Item: Maw of Hungry Shadows
Shadows swirl around this soot-black tome, swallowing up any light that touches them. A faint whispering emanates from the grimoire's pages when opened.
Activate 1 (concentrate)
Frequency once per day
Trigger Your last action was to cast a spell prepared from this grimoire that has the shadow trait
Effect Your shadow, and that of the tome, elongates and reaches hungrily for one foe within 30 feet, who must attempt a Fortitude save.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature is Blinded for 1 round and Drained 1 as the shadows scrape across it.
Failure The creature is blinded for 1 minute and Drained 2 as the shadows seize it.
Critical Failure As failure, but the shadows also pull the creature into the tome, teleporting it to the Netherworld.
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