Medium Undead, Neutral Evil
Armor Class 16 natural
Hit Points 150 (20d8 + 60)
Speed 20 ft., (quadruple all jump distances)
STR
18 (+4)
DEX
13 (+1)
CON
17 (+3)
INT
12 (+1)
WIS
14 (+2)
CHA
11 (+0)
Saving Throws CON +7, WIS +6
Skills Athletics +8, Perception +6, Stealth +5
Damage Resistances Necrotic; Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks
Condition Immunities Charmed, Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 16
Languages Common (Soburi)
Challenge 12 (8,400 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +4
Traits

Deathless. When reduced to 0 hit points a jiang-shi crumbles to dust, reforming one hour later in the same area that it was destroyed unless it is destroyed with a weapon made of peach tree wood or its remains are scattered.

Hopping. Jiang-shi are constantly hopping or bounding from foot to foot. A creature attacking a jiang-shi is at disadvantage unless they spend a bonus action aiming their strikes. Unlike normal, a jiang-shi can move more than its speed with a high result on a check made to jump.

Jiang-Shi Weaknesses. A jiang-shi takes disadvantage to all ability checks and attack rolls during the time between dawn and dusk. Additionally, a character within 10 feet of a jiang-shi can spend a bonus action to ring a hand bell, causing the jiang-shi to take disadvantage on all checks for one round. A jiang-shi can only be affected by the same bell once every 24 hours.

Actions

Multiattack. The jiang-shi makes one bite and three claw attacks.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8+4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) psychic damage. On a successful hit, the target must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save the target gains a level of exhaustion and the jiang-shi regains a number of hit points equal to the damage done.

Claws. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10+4) slashing damage.

Description

Jiang-shi are the reanimated corpses of the dishonored dead—those who were not buried properly, or whose graves have gone untended for many years—or of men and women who dishonored themselves in life through foolhardy actions. They were once a rare occurrence, rising only from the grievously wronged or when a worldly soul had been truly dedicated to mischief and foolishness, but with the reappearance of the Mists of Akuma they have been seen more and more often in bodies not buried deep enough (or not buried at all). Jiang-shi have an unquenchable thirst for life energy (qi) and spend their nights on the prowl for it; to this end many pledge their service to an oni warlord, lending their skills in exchange for a steady food source.

Habitat: CoastalDesertForestGrasslandHillMountainSwampUnderdark

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