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1d4chan>Zimriel: /* Adventures */

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	=Adventures=		=Adventures=
	The 'Yanks ~~are protagonists~~ of a pair of epic, edition-spanning campaigns. 3.5 gave us [[Incursion]], a combination adventure path/campaign setting spread over the pages of [[Dragon Magazine]] #309, [[Dungeon Magazine]] #100, and Polyhedron #159, in which the players fight against a githyanki conquest of their home world~~, and~~ 4e gave us a sequel in [[Scales of War]], which ran from Dungeon #156 to Dungeon #175.		The 'Yanks were slow to get off the ground for decades; finally the 21st century gave them their due as pro/antagonists of a pair of epic, edition-spanning campaigns. 3.5 gave us [[Incursion]], a combination adventure path/campaign setting spread over the pages of [[Dragon Magazine]] #309, [[Dungeon Magazine]] #100, and Polyhedron #159, in which the players fight against a githyanki conquest of their home world. 4e gave us a sequel in [[Scales of War]], which ran from Dungeon #156 to Dungeon #175.

	These adventures introduced the [[Duthka'gith]]s; fiendish half-red dragon githyanki bred at Vlaakith's creation, and the source of considerable consternation from many other githyanki despite the eons of loyal partnership between the two races.		These adventures introduced the [[Duthka'gith]]s; fiendish half-red dragon githyanki bred at Vlaakith's creation, and the source of considerable consternation from many other githyanki despite the eons of loyal partnership between the two races.

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Mindset

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	Secondly, their most iconic weapon; baroque greatswords forged of a strange, silvery metal native to their extraplanar environment. Known simply as Silver Swords, or, at most, Githyanki Silver Swords, these weapons are uniquely suited to fighting people who are using astral projection, as they can cut the "astral thread" of these people which is, generally, instant death (ironically, less lethal in 1e, when it just booted you back to the material). The other bonuses of the Silver Swords varies from edition to edition; in 1e, they were sentient +3 weapons that weren't very smart, but did have nebulous other magical powers. In 2e, they lost their sentience, but there was also a "Greater" version that was a +5 weapon ''and'' a Vorpal Sword in addition to its astral cord-cutting ''and'' it could cut the threads of people under the Mind Bar power. In 3e, they were initially downgraded to +1 weapons that could potentially nullify a victim's psionic abilities for 1d4 rounds, but in the Psionics Handbook, the classic +3 astral cord-cutters and +5 vorpal versions returned. 4e gave them the ability to convert damage dealt with them into the Psychic type, gaining the feat support that brings, and 5e made them into +3 weapons with psychic damage resistance, advantage on mental saves, and cord-cutting on a crit. Needless to say, githyanki are ''extremely'' protective of these swords and will go to almost any length to retrieve them.		Secondly, their most iconic weapon; baroque greatswords forged of a strange, silvery metal native to their extraplanar environment. Known simply as Silver Swords, or, at most, Githyanki Silver Swords, these weapons are uniquely suited to fighting people who are using astral projection, as they can cut the "astral thread" of these people which is, generally, instant death (ironically, less lethal in 1e, when it just booted you back to the material). The other bonuses of the Silver Swords varies from edition to edition; in 1e, they were sentient +3 weapons that weren't very smart, but did have nebulous other magical powers. In 2e, they lost their sentience, but there was also a "Greater" version that was a +5 weapon ''and'' a Vorpal Sword in addition to its astral cord-cutting ''and'' it could cut the threads of people under the Mind Bar power. In 3e, they were initially downgraded to +1 weapons that could potentially nullify a victim's psionic abilities for 1d4 rounds, but in the Psionics Handbook, the classic +3 astral cord-cutters and +5 vorpal versions returned. 4e gave them the ability to convert damage dealt with them into the Psychic type, gaining the feat support that brings, and 5e made them into +3 weapons with psychic damage resistance, advantage on mental saves, and cord-cutting on a crit. Needless to say, githyanki are ''extremely'' protective of these swords and will go to almost any length to retrieve them.

