Editing Rakshasa (section)

===Subtypes===
In 3.5, several alternate strains did exist, but these were basically modifications on the existing template: the Ak'chazar are lean, white-furred rakshasas with necromantic skills, the black-furred Naztharune are Rakshasas who are naturally adept as [[Assassin]]s rather than [[Sorcerer]]s, and the Zakya and Naityan are essentially rakshasa warriors - the former hail from the [[Eberron]] setting, while the latter hail from [[The Book of Weeaboo Fightan Magic]].

In Pathfinder, the subtypes are as follows:
* '''Dandasukas''' are hyperactive, fiendish gnomes with a love for manipulation and murder and possessed of voracious cannibalistic appetites.
* '''Maharajas''' are multi-headed epic-level versions of the common rakshasas.
* '''Marai''' are scaly-skinned serpentine sorcerers with six snakes in lieu of arms.
* '''Raktavarnas''', the least of their kin, are fiendish serpents that disguise themselves as objects to serve as spies or assassination weapons.
* '''Tatakas''' are ogre-like warrior-monks who relish in blasphemy and the destruction of the divine.
* '''Amanusyas''' are [[psionics|psionically]] adept [[succubus|seductresses and corrupters]] who appear as beautiful human women with the trademark backwards hands, long lolling tongues, and their head twisted around backwards.
* '''Avataranas''' are body-snatching psionic hunters who appear as twisted, quadrupedal humanoids with a pair of arms replacing their legs and a blank mass of skin stitched over their face.
* '''Zalyakavats''' are green-skinned, shrew-faced humanoid warriors obsessed with mastering the urumi (an Indian whip-sword) and proving their skills in battle.