Ghost
A ghost is the soul of a once-living creature, bound to haunt a specific location, creature, or object that held significance to it in its life.
Unfinished Business A ghost yearns to complete some unresolved task from its life. It might seek to avenge its own death, fulfill an oath, or relay a message to a loved one. A ghost might not realize that it has died and continue the everyday routine of its life. Others are driven by wickedness or spite, as with a ghost that refuses to rest until every member of a certain family or organization is dead. The surest way to rid an area of a ghost is to resolve its unfinished business. A ghost can be destroyed more easily by invoking a weakness tied to its former life. The ghost of a person tortured to death might be killed again by the implements of that torture. The ghost of a gardener might become more vulnerable when exposed to a potent floral fragrance.
Ghostly Manifestations Sensations of profound sadness, loneliness, and unfulfilled yearning emanate from places where ghostly hauntings occur. Strange sounds or unnatural silences create an unsettling atmosphere. Cold spots settle in rooms that have roaring fires. A choking stench might seep into the area, inanimate objects might move of their own accord, and corpses might rise from the grave. The ghost has no control over these manifestations; they simply occur.
Undead Nature A ghost doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Ghost
A ghost is the soul of a once-living creature, bound to haunt a specific location, creature, or object that held significance to it in its life.
| Armor Class | 11 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hit Points | 10d8 | ||
| Speed | 0 ft. | Fly 40ft. | |
| Strength | 7 (-2) | ||
| Dexterity | 13 (+1) | ||
| Constitution | 10 (+0) | ||
| Intelligence | 10 (+0) | ||
| Wisdom | 12 (+1) | ||
| Charisma | 17 (+3) | ||
| Damage Resistances | Acid | Fire | Lightning |
| Thunder | Bludgeoning | Piercing | Slashing from nonmagical weapons |
| Damage Immunities | Cold | Necrotic | Poison |
| Condition Immunities | Charmed | Exhaustion | Frightened |
| Grappled | Paralyzed | Petrified | Poisoned |
| Prone | Restrained | ||
| Senses | Darkvision 60ft. | Passive Perception 11 | |
| Languages | Any languages it knew in life | ||
| Challenge | 4 (1,100 XP) | ||
| Special 1 | Ethereal Sight | The ghost can see 60 feet into the Ethereal Realm | when it is on the Material Realm, |
| and vice versa | |||
| Special 2 | Incorporeal Movement | The ghost can move through other creatures | and objects as if they were difficult terrain. |
| It takes 1d10 force damage if | it ends its turn inside an object | ||
| Action 1 | Withering Touch | Melee Weapon Attack | d20+5 to hit |
| Reach 5 ft., one target | Hit 4d6+3 necrotic damage | ||
| Action 2 | Etherealness | The ghost enters the Ethereal Realm | from the Material Realm or vice versa. |
| It is visible on the Material Realm while | it is in the Border Ethereal, and vice versa, | yet it can't affect or be affected | by anything on the other realm |
| Action 3 | Horrifying Visage | Each non-undead creature within 60 feet of | the ghost that can see it must succeed on |
| a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw | or be frightened for 1 minute. | If the save fails by 5 or more, | the target also ages 1d4 x 10 years. |
| A frightened target can repeat the saving throw | at the end of each of its turns, | ending the frightened condition | on itself on a success. |
| If a target's saving throw is successful or | the effect ends for it, the target | is immune to this ghost's Horrifying Visage | for the next 24 hours. |
| The aging effect can be reversed with | a greater restoration spell, | but only within 24 hours of it occurring | |
| Action 4 | Possession (Recharge 6) | One humanoid that the ghost can see | within 5 feet of it must succeed on |
| a DC 13 Charisma saving throw | or be possessed by the ghost; | the ghost then disappears, | and the target is incapacitated |
| and loses control of its body. | The ghost now controls the body but doesn't deprive | the target of awareness. | The ghost can't be targeted by any attack, |
| spell, or other effects, except ones that turn undead, | and it retains its alignment, Intelligence, | Wisdom, Charisma, and immunity | to being charmed and frightened. |
| It otherwise uses the possessed target's statistics | but doesn't gain access to the target's knowledge, | class features, or proficiencies. | The possession lasts until the body drops to 0 hit points, |
| the ghost ends it as a bonus action, | or the ghost is turned or forced out by | an effect like the dispel evil and good spell. | When the possession ends, the ghost reappears |
| in an unoccupied space within 5 feet of the body. | The target is immune to this ghost's Possession | for 24 hours after succeeding on | the saving throw or after the possession ends |
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