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=== In Your Campaign ===

As magical beasts, ghost eaters used as companions are extremely difficult to train. In the past, a few paladins and undead hunters have managed to subdue and domesticate ghost eaters, training the creatures to assist them in their battles against the restless dead. Some simply use ghost eaters as living warning systems, training them to howl any time they detect the presence of the undead. A character can use the Handle Animal (DC 15-20) skill to teach a ghost eater any basic set of commands (such as distract, howl, or warn) to follow at any given moment.

A character who understands how to harvest and employ elements of a ghost eater can use its body to empower certain spells (as spell components), as shown below:
* Ghost Eater Eye for ''[[SRD:Detect Undead|detect undead]]'' (Effect: +2 caster level)
* Ghost Eater Tooth for ''[[SRD:Animate Dead|animate dead]]'' (+2 caster level), ''[[SRD:Create Greater Undead|create greater undead]]'' (+1 caster level), ''[[SRD:Create Undead|create undead]]'' (+1 caster level), ''[[SRD:Disrupt Undead|disrupt undead]]'' (increase damage to 2d4), ''[[SRD:Undeath to Death|undeath to death]]'' (increase damage to 1d6/level)
* Ghost Eater Tongue or Windpipe for ''[[SRD:Fear|fear]]'' (spell can affect the undead), ''[[SRD:Halt Undead|halt undead]]'' (+2 caster level)

Each spell component is destroyed when the associated spell is cast. As ghost eaters are rare and few people know how to properly harvest these powers, there is little market for ghost eater organs.

If it is incorporated into a magic item, the ghost eater tooth reduces the XP cost of creating ghost touch or bane (undead) weapons by 10%. It is possible that a ghost eater tooth could be used to create potions of restoration, if the GM wanted to put these items on the market.</onlyinclude>


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Alignment	Any +
Challenge Rating	2 +
Environment	Any land or underground +
Level Adjustment	— +
Size	Small +
Title	Ghost Eater +
Type	Magical Beast +