Rakshasa (Monstrous Menagerie)
- Size
- Medium
- Type
- Fiend
- Challenge Rating
- 13
- Source
- Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie
- Armor Class
- 16
- Speeds
- 40
- Walking Speed
- 40
- Strength Score
- 16
- Dexterity Score
- 16
- Constitution Score
- 18
- Intelligence Score
- 16
- Wisdom Score
- 16
- Charisma Score
- 20
- Skill Proficiencies
- Deception, Insight
- Vision
- Darkvision (60ft)
- Languages Ref
- Common, Infernal, one other
- Hit Points
- 161
- Resistances
- Resistant to Non-Magical Damage
- Languages
- Aethyrian Common, Infernal
Medium fiend
Armor Class 16
Hit Points 161 (19d8+76)
Speed 40 ft.
- STR
- 16 (+3)
- DEX
- 16 (+3)
- CON
- 18 (+4)
- INT
- 16 (+3)
- WIS
- 16 (+3)
- CHA
- 20 (+5)
Skills Deception +10, Insight +8
Damage Resistances bludgeoning and slashing from nonmagical weapons
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Common, Infernal, one other
Challenge 13 (10,000 XP)
Innate Spellcasting. The rakshasas innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 18). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, mage hand, major image, 3/day each: charm person, dominate person, fly (self only), invisibility (self only), locate person, modify memory, true seeing
Actions
Multiattack. The rakshasa makes two attacks.
Claw (True Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) slashing damage. If the target is a creature it is cursed. Whenever a cursed creature takes a long rest it is troubled by terrible visions and dreams and gains no benefit from the rest. The curse can be lifted with remove curse and similar magic.
Rapier. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d8 + 3) piercing damage.
Sweet Promises. The rakshasa targets a creature that can hear it within 60 feet offering something the target covets. The target makes a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw. On a failure the target is charmed until the end of its next turn and stunned while charmed in this way.
Invisibility (2nd-Level; V, S, Concentration). The rakshasa is invisible for 1 hour or until it attacks or casts a spell.
Fly (3rd-Level; V, S, Concentration). The rakshasa gains a fly speed of 60 feet.
Bonus Actions
Shapeshift. The rakshasa magically changes its form to that of any Medium or Small humanoid or to its true form. While shapeshifted, its statistics are unchanged.
Read Thoughts. The rakshasa magically reads the surface thoughts of one creature within 60 feet that it can see. Until the end of the rakshasas turn, it has advantage on attack rolls and on Deception, Insight, Intimidation, and Persuasion checks against the creature.
Quickened Spell. The rakshasa casts invisibility or fly.
Reactions
Counterproposal. The rakshasa uses Sweet Promises on a creature that attacked it or attempted to target it with a spell.
Stat block from Level Up Advanced 5e Monstrous Menagerie (EN Publishing), Open Game Content used under the Open Game License 1.0a. Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition Monstrous Menagerie. Copyright 2021, EN Publishing. It is not Geminaea material. See Legal.