Consume Flesh

[jozh]

Bestiary wrote:

Effect The ghoul devours a chunk of the corpse and regains 1d6 Hit Points plus 1d6 for every 2 levels it has.

Does "it" refer to the corpse being consumed?

[Rysky]

Pretty sure it’s talking about the ghoul.

[jozh]

Rysky wrote:

Pretty sure it’s talking about the ghoul.

Okay, so. A Ghoul has a level of "Creature 1" by default. Does that mean it doesn't gain an extra 1d6 healing from Consume Flesh?

A Ghast has a level of "Creature 2" so it would get 1d6 extra healing from Consume Flesh?

[Rysky]

Correct.

Once we get the monster building rules you can have things like level 6 Ghouls and the like.

[jozh]

All right, then. Thank you very much.

[Rysky]

Np ^w^

[thenobledrake]

Ghoul, even as a level 1 creature, gains 1d6 healing from consume flesh. It's right there in the stat block.

Ghast, despite being ghoul-based and level 2 creature, gains 3d6 healing from its consume flesh action.

The "for every 2 levels it has" clause is entirely about building non-standard ghouls and ghasts. It is also likely meant to be guaranteed as at least 1 (or 2 in the case of ghast) die of healing because otherwise a significant piece of the flavor of the ghoul/ghast is lost.