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The '''gith''' are a race of humanoids who were enslaved by [[mind flayer]]s for countless generations.{{csb|A Guide to the Astral Plane|44-46}} Some sages claim they were once descended from [[human]]s,{{csb|Fiend Folio | The '''gith''' are a race of humanoids who were enslaved by [[mind flayer]]s for countless generations.{{csb|A Guide to the Astral Plane|44-46}} Some sages claim they were once descended from [[human]]s,{{csb|Fiend Folio first edition|43-45}}{{csb|Monstrous Manual|152-156}}{{csb|Planes of Chaos|The Travelogue|29}}{{Cite polyhedron|159|6|Incursion: Knights of the Lich-Queen}} while others maintained that their original race was in fact unknown.{{csb|Monster Manual fifth edition|158-161}}{{Cite dragon|378|80|Playing Githzerai}}{{csb|Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations|72-73}} After breaking free from their enslavement, philosophical differences led to a bitter internal conflict, which divided the gith into two main different races at constant odds with each other: the [[githyanki]] and the [[githzerai]].{{csb|Monster Manual fifth edition|158-161}}{{csb|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes||4}}{{csb|Monster Manual fourth edition|128-131}} | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Gith are tall and emaciated-looking humanoids.{{csb|Monster Manual | Gith are tall and emaciated-looking humanoids.{{csb|Monster Manual fifth edition|158-161}} They have pale yellow skin, sometimes with greenish or brownish tones. Their skulls are long and angular, with deep-set eyes, flattened noses, and pointed, serrated ears. Typical hair colors include black, red, russet, and sometimes gray.{{csb|A Guide to the Astral Plane|44-46}}{{csb|Player's Handbook 3|9}} | ||
==Society== | ==Society== | ||
The gith are an utterly sundered race. Divided by generations of conflict and ideological differences, the two main sects of the gith people regard each other with nothing but contempt, hate, and wariness.{{csb|Monster Manual | The gith are an utterly sundered race. Divided by generations of conflict and ideological differences, the two main sects of the gith people regard each other with nothing but contempt, hate, and wariness.{{csb|Monster Manual fifth edition|158-161}}{{csb|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes||4}} The intense hatred which divided the race was further exploited and amplified by the mind flayers themselves, who kept spies in both githyanki and githzerai communities tasked with stoking their ancient rivalries.{{csb|Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations|72-73}} | ||
However, a splinter faction of renegade githyanki and githzerai known as the [[Sha'sal Khou]] seek to overcome the differences between the two races and bring them together as a single people.{{cite dungeon|168|51|Tyranny of Souls}}{{csb|Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage|193}} They worked secretly within the two races discouraging violence against each other in the hopes of becoming able to call their people simply "gith".{{cite dungeon|168|51|Tyranny of Souls}}{{csb|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes|97}}{{Cite dungeon|100|98|The Lich-Queen's Beloved}} | However, a splinter faction of renegade githyanki and githzerai known as the [[Sha'sal Khou]] seek to overcome the differences between the two races and bring them together as a single people.{{cite dungeon|168|51|Tyranny of Souls}}{{csb|Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage|193}} They worked secretly within the two races discouraging violence against each other in the hopes of becoming able to call their people simply "gith".{{cite dungeon|168|51|Tyranny of Souls}}{{csb|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes|97}}{{Cite dungeon|100|98|The Lich-Queen's Beloved}} | ||
Two other subraces existed among the gith: | Two other subraces existed among the gith: | ||
* The isolationist "pirates of [[Gith]]" chose to remain in the [[ | * The isolationist "pirates of [[Gith]]" chose to remain in the [[Material Plane|Prime Material plane]] and did not follow their cousins into the [[Astral Plane]] or [[Limbo]]. Instead, they chose a lifestyle of piracy in [[wildspace]], although they retained their extremely militarized society.{{csb|Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1|41}}{{csb|Monstrous Manual|152-156}} | ||
* The [[githvyrik]], a small group of gith who did not identify as either githyanki or githzerai.{{csb|Dawn of Night|3,7,47}} | * The [[githvyrik]], a small group of gith who did not identify as either githyanki or githzerai.{{csb|Dawn of Night|3,7,47}} | ||
