Manual of the Planes

CHAPTER 9:MONSTERS176groups, they can make temporary alliances with reddragons at the option of the Dungeon Master.GITHYANKI CHARACTERSFighter is the favored class of the githyanki. Githyankiare never clerics, unless they’ve forsworn the lich-queen(a dangerous and ultimately lethal choice). Some of themost powerful githyanki warlords are blackguards.GITHZERAIMedium-Size OutsiderHit Dice: 1d8 (4 hp)Initiative: +3 (Dex)Speed: 30 ft.AC: 17 (+3 Dex, +4 inertial armor)Attacks: Dagger +2 melee; or composite longbow +4rangedDamage: Dagger 1d4; composite longbow 1d8Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.Special Qualities: Psionics, inertial armor, SR variable(see text)Saves: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +3Abilities: Str 10, Dex 16, Con 10, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 11Skills: Concentration +4, Search +2Feats: Weapon Focus (dagger)Climate/Terrain: Any land and undergroundOrganization: Fellowship (3–12 3rd-level students), sect(12–24 3rd-level students, plus 2 7th-level teachers and1 9th-level mentor), or order (30–100 3rd-level students,plus 1 7th-level teacher per 10 adults, 5 9th-levelmentors, 2 13th-level masters, and 1 16th-level sensei)Challenge Rating: 1Treasure: StandardAlignment: Any neutralAdvancement: By character classGithzerai are a hard-hearted, humanlike people who dwellin the plane of Limbo, secure in the protection of theirhidden monasteries.They are thinner and taller than humans, with sharpfeatures, long faces, and eyes of gray or yellow. Severe andserious, the githzerai tend toward somberness both indress and personality.As a rule, githzerai are close-mouthed, keep their owncounsel, and trust few outside their own kind. Theyspeak their own language (similar enough to the tongueof the githyanki that either could understand the otherif they chose to speak instead of fight), but many alsospeak Common.Many githzerai are monks; however, sorcerers, rogues,and multiclass githzerai (called zerths) are also indispensablemembers of a monastery.COMBATGithzerai do not fear being caught defenseless, becausetheir bodies are weapons. Able to fight weaponless andarmorless, githzerai monks yearn to bring the “goodfight” to their enemies, the githyanki and the mind flayers.In melee, githzerai sorcerers often use their powersto enhance the monks, psychic warriors, and rogues.Psionics (Sp): At will—daze, feather fall, shatter. Uponadvancing to 11th character level, a githzerai can useplane shift once per day. These abilities are as the spellscast by a 16th-level sorcerer.Inertial Armor (Sp): Githzerai can use psychic force toblock an enemy’s blows. This gives them a +4 armorbonus as long as they remain conscious.Spell Resistance (Ex): A githzerai has spell resistanceof 5 + 1 per character level.GITHZERAI SOCIETYThe githzerai forerunners united under the commandof the rebel Gith (see the Githyanki entry, above) andthrew down the plane-spanning empire of the mindflayers. Once free, the former slaves split ideologicallyand eventually racially, becoming the githzerai andtheir foes, the githyanki. The githzerai’s history ofimprisonment was the foundation of their monasticlifestyle, where all githzerai learn from childhood howto eradicate potential oppressors and enemies (anyonenot a githzerai).Githzerai live within self-contained, fortresslikemonasteries hidden deep in the swirling chaos ofLimbo. While disorder rules outside, stability holdssway inside. Each monastery is ultimately under thecontrol of a sensei, a monk of at least 16th level, and followsa strict schedule of chants, meals, martial artstraining, and devotions, according to a particularsensei’s philosophy. A monastery contains noncombatants(mostly children) equal to 15% of the fighting population.Githzerai males and females may be found inalmost any role or class.Rrakkma: As a special devotion, githzerai sometimesorganize mind flayer hunting parties called rrakkma. Arrakkma consists of 4–5 githzerai of 8th level and 1–2 of11th level, mainly monks, but also containing at least onesorcerer and possibly a rogue. A rrakkma does not returnto its home monastery before slaying at least as manyillithids as its membership.GITHZERAI CHARACTERSA githzerai’s favored class is monk (such characters are oflawful neutral alignment).INEVITABLEHailing from the lawful neutral plane of Mechanus,inevitables are constructs whose sole aim is to enforcethe natural laws of the universe.Each type of inevitable is designed to find andpunish a particular kind of transgression, huntingdown a person or group that has violated a fundamentalprinciple such as “The guilty should be punished,” “Bargainsshould be kept,” or “Everyone dies eventually.”