Publication History
The shadow was introduced to the game in its first supplement, Greyhawk (1975).
The shadow appears in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the original Monster Manual (1977). The Monster Manual was reviewed by Don Turnbull in the British magazine White Dwarf #8 (August/September 1978). As part of his review, Turnbull comments on several monsters appearing in the book, noting his disappointment that the shadow is of the undead class and thus subject to a cleric's turn undead ability. Turnbull commented, "I used to enjoy seeing clerics vainly trying to turn what wouldn't turn, when Shadows were first met".
The shadow appeared in the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983) and the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991).
The shadow appeared in second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), and reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).
The shadow appeared in the third edition Monster Manual (2000), and in the 3.5 revised Monster Manual (2003). The shadow appeared as a template in the Manual of the Planes (2001). The shadow appeared as a player character race in Savage Species (2003).
The shadow appeared in the fourth edition in Monster Manual 3 (2010).
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