===Language=== | ===Language=== | ||
The githyanki and the githzerai each speak their own dialect of the Gith language, which uses a unique form of writing called [[tir'su]]. It is an alphabetical set of runes in which words are formed in circles instead of linearly, with the letters of a given word linked in a ring. Githyanki arrange the characters clockwise from the top, while githzerai arranged them counter-clockwise from the bottom. Sentences are formed by a series of these rings.{{csb|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes|90}}{{csb|Monster Manual | The githyanki and the githzerai each speak their own dialect of the Gith language, which uses a unique form of writing called [[tir'su]]. It is an alphabetical set of runes in which words are formed in circles instead of linearly, with the letters of a given word linked in a ring. Githyanki arrange the characters clockwise from the top, while githzerai arranged them counter-clockwise from the bottom. Sentences are formed by a series of these rings.{{csb|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes|90}}{{csb|Monster Manual fifth edition|158-161}}{{Cite dungeon|100|104-105|The Lich-Queen's Beloved}} | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
The ancient origin of the gith is clouded in mystery. Even the name of the original race, which some referred to as "the forerunners",{{Cite dragon|378|80Playing Githzerai}} was lost to time.{{csb|Monster Manual | The ancient origin of the gith is clouded in mystery. Even the name of the original race, which some referred to as "the forerunners",{{Cite dragon|378|80Playing Githzerai}} was lost to time.{{csb|Monster Manual fifth edition|158-161}} Some sources claimed that they were originally humans from a world called [[Pharagos]],{{Cite polyhedron|159|38-39|Incursion: Knights of the Lich-Queen}} located in an unknown crystal sphere which had been conquered by the illithids during the expansion of their empire, and who had been slowly altered by the mind flayers' genetic experiments.{{Cite polyhedron|159|6|Incursion: Knights of the Lich-Queen}} Others claimed that they might have been created by the illithids themselves through mixing humanoid hosts with powers from the [[Far Realm]].{{Cite dragon|378|80Playing Githzerai}} | ||
[[File:Githyanki07-mind flayer.jpg|thumb|250px|''A githyanki attacks a mind flayer.'' Art by Wayne Reynolds, 2005.]] | [[File:Githyanki07-mind flayer.jpg|thumb|250px|''A githyanki attacks a mind flayer.'' Art by Wayne Reynolds, 2005.]] | ||
It has been suggested that the enslavement of the gith and the [[duergar]] happened during the early expansion of the mind flayer empire.{{csb|Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations}} Whether the gith were human or some unknown humanoid race, centuries of servitude and selective breeding changed them considerably. In a practical sense, the gith are in fact made by the mind flayers.{{csb|Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations|72-73}} | It has been suggested that the enslavement of the gith and the [[duergar]] happened during the early expansion of the mind flayer empire.{{csb|Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations}} Whether the gith were human or some unknown humanoid race, centuries of servitude and selective breeding changed them considerably. In a practical sense, the gith are in fact made by the mind flayers.{{csb|Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations|72-73}} | ||
Although revolts were not uncommon among the mind flayers' slaves, for a long time they posed no challenge. However, over time some slaves developed some resistance against their masters' mind control and started secretly improving their psionic abilities. When they judged that the time was right, the forerunners, under the guidance of their leader [[Gith]], revolted in an unprecedented uprising, causing a chain reaction that culminated in the death of countless [[elder brain]]s and ushered the downfall of the entire illithid empire.{{csb|Fiend Folio | Although revolts were not uncommon among the mind flayers' slaves, for a long time they posed no challenge. However, over time some slaves developed some resistance against their masters' mind control and started secretly improving their psionic abilities. When they judged that the time was right, the forerunners, under the guidance of their leader [[Gith]], revolted in an unprecedented uprising, causing a chain reaction that culminated in the death of countless [[elder brain]]s and ushered the downfall of the entire illithid empire.{{csb|Fiend Folio first edition|43-45}}{{csb|The Illithiad|39}}{{csb|A Guide to the Astral Plane|44-46}} In less than a year, the devastation brought the mind flayers to the brink of extinction and forced the surviving enclaves into hiding, a downfall from which they never fully recovered.{{csb|Volo's Guide to Monsters|71}} | ||
