Ghoul

Undead · Medium

Ghoul
Amine discovered with the ghoul in a graveyard, engraving after Robert Smirke for the Arabian Nights · Robert Smirke, illustration for the Arabian Nights, 1840 edition, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Ghouls dig into fresh graves at night and hunt in packs through crypts and sewers, and their claws leave a victim stiff and helpless. Villages near an old cemetery keep watch over new burials for a week.

Danger
A fight to fear
How it is met
In packs, by night
Challenge
1
SRD 5.2.1 stat blocks
Ghoul
Pathfinder Second Edition
Ghoul Stalker (level 1, Monster Core), Ghoul Soldier (level 2, Monster Core)

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Where it is met

Haunted Temperate Forest, Haunted Temperate Conifer Forest, Haunted Bog, Haunted Marsh, Haunted Grassland, Haunted Tundra, Haunted Hot Desert, Haunted Rocky Shore, Haunted Cave, Haunted Mine, Dead Temperate Forest, Dead Taiga, Dead Savanna, Dead Grassland, Dead Hot Desert, Dead Tundra, Dead Swamp, Dead Sandy Shore, Dead Mine

Also: Graveyard, Crypt, Sewer

Gives

Ghoul Bile

Stat blocks (D&D 5e)

Ghoul

Medium Undead, Chaotic Evil

AC 12 · Initiative +2 (12)

HP 22 (5d8)

Speed 30 ft.

StrDexConIntWisCha
13 (+1), save +115 (+2), save +210 (+0), save +07 (−2), save −210 (+0), save +06 (−2), save −2

Immunities Poison; Charmed, Exhaustion, Poisoned

Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 10

Languages Common

CR 1 (XP 200; PB +2)

Actions

Multiattack. The ghoul makes two Bite attacks.

Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) Piercing damage plus 3 (1d6) Necrotic damage.

Claw. Melee Attack Roll: +4, reach 5 ft. Hit: 4 (1d4 + 2) Slashing damage. If the target is a creature that isn’t an Undead or elf, it is subjected to the following effect. Constitution Saving Throw: DC 10. Failure: The target has the Paralyzed condition until the end of its next turn.

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