Question about Rakshasa

Do you imagine it would be possible for a Rakshasa to have a child with a human and the child somehow remain unaware that she wasn't human?

Yes.

I would definitely have such a child be double-jointed.

That's a fantastic idea. Could tip off a savvy player, but not too obvious, like backwards hands would be.

I really hope my players don't see this.

Any other thoughts? How would you stat the child? Young template on a rakshasa still leaves me with a creature who would definitely be aware she wasn't human...

Any other thoughts? How would you stat the child? Young template on a rakshasa still leaves me with a creature who would definitely be aware she wasn't human...

One of the variant Tieflings in Blood of Fiends is Rakshasa-spawn.

You could keep track of the spell like ability and when it would be appropriate (and preferably also uncomfortable) for the player have it happen unbidden. I seem to remember it being charm person.

That's perfect, thank you so much.

Do you imagine it would be possible for a Rakshasa to have a child with a human and the child somehow remain unaware that she wasn't human?

Yes, if it advances the story...

I noticed in the official fluff rakshasa's don't breed true with other Rakshasa, so the offspring of rakshasa and a mortal is a full on Rakshasa. I guess I'll just switch this up for my home-brew game world ;)

I once ran a tiefling that was descended of a rakshasa. The main clue for the other PCs was tortoiseshell hair like a tiger's - not a normal option for humans. ;) And, yes, he had double-jointed hands with unusually prominent knuckles.

A half-fiend is also an existing way to model the offspring of a rakshasa, and while I'm not sure it ever made the leap from Carrion Crown to a Bestiary yet, there's a playable race called a 'changeling' that you could re-skin. (They're not fey-related; they're the offspring of hags, and when the time comes, their mother shows up to... help them rid themselves of their less hag-like elements.)

It doesn't need to be playable, I'm the GM, this character is an NPC ;)

But I think the tiefling Enlight_Bystand recommended will do nicely.

Did the tortoiseshell hair give it away to the other PC's in your case?

I suppose as long as I don't come out and say "like a tigers"?

Tortoiseshell is a good adjective, thanks for that.

There is also a rakshasa-blooded sorceror if you want the NPC to be a spellcaster.

I did go that way Paladin of Baha-who?.

Even though I have been using mostly core only options for my NPC's that one was too perfect to pass up.

remember Grimmy that Rakshashas can be any animal headed demons in Pathfinder, not just tigers. There are a few different kinds in various modules, fox, crocodile, bird, etc. So if that fits into your story better, you could run with that.

I am not sure what the story plot is but I'd consider having an NPC that is pregnant with a child rakshasa and having a Raktavarna familiar, or possibly a child rakshasa that hasn't yet reached full maturity yet with a Raktavarna familiar or companion. In both cases they can be unaware of their 'condition' but nonetheless be heavily influenced by it.

Possibly misshapen hands for a rakshasa still in development, unusually tough nails, eyes that shift in appearance in darkness, amazing magical potential, an innate antipathy to religion and tendency to be cynical of cultural taboos of any kind, shape his/her personality to an animal/vermin stereotype etc.

I'd consider toying with the half-fiend template to make it more rakshasa-like, remove flight, change SLA's, change the DR, possibly increase the SR a bit etc.

So the PC's have now been interacting with this Rakshasa spawned NPC quite a bit and still haven't figured it out :)

Whenever they stop for the night at way-stations along the road they are traveling, she works on her paintings and charcoal sketches, mostly self portraits of herself with the head of a hawk with fiendish eyes. Other sketches show a preoccupation with female hands with contorted fingers.

They have revealed a plot by her father to kill her but they still aren't sure what is up with her. She tells the things she paints are inspired by nightmares that trouble her when she sleeps.

It was a good session, I'm glad they kept her alive it was a close call. I'm glad they haven't figured out her dad is a Rakshasa yet either. Now I can use more of the ideas you guys gave me to help them figure it out.

Aren't these hideous couplings the entire reason the "Rakshasa Sorcerer Bloodline" exists?

I think the books describe it as Rakshasa Sorcerer bloodline has a little Rakshasa way back in the ancestry somewhere. But that is exactly what I decided to use. Tiefling with one level of sorcerer, Rakshasa bloodline.