===Civil War and Separation=== | ===Civil War and Separation=== | ||
Soon after conquering their freedom, Gith ordered the continuation of the war effort. The mind flayers were to be hunted down to the last one and the gith were to establish a new empire based on conquest. At this point, [[Zerthimon]], a gith who had gathered a significant following during the fight for freedom, challenged Gith's leadership and her motives, arguing that she would end up leading the people into a similar tyranny that their former masters enforced.{{csb|A Guide to the Astral Plane|44-46}}{{csb|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes||4}} | Soon after conquering their freedom, Gith ordered the continuation of the war effort. The mind flayers were to be hunted down to the last one and the gith were to establish a new empire based on conquest. At this point, [[Zerthimon]], a gith who had gathered a significant following during the fight for freedom, challenged Gith's leadership and her motives, arguing that she would end up leading the people into a similar tyranny that their former masters enforced.{{csb|A Guide to the Astral Plane|44-46}}{{csb|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes||4}} | ||
{{quoted text|The githyanki and the githzerai were so profoundly scarred by their enslavement to the mind flayers that they forget they were one race, united. Having won their freedom, they wage war against each other with a hatred none can fully comprehend." | {{quoted text|The githyanki and the githzerai were so profoundly scarred by their enslavement to the mind flayers that they forget they were one race, united. Having won their freedom, they wage war against each other with a hatred none can fully comprehend."—[[Aristul]] the Yellow{{csb|Monster Manual fifth edition|158-161}}}} | ||
The disagreement led to a violent civil war among the gith. Zerthimon was killed, and his followers, who called themselves "githzerai" (meaning "those who spurn Gith" in the Gith language{{Cite dragon|378|80Playing Githzerai}}), retreated to [[Limbo]] in defeat–but not before dealing substantial damage to Gith's forces, which could no longer sustain a continuing campaign against the mind flayers.{{csb|A Guide to the Astral Plane|44-46}}{{csb|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes||4}}{{csb|The Illithiad|39}}{{csb|Planes of Chaos|The Travelogue|29}} This internal struggle gave sufficient time for the surviving mind flayers to retreat and hide in well defended underground locations.{{csb|Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations|71}} | The disagreement led to a violent civil war among the gith. Zerthimon was killed, and his followers, who called themselves "githzerai" (meaning "those who spurn Gith" in the Gith language{{Cite dragon|378|80Playing Githzerai}}), retreated to [[Limbo]] in defeat–but not before dealing substantial damage to Gith's forces, which could no longer sustain a continuing campaign against the mind flayers.{{csb|A Guide to the Astral Plane|44-46}}{{csb|Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes||4}}{{csb|The Illithiad|39}}{{csb|Planes of Chaos|The Travelogue|29}} This internal struggle gave sufficient time for the surviving mind flayers to retreat and hide in well defended underground locations.{{csb|Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations|71}} | ||
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* [[Vlaakith]], the Lich-Queen of the Gith | * [[Vlaakith]], the Lich-Queen of the Gith | ||
* Zetch'r'r, a githyanki warlord and A member of the Sha’sal Khouc{{Cite dungeon|100|98|The Lich-Queen's Beloved}} | * Zetch'r'r, a githyanki warlord and A member of the Sha’sal Khouc{{Cite dungeon|100|98|The Lich-Queen's Beloved}} | ||
* [[Vhostym]], a githvyrik.{{csb|Dawn of Night|3,7,47}} | * [[Vhostym]], a githvyrik.{{csb|Dawn of Night|3,7,47}} | ||
* [[Yrlakka]], a githzerai member of the Sha'sal Khou.{{csb|Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage|193}} | * [[Yrlakka]], a githzerai member of the Sha'sal Khou.{{csb|Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage|193}} | ||
