# Jiangshi

*Medium* *Undead* *chaotic evil*

- **Armor Class:** 15 (natural armor)
- **Hit Points:** 117 (18d8+36)
- **Speed:** walk 20 ft.
- **Challenge Rating:** 6 (2,300 XP)
- **Source:** Creature Codex, page 230

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 (+3) | 10 (+0) | 14 (+2) | 6 (-2) | 12 (+1) | 14 (+2) |

- **Skills:** athletics +6, perception +4
- **Damage Vulnerabilities:** fire
- **Damage Immunities:** poison
- **Damage Resistances:** necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
- **Condition Immunities:** blinded, exhaustion, poisoned
- **Senses:** blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 14
- **Languages:** understands any languages it knew in life but can't speak

### Special Abilities

- **Blind Senses:** The jiangshi can't use its blindsight while deafened.
- **Keen Hearing:** The jiangshi has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on hearing.
- **Prayer of Magic Resistance:** The jiangshi has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. A creature can take its action while within 5 feet of the jiangshi to rip the prayer off the jiangshi by succeeding on a DC 16 Strength check. The jiangshi loses this trait if its prayer scroll is removed.
- **Standing Leap:** The jiangshi's long jump is up to 30 feet and its high jump is up to 15 feet, with or without a running start.
- **Terrifying Appearance:** When a creature that can see the jiangshi starts its turn within 30 feet of the jiangshi, it must make a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw, unless the jiangshi is incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature is frightened for 1 minute. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a creature's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the jiangshi's Terrifying Appearance for the next 24 hours.

### Actions

- **Multiattack:** The jiangshi makes two claw attacks. It can use Life Drain in place of one claw attack.
- **Claw:** Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d8 + 3) slashing damage. The target is grappled (escape DC 14) if it is a Medium or smaller creature and the jiangshi doesn't have two other creatures grappled.
- **Life Drain:** Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature that is grappled by the jiangshi, incapacitated, or restrained. Hit: 14 (4d6) necrotic damage. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or its hp maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the necrotic damage taken. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. The target dies if this effect reduces its hp maximum to 0. <br><br>A humanoid slain in this way rises 24 hours later as a jiangshi, unless the humanoid is restored to life, its body is bathed in vinegar before burial, or its body is destroyed.