So, how stupid do you have to be to be a githyanki?

[philreed]

Maybe their queen is a low-magic DM.

 

[Chimera]

Probably why they all are always wrapped in bandages

Best. Answer. Yet.

I'm thinking the entire ploy behind the Silver Swords is so that they have excuses to go to other planes. "Oh yes, oh great Queen. The Humans stole Roger's sword and we have to run off and get it. By the way, we'll be taking 100 of our best (ahem, our wounded and sick) along with to make sure we can recover it. Be back as soon as we heal up...er, I mean as soon as we can! Yeah, that's it. As soon as we can."

 

[Felon]

Ya, I don't think this thread is really fair. There's a whole subdiscipline of the Psychometabolism discipline called Healing. Obviously, there are psionic methods of healing yourself.

And equally obvious, while githyanki are covered in a core rulebook, psionics aren't and a lot of folks don't use'em. That leaves a whole race of warriors walking around with hand on their swords and another inserted into a wound pinching an artery shut. Of course, even with a psionic healer class, it's safe to say there are probably githyanki too poor to get a good spot in line.

 

[RangerWickett]

I still like the idea of Githyanki bards.

 

[reveal]

And equally obvious, while githyanki are covered in a core rulebook, psionics aren't and a lot of folks don't use'em. That leaves a whole race of warriors walking around with hand on their swords and another inserted into a wound pinching an artery shut. Of course, even with a psionic healer class, it's safe to say there are probably githyanki too poor to get a good spot in line.

Nowhere in the Monster Manual does it mention that Githyanki can not heal themselves nor does it say they do not benefit from the healing subschool of magic. If someone plays only the core books, they wouldn't know that the Githyanki don't do these things.

OTOH, if they use the XPH, they know that the Githyanki benefit from the healing subdiscipline.

 

[Rackhir]

In 2e, yes. In 3e, it hasn't been specified.

Demiurge out.

At least according to "The Lich Queen's Beloved" they do in 3.5, not sure about 3.0. But you can probably fill in the blank.

Also nothing says that the Githyanki can't buy wands of cure and have rogues with UMD activate them.

 

[Felon]

Nowhere in the Monster Manual does it mention that Githyanki can not heal themselves nor does it say they do not benefit from the healing subschool of magic. If someone plays only the core books, they wouldn't know that the Githyanki don't do these things.

No, they would just know that they don't have clerics, and that's where lion's share of magical healing is derived from. After that, you're looking at druids, which are somewhat improbable in an environment without much in the way of...environment. Then after that, you're scraping the bottom of the barrel with bards and buying healing potions by the gallon.

 

[Darkness]

buying healing potions by the gallon.

For non-casters of healing spells who also don't have UMD and still want to heal themselves while in combat, yeah.

Otherwise, I think wands of CLW would be cheaper.

 

[reveal]

No, they would just know that they don't have clerics, and that's where lion's share of magical healing is derived from. After that, you're looking at druids, which are somewhat improbable in an environment without much in the way of...environment. Then after that, you're scraping the bottom of the barrel with bards and buying healing potions by the gallon.

Well, they're a little hardier than normal (+2 to CON) so it makes sense that they wouldn't have as much healing because they think they don't need it. But that doesn't stop them from buying wands. Also, it does not say in the Monster Manual that they don't have clerics. So, again, someone using the core books would not know this.

 

[Darkness]

it does not say in the Monster Manual that they don't have clerics.

The githyanki have no deity but instead pay homage to a lich-queen.

I see. You're talking about clerics without a deity (per PHB)? Yeah, going by the MM only, it appears you can make a case for those. Possibly even others, depending on your interpretation. (Not that most githyanki, with a racial -2 to Wis [and +2 LA], will make very good clerics in any case, but...)