Rakshasa

Stat block

Cha

20

Con

18

Dex

16

Int

16

Str

16

Wis

16

Speed

Walk: 40

Senses

darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 13

Skills

Insight: 8; Deception: 10

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.

Languages

Common, Infernal, one other

Reactions

• Counterproposal. The rakshasa uses Sweet Promises on a creature that attacked it or attempted to target it with a spell.

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

Damage resistances

bludgeoning and slashing from nonmagical weapons