	Needless to say, being that they are huge dicks and pretty much all willing slaves to their evil god-queen, githyanki aren't traditionally considered suitable for PCs, unlike their [[Githzerai]] cousins, who were actually in the first wave of [[Planescape]] PCs, alongside the [[Tiefling]] and the [[Bariaur]]. They do, however, have PC writeups in about a dozen Third Edition books, because Third edition will make a playable or pseudo-playable race out of [[ixitxachitl\|literally fucking anything]], and in the Monster Manual for 4e.		Needless to say, being that they are huge dicks and pretty much all willing slaves to their evil god-queen, githyanki aren't traditionally considered suitable for PCs, unlike their [[Githzerai]] cousins, who were actually in the first wave of [[Planescape]] PCs, alongside the [[Tiefling]] and the [[Bariaur]]. They do, however, have PC writeups in about a dozen Third Edition books, because Third edition will make a playable or pseudo-playable race out of [[ixitxachitl\|literally fucking anything]], and in the Monster Manual for 4e. They're also balanced as playable in 5e, with playable versions both in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes and Monsters of the Multiverse (which gives them slightly more interesting mechanics at the cost of saying basically nothing about their lore).

	In D&D and 5e, the githyanki have a particular interest in the material plane; not just because it's where they go to hunt illithids, but because nothing ages on the Astral Plane, so they need to lay their eggs (yeah, they do that) and rear their children on the prime so they can reach maturity.		In D&D and 5e, the githyanki have a particular interest in the material plane; not just because it's where they go to hunt illithids, but because nothing ages on the Astral Plane, so they need to lay their eggs (yeah, they do that) and rear their children on the prime in hidden creches so they can reach maturity.

	=Adventures=		=Adventures=

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Mindset

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	Firstly, githyanki are big believers in the concept of [[multiclassing]], with a long tradition of [[fighter]]/[[wizard]] combatants. Indeed, the idea of the warrior-mage is so iconic, and so associable with the githyanki, that their culture's name for it - the [[Gish]] - has been adopted as a general term in greater /tg/ culture. Well, the alternative was the githzerai term "Zerth", but that wasn't as catchy.		Firstly, githyanki are big believers in the concept of [[multiclassing]], with a long tradition of [[fighter]]/[[wizard]] combatants. Indeed, the idea of the warrior-mage is so iconic, and so associable with the githyanki, that their culture's name for it - the [[Gish]] - has been adopted as a general term in greater /tg/ culture. Well, the alternative was the githzerai term "Zerth", but that wasn't as catchy.

	Secondly, their most iconic weapon; baroque greatswords forged of a strange, silvery metal native to their extraplanar environment. Known simply as Silver Swords, or, at most, Githyanki Silver Swords, these weapons are uniquely suited to fighting people who are using astral projection, as they can cut the "astral thread" of these people which is, generally, instant death (ironically, less lethal in 1e, when it just booted you back to the material). The other bonuses of the Silver Swords varies from edition to edition; in 1e, they were sentient +3 weapons that weren't very smart, but did have nebulous other magical powers. In 2e, they lost their sentience, but there was also a "Greater" version that was a +5 weapon ''and'' a Vorpal Sword in addition to its astral cord-cutting ''and'' it could cut the threads of people under the Mind Bar power. In 3e, they were initially downgraded to +1 weapons that could potentially nullify a victim's psionic abilities for 1d4 rounds, but in the Psionics Handbook, the classic +3 astral cord-cutters and +5 vorpal versions returned. 4e gave them the ability to convert damage dealt with them into the Psychic type, gaining the feat support that brings, and 5e made them into ~~just~~ +3 weapons. Needless to say, githyanki are ''extremely'' protective of these swords and will go to almost any length to retrieve them.		Secondly, their most iconic weapon; baroque greatswords forged of a strange, silvery metal native to their extraplanar environment. Known simply as Silver Swords, or, at most, Githyanki Silver Swords, these weapons are uniquely suited to fighting people who are using astral projection, as they can cut the "astral thread" of these people which is, generally, instant death (ironically, less lethal in 1e, when it just booted you back to the material). The other bonuses of the Silver Swords varies from edition to edition; in 1e, they were sentient +3 weapons that weren't very smart, but did have nebulous other magical powers. In 2e, they lost their sentience, but there was also a "Greater" version that was a +5 weapon ''and'' a Vorpal Sword in addition to its astral cord-cutting ''and'' it could cut the threads of people under the Mind Bar power. In 3e, they were initially downgraded to +1 weapons that could potentially nullify a victim's psionic abilities for 1d4 rounds, but in the Psionics Handbook, the classic +3 astral cord-cutters and +5 vorpal versions returned. 4e gave them the ability to convert damage dealt with them into the Psychic type, gaining the feat support that brings, and 5e made them into +3 weapons with psychic damage resistance, advantage on mental saves, and cord-cutting on a crit. Needless to say, githyanki are ''extremely'' protective of these swords and will go to almost any length to retrieve them.

