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Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. If you use a level 7 spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over four Ghoul;Ghouls. If you use a level 8 spell slot, you can animate or reassert control
over five Ghoul;Ghouls or two Ghast;Ghasts or Wight;Wights. If you use a level 9 spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over six Ghoul;Ghouls, three Ghast;Ghasts or Wight;Wights, or two Mummy;Mummies. See the Monster Manual for these stat blocks.
Create Undead
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than animating new ones.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 7th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over four ghouls. When you cast this spell using an 8th-level
spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over five ghoul;ghouls or two ghast;ghasts or wight;wights. When you cast this spell using a 9th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over six ghoul;ghouls, three ghast;ghasts or wight;wights, or two mummy;mummies.
Orcus
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spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 23, +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Innate Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). He can innately cast the following
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Master of Undeath. When Orcus casts animate dead or create undead, he chooses the level at which the spell is cast, and the creatures created by the spells remain under his control indefinitely
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
":"poison"} poison damage.
Necrotic Bolt. Ranged Spell Attack: +15;{"diceNotation":"1d20+15", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Necrotic Bolt"} to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 29 (5d8 + 7
(spell save DC 23):
At will: detect magic
3/day: dispel magic
1/day: time stop
Wand Spellcasting. While holding the Wand of Orcus, Orcus casts one of the following spells (spell save DC 18), some
Yeenoghu
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Out of the Abyss
Innate Spellcasting. Yeenoghu’s spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17, +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Innate Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks
). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: detect magic, spiritual weapon (8th-level spell, 4d8 + 2;{"diceNotation":"4d8+2","rollType":"damage
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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
additional effects, each of which he can apply only once per turn:
Confusion. The target must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be affected by the confusion spell until the start of Yeenoghu
the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect magic
3/day each: dispel magic, fear, invisibility
1/day
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Higher-Level Spell Slot. If you use a level 7 spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over four Ghouls. If you use a level 8 spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over five Ghouls or
two Ghasts or Wights. If you use a level 9 spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over six Ghouls, three Ghasts or Wights, or two Mummies. See the Monster Manual for these stat blocks.
Strahd von Zarovich
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of his next turn.
Spellcasting. Strahd is a 9th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 18, +10;{"diceNotation":"1d20+10","rollType":"to hit","rollAction
":"Spellcasting"} to hit with spell attacks). He has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost
1st level (4 slots):comprehend languages, fog cloud
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
a Higher-Level Spell Slot. If you use a level 7 spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over four Ghouls. If you use a level 8 spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over five Ghouls
or two Ghasts or Wights. If you use a level 9 spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over six Ghouls, three Ghasts or Wights, or two Mummies. See “Creature Stat Blocks” for these stat blocks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
you have animated with this spell, rather than animating new ones. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 7th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over four ghouls. When
you cast this spell using an 8th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over five ghouls or two ghasts or wights. When you cast this spell using a 9th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over six ghouls, three ghasts or wights, or two mummies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
you have animated with this spell, rather than animating new ones. At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 7th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over four ghouls. When
you cast this spell using an 8th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over five ghouls or two ghasts or wights. When you cast this spell using a 9th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over six ghouls, three ghasts or wights, or two mummies.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Chill Touch Necromancy Cantrip (Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V, S
Duration: Instantaneous
Channeling the chill of the grave, make a melee spell
you reach levels 5 (2d10), 11 (3d10), and 17 (4d10). Zuzanna Wuzyk A human Sorcerer chastises ghouls with the unpredictable energy of a Chromatic Orb
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
yuan-ti broodguards (see appendix D). Hidden behind the throne are four ghouls that obey Ras Nsi’s commands. Each ghoul has a blue triangle tattooed on its forehead. At night, Ras Nsi retires to area
12, leaving the other yuan-ti (including Sekelok) and the ghouls here. Sekelok sometimes sneaks off to the harem (area 10). If the gong in area 9 is struck, Sekelok and the other yuan-ti leave to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
skeleton (see appendix C) lurks in the ship’s hold amid the inanimate skeletons of several other frost giants.
