Many rakastas have a darker hue on the ears and muzzle. Older rakastas show a whitening around the face and ears. The creatures have cat eyes, with vertical pupils. Rakastan hands and feet are like those of humans, except for the fur and retractable claws. Rakastas also have non-prehensile tails.
Nomads usually have tails between two and four feet long, though a very few have none at all.
Rakastas are very proud of their tails and spend a great deal of time each day grooming them. All are convinced of rakastan superiority over other races. Still, most are extremely interested in the world at large. For the nomads, this translates into a wanderlust that demands they explore and experience all things for themselves, while for the town dwellers, it becomes an intense curiosity about visitors and a penchant for puzzles of any types. Most rakastas are usually neutral, but good and evil individuals are more common than the rare lawful or chaotic rakasta, evil specimens being fully as common as good ones.