Ghoul

Legacy. These stats use the original (pre-Remaster) Pathfinder Second Edition rules from Pathfinder Bestiary (Second Edition).

The Ghoul is a Level 1 creature, with Armor Class 16 and 20 hit points. The ghoul is a ravenous undead scavenger driven by an eternal hunger for the flesh of the living.

Ghoul, original Pathfinder 2e monster artwork by ZapGM

Stat Block

Abilities & Attacks

Hit Points: 20 (negative healing) Consume Flesh (1 action) (manipulate). Requirements The ghoul is adjacent to the corpse of a creature that died within the last hour; Effect The ghoul regains 1d6 Hit Points. It can regain Hit Points from any given corpse only once. Ghoul Fever. Saving Throw DC 15 Fortitude; Stage 1 carrier with no ill effect (1 day); Stage 2 2d6 negative damage and regains half as many Hit Points from all healing (1 day); Stage 3 as stage 2 (1 day); Stage 4 2d6 negative damage and gains no benefit from healing (1 day); Stage 5 as stage 4 (1 day); Stage 6 dead, and rises as a ghoul the next midnight Paralysis (incapacitation, occult, necromancy). Any living, non-elf creature hit by a ghoul's attack must succeed at a DC 15 Fortitude save or become paralyzed. It can attempt a new save at the end of each of its turns, and the DC cumulatively decreases by 1 on each such save. Swift Leap (1 action). The ghoul jumps up to half its Speed. This movement doesn't trigger reactions.

Common Questions

How much HP does a Ghoul have?

20 hit points.

What level is a Ghoul?

Level 1.

What is a Ghoul's Armor Class?

AC 16.

How fast can a Ghoul move?

Speed 30 ft., burrow 5 ft.

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