Red Box Workshop: The Ghoul PC

GHOULS

Ghouls are living corpses who feed on the flesh of the living and the dead. Withered and cunning, their clotted hair only partially conceals their red eyes and sharp, pointed teeth. Most ghouls are bestial creatures with no interest beyond hunger. A few, however, conquer their appetites and retain their will. Though not as ferocious in battle as their feral kin, they can be valuable allies—if they can be trusted.

The prime requisite for a ghoul is Constitution. A ghoul character whose Constitution score is 13 or higher will receive a bonus on earned experience.

RESTRICTIONS: Ghouls use eight-sided dice (d8) to determine their hit points. They may advance to a maximum of 8th level of experience. Ghouls may use any type of weapon. Their tough hides grant them a base AC of 6, but they may not wear armor or use shields. Clerics may turn, destroy or command player-character ghouls, though this grows more difficult as the ghoul increases in level. Use the following table to see what type of undead to treat the ghoul as for this purpose.

Ghoul’s Level	Turn As:
1-2	Ghoul
3-4	Wight
5-6	Wraith
7-8	Mummy

SPECIAL ABILITIES: A ghoul’s ragged nails and teeth carry a necrotic disease. An unarmed attack by a ghoul inflicts 1-3 points of damage and paralyzes a living target who fails to save vs. paralyzation. Paralysis lasts for 2-8 turns and is removed by any cure wounds spell. A starting ghoul may make one unarmed attack per round; this increases to two attacks/round at 4th level, and three attacks/round at 8th level.

SAVING THROWS: As fighters.

ATTACK PROGRESSION: As fighters.

ADVANCEMENT: As per the magic-user advancement table.