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I love how Lae'zel is basically genetically engineered to be the prettiest Githyanki in existence.

I love a description of the Gith as. "Highly aggressive space elves."

Justice for the Gith! I personally love their unique look, it isn't just small human, tall human with pointy ears, green human with tusks, etc. I'm a sucker for unique lore which is why Dunmer from TES are my favourite race ever. I just really wish creators weren't afraid of going more out there with lore, like we get it Dwarves are small, live underground and like making stuff, boring, give us more, something new and different, cmon

Actually an old D&D lore theory used to be that because Humans,Elves, and orcs can freely breed with one another the gith were actually a "perfect mix" of all 3 with the addition of psionics. They have a human\elven build, pointy ears like elves and orcs, and their face is a combination of all 3.

Hot take: The Gith actually have a cool design: they're one of the few races in D&D with a visible aesthetic and material culture without just stealing from Tolkien [stealing from Tolkien isn't completely a bad thing]. Their lore is a lot better than a lot of the races where the designers went: _"uh- I dunno? - more aminal people??"_ obviously their faces are kinda gross, but at least there's an actual design.

Ok, I can understand not liking how the Girth’s faces look, but their ARMOR? It looks SICK COME ON

Given how prevalent the githyanki are in BG3 I kinda understand why Larian didn't make the githzerai a subrace like with other races such as elves or dwarves. Lae'zel herself might be cool with you (at least for a little bit) since you helped her off the nautiloid but literally every other githyanki you encounter would attack you on sight. Also most stuff the 'zerai would say is pretty much the same exact stuff any monk would say. So if you really want the "Authentic Githzerai Experience™" in BG3 just play a githyanki monk, only say the monk dialogue, and aggro literally every githyanki you encounter.

You forgot a detail about the githyanki, Vlaakith kills any knight too powerful (I think in mechanic terms is over lvl 16) because she's afraid of competition.

The Yank and the Zerai are not two distinct races, but two distinct cultures. A very cool take on the whole “subrace” thing that WotC should have used more.

I actually like how the Gith look, kinda look like if goblins comtinued to evolve like humans...

Not gonna lie, Baldur's Gate 3 gave me a brand new appreciation for Githyanki. When given the opportunity, I do plan on playing one in an actual campaign.

A Githzerai actually appears as your companion in Planescape Torment. He was an incredibly interesting character and a source of most of my knowledge on Gith lore. By the way, while we're on it, when will we get a video on the Planescape setting?! If you thought Faywhild is weird, well Sigil is literally a ring gravity defying city on top of an endless pillar in the centre of the multiverse

The funniest part about Githzerai is that they started off as primarily Chaotic Neutral but then Dak'kon in Planescape: Torment got so popular they basically rewrote the entire race to be like him, despite the idea being that all the companions in that game are outliers and pariahs.

Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder, because I actually really like the way they look. In BG3 at least they're unconventially good-looking in the Adam Driver way, where traditional rules of what makes a face beautiful fall away to how much character it has. Lae'zel can get it anytime.

You forgot to mention that when the Gith want to bolster their numbers with their children they have to basically teleport a stronghold with the eggs into the Material Plane to allow the eggs to mature and hatch and the children to grow up before they return to the Astral Sea. Now this isn't that bad except when the stronghold pops into the Material Plane it causes destruction on a massive scale around it, think what happens when Draculas castle teleports around.

Your love of drag race references and D&D just earned my subscription- super funny and interesting!

Fun fact, the word "githyanki" was invented by George R. R. Martin back when he wrote sci-fi. Charles Stross, who created the D&D version liked the name and used it without permission (although Martin is cool with it since it was just a random name for an alien species that only had a small part in his book).

I think an interesting way someone could tackle the githzerai is to make them a bit more of an active foil to the githyanki. Instead of taking the stance of isolationism, perhaps instead they actively help PREPARE other civilizations against the threat of mind flayers and the githyanki? They could try to ingratiate themselves with other civilizations and even attempt to awaken similar psychic abilities in the populace. This also makes them the more benevolent alien equivalent to the githyanki’s malicious invader schtick. This could even lead to some interesting conflict, especially if some githzerai take drastic measures to prepare a populace for invasion (like using cruel methods to awaken psychic abilities or maybe even believe that making a rival hive mind is the best way to overcome the mind flayers, so they try to enforce one on a populace with a powerful githzerai at the center).

