b'Ghoul, Imperial \n'b'  Family:   Ghouls  \n'b'  Medium   undead ,  lawful evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  16 (breastplate)  Hit Points  93 (17d8 + 17)  Speed  30 ft., burrow 15 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 16 (+3) DEX:  14 (+2)  CON:  12 (+1)  INT:  13 (+1)  WIS:  14 (+2)  CHA:  14 (+2)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Damage Immunities  poison  Condition Immunities   charmed ,  exhaustion ,  poisoned   Senses   darkvision  60 ft., passive  Perception  12  Languages  Common, Darakhul, Undercommon  Challenge  4 (1,100 XP)  Proficiency Bonus  +2 \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Hungry Dead Nature . The ghoul requires no air or sleep. \n'b'  Turning Defiance . The ghoul and any ghouls within 30 feet of it have advantage on saving throws against effects that turn Undead. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Multiattack . The imperial ghoul makes one Bite  attack  and one Claw  attack . \n'b'  Bite .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 12 (2d8 + 3) piercing damage, and, if the target is a Humanoid, it must succeed on a DC 11  Constitution  saving throw or contract the darakhul fever disease (see the Darakhul Fever sidebar). \n'b'  Claw .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit, reach, one target.  Hit : 17 (4d6 + 3) slashing damage. If the target is a creature other than an  elf  or Undead, it must succeed on a DC 11  Constitution  saving throw or be  paralyzed  for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. \n'b'  Light Crossbow .  Ranged Weapon Attack : +4 to hit, range 80/320 ft., one target.  Hit : 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage. \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' An imperial ghoul stands tall and proud, its gray flesh robust and muscled, and its clothing strangely well kept. Its flickering red eyes have an intelligent, malicious gleam. \n'b'  Shock Troops . Imperial ghouls are the shock troops of the ghoul empire, eager to expand its power and influence. Treated like auxiliaries, they get the most difficult tasks: to engage and hold foes while the darakhul, iron legionnaires, and others outflank them. \n'b'  Ambitious Strivers . Many believe that the hunger cults or the necrophagi know some secret of transforming imperial ghouls into iron ghouls. This rumor gives them hope of advancement. Their power over the lesser ghouls and slaves gives them a taste of tyranny. Because they are ambitious and always hungry for power, imperial ghouls are eager to prove themselves as hunters, as warriors, and as spies. \n'b'  Immune to Sun . Unlike a standard darakhul, an imperial ghoul does not suffer from sunlight and feels little need to disguise its true appearance. \n'b'  Hungry Dead Nature . The ghoul requires no air or sleep.'