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Thanks very much big time for this article. This is honestly the first time I've been genuinely interested in rakshasas(of course I missed out on those articles mentioned in the sidebars). Love the new fluff for them, even though it and the bestiary made me even more impatient to see more of what Vudra has to offer.(though Osirion and whatever the Angkor Wat analogue in Golarion is still top my list of "most wanted" culture details).
On the crunch side though, will we ever be given any details of
And major props to the artists throughout the book. This is the first time I remember seeing every rakshasa's hands facing the "right" direction throughout the entirety of a book that had more than one picture of them. It definitely is an unnerving detail at times.
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Well, from a gamer who's favorite monster has been the Rakshasa since about 1978, 79,
WELCOME to the Fan Club.
My favorite Rakshasa: Shaktiri's top lieutenant in the Dungeon advenure "Nemesis" by Chris Perkins. (Check issues 59-65). FYI, "Nemesis" is to "Umbra" (#55) what "The Weavers" is to "The Styes."
Also, Vudra is the name of Shaktiri's Layer in the Abyss, designed by Chris Perkins for that adventure. I haven't gotten the chance to start reading Crimson Throne yet so I don't know what Paizo is doing. I hope they at least give Chris Perkins his props for "Nemesis."
-W. E. Ray
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Also, Vudra is the name of Shaktiri's Layer in the Abyss, designed by Chris Perkins for that adventure. I haven't gotten the chance to start reading Crimson Throne yet so I don't know what Paizo is doing.
Ha, that is weird!
In case you haven't come across it yet in the other Pathfinder books, Vudra is more or less the Golarian version of India. I don't know if there's any sort of reference to "Nemesis" at work here, but I have to admit it makes me even more curious about checking that adventure out(primarily because mariliths are probably my favorite fiends and I'm a Planescape nut).
Crap, this makes me want to ask the devs if there's going to be any fluff tying mariliths in with Vudra's culture, since they're kind of Indian-inspired. Asuras and nagas too...
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The truth is that I made up a different V word for Pathfinder's India analogue and misremembered when it came time to writing, thus canonizing Vudra as the name of our India. Call it a mistake, a coincidence, or an homage. :)
That must be quite vexing! Still, Vudra remains vivid and vital in its imagery, so very few could villify you for your memory veering off course once in that volume.
I never liked rakshasas much, but it was the picture of that rakshasa sitting decadently on his throne in the jungle in Drgeon?/Dungeon? that made me love them.
They can be soo cool. ^^
I never liked rakshasas much, but it was the picture of that rakshasa sitting decadently on his throne in the jungle in Drgeon?/Dungeon? that made me love them.
They can be soo cool. ^^
Paizo certainly can make things cool. They have the Midas Touch.
How is it that Mikaze- and presumably others- has seen PF 10 when I've (and presumably others have)not had emails from Paizo yet?
I think they're referring to Pathfinder #9, Escape from Old Korvosa, which details the origins of rakshasas in Golarion.
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The truth is that I made up a different V word for Pathfinder's India analogue and misremembered when it came time to writing
LOL
I actually did the same thing with the name Vudra. When the FCI came out and it listed Vudra as the name of the Abyssal Layer I was certain it was a mistake. I knew Vudra was the name of the Marilith who ruled it and not the layer itself. Ah well.
Hey Mona, for posterity's sake, what was the original "V word" you created for Pathfinder's India?
-W. E. Ray
I loved the rakshasa articles, specifically the inversion of reincarnation from being a cycle to be escaped into the key to eternal decadence.