Gith
Gith are a race of humanoids who were once enslaved by illithids (link) for countless generations. Some scholars claim that they were once descended from humans, while others maintained that their original race was in fact unknown. After gaining freedom, philosophical differences led to inn-fighting sparking a civil war, which divided the Gith into two different races at constant odds with each other: the Githyanki (link) and the Githzerai (link).
Description:
Gith are tall and emaciated-looking humanoids. Their skin was usually a pale yellow with the occasional Gith having greenish or brownish tones. Their skulls are long and angular, with deep-set eyes, flattened noses, and pointed, serrated ears. Typical hair colors included black, red, russet, and sometimes gray, though other colors were rare, they were not unknown.
The Gith are a race torn asunder, divided by generations of conflict and ideological differences. The two main sects of the Gith people regarded the other with nothing but contempt, hatred, and wariness. The intense hatred that divided the race was further exploited and amplified by the illithids themselves, who kept spies in both githyanki and githzerai communities tasked with stoking their ancient rivalries.
The githyanki and the githzerai each spoke their dialect of the Gith language, which used a unique form of writing called tir'su. It was an alphabetical set of runes in which words were formed in circles instead of linearly, with the letters of a given word linked in a ring. Githyanki arranged the characters clockwise from the top, while githzerai arranged them counter-clockwise from the bottom. Sentences were formed by a series of these rings.
Vrin, Githzerai hunter of Balinor's Gray Hunt.
Githzerai
Githyanki
Githvyrik
Description:
Gith are tall and emaciated-looking humanoids. Their skin was usually a pale yellow with the occasional Gith having greenish or brownish tones. Their skulls are long and angular, with deep-set eyes, flattened noses, and pointed, serrated ears. Typical hair colors included black, red, russet, and sometimes gray, though other colors were rare, they were not unknown.
Society:
The Gith are a race torn asunder, divided by generations of conflict and ideological differences. The two main sects of the Gith people regarded the other with nothing but contempt, hatred, and wariness. The intense hatred that divided the race was further exploited and amplified by the illithids themselves, who kept spies in both githyanki and githzerai communities tasked with stoking their ancient rivalries.
Language:
The githyanki and the githzerai each spoke their dialect of the Gith language, which used a unique form of writing called tir'su. It was an alphabetical set of runes in which words were formed in circles instead of linearly, with the letters of a given word linked in a ring. Githyanki arranged the characters clockwise from the top, while githzerai arranged them counter-clockwise from the bottom. Sentences were formed by a series of these rings.
Notable Gith:
Vrin, Githzerai hunter of Balinor's Gray Hunt.
Gith Features:
- Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 1.
- Age. Gith reach adulthood in their late teens and live for about a century.
- Size. Gith are taller and leaner than humans, with most a slender 6 feet in height. Your size is Medium.
- Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
- Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Gith.
Sub-Races:
Githzerai
Githyanki
Githvyrik
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