Anyone know things about "Rakshasi"?
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, August 30 2004 08:54
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I probably spelled that wrong, but anyway... I think that they will be playing a large role in my next scenario (don't get your hopes up for a new scen, people, it'll be awhile) and my knowledge of them is limited. I know they are a race of tiger-humanoids, and that they are quite adept at magic and are pretty powerful in general. That is pretty much all I know, though. Perhaps someone has more information? Any help is appreciated. -------------------- You're a moron if you think I'm not. Posts: 213 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, August 30 2004 08:56
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As far I as remember, they seem to like very comfortable rooms with lots of carpets. :confused: Did I remember that one correctly? Posts: 51 | Registered: Sunday, August 22 2004 07:00 |
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Erudite*
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written Monday, August 30 2004 09:13
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They seem to live richly, and often have a lot of jewelry on them. They're immune to all spells except for Cloud of Blades. TM will probably have loads of information on the Rakshasi for you. -------------------- Ex-member-#2475. Post count = 406 + whatever it says below. Posts: 402 | Registered: Thursday, May 29 2003 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Monday, August 30 2004 09:47
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Most of which comes from his own imagination. Rakshasi are actually demons. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, August 30 2004 09:56
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I took this info from: "Dämonen, Geister, dunkle Götter" (demons, ghosts, dark gods) written by "Hans Biedermann". try to translate in english, hope you understand: Rakschasa - the indian name of fearsome demons with their female equivalent "Rakschasi". of course they live in their own world and build whole states, but they break in the human world from time to time and can take different shapes. normally they appear as humanoid creatures, can't however cast shadows, and their eyes seem to be fixed, without using eyelids. above all they haunt at night, are bent on human meat and persecute even women in a lascivious way. on the other hand the rakschasi are at first dangerous to pregnant women and cause epidemics. both house, like the witches of the indian traditional mythological world, in trees, preferably figtrees, which are found in the surroundings of the cremation places. at all the rakschasa are evil ghostly enteties, their role corresponds to the european idea of the devils. to repress their influence, partly because of his battle against the titanic like Asura-creatures, the god Vishnu had to reincarnitate again and again on earth, to fight for the maintanance of the worldorder in these Avatara-incarnations. this fight of Vishnu in shape of Rama, his seventh incarnation, is content of the great epic poem Ramayana... [ Monday, August 30, 2004 10:24: Message edited by: bigblue ] -------------------- www.bigblue.de.gg BoA graphics and more Posts: 188 | Registered: Monday, July 26 2004 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, August 30 2004 10:27
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A Raksasha is a "hungry ghost" that is a reincarnated evil spirit. It lives for vice -- think of grows stronger at night, enjoys anything nasty drugs, sex, eating other humanoids, etc. Females can marry humans. It is a shapechanger and can turn into a dog, person, or owl. They live opulently the gods have made them evil so they are not responsible for their actions in the Vedic myths. They are from India and their job is to tempt people into bad actions-- bad kamma or karma. -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, August 30 2004 11:57
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You spelled it correctly. I'm not even going to begin getting into detail about the Rakshasi, suffice it to say that if your scenario takes place on the surface or Exile, there are little-to-no bonds between Rakshasi. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, August 30 2004 13:15
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Hmm... I wasn't aware they were demonic... I guess I'll have to use another race for the role I expected them to play. I intended for them to be a friendly race, but it seems that doesn't fit. -------------------- You're a moron if you think I'm not. Posts: 213 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Monday, August 30 2004 14:10
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Well, they can toy with you before they kill you. Posts: 269 | Registered: Saturday, May 24 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, August 31 2004 04:58
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Try using Tengu, they are helper shapechangers. http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/tengu.shtml -------------------- Wasting your time and mine looking for a good laugh. Star Bright, Star Light, Oh I Wish I May, I Wish Might, Wish For One Star Tonight. Posts: 1084 | Registered: Thursday, November 7 2002 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, August 31 2004 06:02
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Tengu, Djinn, Rakshasi... All are monstrous creatures that like to play with humans. From ButteredToastWithJam's link: "the bird-like Tengu is a skilled warrior and mischief maker" They could be of help, but could also be very harmful. The Djinn were powerful spirits in old arabian tales. Some could be helpful, some harmful. Later on when language developed, the helpful djinn were called genies and harmful djinn demons. The Rakshasi are demonic creatures and so linked with the djinn. On the other hand they are sometimes categorized as indian vampires. Posts: 16 | Registered: Monday, August 9 2004 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, August 31 2004 06:28