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The gith are a race of humanoids who were enslaved by mind flayers for countless generations.[1] Some sages claim they were once descended from humans,[2][3][4][5] while others maintained that their original race was in fact unknown.[6][7][8] After breaking free from their enslavement, philosophical differences led to a bitter internal conflict, which divided the gith into two main different races at constant odds with each other: the githyanki and the githzerai.[6][9][10]
Description
Gith are tall and emaciated-looking humanoids.[6] They have pale yellow skin, sometimes with greenish or brownish tones. Their skulls are long and angular, with deep-set eyes, flattened noses, and pointed, serrated ears. Typical hair colors include black, red, russet, and sometimes gray.[1][11]
Society
The gith are an utterly sundered race. Divided by generations of conflict and ideological differences, the two main sects of the gith people regard each other with nothing but contempt, hate, and wariness.[6][9] The intense hatred which divided the race was further exploited and amplified by the mind flayers themselves, who kept spies in both githyanki and githzerai communities tasked with stoking their ancient rivalries.[8]
However, a splinter faction of renegade githyanki and githzerai known as the Sha'sal Khou seek to overcome the differences between the two races and bring them together as a single people.[12][13] They worked secretly within the two races discouraging violence against each other in the hopes of becoming able to call their people simply "gith".[12][14][15]
Two other subraces existed among the gith:
- The isolationist "pirates of Gith" chose to remain in the Prime Material plane and did not follow their cousins into the Astral Plane or Limbo. Instead, they chose a lifestyle of piracy in wildspace, although they retained their extremely militarized society.[16][3]
- The githvyrik, a small group of gith who did not identify as either githyanki or githzerai.[17]
Language
The githyanki and the githzerai each speak their own dialect of the Gith language, which uses a unique form of writing called tir'su. It is an alphabetical set of runes in which words are formed in circles instead of linearly, with the letters of a given word linked in a ring. Githyanki arrange the characters clockwise from the top, while githzerai arranged them counter-clockwise from the bottom. Sentences are formed by a series of these rings.[18][6][19]
History
Origins
The ancient origin of the gith is clouded in mystery. Even the name of the original race, which some referred to as "the forerunners",[20] was lost to time.[6] Some sources claimed that they were originally humans from a world called Pharagos,[21] located in an unknown crystal sphere which had been conquered by the illithids during the expansion of their empire, and who had been slowly altered by the mind flayers' genetic experiments.[5] Others claimed that they might have been created by the illithids themselves through mixing humanoid hosts with powers from the Far Realm.[20]
It has been suggested that the enslavement of the gith and the duergar happened during the early expansion of the mind flayer empire.[22] Whether the gith were human or some unknown humanoid race, centuries of servitude and selective breeding changed them considerably. In a practical sense, the gith are in fact made by the mind flayers.[8]
Although revolts were not uncommon among the mind flayers' slaves, for a long time they posed no challenge. However, over time some slaves developed some resistance against their masters' mind control and started secretly improving their psionic abilities. When they judged that the time was right, the forerunners, under the guidance of their leader Gith, revolted in an unprecedented uprising, causing a chain reaction that culminated in the death of countless elder brains and ushered the downfall of the entire illithid empire.[2][23][1] In less than a year, the devastation brought the mind flayers to the brink of extinction and forced the surviving enclaves into hiding, a downfall from which they never fully recovered.[24]
Civil War and Separation
Soon after conquering their freedom, Gith ordered the continuation of the war effort. The mind flayers were to be hunted down to the last one and the gith were to establish a new empire based on conquest. At this point, Zerthimon, a gith who had gathered a significant following during the fight for freedom, challenged Gith's leadership and her motives, arguing that she would end up leading the people into a similar tyranny that their former masters enforced.[1][9]
"The githyanki and the githzerai were so profoundly scarred by their enslavement to the mind flayers that they forget they were one race, united. Having won their freedom, they wage war against each other with a hatred none can fully comprehend."—Aristul the Yellow[6]"
