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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 7118407" data-attributes="member: 6796661">For Rakshasha's I like to go back to the Hindu mythology and tweak it. Below is how I approach them1. They were created by [some powerful LE deity]2. Their blood lust was so insatiable they attempted to EAT THEIR CREATOR and were punished by being banished to the Prime Material plane. 3. I play them as insatiable "cannibals" (man eaters), in the past their were huge armies of them, but most have been vanquished—those that remain are especially powerful, intelligent, and subtle but man-eating is still something they are compelled to engage in. 4. Their true form is an ugly, fierce, huge fanged creature, with flaming eyes—but in a nod to D&D tradition, a tiger like appearance—think tiger demon. In my game they may reveal a "partial true form" which is similar to a huge were-tiger in hybrid form, but without a tail. They might use this to show who their "true nature" to followers or to strike fear when they need to intimidate, but where they don't wan to reveal their true terrifying form. In my campaign, they tend to surround themselves with Were Tiger allies/servants, so this partially true form serves them well.5. They can fly, vanish, and have powers of illusion. 6. They are gluttonous and greedy and work to place themselves in positions of wealth and power7. There are legends of highly civilized vegetarian Rakshasha (based on Jain mythology)8. Those who remain on the Prime Material plane as especially powerful and when they die and return to hell, they are seen as a threat, but also a as a means to exert Devilish influence in the Prime Material plane. After a period of torture and punishment for the transgressions they committed at their creation, they are banished back to the Prime Material plane, with their pain of their recent visit to hell freshly seared in their mind along with a great desire for revenge against those responsible for sending them back to hell.</blockquote>

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