Monsters / Ghost
Ghost
CR 7 - 3,200 XP - CE Medium Undead
Stat block
AC17 (touch 17, flat-footed 15)HP73 (7d8+42)SavesFort +7, Ref +5, Will +7Meleecorrupting touch +6 (7d6, Fort. DC 18 half)Speedfly 30 ft. (perfect)AbilitiesStr 10, Dex 12, Con 10, Int 10, Wis 11, Cha 20BAB / CMB / CMD+5 / +5 / 22Sensesdarkvision 60 ft.; Perception +18Environmentany
immune undead traits
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (5 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
fearless (from creature_type)
creature type: Undead (immune to morale collapse)
creature type: Undead (immune to morale collapse)
pack-hunter (from lore)
Why did this character become a ghost? What are the legends surrounding the ghost? An encounter with a ghost should never happen completely out of the blue-there are p...
Why did this character become a ghost? What are the legends surrounding the ghost? An encounter with a ghost should never happen completely out of the blue-there are p...
strikes-first (from feats)
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +18 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +18 - hunts where prey is blind
targets-weakest (from alignment)
alignment CE, Int 10 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
alignment CE, Int 10 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
On-hit riders and breath
moanDC 18 Will
From the entry
When a soul is not allowed to rest due to some great injustice, either real or perceived, it sometimes comes back as a ghost. Such beings are in eternal anguish, lacking in substance and unable to set things right. Although ghosts can be any alignment, the majority cling to the living world out of a powerful sense of rage and hatred, and as a result are chaotic evil-even the ghost of a good or lawful creature can become hateful and cruel in its afterlife.
More than most of the monsters in this book, a ghost benefits from a strong and detailed backstory. Why did this character become a ghost? What are the legends surrounding the ghost? An encounter with a ghost should never happen completely out of the blue-there are plenty of other incorporeal undead like wraiths and spectres to fill that role. A proper encounter with a ghost should be a climactic scene after a lengthy period of tensi...