The disagreement led to a violent civil war among the gith. Zerthimon was killed, and his followers, who called themselves "githzerai" (meaning "those who spurn Gith" in the Gith language[20]), retreated to Limbo in defeat–but not before dealing substantial damage to Gith's forces, which could no longer sustain a continuing campaign against the mind flayers.[1][9][23][4] This internal struggle gave sufficient time for the surviving mind flayers to retreat and hide in well defended underground locations.[25]
Gith led her surviving followers, who at this point started calling themselves "githyanki" (meaning "children of Gith"[1]), to the former illithid settlements in the Astral Plane, where they could regroup and gather their strength in order to resume their plans of conquering the entire multiverse, as well as exterminating both the mind flayers and the githzerai.[1]
Thus, the two divided races remained bitter enemies that constantly thwarted each other's plans. The githyanki expanded their conquering efforts to include raids into githzerai strongholds. The githzerai, while also deploying missions to root out and destroy illithid settlements, maintained a steady effort to oppose the githyanki militaristic expansion.[26] This enduring conflict prevented either race from obtaining a decisive victory against the mind flayers and brought the conflict to a stalemate.[9]
Vlaakith I was an advisor to Gith and helped seal the pact between red dragons and the githyanki. All subsequent queens of the githyanki have been named after her. Vlaakith CLVI, the immediate predecessor of the current lich-queen, ruled for over six centuries, becoming a lich at some point during her reign, before being destroyed by Xinfyrit, first of the devourers. The last queen of the githyanki, Vlaakith CLVII, died after ascending the throne without giving birth to an heir, but (like her predecessor) returned as a lich. Vlaakith CLVII has ruled the githyanki for well over a thousand years, making her the longest-reigning monarch the githyanki have ever had. Her home, the Castle Susurrus, is in the githyanki capital city, Tu'narath, which is built on the god-isle of a deceased power known only as "The One in the Void."
Notable Gith
- Vlaakith, the Lich-Queen of the Gith
- Zetch'r'r, a githyanki warlord and A member of the Sha’sal Khouc[15]
- Vhostym, a githvyrik.[17]
- Yrlakka, a githzerai member of the Sha'sal Khou.[13]
Appendix
See Also
Appearances
- Adventures
- Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
- Novels
- Dawn of Night
References
Citations
- ↑ a b c d e f g A Guide to the Astral Plane (1996), p.44-46.
- ↑ a b Fiend Folio first edition, p.43-45.
- ↑ a b Monstrous Manual (1993), p.152-156.
- ↑ a b Planes of Chaos (1994), p.The Travelogue, 29.
- ↑ a b "Incursion: Knights of the Lich-Queen". Polyhedron #159 (Dungeon #100, Jul 2003), p.6.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Monster Manual fifth edition, p.158-161.
- ↑ "Playing Githzerai". Dragon #378 (Aug 2009), p.80.
- ↑ a b c Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations, p.72-73.
- ↑ a b c d e Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018), 4.
- ↑ Monster Manual fourth edition, p.128-131.
- ↑ Player's Handbook 3, p.9.
- ↑ a b "Tyranny of Souls". Dungeon #168 (Jul 2009), p.51
- ↑ a b Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, p.193.
- ↑ Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018), p.97.
- ↑ a b "The Lich-Queen's Beloved". Dungeon #100 (Jul 2003), p.98
- ↑ Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix 1, p.41.
- ↑ a b Dawn of Night, p.3,7,47.
- ↑ Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes (2018), p.90.
- ↑ "The Lich-Queen's Beloved". Dungeon #100 (Jul 2003), p.104-105
- ↑ a b c Dragon #378 (Aug 2009), p.80Playing Githzerai.
- ↑ "Incursion: Knights of the Lich-Queen". Polyhedron #159 (Dungeon #100, Jul 2003), p.38-39.
- ↑ Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations.
- ↑ a b Monstrous Arcana: The Illithiad (1998), p.39.
- ↑ Volo's Guide to Monsters (2016), p.71.
- ↑ Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations, p.71.
- ↑ Planes of Chaos (1994), p.The Book of Chaos, 72-73.
Bibliography
- Cook, Monte. A Guide to the Astral Plane. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.
- Perkins, Christopher. "The Lich-Queen's Beloved." Dungeon #100. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.
- Schwalb, Robert J.. "A Tyranny of Souls". Dungeon #168. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, Jul 2009.
