Cultist of Night and Shadow Mastiff (Patreon)

The Cultist of Night was based on a challenge to create a cultist of Shar that was relevant into T2 and T3, but still felt like a cultist, and I think I mostly succeeded here. They're good at two things: teamwork and dying. They're not gonna be able to take down your demigod PCs on their own, but they'll provide enough nuisance that your players will want to prioritize killing them, and they've got enough meat on them that it'll take a little bit of focus and effort to chew through them.

The Shadow Mastiff keeps with my tradition of shadow creatures changing movesets depending on light level. I really like the image of this big old pupper making a scary bark, causing you to drop your torch, then your torch goes out and the spooky doggo disappears with it. Also, while in the dark this mfer has a 50 ft climb speed, so you can bet if he gets you grappled he's gonna start dragging you up the walls like Nightmare on Elm St.