Githyanki published sources

Dragon Magazine #117, "Hounds of Space and Darkness", an article with statistics on "gith dogs" (what later became spectral hounds in 2E and 3.X), the kaoulgrim (for the Githyanki) and szarkel (Githzerai). They have some pretty cool abilities. I use converted versions of them in my campaign, in addition to the spectral hound from Knights of the Lich-Queen.

Spectral hounds actually come from the "basic" D&D game; they were creatures from the Dimensional Vortex beyond the Sixth Dimension that the Old Ones set up to prevent Immortals from venturing beyond, but were sometimes found in the Astral Plane on obscure missions for the Old Ones. They appeared without that background in the Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix as astral predators; it mentioned that githyanki sometimes train them. From there they ended up in A Guide to the Astral Plane.

It makes sense that the kaoulgrim from Dragon #117 are seperate creatures; they're described as dogs with hell hound blood, if I remember correctly.

The whole rrakkma thing does indeed involve the illithids, so maybe someone has a (somewhat) complete list of mind flayer sources...? I'm sure it's a longer list than those products mentioning the gith races.

LOL, yeah, I should have caught the "Sunset World" article too, since I use Ssirik Akuar in my campaign somewhat (players haven't visited yet, but many of my illithid villains are based there and on similar planets in the Dark Zone).

Just as a plug for my own brand of craziness, here are the illithid references I know of in a few d20 products others might not know about.

Guide to the Galaxy (Dragonstar) - description of the Dark Zone, a region of illithid-controlled space which lies far above the galactic plane (of the Serpent's Eye Galaxy), on the edges of the Dragon Empire (the center of the campaign).

Galactic Races (Dragonstar) - entry for the "Ith-Kon", physically pumped-up, psychically retarded two-face-tentacled illithids; can you say 'thid shock troops?

Imperial Supply (Dragonstar) - "Kjanoth", zero-G vacuum hardened illithid-kin (I would call them "illithidae"), used on the outside surfaces of Illithid Empire ships to repel boarders. Also mentions the "Dark Edgers of Kalibrig", a group of illithid technology scavengers based in a star system near the Dark Zone.

Player's Companion (Dragonstar) - Dark Zone Explorer prestige class (cross between a 'thid slayer and Jean-Luc Picard, sort of). Also a section on psionics with lots of goodies.

Unveiled Masters (generic d20) - Everything you ever wanted to know about "Illeth" but were (really) too afraid to ask. LOTS of good mind flayer technology, prestige classes, history of the IE, etc.

The "Yaggol" from Dragonlance Nexus converted from AD&D 2E (online source) - degenerate chameleon-skinned physically imposing illithids, trapped behind when the IE collapsed. They live in the jungles of Taladas in DL, but I have them on a former illithid-controlled planet on the edges of the DZ in my campaign.

I also use a whole host of Dragon and Dungeon issues (too many to enumerate), and of course Lords of Madness, Complete Psionic, etc. from WotC.

The plumbing might be different, but Tab A still goes into Slot B. It's just that the details of Slot B are a bit different, and if it's a male, Tab A comes out of Slot A before it goes into Slot B, if memory serves. If that doesn't work, she can just use her hands on him, and then transfer the semen.

That would also make Githyanki monotremes, instead of primates. They'd be closer relatives to platapi than humans!

Actually, looking at Wikipedia, it looks like not all egg-laying animals have cloaca. Some birds don't, and dragons are generally closer to cats than lizards biologically (though the absence of external genetalia in dragon artwork implies that they do in fact possess cloaca).

We can assume that the reason that monotremes aren't fertile with placental mammals because they have genetic differences. It looks like Gith are close enough to humans genetically for fertile hybrids to occur, so it seems likely that even if the exact plumbing is different, all you'd need to do to fertilize a member of the other species is get semen into Slot B, whether Slot B is a vagina or cloaca.

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A new "Vicious Venues" article on WotC's site details a Material Plane monastery established by a Githzerai monk who's Rrakkma got wiped out. Includes the Githzerai's stats: Wilderness Monastery

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A preview for the D&D miniatures expansion Blood Wars features Vlaakith the Lich Queen. Anyone want to critique the facts presented here:

Full article here.

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EDIT: Oh, and I almost forgot. NWN2 features a huge amount of githyanki lore including Vlaakith's second in command and the Silver Sword of Gith. Once I finish the Ofiicial Campaign I'll post details of the githyanki history revealed in NWN2.

Dragon Magazine Annual #2, page 114:

Grethiyn Graymalk, 5th level githyanki necromancer, chaotic evil. He was brought to Gothic Earth by a metaphysician named Dr. Julius Earl. He currently resides in a large mansion in the city of Boston.

From: Class Chronicles: Psionic Races and Classes [in the Realms]

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Hey please could somebody specify some official sources that refer to Githyanki egg-laying? I assume this was prior to 3rd ed. but maybe mentioned in 3-3.5 ed. dragon articles or something.