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<blockquote data-quote="Dunamin" data-source="post: 3991015" data-attributes="member: 57529">The notes from Worlds and Monsters on new Mind Flayer vs Aboleth conflict in 4E just gave me some food for thought, in light of an awesome githyanki game I’m currently playing in.Githyankis, githzerais, and illithids have always been the three planar races with kill-on-sight relations. The illithids enslaved the former two when they were a single specie in ancient past, the slaves rose up and toppled the planar empire, then split over fundamental philosophical differences, took new homeworlds and became two races, and yadda yadda yadda…‘Yankis hate illithids first, ‘zerais second, and everybody else third.‘Zerais hate illithids first, ‘yankis second, and usually are indifferent to everybody else.Illithids hate both gith races first, and everybody else second.“Hate” is actually a very understated word in this context, completely dwarfing elf-orc, orc-goblin, dwarf-giant and gnome-kobold hatreds, but I digress…With the new Illithid - Aboleth conflict of whether to enslave or devastate the world, new tools come into play with the more pronounced Giths vs Illithids war. Namely, possible “the foe of my foe is my friend” relations. Imagine what crazy temporary alliances can form between gith races and aberrations, in order to bring down a common enemy.Actually, in a way, the new elf races dynamic seems somewhat inspired by the old gith three-way war (even though elves and eladrin only war with drow, not each other... though the potential is there).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dunamin, post: 3991015, member: 57529"] The notes from Worlds and Monsters on new Mind Flayer vs Aboleth conflict in 4E just gave me some food for thought, in light of an awesome githyanki game I’m currently playing in. Githyankis, githzerais, and illithids have always been the three planar races with kill-on-sight relations. The illithids enslaved the former two when they were a single specie in ancient past, the slaves rose up and toppled the planar empire, then split over fundamental philosophical differences, took new homeworlds and became two races, and yadda yadda yadda… ‘Yankis hate illithids first, ‘zerais second, and everybody else third. ‘Zerais hate illithids first, ‘yankis second, and usually are indifferent to everybody else. Illithids hate both gith races first, and everybody else second. “Hate” is actually a very understated word in this context, completely dwarfing elf-orc, orc-goblin, dwarf-giant and gnome-kobold hatreds, but I digress… With the new Illithid - Aboleth conflict of whether to enslave or devastate the world, new tools come into play with the more pronounced Giths vs Illithids war. Namely, possible “the foe of my foe is my friend” relations. Imagine what crazy temporary alliances can form between gith races and aberrations, in order to bring down a common enemy. Actually, in a way, the new elf races dynamic seems somewhat inspired by the old gith three-way war (even though elves and eladrin only war with drow, not each other... though the potential is there). [/QUOTE]

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