2 Haunting the decks are twenty ghouls (the remains of the ship’s human crew) that
have resistance to cold damage. All the ghouls act on the same initiative count. The characters encounter four ghouls initially, with another group of four ghouls appearing each round on the ghouls
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
shell is carved with Draconic runes that spell out prayers to Tiamat, is joined by four ghouls that serve as his assistants. The ghouls gnaw on bones and eye the characters hungrily as Krull negotiates
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Spellcasting. Krull is a 14th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks). He has the following cleric spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
small portion of his power. The least of these become ghouls and zombies (both appear in the Monster Manual) that serve in his legions, while his favored servants are the cultists and necromancers who
+ 8) force damage plus 9 (2d8) poison damage.
Necrotic Bolt. Ranged Spell Attack: +15 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 29 (5d8 + 7) necrotic damage.
Conjure Undead (1/Day). While holding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
-sized chunks of copper ore (50 gp worth of copper per barrel), and the remaining six each have one ghoul crammed inside. Disturbing any of these barrels causes all six ghouls to burst forth and attack
, Trenzia convinced Halaster to transform her into a flameskull, with these changes: The skull has resistance to fire damage and immunity to lightning damage. It has the lightning bolt spell prepared
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
. This large workshop was badly damaged by the ancient spell battle that laid waste to the mine. Worktables taking up two corners of the room are scorched, and the plaster has been burned off the masonry
spectator, but so far, the creature has easily handled the assaults of Mormesk’s zombies and ghouls while seeing nothing strange about undead roaming the mine. If the party attempts to remove anything from
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
glyph of warding holding a passwall spell is inscribed on the floor in front of the door. Characters can spot the glyph with a successful DC 15 Intelligence (Investigation) check. If someone opens the
door while standing on the glyph, the glyph triggers and casts its spell on the floor around it, opening a pit into area H3. Each creature standing in the shaded spaces in front of the door on map
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
and larger bandits lie strewn about, still clad in scraps of armor. Three gray, hunched figures squat among the remains, pawing at the scraps and gnawing on the bones.
Three ghouls from the pack in
area W9 are here, cracking and gnawing on the bones in the vain hope that some morsel of marrow remains. Eager for a fresh meal, the ghouls attack immediately. W7: Ruined Storeroom The eastern wall of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice Compendium
attacks of ghouls and ghasts don’t appear to have proficiency bonus added in. Intentional or mistake? Intentional; it’s a ghoul/ghast thing. They’re exceptionally bad at biting, compared to their claw
mean it can cast a spell as an action or as a bonus action? If a monster has the ability to cast a spell at will, that spell is cast using its normal casting time. If a monster makes a melee attack that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
250 pounds, stands 6½ feet tall, and radiates an aura of conjuration magic to a detect magic spell or similar effect. A wardrobe is a Medium object with AC 11, 30 hit points, and immunity to poison and
dies, its body transforms into a pool of stinking ichor. Shadowfell Wardrobe The scene on this door depicts ghouls gnawing on bones. When the door is opened, read: You gaze out across an ancient
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
target must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be affected by the confusion spell until the start of Yeenoghu’s next turn.
Force. The target takes an extra 13 (2d12) force damage.
Paralysis
+ 9) acid damage.
Spellcasting. Yeenoghu casts one of the following spells, requiring no material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17):
At will: detect magic
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
. These members of the Hallix family died forty years ago, after Mount Hotenow erupted. The coffins are empty except for scraps of cloth and bits of bone; the cult’s ghouls ate the former occupants
by appearance and don’t attack them, but they attack anyone else. The older Hallix corpses once buried here were fed to the cult’s ghouls. Secret Door. One of the empty coffins contains no evidence of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
. Three gangly, ghoulish creatures hunch over the coffin, ripping into the corpse inside and feasting on aged flesh.
