Homebrew Half-Ghoul Species Details

Cursed between the world of undead and evil and the world of mortality and justice, half-ghouls are species with the hunger for humanoid flesh, never being satisfied with any other kind of meat, always suffering with the hesitation of not devouring the humanoids around them.

Half ghoul, half humanoid

Half-ghouls are the result of some humanoid with a ghoul. The relationship between a half-ghoul’s parents varies considerably, from a crazy female humanoid dating lovely with a charmed ghoul to a insane wizard doing experiments using the reproductive system of both humanoid and ghouls.

This leads to forming a half-ghoul, a humanoid body hungry for humanoid flesh. The explanation to this is that usually half-ghouls born with the digestive system of a ghoul, or the mixture of a humanoid with a ghoul’s system, making it hungry for humanoid flesh, and never satisfied with normal food or meat of other species. Some half-ghouls have the luck to become satisfied with coffee, although this is extremely rare.

 

Rarities of no value.

Half-ghouls are quite rare, but people are still conscious of their existence and they are usually neither accepted in the ghoul’s groups nor in others societies or communities if they are known as a half-ghoul. Half-ghouls are normally used to pass hunger for some days. But there are also many half-ghouls that acts just like normal ghouls, hunting and devouring humanoids but never satisfying themselves, although there are few in the Material Plane.

Half-ghouls are capable of eating food, but they need to eat 20 times more than usual to become satisfied, and some need to eat even more. Half-ghouls “can only” eat the flesh of other ghouls or the meat of their own half Race (that isn't Ghoul).

 

Predatory Claws.

As a half-ghoul, you inherited the development of a specific organ located in your back structure of your body. These organs are called Predatory Claws. They were created by the development of two more ghoul kidneys in your backs, and when you reach the puberty, the two different kidneys mutate and together they generate a specific organ, capable of  producing a structure which can manifest itself whenever you are willing to use it.

The predatory claws of a half-ghoul are used for hunting, attacking and defending themselves. The structure that comes out from a half-ghoul’s back can vary a lot. You can talk to your DM and invent your predatory claws, choosing the damage it will cause, being it piercing, bludgeoning or slashing damage.

 

Half-Ghoul Names

A half-ghoul has only a given name, it usually do not have a family name, although it can happen to a ghoul have a family or clan name. Half-ghouls can create their own names, although they usually choose names of other species.

 

Half-Ghoul Traits

Your half-ghoul character has a variety of natural abilities and traits, the ones you inherited from your ancestors. As half-ghoul you gain the following traits.

Darkvision

Thanks to your undead blood, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 120 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Undead Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, poisoned, or paralyzed and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Skill Versatility

You gain proficiency in two skills of your choice.

Undead Endurance

When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. You can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest.

Infernal Legacy

You know the thaumaturgy cantrip. Once you reach 3rd level, you can cast the hellish rebuke spell once per day as a 2nd-level spell. Once you reach 5th level, you can also cast the darkness spell once per day. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

Predatory Claws

As a half-ghoul, you inherited the development of a specific organ located in your back structure of your body, these organs are called Predatory Claws. You can use this trait as a melee weapon:

Melee Weapon Attack: + your Strength modifier to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 1d10 + your Strength modifier bludgeoning, slashing or piercing damage.

Ability Score Increases

Your Dexterity and Intelligence modifier increases by 2.

Age

As a half-ghoul, “corrupted” by the dead, you live a few decades less than your other half race (the one that is not the ghoul)

Alignment

Half-ghouls are usually Neutral, but of course there are exceptions, especially if the half-ghoul wished to follow the Undead’s way. Those are usually Chaotic Evil or Lawful Evil. The ones who decided to follow the Celestials path are almost always Lawful or Chaotic Good.

Size

Sometimes half-ghouls born in the size in their other Half size, and sometimes they born in a normal Ghoul size, that is between 4 and 6 feet tall. You may choose to be the Other Half size or the half-ghoul’s size. You may also wish to roll on a dice to decide it, and that is alright.