I'm surprised no one's pointed out how similar the Githzerai's ridiculously named leader is to the Emperor of Mankind from Warhammer 40K. They're both immortal god-kings who use their super OP psychic powers to impose order over chaos and literally hold their homeworlds together, while their bodies are chilling out in stasis.

15:31 Githzerai are actually to be found at the end of act 2, when you find a brain in jar called "Awakened mind", you can use the device to read those from Balthazar and she'll talk a bit about her people ;)

I feel strangely compelled to state that I genuinely love both the visual aesthetic of Githyanki 'and' Dragons in general. No one has to agree with me on this if they don't want to; I just never considered mine might be a minority opinion, and thus I feel compelled to let the world know a weirdo like myself actually exists. Cheers!

Imagine a plotline where Tiamat basically pulls an Order 66 on the Githyanki, and they just get smoked by their own mounts and the Dragon Queen expands her dominion into the Astral Plane. A chosen Red Dragon then uses it's power to ascend to Greatwyrm status and subjugates the remaining Githyanki. Basically causing history to repeat itself for the Gith.

I guess its not a hot take looking at the rest of the comments but I still got to say it; I love the visual aesthetic of the Githyanki and Lae'zel is easily the most beautiful character in all of BG3. I just love her so much.

To any of you who game with old people, you may have heard them talk about hybrid fighter and caster classes as 'Gish' classes/builds. Thats a Gith word, specifically for their elite mage knights. The more you know! Also, the Githyanki's habit of trying to raid the crap out of isolated worlds has occasionally backfired on them. Like that time they saw this obscure, backwater desert world with little in the way of organised government and thought it would be easy pickings. They got wrecked so hard by a passing slave army, then ravaged by the environment and wildlife as they tried to get back out that they sealed every entrace they could find and basically but warning signs on them for anyone else passing nearby. And that is why nobody visits Athas.

I actually like how they look

Spelljammer and Eberron seem like the most interesting DnD settings and I'd love to see more episodes for stuff from them

The ironic part about you calling them ugly is that Gith look WAY BETTER LOOKING in Baldur’s Gate 3 than they do in ANY official material 🤣

In old lore, the Gith came from an ancient humanoid race called the Forerunners, who might have been the ancestors of humans. Vlaakith also consumes the souls of her Githyanki followers. Any Githyanki who reaches above level 15 is consumed by Vlaakith to ensure that no one can become powerful enough to threaten her. Vlaakith has cast Wish countless times to try to achieve godhood and she pays the cost with the souls of those she consume. The Gith are in several D&D video games. The Githyanki are in Baldur's Gate 2, you can get a Gith silver sword. They play a big role in Neverwinter Nights 2. A lot of Githzerai lore was established in Planescape: Torment.

Weirdly enough, no one has yet mentioned that DnD Githyanki were originally "inspired" by George RR Martin's Githyanki from the book Dying of the Light. Much like the Githyanki of DnD, they were a slave race of an alien species. Admittedly though, that's where the similarities begin and end. Dungeons and Dragons came up with most of the lore and specifics, irc George only mentioned them in passing. But by all rights, if someone wants to make their own version of the Githyanki, they should be able to, even if they mostly only borrow the name. In terms of copyright, Wizards of the Coast stands on shaky ground here.

I dont know what I love more, the D&D content or the iconic edits throughout all of your content 😆

Just discovered your channel a couple days ago, and I have to say it became on of my favourite contents to watch on YT! I can feel the effort you put on making these videos! Wishing to see one dedicated to the Kenkus, or any anthrobird race, or anything, watching your content is a delightful experience!

Yes, indeed, you are my favorite hat

I’m sorry pointy hat but you are so wrong about the gith aesthetic. They look badass in all the armor and have an alien looking face while still keeping it fantasy, plus lae’zel is hot please understand

I've just recently found your channel and after going through your past uploads... holy hell I love this channel. Your intros are some of the best! Thanks for the awesome content, and keep up the good work!

You've convinced me to start a Githyanki playthrough. I am 100% on board for every aspect of this race.

