Githyanki

Russ Nicholson in the DnD Fiend Folio

Monkey-folk psychic sky pirates. A humanoid.

Imagine a lanky yet muscular humanoid with green skin, wild hair and the face of a chimp. It wears intricate accoutrement of beaded and studded leathers and fringes.

Simian agility, Disciplined ruthlessness, Buccaneer bravado.


 
HD: 2 Armor: chainmail
Hit it: normal Dodge it: normal
Move: normal, climb normal  

Out of combat, it can cast telekinetic-themed magic.

Attacks (1/round)

Greatsword Spin. The githyanki makes a melee attack against two different adjacent targets (1D8).

Astral Bungee. The githyanki tethers itself to an adjacent thing with an astral silver cable. While tethered it can jump 90’ before attacking and is yanked back to the anchor at the end of each of its turns.

Psychic Blast. The githyanki knocks back every creature and object adjacent to it if they fail a save. Regardless of the result, they have disadvantage on all their attacks against the githyanki for a turn.



Random Encounter
  1. Monster: 2D4 githyankis & … (roll a D6):
  2. nothing
  3. 1D4 of them are gish knights
  4. 1 of them is a veteran planar knight
  5. a young dragon
  6. 1D4 of them are mages
  7. roll twice
  8. Lair: Armored spelljammer ship.
      OR
    Omen: The sound of multiple portals opening.
  9. Spoor: Arcane remnants of planar breaches.
  10. Tracks: Arcane remnants of teleportation.
  11. Trace: A decapitated head, floating mid-air.
  12. Trace: The survivor of a raid.
2D6 Githyanki Cultures

Combine the result of both tables to get the broad lines of this humanoid culture in this part of the world.

Cultures

  1. The ones that raid the material plane for raw materials not found in the astral sea.
  2. The ones that relentlessly chase illithids.
  3. The ones that are sky pirates.
  4. The ones hold monasteries in the material world where their young can train and age.
  5. The ones that hunt down those who steal their mighty silver swords.
  6. The ones that travel in search for a hospitable world.

Features

  1. They follow the almighty lich queen.
  2. They are stranded on this world with no way back.
  3. The best among them are bound to a red dragon.
  4. Their rigid caste system is on the verge of collapse because of a lack of raw materials.
  5. They are slaves to a mind-controling aberration.
  6. They live on a capital ship with other species.
Salvaging the body

Find their sword, and … (Roll as many times as the HD of the monster)

  1. Nothing.
  2. It is made of silver.
  3. Cool leather armor.
  4. Astral crystals which allow you to avoid 1 encounter in the astral sea.
  5. A grappling hook.
  6. A bag of gems (valuable).
Player Class

Play as a githyanki!

Written on November 14, 2020