# Rakshasa

*Medium* *Fiend*

- **Armor Class:** 16
- **Hit Points:** 161 (19d8+76)
- **Speed:** walk 40 ft.
- **Challenge Rating:** 13 (10,000 XP)
- **Source:** [A5e Monstrous Menagerie](https://enpublishingrpg.com/products/level-up-monstrous-menagerie-a5e) page 367

| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16 (+3) | 16 (+3) | 18 (+4) | 16 (+3) | 16 (+3) | 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

### Special Abilities

- **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.