- Stephens, Owen K.C. "The Ecology of the Devourer." Dragon #355. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.
- Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1981.
- Wyatt, James. "Incursion: A World Under Siege." Dragon #309. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.
- Turnbull, Don. Fiend Folio. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1981. Item code TSR2012.
- Monstrous Manual. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993. Item code TSR2140.
- Smith, Lester and Wolfgang Baur. Planes of Chaos. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1994. Item code TSR2603.
- Mearls, Mike, Jeremy Crawford and Christopher Perkins. Monster Manual. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2014. Item code A9218.
- Baker, Richard, James Jacobs and Steve Winter. Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2007. Item code 17741.
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Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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| Citadel of Gith {Floating City} (Limbo) | Settlement | Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e | 99 | |
| Citadel of Gith {Floating City} (Limbo) | Settlement | Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e | 99 | |
| Floating City {Citadel of Gith} (Limbo) | Settlement | Reference | SEE Citadel of Gith {Floating City} (Limbo) | |
| Gith | Monster | Monstrous Arcana: The Illithiad, AD&D 2e | 39 | |
| Gith | Monster | Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e | 98 | |
| Gith | Monster | Oerth Journal #18 | 14 | |
| Gith | Monster | PHBR5 - The Complete Psionics Handbook | 124 | |
| Gith | Non-player character | TSR Jam 1999 | 20 | |
| Githyanki | Adventure | OP1 Tales of the Outer Planes, AD&D 1e | 86-87 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Dragon magazine #067 | 39-42 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Fiend Folio, AD&D 1e | 43-45 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Monstrous Arcana: The Illithiad, AD&D 2e | 58-60 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Monstrous Compendium - Planescape Appendix I | 46, 47 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | MC8 - Monstrous Compendium - Outer Planes Appendix | Insert (Githyanki) | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Monstrous Manual, AD&D 2e | 153, 154 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Monstrous Manual, AD&D 2e (Premium Edition) | 153, 154 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Monster Manual 1, D&D 3.5e (Premium Edition) | 127, 128 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Monster Manual 1, D&D 4e (Deluxe Edition) | 128, 129, 277 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Monster Manual 1, D&D 5e | 158-159, 160 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e | 3, 61, 65, 66, 67, 72, 99 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Oerth Journal #21 | 48,53 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | OP1 Tales of the Outer Planes, AD&D 1e | 86, 87, 92, 93 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | PHBR5 - The Complete Psionics Handbook | 124 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Saltmarsh Encounters, D&D 5e | 13 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | Slavers, AD&D 2e | 107 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | White Dwarf #012 | 9 | |
| Githyanki | Monster | White Dwarf #BOV1 | 43 | |
| Githyanki Fortress | Settlement | Defensive Structure, | OP1 Tales of the Outer Planes, AD&D 1e | 45-47 |
| Githyanki Outpost | Settlement | Defensive Structure, | Dragon magazine #067 | 39-42 |
| Githzerai | Adventure | OP1 Tales of the Outer Planes, AD&D 1e | 42, 47, 87-88 | |
| Githzerai | Monster | Fiend Folio, AD&D 1e | 45 | |
| Githzerai | Monster | Monstrous Arcana: The Illithiad, AD&D 2e | 58, 59, 60 | |
| Githzerai | Monster | MC8 - Monstrous Compendium - Outer Planes Appendix | Insert (Githzerai) | |
| Githzerai | Monster | Monster Manual 1, D&D 5e | 159, 161 | |
| Githzerai | Monster | Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e | 65, 66, 67, 72, 97, 99 | |
| Githzerai | Monster | OP1 Tales of the Outer Planes, AD&D 1e | 87, 88 | |
| Githzerai | Monster | PHBR5 - The Complete Psionics Handbook | 124 | |
| Necklace, Silver (Githzerai) | Item | OP1 Tales of the Outer Planes, AD&D 1e | 88 | |
| Zaerith Menyar-Ag-Gith (The Great Githzerai) | Non-player character | Male, Githzerai, Ftr16/Mu23, | Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e | 99 |