Im playing BG3 as a githyanki red dragon sorceror, because it felt nice to have that dragon connection for an alien AND it felt like the perfect opportunity to play a "good guy" who is also deeply unhinged

So I have a weird history with the Gith(yanki). My Dad taught me how to play DnD waaaaay back in the 1e days. He had collected a lot of the books but hadn't gone head over heels with it like I would wind up doing. One of these books was "Fiend Folio" which depicted a githyanki front and center. This creepy ass ghost mummy warrior looking dude haunted my nightmares in the best of ways. No other monster poked my imagination like that guy. Even the name "githyanki" tickled the "this ain't yo momma's fantasy monster" vibe that got me all kinds of excited as a young nerd. It wouldn't be until years later that I'd actually look up anything about the gith and thus discovered the githyanki/githzerai split and -that- lead me down a whole rabbit hole of exploring the Astral Plane and learning about everything else. I basically entered the hobby backwards. Most people start with Lord of the Rings or something like that and then find DnD. I started with DnD and then went to Lord of the Rings later. Elves, Dwarves, Halflings...all those things are 'classic', and I love them. The Gith, however, are synonymous with DnD specifically. I adore them, and look forward to playing a squash nosed warrior when I get my hands on Baldur's Gate 3. Most people disagree with me, but -I- think they look cool as heck.

Also of note the term Gish, which is an old school DnD term for Magic/Martial hybrids originated with the Githyanki.

I've heard them described as Elf klingons. Also how they raise kids and have castes is just like the Clans from BattleTech. If you didn't romance Le'zel, you are missing out.

Lae'ze looks good in my opinion.

Funnily enough the first race I ever played in dnd. Had a lot of fun with it. (Also, nice video as always!)

ok I just found your channel and was looking for D&D content, but the video barely started and I'm already hooked because I've had 4 RPDR references so far

i watched this literally yesterday and today i finished my first bg3 play through (😭) and when you read the letters and stumble across the one from kith’rak voss, the githzerai are mentioned by him!!! i’m glad i watched this video before reading the letter, such a fun easter egg!

I feel like more needs to be said about the way Zerthimon discovered everything about how to throw off the Mind Flayers' bondage just by observing a dead body of a farmer killed in an accident, slowly realizing every bit of knowledge he'd been culturally maimed of, and Batman-deducing everything the *Illithid* don't understand based off the steel tools they allowed his people to use, and then suffering lavishly to keep that knowledge secret for just long enough to form a successful rebellion. It wasn't just a psionic power they all simultaneously grew one day; it was the direct result of some actually fairly sophisticated philosophical development that I promise you at least ten real people have tattooed on their bodies somewhere. Gith may have done all the fighting, and all the extant lore really wants you to remember that, no, seriously, NOBODY was better at fighting than her, but it wouldn't have amounted to a hill of beans without Zerthimon doing all of the organization, mindgames, sabotage and subterfuge, and, oh yeah, rebellion for her. ...Also, if you think the Githzerai are boring, PLEASE PLAY PLANESCAPE TORMENT. IT'S STILL GOOD, I PROMISE.

I think theyre kinda cool looking, id fertilize eggs with one given the chance

Listen I love the content and free and what not-BUT THE EDITING OMG I LOVE THSE VIDEOS, from the memes to the random UHNnnn clips I LOVE IT. KEEP IT UP!

The fact your referencing dragrace (my favorite show) while reviewing my favorite game is iconic.

Gith, being from first edition, have gone through a lot of phases of canon. A lot of my favorite stuff for them is in the semi true state now in fifth but I wanted to share. 1) The egg laying thing is sort of not innate for them. They can reproduce with other races, especially humans, with internal pregnancies. The egg system seems to be a spell system of cloning and reincarnation that the Githyanki hierarchy inherited from their 'prior employers'. It allows for greater control of what traits are inherited. 2) Vlaakith may contain the memories of all of her predecessors including Gith herself through a means of mental consumption and possession. 3) The Illithid empire the Gith defeated May have been in the future and when the Illithid escaped they went back to the past. The Gith then had to follow them back. 4) There are primitive Gith on Athas that fill the niche of Goblins/hobgoblins. They may be Gith that degenerated or they may be the origin of them in the multiverse. 5) There are technically Gith that are neither Githyanki or Githzerai. They are collectively known as the Githvyrik. My favorite of them are a semidivine group of knights whose sole duty is to hunt down Illithid throughout time and space. They were the order that Gith herself wanted to join. All in all I think they're a neat weird thing to add to any planes hopping game of D&D.

So the fun thing: the name "Githyanki" actually originated in a George RR Martin short story in 1977. Then the name was used by Charles Stross (now the author of The Laundry Files) for a homebrew monster in his own AD&D campaign, he then submitted it to White Dwarf magazine, after which it was in turn incorporated into the AD&D Fiend Folio and put on its cover. So in reality, they have one of the most impressive pedigrees of all D&D monsters.

I didn't think I'd need RPDR jokes in my D&D lore videos, but now every other channel feels empty without them.

The humor is SO on point. I love it !

