Ghoul Gnawer

Level 11

Creature· evilUncommonMediumLegacy

190

Speed

30 ft.

Perception

+18

Fort

+18

Ref

+21

Will

+24

evil ghoul undead unholy

Immunities bleed, death-effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, unconscious

Languages chthonian, common, draconic, kelish, necril

Senses darkvision

Skills deception +23, diplomacy +23, intimidation +23, arcana +21, crafting +21, occultism +21, stealth +19

Recall Knowledge DC 30 (religion)

Attacks

Melee Jaws +19 (finesse, unarmed), Damage 2d10+12 piercing

Melee Claw +19 (agile, finesse, unarmed), Damage 2d8+10 slashing

Melee Staff +19 (two-hand-d8), Damage 2d8+10 bludgeoning

Abilities

Void Healing

Consume Flesh◆

Requirements The ghoul gnawer is adjacent to the corpse of a creature that died within the last hour

Effect The ghoul gnawer devours a chunk of the corpse and regains 5d6 healing Hit Points. It can regain Hit Points from any given corpse only once.

Drain Corpse↺

Frequency once per day

Trigger The ghoul gnawer uses Consume Flesh

Effect In addition to gaining Hit Points, using Consume Flesh refreshes one spell slot the cultist has already expended.

Ghoul Fever

Saving Throw DC 29 fortitude

Stage 1 carrier with no effect (1 day)

Stage 2 3d6 void damage and regains half as many hit Points from all healing (1 day)

Stage 3 as stage 2 (1 day)

Stage 4 3d6 void 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

Any living, non-elf creature hit by a ghoul gnawer's attack must succeed at a DC 27 fortitude save or become Paralyzed. The creature 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◆

The ghoul jumps up to half its Speed. This movement doesn't trigger reactions.