Help with a Jiang shi character


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Hello everyone, this is my first post here but that doesn't matter. What I need help with is creating a Jiang shi character. The template as found here is way too strong to be used for a normal player character so I would like to trim it down a bit to make it balanced as a race instead. (race assuming it would just be a jiang shi made from a human)

The things I'd like to keep are:
-critical threat for fists/claws
-grab ability
-drain chi (possibly changed around)
-undead traits
-reforming after death

I don't mind losing the natural attacks, having 20ft speed, or the standard jiang shi weaknesses amoungst most of the other things I haven't put down.

I also think the prayer scroll should do something but what I don't know.

I'd appreciate any help and advice put towards this.
btw I would be using a grapple monk with this character, probably a hungry ghost monk for the already vampiric-esque flavor but that's a thread for another time.


Here I made a base to work off of at least.

Jiang Shi base:

Jiang shi (undead)

Medium size
Slow speed (20ft)
All Undead traits
Darkvision 60ft (undead trait)
+2 to any racial score
Claws: gain 2 claw attacks appropriate for your size. In addition claws and unarmed strikes have a critical threat of 19-20 and have the Grab monster ability applied to them.
Drain Chi: upon a successful grapple check you can drain chi in addition to any other effects caused by a successful grapple check. The victim must make a fortitude save (DC= 10+1/2 character level+charisma modifier) or suffer (???)
Prayer Scroll: ?
Jiang shi weaknesses: (as shown in the link in the OP post)
Resurrection: (as shown in the link in the OP post)

The drain chi ability I think should be changed to give ki pool points or temporary hp similar to the Hungry Ghost Monk archetype. Something like that. Still no idea what the prayer scroll should do. Not sure about putting in the blind sense.

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