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Jiang-Shi

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Recall Knowledge - Undead (Religion): DC 38
Unspecific Lore: DC 36
Specific Lore: DC 33

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Jiang-ShiCreature 11

Unique Medium Undead Unholy Vampire 
Source Season of Ghosts (Hardcover) pg. 251
Perception +11; breathsense (precise) 60 feet, darkvision
Languages Common, Necril
Skills Acrobatics +5, Athletics +11, Intimidation +9, Religion +11
Str +5, Dex +3, Con +4, Int +3, Wis +7, Cha +3
Breathsense A Jiang-Shi can't perceive living creatures beyond 5 feet except with breathsense; a living creature that holds its breath is invisible to them as long as it holds its breath.
Items +1 striking mace
AC 20; Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +13
HP 130 (fast healing 10, one more breath, void healing); Immunities death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, sleep, prone; Resistances physical 10 (except duskwood)
Bitter Epiphany When she sees an altar with at least 1 Bulk of food offerings to ancestor spirits, she must attempt a DC 14 Will save with the following results; she is then temporarily immune to this vulnerability for 1 minute. Critical Success She is unaffected. Success She is stupefied 1 for 1 round. Failure She is stupefied 2 for 1 minute. Critical Failure She is stupefied 2 and confused for 1 minute.Jiang-Shi Vulnerabilities Jiang-Shi has vampiric revulsion against handheld mirrors or the sound of ringing handbells.One More Breath (divine, void) A Jiang-Shi isn't destroyed at 0 HP; instead, they fall unconscious and awakens in 1 minute with 1 Hit Point. Scattering at least 1 Bulk of glutinous rice or hen eggs on her while she's unconscious in this way destroys her permanently, as will any attack from a weapon made of duskwood or peachwood.Warped Fulu The corrupted fulu attached to a Jiang-Shi's brow makes her immune to spells cast from a magic item without expending a spell slot, such as from a scroll or wand. A creature can Steal the warped fulu, rolling against their Perception DC of 19. This ends their immunity to these effects. If a creature then destroys the warped fulu with an Interact action, Jiang-Shi also loses their fast healing. They can create a replacement warped fulu by spending 1 uninterrupted hour inscribing a strip of paper with a writing instrument.
Speed 15 feet, rigor mortis
Melee [one-action] mace +12 [+7/+2] (magical, shove), Damage 2d6+11 bludgeoningMeleeclaw +11 [+7/+3] (agile), Damage 2d10+11 piercing plus GrabDrain Qi [one-action] (divine) Requirements A grabbed, paralyzed, restrained, unconscious, or willing creature is within the Jiang-Shi's reach; Effect The Jiang-Shi drains the victim's life energy through their breath. This requires an Athletics check against the victim's Fortitude DC if the victim is grabbed and is automatic for any of the other conditions. The victim is drained 1 and the Jiang-Shi regains 13 HP, gaining any excess as temporary HP. Draining qi from a creature that's already drained doesn't restore any HP but increases the victim's drained condition value by 1, killing them if they reach drained 5. If the victim has the ability to cast qi spells, they can spend 1 Focus Point to avoid becoming drained by the current attack.
This drained condition value decreases by 1 every week. Once per day, if the victim restricts their diet to glutinous rice for the day and spends 10 minutes engaging in vigorous physical activity by succeeding at a DC 14 Athletics check, they reduce their drained condition by 1.Rigor Mortis A Jiang-Shi's hopping movement lets her ignore difficult terrain and effects that would render her prone. She can't take the Drop Prone action, and when she Leaps, she doesn't trigger reactions normally triggered by movement.