Ghast

Ghasts were a more powerful subtype of ghouls.
==Description==
They resembled very closely their undead cousin, except perhaps being just a bit more slender and ghost-like. The stench of death and rot lingered around their undead forms. This stench could often be smelled from a radius and was terrible enough to cause nausea, retching, and in rare cases even paralysis.
==Abilities==
Like most undead, ghasts were immune to mind-affecting spells such as charm and sleep. Though they were known to be especially vulnerable to weapons made of cold iron.
==Combat==
Ghasts were also far more deadly and cunning than ghouls, with their paralytic touch dangerously affecting their opponents, including elves. 
The bite of a ghast could transmit ghoul fever, a disease which killed its victims and then raised them as a new ghoul or ghast.
==Ecology==
===Habitats===
Much like ghouls, ghasts were typically encountered around graveyards.
===Languages===
Much like ghouls, ghasts spoke whatever language they did in life.
===Relationships===
Ghasts often laired with others of their own kind or acted as the leaders of a group of normal ghouls.
When it came to non-undead creatures, ghasts were often enslaved to demons. Some ghasts acted as servants of the deity Kiaransalee.
==Notable Ghasts==
*Onglore and Inglore - dwarven nobility who fell in the Weeping War, their bodies were turned into ghasts after their death, leaving them wandering the Dwarven Dungeons of Myth Drannor in a starved frenzy.
==Appendix==
===See Also===
*Lacedon
===Gallery===
Shambling Ghast.jpg|A shambling ghast from Adventures in the Forgotten Realms.
Ghasts WoW.png|A swarm of ghasts in Forestfall Fen.
Ghast bg3.png|A putring ghast.
Ghastly ghast.jpg|A ghastly ghast.
===Appearances===
:;Adventures:
::City of the Spider Queen • Curse of Strahd • The Dungeon of Death • Hellgate Keep (adventure) • Dungeon #53: "Steelheart" • Dungeon #48: "The Oracle at Sumbar" • Pool of Radiance: Attack on Myth Drannor
:;Novels:
::Sword Play
:;Video Games:
::Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear • Descent to Undermountain • Icewind Dale • Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition • Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms • Neverwinter Nights • Neverwinter Nights 2 • Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir • Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor • Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace • Warriors of Waterdeep • Baldur's Gate III
===References===
Category:Ghouls