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Does the Rakshasa have a too-high CR?
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<blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 3031359" data-attributes="member: 39593"><p>I've always figured it rated CR7 by itself. Aside from the detect thoughts ability and change shape it's basically a 7th level sorcerer with some extra hitpoints. In encounters I'va always used them with minions of some kind and emphasized the use of highly co-ordinated teamwork between the Rakshasa and it's minions. In my homebrew rakshasas are not native to the material plane but from Acheron and I've used that to guide their actions. </p><p></p><p>Otherwise I sort of base them off a combination of very arrogant colonial british nobles and mid-18th to late 19th century military officers. Personally they are extremely decadent and revel in any possible luxury they can acquire while considering the lives of others to be worthless. Yet publicly stiff, with great concern for appearances and perceptions of station or propriety. Intensely harsh even cruel disciplinarians that I admit are based off a particular drill sergeant from the past who was on anti-psychotics and ended up being shuffled away from training duties. They always keep some sort of martial bodyguard force that is capable well trained and disciplined but utterly without moral and prone to atrocities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeavenShallBurn, post: 3031359, member: 39593"] I've always figured it rated CR7 by itself. Aside from the detect thoughts ability and change shape it's basically a 7th level sorcerer with some extra hitpoints. In encounters I'va always used them with minions of some kind and emphasized the use of highly co-ordinated teamwork between the Rakshasa and it's minions. In my homebrew rakshasas are not native to the material plane but from Acheron and I've used that to guide their actions. Otherwise I sort of base them off a combination of very arrogant colonial british nobles and mid-18th to late 19th century military officers. Personally they are extremely decadent and revel in any possible luxury they can acquire while considering the lives of others to be worthless. Yet publicly stiff, with great concern for appearances and perceptions of station or propriety. Intensely harsh even cruel disciplinarians that I admit are based off a particular drill sergeant from the past who was on anti-psychotics and ended up being shuffled away from training duties. They always keep some sort of martial bodyguard force that is capable well trained and disciplined but utterly without moral and prone to atrocities. [/QUOTE]
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