With their razor-sharp teeth and jagged claws, ghouls roam the night in packs, driven by an insatiable hunger for humanoid flesh. This foul medium creature appears more or less humanoid; but has mottled, decaying flesh drawn tight across clearly visible bones. It is mostly hairless, has a carnivore’s sharp teeth and jagged claws.

The ghoul is based on the ghūl, a demon of Arabic mythology that entered western mythology as the ghoul, with various meanings. Within D&D, in the Al-Qadim setting, the Arabic ghūl was translated more directly as the great ghul and ghul-kin .

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A ghoul haunts a place where it can gorge on dead flesh and decomposing organs. When it can't feed on the dead, it pursues living creatures and attempts to make corpses of them. Though they gain no nourishment from the corpses they devour, ghouls are driven by an unending hunger that compels them to consume.

A ghoul is a flesh-eating undead born of mortals that ate the flesh of other sentient beings. Their most infamous ability is paralyzation, rendering their living victims incapable of defending themselves. Variations include the ghast, a more powerful ghoul known for …

A ghoul haunts a place where it can gorge on dead flesh and decomposing organs. When it can't feed on the dead, it pursues living creatures and attempts to make corpses of them. Though they gain no nourishment from the corpses they devour, ghouls are driven by an unending hunger that compels them to consume.

Ghouls try to attack with surprise whenever possible. They strike from behind tombstones and burst from shallow graves. Disease—bite, Fortitude DC 12, incubation period 1 day, damage 1d3 Con and 1d3 Dex. The save DC is Charisma-based. An afflicted humanoid who dies of ghoul fever rises as a ghoul at the next midnight.

With their razor-sharp teeth and jagged claws, ghouls roam the night in packs, driven by an insatiable hunger for humanoid flesh.

Melee Weapon Attack: +2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) piercing damage. Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2) slashing …

Ghouls rise from the bodies of cannibals and villains with depraved hungers. They form packs out of shared voracity.