Editing Jiangshi (section)

=[[Pathfinder]]=
[[Pathfinder]] actually beat [[Dungeons & Dragons]] to the punch in featuring jiangshi as their own distinct undead... well, sort of. Spelling it as ''Jiang-shi'', they are a [[Vampire]] sub-type, but at least they were more myth-accurate than their traditional D&D counterparts! In the meta-mythology of [[Golarion]], jiang-shi evolved from the ancient ur-vampires, the strigoi, when some chose to hibernate in places and found themselves trapped for centuries, even millennia, emerging from their long torpors mutated and driven half-mad by starvation, before passing their curse on to living beings.

* Created when a restless spirit refuses to abandon its body and instead rises again.
* Feed on ki by consuming breath from living creatures.
* Prayer scroll on the forehead is not a control talisman, as in classic depictions, but created by the vampire as its source of spell resistance and fast healing; destroying it weakens the jiang-shi.
* Unaffected by sunlight, although they prefer to avoid it.
* Can only physically move by hopping.
* Possesses fangs and extendable, elongated claws that are much more vicious than normal claws.
* Highest ability score modifier is Dexterity (+6), followed by Strength and Wisdom (+4 each), with Int and Cha the lowest (+2 each).
* Born of obsession, which they channel into an ever-shifting focus on strange and obscure signs and portents.
* Particular signs & symbols that can attract a jiang-shi's fixation are Broken Objects, Colors, Foreign Tongues, Knots & threads, Sets and The Written Word.
* Gravitate towards the Monk class.