	Needless to say, being that they are huge dicks and pretty much all willing slaves to their evil god-queen, githyanki aren't traditionally considered suitable for PCs, unlike their [[Githzerai]] cousins, who were actually in the first wave of [[Planescape]] PCs, alongside the [[Tiefling]] and the [[Bariaur]]. They do, however, have PC writeups in about a dozen Third Edition books, because Third edition will make a playable or pseudo-playable race out of [[ixitxachitl\|literally fucking anything]], and in the Monster Manual for 4e.		Needless to say, being that they are huge dicks and pretty much all willing slaves to their evil god-queen, githyanki aren't traditionally considered suitable for PCs, unlike their [[Githzerai]] cousins, who were actually in the first wave of [[Planescape]] PCs, alongside the [[Tiefling]] and the [[Bariaur]]. They do, however, have PC writeups in about a dozen Third Edition books, because Third edition will make a playable or pseudo-playable race out of [[ixitxachitl\|literally fucking anything]], and in the Monster Manual for 4e.

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	=Castes=		=Castes=
	As the githyanki race is basically one giant army, they have divided themselves into a number of different ranks, which function effectively as castes. These first debuted in "A Guide to the [[Astral Plane]]" for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], and continued over to 3rd edition, where they were discussed in the [[Polyhedron]] #159 part of the [[Incursion]] campaign tie-in. In 4th edition, they explored in the article on [[Tu'narath]] in Dragon #377, and in "The Plane Above: Secrets of the Astral Sea".		As the githyanki race is basically one giant army, they have divided themselves into a number of different ranks, which function effectively as castes. These first debuted in "A Guide to the [[Astral Plane]]" for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], and continued over to 3rd edition, where they were discussed in the [[Polyhedron Magazine]] #159 part of the [[Incursion]] campaign tie-in. In 4th edition, they explored in the article on [[Tu'narath]] in Dragon #377, and in "The Plane Above: Secrets of the Astral Sea".

	Precise details have fluctuated over the editions as certain titles have risen and fallen in favor; this has also prevented a concise list of ranks from every being established. Still, these are the various castes that have appeared over the many editions...		Precise details have fluctuated over the editions as certain titles have risen and fallen in favor; this has also prevented a concise list of ranks from every being established. Still, these are the various castes that have appeared over the many editions...

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Backstory

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	Eventually two figures rose up and led their people in a massive slave uprising; [[Zerthimon]] the mystic, and [[Gith]] the warrior-woman. At the brink of total illithid annihilation, Gith began planning to "truly" free her people by... well, basically enslaving every other race and making the Gith-kin as bad as the illithids had been. Zerthimon objected to this, an act called the Pronouncement of Two Skies, and thus the illithid's former slaves were divided into "Those Who Spurn Gith" (Githzerai) and "The Children of Gith" (Githyanki), with the former bogging off to [[Limbo]] (or the [[Elemental Chaos]]) and the latter disappearing into the [[Astral Plane]].		Eventually two figures rose up and led their people in a massive slave uprising; [[Zerthimon]] the mystic, and [[Gith]] the warrior-woman. At the brink of total illithid annihilation, Gith began planning to "truly" free her people by... well, basically enslaving every other race and making the Gith-kin as bad as the illithids had been. Zerthimon objected to this, an act called the Pronouncement of Two Skies, and thus the illithid's former slaves were divided into "Those Who Spurn Gith" (Githzerai) and "The Children of Gith" (Githyanki), with the former bogging off to [[Limbo]] (or the [[Elemental Chaos]]) and the latter disappearing into the [[Astral Plane]].

