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href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/ghoul/ghoul-wolf-dire-tohc/">Ghoul, Wolf (Dire) (3pp)</a></li></ul></div> <p class="description">This humanoid creature has long, sharp teeth, and its pallid flesh is stretched tightly over its starved frame.</p> <p class="title">Ghoul <span class="level">CR 1</span></p> <p><b>XP 400</b><br />CE Medium <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/rules-for-monsters/creature-types#TOC-Undead">undead</a><br /><b>Init</b> +2; <b>Senses</b> <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/special-abilities#TOC-Darkvision">darkvision</a> 60 ft.; <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/skills/perception">Perception</a> +7</p> <p class="divider">DEFENSE</p> <p><b>AC</b> 14, <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/combat#TOC-Touch-Attacks">touch</a> 12, <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/conditions#TOC-Flat-Footed">flat-footed</a> 12 (+2 <a 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Common</p> <p class="divider">SPECIAL ABILITIES</p> <h4><a name="TOC-Disease-Su-"></a>Disease (Su)</h4> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><i>Ghoul Fever</i>: Bite—injury; <i>save</i> <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/combat#TOC-Fortitude">Fort</a> DC 13; <i>onset</i> 1 day; <i>frequency</i> 1/day; <i>effect</i> 1d3 <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/ability-scores#TOC-Constitution-Con-">Con</a> and 1d3 <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/ability-scores#TOC-Dexterity-Dex-">Dex</a> <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/rules-for-monsters/universal-monster-rules#TOC-Ability-Damage-and-Drain-Ex-or-Su-">damage</a>; <i>cure</i> 2 consecutive saves. The save DC is <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/ability-scores#TOC-Charisma-Cha-">Charisma</a>-based.</p> <p>A <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/rules-for-monsters/creature-types#TOC-Humanoid">humanoid</a> who dies of ghoul fever rises as a ghoul at the next midnight. A <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/rules-for-monsters/creature-types#TOC-Humanoid">humanoid</a> who becomes a ghoul in this way retains none of the abilities it possessed in life. It is not under the control of any other ghouls, but it hungers for the flesh of the living and behaves like a normal ghoul in all respects. A <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/rules-for-monsters/creature-types#TOC-Humanoid">humanoid</a> of 4 <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/glossary#TOC-Hit-Dice-HD-">Hit Dice</a> or more rises as a <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/ghoul/ghoul-ghast">ghast</a>.</p> <p class="divider">ECOLOGY</p> <p><b>Environment</b> any land<br /><b>Organization</b> solitary, gang (2–4), or pack (7–12)<br /><b>Treasure</b> standard</p> <p>Ghouls are undead that haunt graveyards and eat corpses. Legends hold that the first ghouls were either cannibalistic humans whose unnatural hunger dragged them back from death or humans who in life fed on the rotting remains of their kin and died (and were reborn) from the foul disease—the true source of these undead scavengers is unclear.</p> <p>Ghouls lurk on the edges of civilization (in or near cemeteries or in city sewers) where they can find ample supplies of their favorite food. Though they prefer rotting bodies and often bury their victims for a while to improve their taste, they eat fresh kills if they are hungry enough. Though most surface ghouls live primitively, rumors speak of ghoul cities deep underground led by priests who worship ancient cruel gods or strange demon lords of hunger. These “civilized” ghouls are no less horrific in their eating habits, and in fact the concept of a well-laid ghoul banquet table is perhaps even more horrifying than the concept of taking a meal fresh from the coffin.</p> <p>The typical ghoul is assumed to have come from a Medium humanoid like a human, half-elf, dwarf, or elf. Yet some humanoids have remarkably different characteristics that make these ghouls more or less powerful.</p> <h3><span id="feats_for_ghouls">Feats for Ghouls</span></h3> <p>The following feats are intended to be used by ghouls (including <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/ghoul/ghoul-ghast">ghasts</a> and <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/ghoul/ghoul-aquatic-lacedon">lacedons</a>), but could make interesting options for many other types of undead as well.</p> <p><b><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/monster-feats/brain-eater">Brain Eater</a></b>: You gain some of the skills and knowledge of a consumed foe by eating its brain.</p> <p><b><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/monster-feats/civilized-ghoulishness">Civilized Ghoulishness</a></b>: Although undead, you can easily pass as living.</p> <p><b><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/general-feats/warren-digger">Warren Digger</a></b>: You can <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/monsters-foes/#Burrow">burrow</a> through soil and dirt.