I really love the representation of the githyanki in BG3. They are probably the most fleshed out and best representation of them to date.

We come in peace 🖖👽 (not)

So, he looked up Chaos Dragon (which I believe is mostly just 3e?) and just looked at a Red dragon without looking any closer. I get that the dragons are kind of overplayed, but chaos dragon do have their own design. Most of the dragos have their own designs to tell them apart pretty easily tbh. That's why I do like all the different kinds, my players know the normal chromatic/metallic but not a iron dragon or a yellow dragon XD

Another week, another wonderful video :-) 🎉❤

Okay long comment, here goes: - 1: Great vid, as always. Gith are a personal favourite of mine, I really dig the lore around them and the idea of a race that has split down the middle by ideological differences is very fun (basically transformers). Don't know if you came across the Sha'sal Khou in your research but it's a group of allied Githyanki/Githzerai that are working to unite their people. - 2: I actually had the Githyanki + Vlaakith as the enemies in a (now sadly defunct) campaign. I actually changed the lore somewhat by having the Lich Vlaakith be the original one from back when Gith was in charge, just to push the idea that she was truly ancient, powerful and insane (even did stats for her and everything). - 3: I do love that the divide behind the two cultures are literally pirates vs ninja. - 4: I actually wrote a (probably too long) backstory/character concept for a Githzerai Ranger that I wanted to play at some point, but I've yet to find the chance. Shame, there's some character stuff that I really wanted to explore, especially with being someone in an unfamiliar plane.

If they HAD to have the two gith societies have Dragon Riders, the Githzerai could very well have either metallic or, as befitting their psionic monk aesthetic, gem dragons that they form a psionic bond with. And rather than being simply mounts and war beasts, the dragons the Githzerai ally with are their equal, and they often take council from their bonded dragons for how to handle a situation

I was fairly certain it was Vlaakith who decided to instigate the whole "let's do onto others as was done onto us," schtick. With Zerimon claiming he was the one who stayed true to Gith's original vision. With the implication that Vlaakith sold Gith's soul to Tiamat to secure themselves the "cooperation" of red dragons in the fight against the Illithids. Though I may be wrong in that interpretation and or chronology of events.

Another great video. I can't wait to spend some time away from Baldur's Gate and read the psionic training guide

When you get to dragons, and you will, take every one of them seperately! Pros are you can't run out of content for at least 3 years and we will have MANY variations to dragons like new lair, offspring, routine etc. options. Cons are you CAN'T run out of content. Ever. And you need to come up with new stuff to keep the video concept. Thank you for your sacrifice, Hat.

I love the Gith, both from a lore perspective and aesthetically. Sure, most don't look GOOD, but they are distinct and their aesthetic fits their lore (centuries of mind flayer experiments and enslavement would probably leave a mark on a species...) And some gith are hot. To me. Plus my favorite DnD character was a githzerai, I miss playing her so much, it's such a shame that the campaign I played her in fizzled out. I gotta ask my old DM if we can like cooperatively WRITE something that is basically fanfic for that campaign because we're never getting that group back together probably.

One of my favorite characters of all time was playing a Githyanki Swordmage in 4E. It's sort of like the Eldritch Knight from 5. Just very fun to lean into the sort of lawful evil militaristic character that'd normally be a big problem in a lot of games, but actually works when there's a hot lich goddess who acted sort of like a warlock patron

thank you for the no spoilers! you're wonderful, keep it up!

The only bad thing about this video is all the dragon hate 😭 pibe no hay nada mas cool para mi que unas lagartijas aladas. Esas escemas de los Gith montandolos se veian super cool aaaaaa. Anyway. Amo tu contenido, sombrerito. Gracias por tu esfuerzo y aporte a la comunidad!

There is a Githzerai on Baldur's gate 3. You can talk to them and also get a reward for helping it before the first big boss fight.

Bro.....!!!!! Do more of this in the same style....this is flippin' hilarious. Great job

Cool video. Thanks for the content. It was a nice break from BG3 while still being adjacent.

I didn't get the "bad dragon" joke, so I looked it up. Now, it is too late for me, and all I can do to make the world a better place is beg you to just let it go. Please: your mind will thank you...

