Rakshasa~

Race: Human
Alignment: Lawful Neutral, True Neutral or Chaotic Neutral
Classes: Druid/Wizard/Shifter, 20/8/12
Wizard Spell School: Transmutation (Or Illusion, if you prefer)
Animal Companion: Panther
Familiar: Panther

STARTING STATS~
Str: 8
Dex: 14
Con: 14
Int: 14
Wis: 16
Cha: 10

END STATS~
Str: 8
Dex: 14
Con: 14
Int: 14
Wis: 26 [+10 level stat bonuses]
Cha: 10

LEVEL PROGESSION~

Lv 1-20 [Druid]
Lv 21-28 [Wizard]
Lv 29-40 [Shifter]

FEATS~

Lv 1: Alertness
Lv 1: Spell Focus: Evocation
Lv 3: Dodge
Lv 6: Expertise
Lv 9: Greater Spell Focus: Evocation
Lv 12: Improved Expertise
Lv 15: Knockdown
Lv 18: Improved Knockdown
Lv 21: Epic Spell Focus: Evocation
Lv 24: Extend Spell
Lv 25: Maximize Spell [Wizard Bonus Feat]
Lv 27: Armor Skin
Lv 30: Disarm
Lv 33: Improved Disarm
Lv 36: Epic Prowess (To help AB in Rakshasa form)
Lv 39: Outsider Shape

SKILLS (265 points total)~

Animal Empathy: 43
Concentration: 43
Listen: 21
Lore: 43
Persuade: 43 (Rakshasa are pretty smooth talkers, I believe)
Spot: 21
Spellcraft: 31
Tumble: 20

NOTE: Spot and listen are taken to account for the Rakshasa's kitty-like senses. Spellcraft and Lore for his/her arcane experience. Animal Empathy could be dropped and put into anything else that you prefer.

VITALS~
Attack Bonus: 34/29/24 (In Rakshasa form, unbuffed)
Armor Class: 33 (Rakshasa form, NO buffs)
Hit Points: 368
Saving Throws: Fortitude 24, Reflex 18, Will 30 (+6 against spells from Spellcraft bonus)
Special:
Wildshape (Animal) 6x per day
Wildshape I-III at will
Humanoid Shape 3x per day
Greater Wildshape 3x per day
Improved Elemental Shape 3x per day
Outsider Shape 3x per day

Alrighty, a few things to start off:

1. You didn't specify a race, so I went with human.

2. I don't know what kind of level-advancement you're going to have on that PW of yours, so if you want to get Outsider Shape at an earlier level, I can revise the build to account for that.

3. I found the following color arrangements to be particularly Rakshasa-like (especially on females), if you want to try them out (this is assuming you're using all the tattoos):

4. No druid or wizard spells can be cast in Rakshasa form.

Skin: Far right column, Three up (Dark Red)
Hair: 2 over from the bottom left corner (Orange-ish)
Tatoo 1: 3 up, 3 over from bottom-left (Orange)
Tatoo 2: Far right column, 5 up (Black)

The original build had 8 levels of Weapon Master in Quarterstaff (for melee power), but for whatever reason, Magical Staves (what a Rakshasa form uses) do not count as quarterstaves. So, Wizard levels were the next best alternative. You can get two panther companions, as any self-respecting Rakshasa should have, (one at level 20, the other at level 9), and cast spells like True Strike, Shield, Mage Armor, Haste, Cloud of Bewilderment, Gust of Wind, Improved Invisibility, Lesser Spell Breach, and Isaac's Lesser Missle Storm while in human form. Also, Still Spell and Auto Still Spell were useless in Rakshasa form; any equipped armor doesn't carry over after the shift.

Edited By Wildeyes on 03/20/04 13:59:04

Edited By Cinnabar Din on 02/26/08 08:05