Conjure Shadow Mastiffs

You summon a shadow mastiff that appears in an unoccupied space that you can see within range that is in dim light or darkness.

A shadow mastiff summoned by this spell disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends.

The summoned creatures are friendly to you and your companions. Roll initiative for the summoned creatures as a group, which has its own turns. They obey any verbal commands that you issue to them (no action required by you). If you don't issue any commands to them, they defend themselves from hostile creatures, but otherwise take no actions.

The GM has the creatures' statistics.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using certain higher-level spell slots more creatures appear: 2 with a 6th-level slot, 2 and 1 shadow mastiff alpha  with an 8th-level slot.