b'Jiang-Shi \n'b'  Medium   undead ,  lawful evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  15 (natural armor)  Hit Points  110 (13d8+52)  Speed  20 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 20 (+5) DEX:  20 (+5)  CON:  18 (+4)  INT:  11 (+0)  WIS:  12 (+1)  CHA:  14 (+2)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Saving Throws   Dex  +8,  Str  +8  Damage Resistances  cold, necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from weapons not made from the wood of peach trees  Damage Immunities  poison  Condition Immunities   poisoned   Skills   Perception  +4,  Stealth  +8  Senses   darkvision  60 ft., passive  Perception  14  Languages  The languages it knew in life  Challenge  7 (2,900 XP) \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Hopping Vampire . The jiang-shi moves around by hopping, ignoring all  difficult terrain . \n'b'  Jiang-Shi Weaknesses . The jiang-shi recoils from mirrors and handbells that are rung within 10 feet of them, as well as glutinous rice. A recoiling jiang-shi must attempt a DC 15  Wisdom  saving throw in order to get within 5 feet of a creature brandishing any of these items. Brandishing an item in this manner requires an action each turn from the creature trying to keep the jiang-shi at bay. \n'b'  Talisman Scroll . The scroll on the jiang-shi\xe2\x80\x99s face, often inscribed with an imperial writ or divine command, makes it immune to the spells and effects of scrolls, staves, and wands. Once the jiang-shi is reduced to half its  hit points , the talisman scroll is damaged and this trait no longer functions. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Multiattack . The jiang-shi makes one bite  attack  and two claw attacks. \n'b'  Bite .  Melee Weapon Attack : +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 18 (3d8 + 5) piercing damage. \n'b'  Claw .  Melee Weapon Attack : +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 14 (2d8 + 5) slashing damage. Instead of dealing damage, the jiang-shi can grapple the target (escape DC 15). \n'b'  Steal Breath . When the jiang-shi successfully grapples a creature, as a bonus action it can try to draw forth the  grappled  creature\xe2\x80\x99s life energy through its breath. The target must succeed on a DC 15  Constitution  saving throw or gain 1 level of  exhaustion . If the target fails its saving throw, the jiang-shi regains 10  hit points . \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' Jiang-shis (often known as \xe2\x80\x9chopping vampires\xe2\x80\x9d) are undead humanoid creatures that feed on the exhaled life energy of the living. A jiang-shi\xe2\x80\x99s appearance is based on the state of the creature\xe2\x80\x99s corpse at the time of its reanimation. Regardless of the state of decay, jiang-shis wear the clothing or armor they were buried in. Sometimes this is common clothing but for some it may be generations out of style. Additionally, each has a short parchment scroll talisman affixed to its brow by rice glue; intended in some cases to protect the body from restless spirits, in others to cause them to rise, and others where fear of them rampaging the talisman is meant to weaken or restrain them. A jiang-shi rises from the grave when an excess of necrotic yin energy builds up where the coffin is buried (or sometimes as a result of a curse), and all three parts of its soul being bound into its body at the time of death and are instead forced to fester and putrefy within. At some point during the body\xe2\x80\x99s decomposition, the thing rises in its grotesque form and seeks living creatures to feed upon, though they do not create spawn the way Western vampires do.'