Githzerai, 1st-Level Warrior
Medium Humanoid (good reflex) (Extraplanar) — CR 1
Githzerai, 1st-Level Warrior is a D&D 3.5 monster from MM, p. 129. CR 1, HD 1d8+1 (5 hp).
- Hit Dice
- 1d8+1 (5 hp)
- Initiative
- +3
- Speed
- Land 30 ft
- Armor Class
- 17, touch 13, flat-footed 14
- Base Attack / Grapple
- +1/+2
- Attack
- Masterwork short sword +5 melee (1d6+1/19-20) or composite longbow (+1 Str bonus) +4 ranged (1d8+1/x3)
- Full Attack
- Masterwork short sword +5 melee (1d6+1/19-20) or composite longbow (+1 Str bonus) +4 ranged (1d8+1/x3)
- STR
- 13
- DEX
- 17
- CON
- 12
- INT
- 8
- WIS
- 11
- CHA
- 8
- Fort / Ref / Will
- +3 / +3 / +0
- Challenge Rating
- 1
- Alignment
- Any Neutral
- Organization
- Fellowship (3–12 3rd−level students), sect (12–24 3rd−level students, plus 2 7th−level teachers and 1 9th−level mentor), or order (30–100 3rd−level students, plus 1 7th−level teacher per 10 adults, 5 9th−level mentors, 2 13th−level masters, and 1 16th−level sense)
- Treasure
- Standard
- Environment
- Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo
- Level Adjustment
- +2
- Spell Resistance
- 6
Special Abilities
Feats
This creature is a thin and tall humanoid with sharp features, a somber face, and yellow eyes.
Description
Githzerai are a hard-hearted, humanlike people who dwell on the plane of Limbo, secure in the protection of their hidden monasteries.
Githzerai average more than 6 feet tall and weigh about 160 pounds. Some have gray eyes instead of yellow. All of them dress in drab, unadorned clothing.
As a rule, githzerai are close-mouthed, keep their own counsel, and trust few outside their own kind.
They speak their own language (similar enough to the tongue of the githyanki that either could understand the other if they chose to speak instead of fight), but many also speak Common.
The statistics block describes a 1st-level warrior. Many githzerai are monks; however, sorcerers, rogues, and multiclass githzerai (called zerths) are also indispensable members of a monastery.
Combat
Able to fight without weapons and armor, githzerai monks yearn to bring the “good fight” to their enemies, the githyanki and the mind flayers. In melee, githzerai sorcerers often use their powers to enhance the monks, warriors, and rogues.
The githzerai warrior presented here had the following ability scores before racial adjustments: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8.
Psionics (Sp): 3/day—daze (DC 9), feather fall, shatter (DC 11).
Inertial Armor (Sp): Githzerai can use psychic force to block an enemy’s blows. This ability gives them a +4 armor bonus to AC as long as they remain conscious. This is the equivalent of a 1st-level spell.
Spell Resistance (Ex): A githzerai has spell resistance equal to its class levels + 5.
Challenge Rating: Githzerai with levels in NPC classes have a CR equal to their character level. Githzerai with levels in PC classes have a CR equal to their character level +1.