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Hong Meigui



Recall Knowledge - Undead (Religion): DC 37
Unspecific Lore: DC 35
Specific Lore: DC 32

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Changes from being Weak are marked in red below.
NOTE: The -2 damage penalty to non-strike offensive abilities (-4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.

Weak Hong MeiguiCreature 9

Legacy Content

Unique CE Medium Undead Vampire 
Source Pathfinder #199: To Bloom Below the Web pg. 21
Female provincial jiang-shi
Perception +20; breathsense (precise) 60 feet, darkvision
Languages Common, Necril
Skills Acrobatics +17, Athletics +19, Intimidation +18, Nature +20, Religion +18
Str +5, Dex +3, Con +4, Int +3, Wis +6, Cha +4
Items +2 striking flaming shock urumi, key to chest
AC 27; Fort +18, Ref +13, Will +20
HP 108 (fast healing 10, negative healing, one more breath); Immunities death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, sleep, prone; Resistances physical 10 (except darkwood)
Jiang-Shi Vulnerabilities
  • Revulsion A jiang-shi can't voluntarily come within 10 feet of a brandished mirror or the sound of ringing handbells. A creature can Interact with a mirror or handbell to brandish or ring that item for 1 round (similar to Raising a Shield). If the jiang-shi involuntarily comes within 10 feet of an object of their revulsion, they gain the fleeing condition, running from the object of their revulsion until they are 10 feet or farther from the object. After 1 round of being exposed to the object of their revulsion, a jiang-shi can attempt a DC 23 Will save as a single action, which has the concentrate trait. On a success, they overcome their revulsions for 1d6 rounds (or 1 hour on a critical success).
  • Bitter Epiphany A jiang-shi is afflicted by severe melancholia when reminded of their debased nature and the truth of their existential disconnection from living beings. When a jiang-shi sees an altar with at least 1 Bulk of food offerings to ancestor spirits, they must attempt a DC 23 Will save. They are then temporarily immune to bitter epiphany for 1 minute. Critical Success The jiang-shi is unaffected. Success The jiang-shi is stupefied 1 for 1 round. Failure The jiang-shi is stupefied 2 for 1 minute. Critical Failure The jiang-shi is stupefied 2 and confused for 1 minute.
Warped Fulu The jiang-shi has corrupted the fulu attached to their brow. The jiang-shi is immune to spells cast from a magic item without expending a spell slot, such as from a scroll or wand. A creature can Steal a jiang-shi's fulu to remove it, rolling against the jiang-shi's Perception DC. This immediately ends the jiang-shi's immunity to these effects. If a creature then destroys a jiang-shi's removed fulu with an Interact action, the jiang-shi also loses their fast healing ability. A jiang-shi can create a replacement fulu by spending 1 uninterrupted hour inscribing a strip of paper (or similar) with a writing instrument.
Speed 20 feet, rigor mortis
Melee [one-action] urumi +21 [+16/+11] (deadly d10, magical, sweep), Damage 2d6-2+11 slashing plus 1d6 electricity and 1d6 fireMelee [one-action] claw +19 [+15/+11] (agile), Damage 2d10-2+11 piercing plus GrabOccult Innate Spells DC 27, attack +19 (-4 dmg); 5th hallucination, subconscious suggestion; 4th charm, phantasmal killer; 3rd paralyze, vampiric touch; Cantrips (5th) mage hand, message, shield, telekinetic projectile
Rituals (-4 dmg); 2nd inveigle
Drain Qi [one-action] (divine, necromancy) Requirement 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, or qi, 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 12 HP, gaining any excess HP as temporary Hit Points. Draining qi from a creature that's already drained doesn't restore any HP to the jiang-shi but increases the victim's drained condition value by 1. If the victim has the ability to cast ki spells, it can spend 1 Focus Point to avoid becoming drained. This protects it only from the current attack, not from subsequent attempts to Drain Qi.
A victim's drained condition value decreases by 1 every week. If the creature restricts their diet to glutinous rice for at least 1 day and spends 10 minutes dancing, jogging, or otherwise engaging in vigorous physical activity by succeeding at a DC 23 Athletics check, it reduces its drained condition by 1.Rigor Mortis The jiang-shi ignores difficult terrain and effects that would render it prone. A jiang-shi can't take the Drop Prone action. When a jiang-shi Leap, it doesn't trigger reactions that are normally triggered by move actions, such as Attacks of Opportunity.