpionsanimalMedium3
Giant beesanimalMedium3
Giant spitting spidersanimalMedium3
Hissing centipedesanimalLarge3
RattlesnakesanimalSmall2
3rd level
Dire apesanimalLarge4
Dire batsanimalLarge4
Dusk beast?outsiderMedium4
Elemental, shadow (Small)?elementalSmall2
Giant badgersanimalMedium3
Tree snakesanimalMedium3
4th level
Elemental, shadow (Medium)?elementalMedium4
Emperor scorpionsanimalLarge5
Giant wolf spidersanimalLarge5
King cobra (snake)sanimalLarge5
Shadow mastiff?magical beastMedium5
Shadow (undead)?undeadMedium3
Whiptail centipedesanimalHuge6
5th level
Girallon (ape)smagical beastLarge7
Griffonsmagical beastLarge7
Ogre spidersanimalHuge8
Shadurakul, 2nd-level ranger?outsiderMedium6
Umbral displacer beast?outsiderLarge6
Umbral manticore?outsiderLarge6
6th level
Anaconda (snake)sanimalHuge8
Deadfall scorpionsanimalHuge9
Elemental, shadow (Large)?elementalLarge6
Ephemeral hangman?aberrationLarge7
Shadurakul, 4th-level fighter?outsiderMedium8
7th level
Ecalypse?outsiderLarge9
Elemental, shadow (Huge)?elementalHuge8
Khayal (genie)?outsiderMedium8
Umbral bulette?outsiderHuge9
Umbral chimera?outsiderLarge9
8th level
Elemental, shadow (greater)?elementalHuge10
Shadow, greater (undead)?undeadMedium9
Shadurakul, 6th-level sorcerer?outsiderMedium10
Umbral sphinx?outsiderLarge9
9th level
Elemental, shadow (elder)?elementalHuge12
Umbral hydra?outsiderHuge12
Khayal, noble (genie)?outsiderMedium12

s Shadow creature.