</p> <h3><span id="examples">Examples</span></h3> <p><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/unique-monsters/cr-6/yarresh">Ghoul Rogue 6</a> (CR 6)</p> <h3><span id="variants">Variants</span></h3> <p><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/ghul">Ghul</a> (Undead Jann, CR 5)</p> <p><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/ghul/great-ghul">Great Ghul</a> (Undead Efreet, CR 6)</p> <p><b>Larger Ghouls</b>: A giant that succumbs to ghoul fever retains its larger size, its higher natural armor bonus, and all of its racial Hit Dice, but is otherwise treated as a ghoul advanced to its new Hit Dice and size.</p> <p><b>Smaller Ghouls</b>: Small humanoids who become ghouls have 1 HD and all of the appropriate bonuses and penalties for dropping from Medium to Small size (–4 Str, +2 <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/ability-scores#TOC-Dexterity-Dex-">Dex</a>, +1 size bonus on attack rolls and to AC, reduced natural attack damage, etc.). A Small ghoul is CR 1/2.</p> <p><b>Unusual Ghouls</b>: Some humanoids transformed into ghouls have unusual advantages.</p> <ul> <li><i><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/boggard">Boggard</a>, <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/merfolk">Merfolk</a></i>: These races always spawn into <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/ghoul/ghoul-aquatic-lacedon">lacedons</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/bugbear">Bugbear</a>, <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/lizardfolk">Lizardfolk</a>, <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/troglodyte">Troglodyte</a></i>: These races always spawn into <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/ghoul/ghoul-ghast">ghasts</a>.</li> <li><i><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/giants/ettin">Ettin</a></i>: An ettin ghoul has two bite attacks, in addition to being advanced to Large size and 10 HD.</li> <li><i><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/giants/giant-true/giant-fire">Fire Giant</a></i>: A fire giant ghoul gains the <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/rules-for-monsters/creature-types#TOC-Fire">fire</a> subtype.</li> <li><i><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/humanoids/giants/giant-true/giant-frost">Frost Giant</a></i>: A frost giant ghoul gains the <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/rules-for-monsters/creature-types#TOC-Cold">cold</a> subtype.</li> <li><i><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/templates/lycanthrope">Lycanthrope</a></i>: While a ghoul cannot become a lycanthrope, a living lycanthrope who succumbs to ghoul fever could rise as a ghoul. In most cases, this transformation removes the lycanthropic curse, resulting in a standard ghoul, but in rare events the resulting monster is a true ghoul lycanthrope. To create stats for such a creature, simply apply the <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/templates/lycanthrope">lycanthrope template</a> to a ghoul—this is an exception to the general rule that you can normally only add the lycanthrope template to a humanoid.</li> </ul> <h3><span id="variant_ghoul_desert_ghul_cr_1">Variant: Ghoul, Desert Ghul (CR 1)</span></h3> <div class="product-right"> <div id="shopify-buybutton-135659511" class="shopify-buybutton shopify-buybutton-embed" shopify-id="135659511"> </div></div> <p class="source">[<a href="https://www.opengamingstore.com/products/101-variant-monsters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Source</a>]</p> <p>Desert ghuls lack the pallid stretched flesh of a standard ghoul, instead having an ethnicity and complexion more akin to tribesmen of desert areas. They also lack the starved frame of their kin if they have used their cannibalistic <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic#TOC-Conjuration-Healing">healing</a> in the last 24 hours.</p> <h4>Cannibalistic Healing (Su)</h4> <p>So long as the desert ghul has fed upon the flesh of a <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/conditions#TOC-Dead">dead</a> creature with the same creature type as the desert ghul within the last 24 hours, it has <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/rules-for-monsters/universal-monster-rules#TOC-Fast-Healing-Ex-">fast healing</a> equal to its <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/ability-scores#TOC-Charisma-Cha-">Cha</a> modifier (usually +2).</p> <p>This replaces a <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/ghoul">ghoul’s</a> <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/afflictions/diseases">disease</a> special attack.</p> <h4>Change Shape (Su)</h4> <p><a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/animals/hyena">Hyena</a>, <a class="spell" href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/all-spells/b/beast-shape">beast shape I</a> any bonus to <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/ability-scores#TOC-Constitution-Con-">Constitution</a> is instead added to <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/ability-scores#TOC-Charisma-Cha-">Charisma</a>.</p> <p>This replaces a <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/ghoul">ghoul’s</a> <a href="https://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/special-abilities#TOC-Channel-Resistance">channel resistance</a> +2.</p> <div class="section15"> <div>Section 15: Copyright Notice</div> <div> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1601252021/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1601252021&linkCode=as2&tag=httpwwwd20pfs-20&linkId=2QO3DMQ5C6TM4EXO" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Classic Horrors Revisited</a>. 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