Editing Rakasta (section)

====Basic D&D Stats====
When they first appeared in Dragon #181, rakasta players were told to use the rules for Human PCs, with the following changes:
::Rakasta can be of any class that humans can be, including [[Paladin]], [[Druid]] and [[Mystic]]
::A rakasta PC start with 2 Hit Dice at first level, using the hit dice for the chosen class.
::A rakasta PC starts with an XP debt of -2200 XP, which must be paid off before any class abilities can be used.
::Rakasta PCs suffer a -30% penalty on all XP gains.
::Rakasta PCs have a maximum Intelligence and Wisdom value of 17.
::Rakastas must respect all ability limitations that are normally part of their chosen class.
::Rakastas have no level limitations.
::Rakastas only apply their Constitution adjustments to hit points once per class level, until they reach 9th level.
::Rakastas fight and save as the '''better'' of either their chosen character class or 2 HD Monsters.
::Rakastas receive a +2 bonus to Dexterity at character creation, with a maximum Dex value of 18.
::Rakastas have heightened senses, giving them Infravision, the ability to Hear Noise as if they were a Thief of equivalent level, and the ability to Detect Invisible within a 10' radius.
::Rakastas have both claws and fangs, allowing them use either a natural weapon routine (two 1d2 Claw attacks and one 1d4 Bite attack) or a single weapon attack in each round of combat.

When they reappeared in "Heroes of the Princess Ark", part of the Champions of Mystara boxed set, their ruleset was identical to the above, just with a few minor/clarifying tweaks:
::Rakastan Infravision has a range of 60'.
::Rakastas start with 2+1 Hit Dice at first level.
::When modifying XP to account for their -30% penalty,  round the result '''up''' to the nearest 100.