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From what I remember in Avernum 2, the Rakshasa are primarily illusionists. They're also described as tiger demons, so the relation to Hindu mythology as described above isn't entirely correct. I remember two specific things involving them: 1) They played a trick in which they pretended to be fellow soldiers and then attacked when the party got close enough. 2) They had a carefully hidden base, and the innards of that particular dungeon were filled with hidden doors and similar tricks (though it had some very nice goodies, like demon-slaying arrows) Also, I remember running into a small group of them in the Za-Khazi Run scenario. They reduced my party to cinders in about two turns, so they're obviously only suitable for higher-level characters. Incidentally, hi - I'm new here, though not to forums or Spiderweb Software's games. -------------------- Hyouko, as in icy lake. Posts: 3 | Registered: Tuesday, August 31 2004 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, August 31 2004 06:54
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Hey there, Hyouko, welcome to Spiderweb, and leave your sanity at the door! Or at least that's the traditional greeting. With the sheer evil that has invaded these boards as of late, we might be best served by having a few more sane members. All the madness is over in General anyway, so BoA is safe for now. And yeah, I agree: I don't think the rakshasi in Avernum had much to do with Hindu mythology either. Jeff just kind of took the name and made some stuf up. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, August 31 2004 08:01
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Well rakshasi (or something like that) are demons in the indian tradition, described in various ways. One of the things i'm sure of is that they eat human flesh and they are really, really evil. In D&D they come from the plane of the air and often fight with the djinn. They like to live a decadent and rich life, at the expense of the ones they enslave. A curiosity: they have the hands inverted (the palm up, the back down) PS:sorry for my enlish, it's not my mother tongue Posts: 1 | Registered: Thursday, August 26 2004 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, August 31 2004 17:21
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I think we can safely say that Avernum Rakhashi bear as much resemblance to Indian Rakhashi as Avernum Nephilim bear to Jewish Nephilim and Empire Dervishes bear to Muslim Dervishes. Also, if my memory serves me, the Rakhashi in A2 were allies of the Empire, so they most certainly can cooperate with the players. p.s. Has anyone tried using Demonslayer on them to see if they're demonic? Posts: 32 | Registered: Saturday, June 12 2004 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, August 31 2004 18:07
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Demonslayer does not work on them. The Empire likely payed the Rakshasi off who are working with them. There are Rakshasi in the Black Halberd caves. There are Rakshasi in Eroc (or whatever the hell that town is). Point is, Rakshasi are on the surface, but they're rare, and have no unified government/organization. -------------------- * Posts: 6936 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, August 31 2004 18:15
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You could always try the Naga, they are another of those unexplored races in the Avernum series and I believe another creature from Indian mythology (however they where guardians and protectors rather then evil). Just a thought, they also allied with the Empire during the war it seemed, there was a third race as well, but I can't remember who they where. -------------------- Fine Meal is people!!! Posts: 289 | Registered: Saturday, February 16 2002 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Wednesday, September 1 2004 16:50
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I think the third race is eyebeasts, who are also invariably bad guys in all the Avernum games. But like Rakhashi, I think they could work with humans if there was something in it for them (like the one in A2 who was helping the Honeycomb bandits.) Posts: 32 | Registered: Saturday, June 12 2004 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, September 1 2004 17:49
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I've always found the Naga to be by far the most interesting race used in the Avernum games. I'd certainly form a storyline around them if I were to create a scenario. However, as I'm a dunce at coding and don't have the time or motivation to learn, that's certainly a lost cause. If someone were to design a scenario that expounded on the Naga and their culture, I would be most interested. -------------------- Stughalf "Delusion arises from anger. The mind is bewildered by delusion. Reasoning is destroyed when the mind is bewildered. One falls down when reasoning is destroyed."- The Bhagavad Gita. Posts: 1798 | Registered: Sunday, October 5 2003 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, September 2 2004 09:06
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You know, with their knack for disguise, Rakhashi may be very capable of infiltrating into the higher echelons of the Empire. (Cue crazy theory... Garzahd a rakhashi in disguise?) Posts: 269 | Registered: Saturday, May 24 2003 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Thursday, September 2 2004 17:24
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Hmmm, it sort of makes sense. The Empire kills most of the Rakhashi on the surface, forcing them to seek a new homeland. So Garhazad assasinates an archmage and takes his place, relentlessly acquiring political power and banishing anyone who comes close to uncovering his real identity. He continues to rise in the ranks until he is second in command of the empire. Then, he provokes Erika to send a group of assasins to kill the Emperor, so that he can capitalize on the people's shock and outrage to maninpulate the young, inexperienced (at the time) Empress into invading Avernum in revenge. Then he plans to kill all the Avernites and take the caves for himself and his fellow Rakhashi. This explains the militarism and brutality of the Empire in A2, despite the fact that the Empress is a decent, just person. It also explains the presence of evil priests and demonic altars among the Empire forces. They were worshiping Rakhashi gods rather than human ones. Posts: 32 | Registered: Saturday, June 12 2004 07:00 |