Strange, while looking at Chaos dragon, the one that you showed was a chaos dragon from MTG which was in forgotten realms, but there is also Chaos dragon from 3e which is completely different from the red dragons... really confusing me now which ones they tamed

Ngl,, I just got into the rabbit hole of Baldur's Gate and watching your videos inter-spliced with Drag Race Memes was like a cross over episode I didn't know I needed

This came up in my recommendations and worried for a split second seeing the single eye on a triangular shaped object in a drawn style with purple, but then realised oh it's a hat cool

Githzerai is one of my fav races actually, was very sad to not see them in BG3. I wish they had done githzerai with interactions like the Lolth Drow vs seldarine Drow

I like the Gith; they're a distinctly D&D associated fantasy race for me. Kinda like how Krogan, Salarians and Asari for Mass Effect. Their BG3 appearance is in all likelihood based on some of the old drawings we have from earlier editions. It's fairly faithful. The change from old I dislike the most for modern Githyanki as of 5e is that Githyanki Knights in the older editions used to be Paladins, but with their abilities turned to evil. Smite Good, Protection from Good, Control Undead etc. instead of Smite Evil, Protection from Evil and Turn Undead and so on. They were the only Githyanki that typically used Divine magic. So I would've appreciated Githyanki Knights having some Paladin spells and maybe an Aura in 5e. Alas, I have to homebrew that for my own campaigns.

This was great, thank you. You got my sub and a like.

The Githyanki-Githzerai thing was a huge plot point in Neverwinter Nights 2.

In the original Neverwinter Nights expansion Hordes of the Underdark, there was a group of Githzerai pilgrims led by Sensei Dharvana in Cania, the eighth layer of Hell (ruled over by the archdevil Mephistopheles). And one of the recruitable NPCs in Neverwinter Nights 2 was Githzerai - Zhjaeve. (Curiously, she was a cleric... with no patron deity.)

In Planescape: Torment, one of the companions is Dak'kon, a githzerai following the path of Zerthimon.

Man I love dragons We need more things with them

Loving the drag race portions ❤

I don't find them ugly at all. Most of their options are pretty attractive faces with weird nose, that's it.

Your writing and delivery are always excellent, but you absolutely killed it with this one! And that Elfen Lied callout cut me to the bone... I did not consent to having you inside my head like this 😂

You’re telling me if I watch a year-old video of yours, I’m going to spoil the ending to a brand new game? I’m subbing, that’s some future-sight

Gith (right behind elves) were always my favorite playable species, especially Githzerai. Nice to see this vid. Fun fact, those superhero Githyanki knights is the origin of the term "gish", which in D&D meta is used for character concepts that are sword and spell based.

It's so weird to me that everyone keeps calling them ugly. I feel like they're kinda tame as Alien peoples go lol. I love lae'zel so much she's so pretty.

The dragon lover's dilemma: Make a classic dragon=boring they all look the same Make a novel dragon=that's a wyvern/bird/cockatrice/etc/etc

Thank you for the rules! So cool. I love progression for a character challenge

For everyone like me who wants a twist on dragons, we will unite in all videos from this one on, because our greedy lizards deserve it too!!! DAY 1 ASKING FOR DRAGONS ON THE CHANNEL

I love having the GITH in my campaign as a player character. Idk why, but the different world perspective just tickles my creativity brain.

Everyone being able to have psionics reminds me of dark sun, which i really adore.

That short Elfen Lied rant at the end could not be more accurate to my own personal experience. I feel seen.

Thanks for your videos , it is helping me in my jeurny to learn more about Dnd world me and my brother used to imagine storys when we were young but dnd is not popular in egypt and we didn't have internet now i can happly play Dnd with him and my Dnd friends ♥

Having a character being able to train in psyonics sounds super cool. Then I could act out that one scene in matrix where neo learns how to bend a spoon. Have to hit someone with the "There is no spoon" line. Ooooh that was such a dope one liner!😆

I always thought the Gith were like a second or third layer item for a five-layered D&D iceberg. Like, they're something a new or low-knowledge D&D player wouldn't know much about, besides their monster manual section, but long-time fans always have some sort of opinion of them. I'm glad that they're becoming a more mainstream part of the game.

Your videos are incredible. Please consider making one about the ancient elder gods.

In BG3 there is a secret githzerai near the end of act 2 - you can speak with something that reveals it was a githzerai before being what it is now (And you can get a permanent buff called Githerzai Mind Barrier).

the chaos dragons have different scale patterns depending on the individual.the forgotten realms wiki should have the other picture used before that red one. i like to interpret their scales as rgb colours that go faster in combat and when using either breath weapon.

Okay dnd lore with endless drag clips?! I’m fully in love with you

orcs with extra steps

"Tiamat is the goddess of Bad Dragons." The end. Best story ever.