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 | attack = '''3''': two [[Claw (attack)|claws]]; [[Fangs (attack)|fangs]]
 | dmg = claw (1–4); fangs (1–8)
-| special = [[Natural Immunities|natural immunities]],<br>[[Paralysation|paralysation]], [[Carrion Stench|stench]]
+| special = [[Natural Immunities|natural immunities]], [[Paralysation|paralysation]],<br>[[Carrion Stench|stench]]
 }}
 '''Ghasts''' resemble [[Ghoul|ghouls]] in form, but possess a more advanced and malignant state of decay. Their flesh is drawn tight in places and split in others, as though the body were being pulled apart from within. When viewed through [[Detect Malevolence (spell)|detect malevolence]], the creature is marked by a sickly luminescence that leaks along the seams of its ruined flesh, most intensely in the eyes, where the glow burns with a cold and knowing hatred.

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 '''Ghasts''' resemble [[Ghoul|ghouls]] in form, but possess a more advanced and malignant state of decay. Their flesh is drawn tight in places and split in others, as though the body were being pulled apart from within. When viewed through [[Detect Malevolence (spell)|detect malevolence]], the creature is marked by a sickly luminescence that leaks along the seams of its ruined flesh, most intensely in the eyes, where the glow burns with a cold and knowing hatred.
-[[File:Ghast.jpg|left|350px|thumb|]]
+[[File:Ghast.jpg|left|385px|thumb|]]
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 The most immediate means of identifying a ghast, however, is its '''stench'''. This is not merely the odour of rot, but a penetrating foulness that suggests corruption beyond the physical body, as though the soul itself were decomposing. Any creature approaching within 3 [[Combat Hex|hexes]] must make a [[Saving Throws|saving throw vs. poison]]; failure results in violent nausea, causing the victim to retch and stagger, unable to act effectively while the sensation persists.

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 Ghasts are '''immune to [[Sleep (spell)|sleep]], [[Charm|charm]] and [[Curse|curses]]''', and are '''unaffected by [[Protection from Malevolence (spell)|protection from malevolence]]'''. This renders them particularly dangerous to the [[Faith (sage study)|faithful]] and to [[Paladin (class)|paladins]], who cannot rely upon such protections when confronting them. Ghasts may be [[Turn Undead (sage ability)|turned]] as undead by those possessing [[Dweomercraft (sage study)|Dweomercraft]]; however, their strength is such that clerics lacking this [[Knowledge Points|knowledge]] are unable to turn them effectively.
 See [[Bestiary]]
-[[Category: Don't Review until 2024]]
+[[Category: Reviewed]]

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 | special = [[Natural Immunities|natural immunities]],<br>[[Paralysation|paralysation]], [[Carrion Stench|stench]]
 }}
-'''Ghasts''' appear much like [[Ghoul|ghouls]].  Viewed through the power of [[Detect Malevolence (spell)|detect malevolence]], however, they glow weirdly along the seams of the body, as the disease rents it apart ... particularly in the eyes.  The chief difference by which a ghast can be recognized is from its '''stench''', an ungodly putrid odour that strikes the perceiver as the rotting of a being's soul.  Approaching within 3 [[Combat Hex|hexes]] of a ghast demands a [[Saving Throws|saving throw vs. poison]]; a failure causes the character to heave and retch due to nausea.
+[[File:Ghast.jpg|left|350px|thumb|]]
 == Origin ==
-They are undead creatures arising through unlikely conditions, having to do with deceased persons of especially contemptible nature and the manner of their burial.  Those who have practiced malevolence and evil throughout their lives resist death; the soul fails to depart the [[Prime Material (inner plane)|prime material plane]], knowing the fate that waits in their [[Lower Planes of Existence|hellish afterlife]].
+Ghasts arise from rare and unfavourable conditions surrounding both the life and burial of the deceased. Individuals of profound cruelty or sustained malevolence often meet death with a will that refuses dissolution. Such souls, aware in some dim fashion of the fate awaiting them in the [[Lower Planes of Existence|lower planes]], cling desperately to the [[Prime Material (inner plane)|prime material plane]].
-Careful effort must taken when burying such persons.  The body must be properly [[Burial (sage ability)|interred]] in [[Consecrate Ground (sage ability)|consecrated ground]].  If these malevolent dead are, instead, buried on ground that's become [[Desecration|desecrated]], such as a graveyard that's no longer properly tended, or a place used for vile, [[Dark Practices (sage ability)|unholy practices]], then the grip of virtue is weak upon the person's soul.  Instead of descending to the underworld, he or she will reanimate as a ghast.
+The disposition of the body is therefore of great importance. Proper [[Burial (sage ability)|interment]] within [[Consecrate Ground (sage ability)|consecrated ground]] anchors the remains within the order of the living world, permitting the soul to be drawn away as it must. Where this is neglected, or where the corpse is laid in ground that has suffered [[Desecration|desecration]] — whether through neglect, defilement or the influence of [[Dark Practices (sage ability)|unholy practices]] — the bond between body and spirit is not cleanly severed.
-==== Affliction ====
+In such circumstances, the soul may recoil from its destined passage and instead reattach itself to the corpse. The result is not a return to life, but a further degradation of both body and spirit. The corpse rises as a ghast, animated by fear, spite and a dim awareness of its own condition, driven to spread corruption and to unmake the living as a reflection of its own ruined state.
-One ghast is then free to create other ghasts — for any creature done to death by a ghast will in turn be transformed into a ghast.  Thus, the affliction can spread, potentially damning scores of innocent good souls to an unhappy, fiendish existence.  Areas filled with ghasts can be difficult to clean out for good, as it seems there's always one that escapes.
 == Advantages ==
-Ghasts attack with '''claws and fangs'''; a hit with either requires a save vs. '''paralysation'''.  A fail causes the victim to collapse, dropping any held objects before becoming rigid and helpless for 2-8 [[Combat Round|rounds]].  Once the paralysation has passed, it requires one more round for the character to acquire his or her senses before taking any action; during this round, the character's [[Armour Class|armour class]] is restored.  When paralysed, treat the victim as a [[Helpless Defenders|helpless defender]].
+Ghasts attack with '''claws and fangs'''. A successful hit with either requires the victim to make a saving throw vs. '''paralysation'''; failure causes the character to collapse at once, dropping anything held and becoming rigid and insensible for 2–8 [[Combat Round|rounds]]. When the effect ends, a further round is required for the victim to recover sufficient awareness to act; during this interval, the character’s [[Armour Class|armour class]] is restored, though no other action may be taken. While paralysed, the victim is treated as a [[Helpless Defenders|helpless defender]].
 See [[Bestiary]]
 [[Category: Don't Review until 2024]]

