So, as manager of Rrakkma, I suppose I am charged with the sacred duty of ensuring the continuation of gith-related goodness. Therefore, I'm currently working on variant racial statistics for githyanki and githzerai. My thinking was that the 3rd edition racial abilities were a little too much of a deviation from the human-like races that they were before, and that the +2 LA was a little too steep to play sometimes. So I'm trying to set them at a LA+1 level (on par with planetouched, genasi, planar bariaur, etc.), make the two races fully equal with each other (odd reflections of each other) and perhaps set them a little closer to their former characteristics (e.g. who really needs a +6 to Dexterity?), or, as Loki dubbed it, "first edition reboots of the species."
But, rather than my usual habits of coming up with an idea and then tossing it out for the community to work on until it gets bored, I've actually got something for you all! They're based off of the 2nd edition stats for githzerai in the Planewalker's handbook and off of the Expanded Psionics handbook 3.5 edition stats for psionic githzerai and githyanki.
Medium-size humanoid.
Base speed 30 feet.
Darkvision 60 feet.
Naturally psionic: Githzerai gain 2 bonus power points at 1st level. This benefit does not grant them the ability to manifest powers unless they gain that ability through another source, such as levels in a psionic class.
Power resistance (Ex): A githzerai has power resistance equal to his hit dice. Githzerai have been bathed in psionics all their lives and have developed techniques to fight off mental attacks throughout their history.
Githzerai have a +2 racial bonus to Balance and Concentration skill checks. They are admired for their keen focus and self-knowledge. [Writer's note: I always felt that little things like skill bonuses did a lot to round out a race and were somewhat under-represented.]
Favored class: Monk [Writer's note: I'm not a huge fan of this. Any suggestions? Psion?]
Level Adjustment: +1
+2 Dex, +2 Con, -2 Wis. The githyanki train their bodies to be weapons in their eternal war against all other races. Their overconfidence and their fanaticism, however, are often weaknesses.
Medium-size humanoid.
Base speed 30 feet.
Darkvision 60 feet.
Naturally psionic: Githyanki gain 2 bonus power points at 1st level. This benefit does not grant them the ability to manifest powers unless they gain that ability through another source, such as levels in a psionic class.
Power resistance (Ex): A githyanki has power resistance equal to his hit dice. Life on the Astral Plane and a powerful belief in inner strength have granted the githyanki a special resilience.
Githyanki have a +2 racial bonus on Intimidate, Sense Motive, and Search skill checks. The githyanki make fearsome opponents, and their society trains them for vigilance and suspicion. [Writer's note: I'm not entirely sure of these particular skills, but I needed three to match.]
Favored class: Fighter [Writer's note: I'm fine with Fighter as their favored class. Perhaps Psychic Warrior to reflect their psionic talents, as well. However, with a penalty to Wisdom they'd suffer in the manifesting department there.]
Level Adjustment: +1
My concern now is that they might be too similar. Any suggestions?
question: is there such thing as a 'half-gith', is it even possible?
I mean, the gith used to be mostly human, right? Before the whole mindflayer thing....
So there should be half gith babies out there somewhere, right? I mean, there are half-elves, and as far as I knew elves didnt evolve from humans.