rakshasa (R)
A maneater demon, bestial and misshapen, in search of hidden power and knowledge. It is an expert in the art of illusion, and is exceptionally intelligent and cruel.
Speed: 10 | HD: 11 | HP: 59-78 | AC/EV: 8/14 | Damage: 20 | demonic, weapons, items, doors, evil, see invisible | Resistances: will(140), poison, miasma, neg+++, foul_flame, torm | Vulnerabilities: holy | XP: 872 | Spells: force lance (3d14) [!sil], phantom mirror [!sil], blink [!sil] | Size: Medium | Intelligence: human.- These demonic spellcasters cast IMB, phantom mirror (see [2]), and clone themselves at low health.
- Their phantom mirror spell (not to be confused with the {phantom mirror} item) clones a selected allied creature, randomly swapping the clone and original to disguise which is real and which is fake.
- You could see 5 the Enchantress, a rakshasa and a friendly fire elemental. !log gorice hucj depths 1
- Rakshasas can no longer mirror uniques, as of 0.15 ('https://github.com/crawl/crawl/commit/8c2e7e4ca9e8)'
- You kill the rakshasa! Boris says, "You can't fire me, I quit!" Boris shimmers and vanishes!