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Githyanki are a playable race in Baldur's Gate 3.
With a ruthlessness borne from mind flayer enslavement, githyanki ride the Astral Sea atop red dragons, bringing their silver swords & psionic might to bear against any trace of the illithid menace.
About githyanki
Githyanki are peerless warriors from the Astral Plane, known for their legendary silver blades & red dragon mounts. They seek the total destruction of mind flayers, whose ancient empire enslaved the ancestral gith for millennia.
As the effects of time is diminished in their native Astral Plane, githyanki are instead hatched from eggs all across realmspace in places called crèches. Crèches act as hatcheries, training grounds, and shelters outside of the Astral Plane.
Githyanki are ruled by their lich queen Vlaakith & led in battle by her dragon-riding knights, the Kith'raki.
Racial features
Base racial speed- You can move
9 m / 30 ftper turn 
Size- Medium
- Gain
in all Skills corresponding to a chosen Ability (
Recharge: Long rest) - Githyanki Psionics
- You gain access to the following Spells:
- A lifetime of relentless training gave you Armour proficiency with
Light armour and 
Medium armour, as well as Proficiency with 
Shortswords, 
Longswords, and 
Greatswords.
Exclusive equipment
Certain items have unique bonuses when wielded by a githyanki. These bonuses can be enabled by being disguised as one before equiping the item.
Aberration Hunters' Amulet: 
Advantage on Intelligence 
Saving throws and Aberrations have 
Disadvantage on 
Attack rolls against the wearer.
Boots of Psionic Movement: After the wearer used 
, their next melee weapon attack deals an additional 1d4
Psychic damage.
Circlet of Psionic Revenge: Grants +1 to Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma Saving throws.
Psionic Ward Armour: Grants Resistance to Psychic damage.
Soulbreaker Greatsword: Attacks with this weapon deal an additional 1d4Psychic damage.
Silver Sword of the Astral Plane: Attacks with this weapon deal an additional 1d6Psychic damage. The holder also has Advantage on Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma Saving throws, Resistance to Psychic damage, and cannot be 
.
Notable githyanki
Gallery
Githyanki Concept Art by Konstantin Porubov
Githyanki Concept Art by Konstantin Porubov
See also
External links
Githyanki on the Forgotten Realms Wiki