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 They are undead creatures arising through unlikely conditions, having to do with deceased persons of especially contemptible nature and the manner of their burial.  Those who have practiced malevolence and evil throughout their lives resist death; the soul fails to depart the [[Prime Material (inner plane)|prime material plane]], knowing the fate that waits in their [[Lower Planes of Existence|hellish afterlife]].
-Careful effort must taken when burying such persons.  The body must be properly [[Burial (sage ability)|interred]] in [[Consecrate Ground (sage ability)|consecrated ground]].  If these malevolent dead are, instead, buried on ground that's become [[Desecration|desecrated]], such as a graveyard that's no longer properly tended, or a place used for vile, [[Dark Practice (sage ability)|unholy practices]], then the grip of virtue is weak upon the person's soul.  Instead of descending to the underworld, he or she will reanimate as a ghast.
+Careful effort must taken when burying such persons.  The body must be properly [[Burial (sage ability)|interred]] in [[Consecrate Ground (sage ability)|consecrated ground]].  If these malevolent dead are, instead, buried on ground that's become [[Desecration|desecrated]], such as a graveyard that's no longer properly tended, or a place used for vile, [[Dark Practices (sage ability)|unholy practices]], then the grip of virtue is weak upon the person's soul.  Instead of descending to the underworld, he or she will reanimate as a ghast.
 ==== Affliction ====

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 == Advantages ==
-Ghasts attack with claws and fangs; a hit with either requires a save vs. paralysation.  Failing this second save causes the victim to collapse, dropping any held objects before immediately becoming rigid and helpless for 2-8 [[Combat Round|rounds]].  Once the paralysation has passed, it requires a round for the character to acquire his or her senses before taking any action; during this period, the character's [[Armour Class|armour class]] is restored.  While paralysed, the victim is treated as a [[Helpless Defenders|helpless defender]].
+Ghasts attack with '''claws and fangs'''; a hit with either requires a save vs. '''paralysation'''.  A fail causes the victim to collapse, dropping any held objects before becoming rigid and helpless for 2-8 [[Combat Round|rounds]].  Once the paralysation has passed, it requires one more round for the character to acquire his or her senses before taking any action; during this round, the character's [[Armour Class|armour class]] is restored.  When paralysed, treat the victim as a [[Helpless Defenders|helpless defender]].
-Ghasts are immune to [[Sleep (spell)|sleep]], [[Charm|charm]] and [[Curse|curses]], and are unaffected by [[Protection from Malevolence (spell)|protection from malevolence]], making them a greater threat to [[Paladin (class)|paladins]] and the [[Faith (sage study)|faithful]].  Ghasts can be [[Turn Undead (sage ability)|turned]] as undead by those with [[Dweomercraft (sage study)|Dweomercraft]], but they are much too powerful to be turned by clerics who haven't studied the [[Knowledge Points|knowledge]].
+Ghasts are '''immune to [[Sleep (spell)|sleep]], [[Charm|charm]] and [[Curse|curses]]''', and are '''unaffected by [[Protection from Malevolence (spell)|protection from malevolence]]'''.  This makes them a greater threat to [[Paladin (class)|paladins]] and the [[Faith (sage study)|faithful]].  Ghasts can be [[Turn Undead (sage ability)|turned]] as undead by those with [[Dweomercraft (sage study)|Dweomercraft]], but they are much too powerful to be turned by clerics who haven't studied this [[Knowledge Points|knowledge]].
 See [[Bestiary]]
-[[Category: Don't Review until 2022]]
+[[Category: Don't Review until 2024]]