Shadow

A Mazebert TD card by Grunky

While no two creeps can agree on a description of the Shadows, all fear them. Which is why, for the last two nights, the creep army has called a halt at nightfall, rather than continue advancing through Darkness’s lands.

As they gather around their hastily-built campfires, the creeps swap stories of what they’ve seen the nights before. In their way, the creeps attempt to make sense of the Shadows.

“I’m telling you,” says one creep, “the thing had eight arms and eight legs. And it was massive. It looked almost like two giant spiders sewn together.”

“You must’ve been scared witless,” says another, “because it looked nothing like that. It looked like a warrior woman. The fiercest lady I’ve ever seen; the fire in her eyes set me running. That’s what you saw, right, Carl?”

“No,” mumbles Carl the Creep. “I saw a woman … but it was my Aunt Petunia.”

Carl’s admission sets the creeps laughing, and though none would admit it, all of them understand that their laughter, their fire, and their stories are meant to serve as shields. They are meant to keep the Shadows away.

But, unwittingly, the creeps have actually summoned the Shadows to them. For laughter calls them, fires cast them, and stories … stories fuel the Shadows.

Damage progression

Level	Base damage
1	4-11
2	5-14
3	6-17
4	6-18
5	7-21
6	8-23
7	9-26
8	10-29
9	10-30
10	11-33
11	12-35
12	13-38
13	14-41
14	14-42
15	15-45
16	16-47
17	17-50
18	18-53
19	18-54
20	19-57
21	20-59
22	21-62
23	22-65
24	22-66
25	23-69
26	24-71
27	25-74
28	26-77
29	26-78
30	27-81
31	28-83
32	29-86
33	30-89
34	30-90
35	31-93
36	32-95
37	33-98
38	34-101
39	34-102
40	35-105
41	36-107
42	37-110
43	38-113
44	38-114
45	39-117
46	40-119
47	41-122
48	42-125
49	42-126
50	43-129
51	44-131
52	45-134
53	46-137
54	46-138
55	47-141
56	48-143
57	49-146
58	50-149
59	50-150
60	51-153
61	52-155
62	53-158
63	54-161
64	54-162
65	55-165
66	56-167
67	57-170
68	58-173
69	58-174
70	59-177
71	60-179
72	61-182
73	62-185
74	62-186
75	63-189
76	64-191
77	65-194
78	66-197
79	66-198
80	67-201
81	68-203
82	69-206
83	70-209
84	70-210
85	71-213
86	72-215
87	73-218
88	74-221
89	74-222
90	75-225
91	76-227
92	77-230
93	78-233
94	78-234
95	79-237
96	80-239
97	81-242
98	82-245
99	82-246