Jiang-Shi

Source: Starfinder #3: Splintered Worlds

CR: 6 XP: 2,400

Elebrian jiang-shi operative

Init.: +6 Senses: blindsight (breath) 60 ft., darkvision 60 ft. Perception: +19

Defense

HP: 80

EAC: 18 KAC: 20

Fort: +5 Ref: +8 Will: +9

Offense

Speed: 30 ft.

Melee: bite +12 (1d6+8 P) or claw +14 (1d6+8 S plus grab)

Ranged: advanced shirren-eye rifle +14 (2d10+6 P) or corona laser pistol +14 (2d4+6 F; critical burn 1d4)

Offensive Abilities: debilitating trick, deft claws, drain chi, trick attack +3d8

Statistics

Str: +2 Dex: +5 Con: — Wis: +3 Int: +3 Cha: +2

Skills: Acrobatics +19, Bluff +19, Disguise +19, Engineering +14, Stealth +14

Languages: Common, Eoxian

Gear: freebooter armor II, advanced shirren-eye rifle with 25 sniper rounds, corona laser pistol with 2 batteries (20 charges each)

Ecology

Environment: any

Organization: solitary or cabal (2-8)

Special Abilities

Blindsight (Ex) A jiang-shi can sense the breathing of living creatures. A creature that holds its breath or doesn’t need to breathe cannot be perceived by a jiang-shi’s blindsight. Deft Claws (Ex) A jiang-shi’s claw attack has the grab ability (Starfinder Alien Archive 155) and the operative weapon special property. Drain Chi (Su) When a jiang-shi succeeds at a grapple combat maneuver, it can drain “chi,” or life energy, by drinking its victim’s breath. A victim must succeed at DC 16 Fortitude save or gain 1 negative level and be staggered for 1d4 rounds. Hopping Gait (Ex) A jiang-shi moves by hopping, and its land speed is reduced by 10 feet from its base creature’s speed (this adjustment is already included in the statistics above). A jiang-shi ignores difficult terrain and can’t be tripped. Other speeds (such as fly and swim speeds) are unaffected by this ability. Jiang-Shi Weaknesses (Ex) A jiang-shi is held at bay by cooked rice, mirrors, or ringing a handbell. It must stay at least 5 feet away from the object of its revulsion and cannot touch or make melee attacks against a creature brandishing such an object. Holding a jiang-shi at bay is a standard action. After being held at bay for 1 round, a jiang-shi can attempt a DC 20 Will save at the beginning of its turn to act normally. Prayer Scroll (Su) The holographic prayer scroll at a jiang-shi’s brow grants immunity to any effects from spell gems or other items that store spells, as if the jiang-shi had unbeatable spell resistance. It also grants the jiangshi fast healing 5 and prevents the jiang-shi from being destroyed. When reduced to 0 Hit Points, a jiang-shi crumbles to dust, but it re-forms in 1 minute with 1 Hit Point in the nearest unoccupied space. Scattering the dust or mixing rice into the dust with a dose of vinegar before the jiang-shi re-forms destroys it permanently.