b'Pustakam Rakshasa \n'b'  Family:   Rakshasa  \n'b'  Small   fiend ,  lawful evil  \n'b'  Armor Class  15 (natural armor)  Hit Points  91 (14d6 + 42)  Speed  25 ft., climb 20 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 12 (+1) DEX:  15 (+2)  CON:  16 (+3)  INT:  13 (+1)  WIS:  16 (+3)  CHA:  18 (+4)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Skills   Deception  +7,  Insight  +6,  Stealth  +5  Damage Vulnerabilities  piercing from magic weapons wielded by good creatures  Damage Resistances  bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks  Senses   darkvision  60 ft., passive  Perception  13  Languages  Common, Infernal, telepathy 60 ft.  Challenge  5 (1,800 XP)  Proficiency Bonus  +3 \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  False Appearance (Object Form Only) . While the pustakam remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ordinary object. \n'b'  Limited Magic Immunity . The pustakam can\xe2\x80\x99t be affected or detected by spells of 2nd level or lower unless it wishes to be. It has advantage on saving throws against all other spells and magical effects. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Multiattack . The pustakam makes two Claw attacks or uses False Promises twice. It can replace one use of False Promises with a use of Spellcasting. \n'b'  Claw (Fiend Form Only) .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 7 (2d4 + 2) slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) psychic damage. \n'b'  False Promises . The pustakam whispers promises of power and riches in the mind of one creature it can see within 60 feet of it. The target must make a DC 15  Wisdom  saving throw. On a failure, a creature takes 18 (4d8) psychic damage and is  charmed  for 1 minute. On a success, a creature takes half the damage and isn\xe2\x80\x99t  charmed . While  charmed , a creature has disadvantage on saving throws against the pustakam\xe2\x80\x99s enchantment spells. A  charmed  creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. \n'b'  Spellcasting . The pustakam casts one of the following spells, requiring no material or somatic components and using  Charisma  as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 15):\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  At will :  detect thoughts ,  mage hand ,  minor illusion  \n'b'  3/day each :  command ,  suggestion  \n'b'\n'b' BONUS ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Change Shape . The pustakam transforms into a Tiny object or back into its true form, which is a fiend. Its statistics, other than its  size , are the same in each form. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying isn\xe2\x80\x99t transformed. It reverts to its true form if it dies. \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' A trio of cat people stand beside a seated tiger man, dutifully poised to carry out his instructions. \n'b' In the rigid hierarchy of rakshasas, low-ranking rakshasas serve the more powerful to gather and increase their own power. \n'b'  The Saahase . The fierce infantry class of the rakshasa, more commonly known as myrmidons, serves as the tiger\xe2\x80\x99s claws.\xc2\xa0Myrmidons blend arcane might and martial warfare, and they guard the palaces and secret hideaways of their masters or serve as bodyguards for the masters themselves. \n'b'  The Pustakam . When a rakshasa is killed on the Material Plane, its spirit is banished back to the Hells, where it is tormented by devils until it is reincarnated in a new body.\xc2\xa0Sometimes, when it committed a grave error that resulted in its death, the slain fiend returns in an inferior form, obliged to perform a series of evil deeds before regaining its former status. These rakshasas occupy a unique rank outside the standard hierarchy and are called pustakams. Separate from their brethren, pustakams reside almost entirely on the Material Plane, disguising themselves as books, paintings, or statuettes and insinuating themselves into mortal hands. Their natural form is that of a mauve-skinned fiend the size of a halfling with the tell-tale backward hands of a rakshasa. \n'b' To regain its former status as a full rakshasa, the pustakam must tempt mortals into committing evil acts, and the severity of its failure determines the depth of the acts or how many mortals it must manipulate before it regains its power, which only the pustakam itself knows. Pustakams typically coerce victims into performing minor acts first, then push them into progressively more evil and depraved actions until the pustakam earns its return to the Hells, where it is reincarnated as a true rakshasa. \n'b'  The Chhota . The laborer class of the rakshasa, called servitors, serve as the lowest rung in rakshasa society. Minor functionaries, builders, and laborers, servitors possess a burning desire to advance. When a servitor proves itself worthy, elder rakshasas perform the \xe2\x80\x9cUnnati\xe2\x80\x9d ritual. In this ritual, the servitor literally earns its stripes, transforming from a leopard-like fiend into a more powerful, tiger-like rakshasa. \n'b'  The Slayer . When a rakshasa or greater rakshasa\xc2\xa0needs an enemy spied upon or killed, it sends a slayer to carry out the mission. Slayers operate outside rakshasa society to better protect themselves and their employers. They can assume dozens of identities and humanoid forms, switching identities as needed.'