	Gith herself disappeared after a trip to [[Baator]] to secure an alliance with the dragon-goddess [[Tiamat]], but one of her greatest warriors, Vlaakith, took her place as Warrior-Queen of the Githyanki and kept her people on the path that Gith had ~~said~~. More than one person has wondered if Vlaakith didn't betray Gith in some way, earning the pact with red [[dragon]]s by, say, feeding Gith to Tiamat, but the githyanki won't hear of it.		Gith herself disappeared after a trip to [[Baator]] to secure an alliance with the dragon-goddess [[Tiamat]], but one of her greatest warriors, Vlaakith, took her place as Warrior-Queen of the Githyanki and kept her people on the path that Gith had set. More than one person has wondered if Vlaakith didn't betray Gith in some way, earning the pact with red [[dragon]]s by, say, feeding Gith to Tiamat, but the githyanki won't hear of it.

	=Mindset=		=Mindset=

1d4chan>ThatOneBruvva: /* 5E */

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	::Githyanki Psionics: Mage Hand at-will, Jump 1/day at 3rd level, Misty Step 1/day at 5th level, all keying off of Intelligence.		::Githyanki Psionics: Mage Hand at-will, Jump 1/day at 3rd level, Misty Step 1/day at 5th level, all keying off of Intelligence.

	Gith PCs were used in a teaser adventure previewing ''Mordekainen's Tome of Foes'', letting fans get an early look at the official version. The only real difference for githyanki was that their Martial Prodigy feature now gives them Proficiency in the Shortsword, Longsword and Greatsword, which after all are as thematically tied to their race as the axe & hammer are to [[dwarves]] or the longsword & bow are to [[elves]]. ''Mordekainen's Monsters of the Multiverse'' would give another rewrite, sticking the generic +2 to 2 stats/+1 to 3 stats boost and changing their floating proficiencies to 1 skill and 1 weapon or tool as well as psychic resistance, but this comes at the cost of their innate armor proficiency.		Gith PCs were used in a teaser adventure previewing ''Mordekainen's Tome of Foes'', letting fans get an early look at the official version. The only real difference for githyanki was that their Martial Prodigy feature now gives them Proficiency in the Shortsword, Longsword and Greatsword, which after all are as thematically tied to their race as the axe & hammer are to [[dwarves]] or the longsword & bow are to [[elves]]. ''Mordekainen's Monsters of the Multiverse'' would give another rewrite, sticking the generic +2/+1 to two stats/+1 to 3 stats boost and changing their floating proficiencies to 1 skill and 1 weapon or tool as well as psychic resistance, but this comes at the cost of their innate armor proficiency.

	=Gallery=		=Gallery=

1d4chan>ThatOneBruvva: /* Playable Githyanki */

2022-02-21T22:11:05Z

Playable Githyanki

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	::The Lich-Queen Is Watching: Upon hitting 11th level, the PC has Vlaakith CLVII's attention; if they reach 12th level, she senses it and will dispatch several waves of githyanki "retrieval teams", then turn to local resources ([[assassin]]s, etc), not stopping until either she or the githyanki character is dead. Githyanki can choose to deliberately not gain any levels after 11th to avoid her wrath.		::The Lich-Queen Is Watching: Upon hitting 11th level, the PC has Vlaakith CLVII's attention; if they reach 12th level, she senses it and will dispatch several waves of githyanki "retrieval teams", then turn to local resources ([[assassin]]s, etc), not stopping until either she or the githyanki character is dead. Githyanki can choose to deliberately not gain any levels after 11th to avoid her wrath.

			==3.5E==
	In 3.5, your Githyanki writeup looked like this when it appeared in the Expanded Psionics Handbook:		In 3.5, your Githyanki writeup looked like this when it appeared in the Expanded Psionics Handbook:
	::+2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, -2 Wisdom		::+2 Dexterity, +2 Constitution, -2 Wisdom
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	Polyhedron's writeup was similar, but different: it replaced the Naturally Psionic and Psi-Like Abilities with "Psionics", replacing its psi-like abilities with the spell-like abilities of ''Mage Hand'' (3/day) and ''Daze Humanoid'' (3/day) at 1st level, ''Dimension Door'' (3/day) at 6th level, and both ''Telekinesis'' (3/day) and ''Plane Shift'' (1/day) at 9th level. Likewise, Power Resistance was replace with Spell Resistance (5 + 1 per character level) and they gained the Extraplanar trait, making them vulnerable to Banishment and similar spells when outside of the Astral Plane.		Polyhedron's writeup was similar, but different: it replaced the Naturally Psionic and Psi-Like Abilities with "Psionics", replacing its psi-like abilities with the spell-like abilities of ''Mage Hand'' (3/day) and ''Daze Humanoid'' (3/day) at 1st level, ''Dimension Door'' (3/day) at 6th level, and both ''Telekinesis'' (3/day) and ''Plane Shift'' (1/day) at 9th level. Likewise, Power Resistance was replace with Spell Resistance (5 + 1 per character level) and they gained the Extraplanar trait, making them vulnerable to Banishment and similar spells when outside of the Astral Plane.

