Ghoul Touch?

[Dude_Here]

Does the Ghoul Touch spell give the target a saving throw to resist the paralysis effect? The spell description makes no mention of a save against paralysis only the fortitude save to resist the stench.

[TaiLiu]

Does the Ghoul Touch spell give the target a saving throw to resist the paralysis effect? The spell description makes no mention of a save against paralysis only the fortitude save to resist the stench.

Well, it says Saving Throw: Fortitude negates, so I would say 'yes.'

[Gwendol]

Hm, never thought of it that way as I've allowed a save against paralysis as well. Maybe that was wrong then.

[The Viscount]

I'm with TaiLiu here. The Fort Negates applies to the initial creature touched.

[nedz]

Specific does not override general here, it just clarifies the secondary effect.

So Fort save against paralysis; and then a Fort save, for others, against the stench.

[TuggyNE]

Well, it says Saving Throw: Fortitude negates, so I would say 'yes.'

Note that if it had "(see text)" at the end, it would be referring to the sole specific mention of a Fort save in the long description, which would mean that the initial paralysis was no-save. It does not, so the paralysis has a save.

[TaiLiu]

Note...

Happily noted!