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	Comprised of [[desire]]s unmet, a '''jahi''' is a Tiny, [[incorporeal]] [[undead]] creature that appears as a partially translucent serpent with three [[head]]s. A jahi uses its [[Dominate Person]] [[spell-like abilities]] to form a [[cult]] around a [[manipulated]], [[humanoid]] [[thrall]] called a "Chosen One" (not to be confused with the [[Chosen One (Undead)\|Chosen One type of undead]]). The jahi feeds inflicts [[Ability Damage]] on the [[Charisma]] of the Chosen One's disciples, and this is how the creature feeds. In a pinch, the jahi can inflict ability damage in combat via touch as well.<ref>[[Monster Manual II (3.0)]] p. 130</ref>		Comprised of [[desire]]s unmet, a '''jahi''' is a Tiny, [[incorporeal]] [[undead]] creature that appears as a partially translucent serpent with three [[head]]s. A jahi uses its [[Dominate Person]] [[spell-like abilities]] to form a [[cult]] around a [[manipulated]], [[humanoid]] [[thrall]] called a "Chosen One" (not to be confused with the [[Chosen One (Undead)\|Chosen One type of undead]]). The jahi feeds inflicts [[Ability Damage]] on the [[Charisma]] of the Chosen One's disciples, and this is how the creature feeds. In a pinch, the jahi can inflict ability damage in combat via touch as well.<ref>[[Monster Manual II (3.0)]] p. 130</ref>

	A jahi's Chosen One has suffered from the [[jahi]]'s [[Charisma]] [[Ability Drain]] to the point that it has fallen to zero and become subject to a sort of [[possession]] as the jahi shares its Charisma upon its Chosen One. Should the jahi abandon its Chosen One, the Chosen One will fall unconscious until at least one point of Charisma is restored.<ref>MM II p. 130-131</ref>		A jahi's Chosen One has suffered from the jahi's [[Charisma]] [[Ability Drain]] to the point that it has fallen to zero and become subject to a sort of [[possession]] as the jahi shares its Charisma upon its Chosen One. Should the jahi abandon its Chosen One, the Chosen One will fall unconscious until at least one point of Charisma is restored.<ref>MM II p. 130-131</ref>

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	'''What a terrible surprise awaited my on my second return! My wife had escaped. Servants told me she climbed many times at night a certain bare, mist-enshrouded hill, and returned at last with another smoky snake on her neck.'''		'''What a terrible surprise awaited my on my second return! My wife had escaped. Servants told me she climbed many times at night a certain bare, mist-enshrouded hill, and returned at last with another smoky snake on her neck.'''

	''Then I knew that I must delve into deeper lore to defeat for ever the power of the jahi. After a long search, I found a[[]book]] in the library of [[Il Aluk]]. It came through [[The Mists\|the mists]] from a foreign land, and was written in [[language]] which no living man can read. I deciphered it nevertheless, and found within it much about the great druj Jahi the Whore, the [[undead]] three-headed [[dragon]] [[Azi Dahaka]], and their poisonous brood of [[snake]]s. I found also an incantation to banish them forever.''		''Then I knew that I must delve into deeper lore to defeat for ever the power of the jahi. After a long search, I found a[[book]] in the library of [[Il Aluk]]. It came through [[The Mists\|the mists]] from a foreign land, and was written in [[language]] which no living man can read. I deciphered it nevertheless, and found within it much about the great druj Jahi the Whore, the [[undead]] three-headed [[dragon]] [[Azi Dahaka]], and their poisonous brood of [[snake]]s. I found also an incantation to banish them forever.''

	''Alas, my quest was in vain! Only a [[living]] man could speak that [[spell]], and no living man can study in the [[library]] of [[Necropolis]]."''		''Alas, my quest was in vain! Only a [[living]] man could speak that [[spell]], and no living man can study in the [[library]] of [[Necropolis]]."''
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{{canon}}

Comprised of [[desire]]s unmet, a '''jahi''' is a Tiny, [[incorporeal]] [[undead]] creature that appears as a partially translucent serpent with three [[head]]s. A jahi uses its [[Dominate Person]] [[spell-like abilities]] to form a [[cult]] around a [[manipulated]], [[humanoid]] [[thrall]] called a "Chosen One" (not to be confused with the [[Chosen One (Undead)|Chosen One type of undead]]). The jahi feeds inflicts [[Ability Damage]] on the [[Charisma]] of the Chosen One's disciples, and this is how the creature feeds. In a pinch, the jahi can inflict ability damage in combat via touch as well.<ref>[[Monster Manual II (3.0)]] p. 130</ref>

A jahi's Chosen One has suffered from the [[jahi]]'s [[Charisma]] [[Ability Drain]] to the point that it has fallen to zero and become subject to a sort of [[possession]] as the jahi shares its Charisma upon its Chosen One. Should the jahi abandon its Chosen One, the Chosen One will fall unconscious until at least one point of Charisma is restored.<ref>MM II p. 130-131</ref>

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''I had been directed to the decrepit [[tower]] where the ancient [[wizard]] was said to live.''

''In the gloomy interior his figure couldn't be seen clearly. The gravelly voice was steady and calm:''

''"Jahi? Yes, I know much about those [[spirit]]s. They did me a great wrong.''

''Even then, so long ago, I was a magus of not inconsiderable power, gained with much toil and danger. My spells won me great riches and happiness. But when, after spending a long time deep underground, learning strange knowledge from sun-fearing beings, I returned home, I found it changed into part a whorehouse and part a temple. My poor wife - so young and so beautiful! - was leading a life of debauchery, surrounded by a promiscuous cabal.''

''She told me many cruel and false words, but I espied a ghostly three-headed snake coiled on her breast and I knew the source of my misfortune! Jahi tried to break my will, but I proved the stronger. I paralysed its slaves and defeated the snake, although it resisted my magic and flied through the air to escape my dagger.''

''My wife lied senseless on the ground, but my power could constrain even the gods, and I saved her.''

'''After putting my house to rights and incinerating the shameful paramours of my wife, I left again, since the great works of magic I had began could only with great loss be left alone.'''

'''What a terrible surprise awaited my on my second return! My wife had escaped. Servants told me she climbed many times at night a certain bare, mist-enshrouded hill, and returned at last with another smoky snake on her neck.'''

''Then I knew that I must delve into deeper lore to defeat for ever the power of the jahi. After a long search, I found a[[]book]] in the library of [[Il Aluk]]. It came through [[The Mists|the mists]] from a foreign land, and was written in [[language]] which no living man can read. I deciphered it nevertheless, and found within it much about the great druj Jahi the Whore, the [[undead]] three-headed [[dragon]] [[Azi Dahaka]], and their poisonous brood of [[snake]]s. I found also an incantation to banish them forever.''

''Alas, my quest was in vain! Only a [[living]] man could speak that [[spell]], and no living man can study in the [[library]] of [[Necropolis]]."''

''He opened the door. The last rays of the setting sun broken through the clouds and illuminated his skeletal fingers, withered face and sunken and lustreless eyes.''

-From the notes of [[Gennifer Weathermay-Foxgrove]].<ref>Descriptive text from [[John W. Mangrum]]'s [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (contributed by [[Baduin9]]), from posts on the [[Cafe de Nuit|Fraternity of Shadows message board]].</ref>

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