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Rakshasa, Tataka

CR 15.00 Outsider LE Large

This towering, blue-skinned woman has backward-facing hands and a feral, animal-like visage with exaggerated features.

Description

Tataka rakshasas are the least subtle and largest of their kind. They are philosophers and fanatics, loyal servants of the rakshasa immortals. Their familiarity with religion and its trappings makes them excellent corruptors and blasphemers. Such rakshasas might assault sacred sites or rituals directly so as to foil good works and slay holy people. A tataka holds all religions in contempt save the worship of rakshasas, and it openly mocks and assaults any who dare believe otherwise.

Tataka rakshasas are more than zealots, though, and they train from an early age in martial arts—their strikes can break bones as surely as any unarmed strike from a monk or other practitioner of such styles of combat.

A typical tataka is 12 feet tall and weighs 1,300 pounds.

Ability Scores

STR

DEX

CON

INT

WIS

CHA

Combat Stats

HP: 225 (18d10+126)
AC: 28, touch 13, flat-footed 24 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +15 natural, -1 size)
Speed: 40 ft.; air walk
Init: +3
Melee: unarmed strike +24/+19/+14/+9 (2d6+7/19-20), bite +19 (1d8+3)
Space: 10 ft.
Reach: 10 ft.
BAB: +18
CMB: +26
CMD: 40
Fort: +18
Ref: +9
Will: +12
DR: 15/good and piercing
SR: 30
Racial Modifiers: +4 Bluff, +8 Disguise

Proficiencies

Weapons: Martial, Simple

Special Attacks

detect thoughts (DC 24)

Martial Artist — A tataka's unarmed strikes deal 2d6 points of damage. If a tataka gains monk levels, it uses its tataka unarmed strike damage or its monk unarmed strike damage, whichever is higher. Its unarmed strikes function as lawful and evil weapons for overcoming damage reduction.

Special Qualities

change shape (any humanoid; alter self or giant form I)

Feats

Cleave, Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Dodge, Great Cleave, Improved Critical (unarmed strike), Improved Vital Strike, Power Attack, Vital Strike

Special Abilities

Cleave from Feat

As a standard action, you can make a single attack at your full base attack bonus against a foe within reach. If you hit, you deal damage normally and can make an additional attack (using your full base attack bonus) against a foe that is adjacent to the first and also within reach. You can only make one additional attack per round with this feat. When you use this feat, you take a –2 penalty to your Armor Class until your next turn.

Combat Reflexes from Feat

You may make a number of additional attacks of opportunity per round equal to your Dexterity bonus. With this feat, you may also make attacks of opportunity while flat-footed.

Critical Focus from Feat

You receive a +4 circumstance bonus on attack rolls made to confirm critical hits.

Dodge from Feat

You gain a +1 dodge bonus to your AC. A condition that makes you lose your Dex bonus to AC also makes you lose the benefits of this feat.

Great Cleave from Feat

As a standard action, you can make a single attack at your full base attack bonus against a foe within reach. If you hit, you deal damage normally and can make an additional attack (using your full base attack bonus) against a foe that is adjacent to the previous foe and also within reach. If you hit, you can continue to make attacks against foes adjacent to the previous foe, so long as they are within your reach. You cannot attack an individual foe more than once during this attack action. When you use this feat, you take a –2 penalty to your Armor Class until your next turn.

Improved Critical from Feat

When using the weapon you selected, your threat range is doubled.

Improved Vital Strike from Feat

When you use the attack action, you can make one attack at your highest base attack bonus that deals additional damage. Roll the weapon's damage dice for the attack three times and add the results together before adding bonuses from Strength, weapon special abilities (such as flaming), precision based damage, and other damage bonuses. These extra weapon damage dice are not multiplied on a critical hit, but are added to the total.

Power Attack from Feat

You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.

Vital Strike from Feat

When you use the attack action, you can make one attack at your highest base attack bonus that deals additional damage. Roll the weapon's damage dice for the attack twice and add the results together before adding bonuses from Strength, weapon abilities (such as flaming), precision based damage, and other damage bonuses. These extra weapon damage dice are not multiplied on a critical hit, but are added to the total.

Skills

Acrobatics +18 (+22 when jumping), Bluff +23, Climb +17, Disguise +26, Intimidate +23, Knowledge (religion) +10, Perception +19, Sense Motive +19, Survival +16, Swim +18

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Air Walk, Constant—True Seeing

spells known:

6th (3/day)—Heal, 5th (6/day)—Flame Strike, 5th (6/day)—Telekinesis, 4th (7/day)—Charm Monster, 4th (7/day)—Dimension Door, 4th (7/day)—Freedom Of Movement, 3rd (7/day)—Dispel Magic, 3rd (7/day)—Fireball, 3rd (7/day)—Haste, 3rd (7/day)—Rage, 2nd (7/day)—Acid Arrow, 2nd (7/day)—Cure Moderate Wounds, 2nd (7/day)—Death Knell, 2nd (7/day)—Invisibility, 2nd (7/day)—Misdirection, 1st (8/day)—Command, 1st (8/day)—Mage Armor, 1st (8/day)—Magic Missile, 1st (8/day)—Ray Of Enfeeblement, 1st (8/day)—Shield Of Faith, At will—Acid Splash, At will—Bleed, At will—Light, At will—Mage Hand, At will—Mending, At will—Message, At will—Open/Close, At will—Prestidigitation, At will—Read Magic

Details

Type: Outsider
Alignment: LE
Size: Large
Environment: any
Organization: solitary, pair, patrol (3-6)
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., scent, true seeing; Perception +19
Languages: Common, Infernal, Undercommon
Source: Bestiary 3

Sources Used in This Record

40 House/Core

Uses feat: Cleave (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Combat Reflexes (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Critical Focus (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Dodge (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Great Cleave (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Critical (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Vital Strike (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Power Attack (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Vital Strike (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Air Walk (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: True Seeing (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Heal (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Flame Strike (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Telekinesis (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Charm Monster (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Dimension Door (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Freedom Of Movement (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Dispel Magic (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Fireball (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Haste (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Rage (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Acid Arrow (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Cure Moderate Wounds (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Death Knell (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Invisibility (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Misdirection (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Command (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Mage Armor (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Magic Missile (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Ray Of Enfeeblement (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Shield Of Faith (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Acid Splash (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Bleed (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Light (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Mage Hand (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Mending (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Message (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Open/Close (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Prestidigitation (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Read Magic (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.

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