.. _Ghost:

Ghost
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*Medium undead, any alignment*

**Armor Class** 11

**Hit Points** 45 (10d8)

**Speed** 0 ft., fly 40 ft. (hover)

+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| STR       | DEX       | CON       | INT       | WIS       | CHA       |
+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+
| 7 (-2)    | 13 (+1)   | 10 (+0)   | 10 (+0)   | 12 (+1)   | 17 (+3)   |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

**Damage Resistances** acid, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning,
piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks

**Damage Immunities** cold, necrotic, poison

**Condition Immunities** :ref:`charmed`, :ref:`exhaustion <exhaustion>`, :ref:`frightened`, :ref:`grappled`,
:ref:`paralyzed`, :ref:`petrified`, :ref:`poisoned`, :ref:`prone`, :ref:`restrained`

**Senses** darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 11

**Languages** any languages it knew in life

**Challenge** 4 (1,100 XP)

:bi:`Ethereal Sight`. The ghost can see 60 feet into the Ethereal Plane
when it is on the Material Plane, and vice versa.

:bi:`Incorporeal Movement`. The ghost can move through other creatures
and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force
damage if it ends its turn inside an object.


Actions
^^^^^^^

:bi:`Withering Touch`. *Melee Weapon Attack:* +5 to hit, reach 5 ft.,
one target. *Hit:* 17 (4d6 + 3) necrotic damage.

:bi:`Etherealness`. The ghost enters the Ethereal Plane from the
Material Plane, or vice versa. It is visible on the Material Plane while
it is in the Border Ethereal, and vice versa, yet it can't affect or be
affected by anything on the other plane.

.. index:: frightened; by ghost horrifying visage

:bi:`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
:ref:`frightened` for 1 minute. If the save fails by 5 or more, the target also
ages 1d4 × 10 years. A :ref:`frightened` target can repeat the saving throw at
the end of each of its turns, ending the :ref:`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.

.. index:: incapacitated; by ghost posession

:bi:`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
:ref:`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 effect, except ones that turn
undead, and it retains its alignment, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma,
and immunity to being :ref:`charmed` and :ref:`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 :ref:`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.