Rakshasa

D&D 2024 monster: Rakshasa. Source: Monster Manual (2025). challenge rating 13, creature type Fiend, Medium size, speed 40 ft. Rakshasa Deceiver Hungry for Power and Flesh Habitat: Planar (Nine Hells), Urban Treasure: Random Magic Items - Relics Masters of manipulation, rakshasas infiltrate communities to claim positions of power. While disguising their true natures, they kidnap victims and indulge their insatiable hunger for flesh. Rakshasas can withstand some degree of magic, but legends tell of blessed warriors felling them with crossbow bolts, arrows, or similar weapons. Rakshasas' appearances combine humanlike bodies with the features of animals and monsters. All rakshasas have a physical oddity that remains when they adopt magical disguises, such as palms where the backs of the hands would be on humans. Fiend Medium 40 ft.