Githzerai (PC)

The warlike githyanki and the contemplative githzerai are a sundered people- two cultures that utterly despise one another. Before there were githyanki or githzerai, these creatures were a single race enslaved by the mind flayers. Although they attempted to overthrow their masters many times, their rebellions were repeatedly crushed until a great leader named Gith arose. After much bloodshed, Gith and her followers threw off the yoke of their illithid masters, but another leader named Zerthimon emerged in the aftermath of battle. Zerthimon challenged Gith's motives, claiming that her strict martial leadership and desire for vengeance amounted to little more than another form of slavery for her people. A rift erupted between followers of each leader, and they eventually became the two races whose enmity endures to this day.

Whether these tall, gaunt creatures were peaceful or savage, cultured or primitive before the mind flayers enslaved and changed them, none can say. Not even the original name of their race remains from that distant time.

Focused philosophers and austere ascetics, the githzerai pursue lives of rigid order. Lean and muscular, they wear unadorned clothing free of ornamentation, keeping their own counsel and trusting few creatures outside of their own kind. Having turned their backs on their warlike githyanki kin, the githzerai maintain a strict monastic lifestyle, dwelling on islands of order in the vast sea of chaos that is the plane of Limbo.

Most githzerai are monks or mystics.

Githzerai Names

The females and males might adopt names such as: Binli, Bistalth, Galj, Gikni, Githnan, Kalgi, Mitith, Nakil, Talkith, Walik, Wiskilth

Githzerai Traits

Your Githzerai character has an assortment of inborn abilities.

ABILITY SCORE ADJUSTMENTS. Your Intelligence increses by 2, and your Wisdom score increases 1.

AGE. Githzerai are mature at the age of 18 and live about 120 years.

ALIGNMENT. Githzerai are usually lawful neutral.

SPEED. Your walking speed is 30 ft.

LANGUAGES. You can speak common and Gith.

PSYCHIC DEFENSE. While the githzerai is wearing no armor and wielding no shield, its AC includes its Wisdom modifier.

GITHZERAI MAGIC. You know the Mage Hand spell (the hand is invisible) and can cast it as a cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the Shield spell. When you reach 5th level, you can also cast See Invisibility once per day. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells. You cast these spells using only the power of your mind; no spell components are necessary. When you cast these (except Mage Hand), you regain their use after a long rest.

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Githzerai PC created by Elon Tusk 2017