What are the Githyanki in Baldur's Gate 3?

Developers Larian Studios have shared their work so far on Baldur's Gate 3 on their Pax East 2020 panel, revealing gameplay, a handful of trailers, character customization, and how your actions lead to in-game consequences. From what we've seen of the game's combat, you might want to familiarize yourself with all of the quick save features and have multiple save slots. While Larian Studios showed off the character customization, host Swen Vincke, founder of Larian Studios, briefly looked at a choice of character species: Githyanki.

The Githyanki in Dungeons and Dragons are natural enemies of Spirit Flayers. They look a bit like orcs, mixed with elves, where they eventually moved away from the slavery of their lords, but began to fight with each other, leading to a civil war in the factions due to the different philosophical perspectives. shared among their people. The benefit of their long enslavement was that many Githyanki had obtained psionic powers, allowing them to use spells like telekinesis, mage's hand, leap and misty step, to name a few. -a.

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Their initial appearance makes them stand out during the live demo of the game. The non-personalized choice had yellow skin, with long, pointy ears, similar to the shape of an elf, but a pointed, slender nose. Some Githyanki may have green or brown undertones, but mainly their species appears in the shade of yellow.

If you zoom in enough, you can barely read the minor description that Larian Studios has of the species. It reads: “The Githyanki are superlative warriors, trained with silver blades and flying in battle on red dragons. They seek to destroy all the Flayers of the Spirit, to which the Old Empire enslaved them. "

While we don't know how long the Spirit Flayers have controlled their empire, both are natural enemies and the Githyanki are unparalleled fighters in melee combat. You might want to use one as a close fighter, with a pair of blades, or to serve as a tank, rather than having them serve as a mage. A Githyanki also receives four natural traits: they have a +1 for their intelligence, a +2 for their strength, decadent mastery, and a martial prodigy.

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The Githyanki of Dungeons and Dragons are generally associated with lawful evil. While alignment doesn't play a big role in Baldur's Gate 3, Larian Studios may leave little clues about it if you choose to play together, as some of the companions may be tired of your character.

The Githyanki is one of the few species you can play when Baldur's Gate 3. An early access version will be available later in 2020.