Monsters / Rakshasa
Rakshasa
CR 10 - 9,600 XP - LE Medium Outsider
Stat block
AC25 (touch 16, flat-footed 19)HP115 (10d10+60)SavesFort +9, Ref +12, Will +8Melee+1 kukri +16/+11 (1d4+4/15-20), claw +10 (1d4+1), bite +10 (1d6+1)Speed40 ft.AbilitiesStr 16, Dex 20, Con 22, Int 13, Wis 13, Cha 17BAB / CMB / CMD+10 / +13 / 29Sensesdarkvision 60 ft.; Perception +14Environmentany
DR 15/good and piercingSR 25
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (5 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
skirmisher (from abilities)
abilities: Dex 20 over Str 16 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
abilities: Dex 20 over Str 16 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
strikes-first (from feats)
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +14 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +14 - hunts where prey is blind
targets-weakest (from alignment)
alignment LE, Int 13 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
alignment LE, Int 13 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
holds-line (from alignment)
alignment LE, Int 13 - disciplined: keeps formation, never chases alone
alignment LE, Int 13 - disciplined: keeps formation, never chases alone
On-hit riders and breath
detect thoughts
From the entry
A rakshasa can detect thoughts as per the spell of the same name (CL 18th). It can suppress or resume this ability as a free action. When a rakshasa uses this ability, it always functions as if it had spent three rounds concentrating and thus gains the maximum amount of information possible. A creature can resist this effect with a DC 18 Will save. The save DC is Charisma-based.
The rakshasa is an evil spirit that cloaks itself in the guise of a humanoid creature that it might walk unseen among its prey. They embody what is taboo among most societies, and in the shape of those it seeks to defile, a rakshasa gorges itself on these hideous acts. Were they human, these acts of cannibalism, blasphemy, and worse would mark them as criminals condemned to the cruelest of hells.
When not disguised as a humanoid, the otherwise humanoid rakshasa has the head of an animal. Often, they possess th...