			==4E==
	Over in 4th edition, although arguably somewhat weaker than many other 4e races due to being in the back of the Monster Manual 1, githyanki were a lot less of a hassle to play with and still surprisingly viable:		Over in 4th edition, although arguably somewhat weaker than many other 4e races due to being in the back of the Monster Manual 1, githyanki were a lot less of a hassle to play with and still surprisingly viable:
	::Ability Scores: +2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence		::Ability Scores: +2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence
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	::Racial Power - Telekinetic Leap: Usable 1/Encounter, Move Action, target Self or 1 ally within 10 squares. The target of this power can Fly up to 5 squares; if you use this on an ally, that ally must remain in your line of sight at all times during the effect.		::Racial Power - Telekinetic Leap: Usable 1/Encounter, Move Action, target Self or 1 ally within 10 squares. The target of this power can Fly up to 5 squares; if you use this on an ally, that ally must remain in your line of sight at all times during the effect.

			==5E==
	In 5th edition, githyanki resurfaced in the September 2017 issue of [[Unearthed Arcana]], with results that were... different to what'd come before, but technically also more of the same. Weirdly, while both subraces clearly got the shaft in terms of being designed by people who actually cared about the race in question, they're significantly more powerful and in-line with the majority of other 5e PC races compared to their poor, more PC-friendly cousins:		In 5th edition, githyanki resurfaced in the September 2017 issue of [[Unearthed Arcana]], with results that were... different to what'd come before, but technically also more of the same. Weirdly, while both subraces clearly got the shaft in terms of being designed by people who actually cared about the race in question, they're significantly more powerful and in-line with the majority of other 5e PC races compared to their poor, more PC-friendly cousins:
	::+2 Strength, +1 Intelligence		::+2 Strength, +1 Intelligence
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	::Githyanki Psionics: Mage Hand at-will, Jump 1/day at 3rd level, Misty Step 1/day at 5th level, all keying off of Intelligence.		::Githyanki Psionics: Mage Hand at-will, Jump 1/day at 3rd level, Misty Step 1/day at 5th level, all keying off of Intelligence.

	Gith PCs were used in a teaser adventure previewing ~~the~~ Tome of Foes, letting fans get an early look at the official version. The only real difference for githyanki was that their Martial Prodigy feature now gives them Proficiency in the Shortsword, Longsword and Greatsword, which after all are as thematically tied to their race as the axe & hammer are to [[dwarves]] or the longsword & bow are to [[elves]].		Gith PCs were used in a teaser adventure previewing ''Mordekainen's Tome of Foes'', letting fans get an early look at the official version. The only real difference for githyanki was that their Martial Prodigy feature now gives them Proficiency in the Shortsword, Longsword and Greatsword, which after all are as thematically tied to their race as the axe & hammer are to [[dwarves]] or the longsword & bow are to [[elves]]. ''Mordekainen's Monsters of the Multiverse'' would give another rewrite, sticking the generic +2 to 2 stats/+1 to 3 stats boost and changing their floating proficiencies to 1 skill and 1 weapon or tool as well as psychic resistance, but this comes at the cost of their innate armor proficiency.

	=Gallery=		=Gallery=

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Gallery

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	Ur-Quan Kzer-Za.gif\|The Githyanki's backstory is basically same as the Ur-Quan [[Star Control]]		Ur-Quan Kzer-Za.gif\|The Githyanki's backstory is basically same as the Ur-Quan from [[Star Control]]
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