Armor Class
12
Hit Points
22
(5d8)
Speed
30 ft.
STR
13
(+1)
DEX
15
(+2)
CON
10
(+0)
INT
7
(-2)
WIS
10
(+0)
CHA
6
(-2)
Damage Immunities
Poison
Condition Immunities
Charmed, Exhaustion, Poisoned
Senses
Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 10
Languages
Common
Challenge
1 (200 XP)
Proficiency Bonus
+2
Actions
Bite. 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 damage. If the target is a creature other than an elf or undead, it must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Description
With their razor-sharp teeth and jagged claws, ghouls roam the night in packs, driven by an insatiable hunger for humanoid flesh.
Other responses mention the lore, but historically the lore was written to explain an immunity that was already in the game. Historically, elven immunity is a nonsense addition that came at a time when a lot of people were piling nonsense extra powers onto elves so they could be the Elder Race out of Tolkien. The game became unbalanced and has needed several revisions to moderate much of that nonsense. I wish 5E would remove this trivial ability.
These are the classic zombies which eat flesh, like the ones from Day of the Dead.