Is playful darkness a quest enemy and does it drop items?

[Desolate Eden]

Im on act 5 and only just learned I somehow missed this enemy entirely. I kept hearing about how tough it is here on the forums and was eager to find out for myself, but somehow I never came across it, is it some sorta deep hidden optional encounter or something?

[dhraiden]

No it is not a Quest enemy, but it does drop a book that gives +2 to DEX. It is considered a difficult fight with conventional tactics because its high stats.

[iriboy]

there are some hard mini bosses in the game it is one of them, in abyss teleport your party some roof tops you'll see couple mini bosses also. cool items they drop. i don't want to spoil it for you but just make sure kill them before making the journey with ship

[mreed2]

Playful Darkness is one of the optional mini-bosses and is found in the Midnight Fane. If you are in Act 5, you've missed him altogether, sorry. His major "claim to fame" things are:

1. Very high AC, even fully buffed it is likely that classes without full BAB will only be hitting on 20s,
   
2. Loads of attacks (7+) with high accuracy (30+) means that it hits / killls things very quickly
   
3. Level drain on hit means it chews through most summons
   
4. And finally, it has regeneration (Positive Energy), which means that if you don't hit it with a cure wounds spell it won't stay dead.

Yes, it drops things, rather good things. All the mini-bosses do.

[Desolate Eden]

ah unfortunate that i missed it, thanks, ill find it in a new playthrough I guess