Three ghouls are devouring the corpse of a former high priest. When they detect the
characters, the ghouls attack, eager to taste ripe flesh. Treasure. The coffin holds a jeweled necklace worth 300 gp, two jeweled bracelets worth 100 gp each, and two flasks of holy water. B29
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Acquisitions Incorporated
Lighthouse. If the characters attempt a long rest anywhere inside or within sight of the lighthouse, an undead patrol of two ghouls and four zombies interrupts them. A new patrol passes every 6 hours
, and boards line the walls. Three tall wardrobes and four large chests stand among these materials.
Creatures. Hiding in the wardrobes and chests are four ghouls made from gnome and halfling corpses
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Keys from the Golden Vault
a pair of cobwebbed chairs at one end and a dusty table at the opposite end. Tucked under the table is a small wooden chest with handles. Treasure. The wooden chest is unlocked and holds three spell
”). Treasure. Zala carries two spell scrolls (crown of madness and sleep) and a spellbook that contains the following spells: arcane lock, detect magic, detect thoughts, knock, mage armor, magic missile
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sleeping Dragon’s Wake
the third round of combat. Green moss grows over the remains of three headless ghouls stuffed into an alcove in the south. GNAWBONES DRUIDS
The Gnawbones are lawful evil female human druids who speak
assassin’s blood, and a vial of malice (see “Poisons” in chapter 8 of the Dungeon Master’s Guide). C4. Enchanting Spore Cavern The remains of ghouls, skeletons, zombies, and some other undead lay
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Princes of the Apocalypse
P14, and area P16). The globe has a flying speed of 10 feet, and a creature contained within gains the benefit of a water breathing spell for as long as it remains in the globe. Any time during the
uses the drum to alert the ghouls in area P13 when fresh meat awaits them. Floating Corpse. The corpse belongs to a Crushing Wave initiate who got too close to the underwater gate while inspecting
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
balcony near a double door.
The harpsichord is a Medium object with AC 15, 12 hit points, and immunity to poison and psychic damage. A detect magic spell reveals an aura of transmutation magic around it
to life and attack the harpsichord’s assailants. Each piece of wreckage is treated as a Tiny object under the effect of an animate objects spell that lasts for 1 minute. P33. Glass Statues The floor
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
Minions d20 Creatures 1–3 1d4 + 2 dire wolves 4–6 1d6 + 3 ghouls 7–9 1d4 + 2 Strahd zombies (in this appendix) 10–12 2d4 swarms of bats 13–15 1d4 + 1 vampire spawns 16–18 3d6 wolves 19–20 None If the
and becomes a shadow that obeys Strahd’s commands, acting on initiative count 20. A greater restoration spell or a remove curse spell cast on the target restores its natural shadow, but only if its
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
kit. At the bottom of the pit are six starving ghouls. A permanent silence spell suppresses sound in the pit. The silence can be dispelled, as can the illusory floor (DC 14 for both). Treasure. Sir
provoked or are specifically commanded to do so by Strahd. If one or more bats within a 10-foot square on the map are attacked or caught in the area of a harmful spell, 2d4 swarms of bats form in that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a5
that holds seven spell scrolls (two each of detect magic, identify, and lesser restoration, and one of remove curse). Glyph Key. Ihanvas carries a glyph key attuned to this zone, the Warrior Pools, the
enormous globes of blue liquid are suspended in the air to the east.
West of the pool, just south of a set of double doors, is a contact stone.
Creatures. Eight ghouls here float like corpses in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Ghosts of Saltmarsh
the water filling the hold deals no damage, but it catches the attention of the ghouls in the hold. The grate can be opened or broken through easily by anyone who recognizes its condition before
quarterstaff. He has the flaming sphere spell prepared rather than animal messenger. In addition to Krell, this cabin also contains two giant spiders lurking in a far corner, and Krell’s pet phase
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Maze of Mists Encounters d4 Encounter 1 Four phase spiders 2 Two invisible stalkers 3 Eight ghouls 4 Two minotaurs chasing a scared human bandit who belongs to the Hands of Plenty (see area P16
, and opinions. While cursed in this way, the wearer is unwilling to part with the ring. A Remove Curse spell or similar magic breaks the curse. P14d. Characters who have a passive Wisdom (Perception