Monster Statistics

[Primal Fury]

Hey you guys, I'm having a bit of trouble finding some monster stats, and wondering if they even exist. I'm looking for Hungry Ghost stats, does anyone know where I might find some?

[Yora]

Tell us what a hungry ghost is and for what game you want the stats.

[Primal Fury]

Oh crap. General gaming forum. Sorry. :smallredface:

For Pathfinder/D&D specifically. A hungry ghost is a savage, animal portion of a persons spirit that guards the body from thieves and deviants while the other, conscious portion of the spirit ascends (or descends) to whatever afterlife it has earned. Most times the hungry ghost dissipates after the higher spirit is gone, but sometimes they continue to stalk the living, trying to satisfy their hunger. That's one interpretation at least, from Exalted.

Some real world religions have them as the ghosts of people who lived in excess, and are doomed to wander the world trying to feed to empty bellies, regardless of how much pain it causes them.

[Eldan]

So... pretty much any incorporeal undead out there? Depending on level, wraith, shadow, ghost template, spectre, nightshade...

Really, that fluff seems very generic for undead.

[Tengu_temp]

Really, that fluff seems very generic for undead.

No, it's not generic. It's a very specific type of undead from Chinese mythology. Educate yourself.

[Eldan]

Condescending much? How am I supposed to know that? From the OP's description, it's a generic revenge spirit from Exalted that's exactly the same as any other revenge spirit out there.

So, any special abilities it needs to have? Because if not, you can still just take whatever incorporeal undead you want and change the fluff.

[Slipperychicken]

No, it's not generic. It's a very specific type of undead from Chinese mythology. Educate yourself.

It seems to be a pretty common way of portraying ghosts: The ghost of an addict comes back and seeks to sate the urges it did in life. Pretty much any incorporeal undead stats could represent such a spirit.

[tensai_oni]

5 seconds in google (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghost)

[Tengu_temp]

I believe hungry ghosts were statted out in the 3.0 Oriental Adventures book. It was never updated to 3.5 or Pathfinder, but conversion cannot be too difficult.

[Primal Fury]

Thank you tengu. I don't know why I didn't think of that first.

[Knaight]

5 seconds in google (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghost)

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preta) is more detailed.

[Rhynn]

Gaki (http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/undead/gaki), from PF Bestiary 4.