RAKSHASA

Rakshasa are tiger-headed stalkers, a proud and predatory people who claim
descent from a jungle that no longer appears on any map.  They are quick,
patient, and unsettling company.

Every Rakshasa sees in the dark unaided and carries a long, restless tail.
They move unseen and unheard from birth, and climb sheer walls where others
would want rope.  Their minds are hard ground for an enemy to work: a
Rakshasa turns aside mental assault more surely as they grow in power.
Divine power is another matter.  Something in a Rakshasa offends it, and no
amount of experience will ever soften that -- holy wrath falls on them
harder than on any other race, at every level, from their first day to
their last.

The tail is not ornament.  A stroke that would take another creature's leg
will as often take the tail instead, and cost its owner far less.  

Rakshasa is not a race one is born to in Kallisti.  It is taken, and only
by those whose account has reached Paragon 57.


See Also: RACES, PARAGON, CHANGERACE