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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 3763344" data-attributes="member: 14159">I'd say raise the level cap for Githyanki, after all character levels are not exactly something that characters automatically know, and the reason the lich-queen Vlaakith slays her followers like that is to ensure that none are powerful enough to challenge her, so just make Vlaakith even higher level, and for a multi-millennia old lich, you can believably pile on levels all you want.The idea that Githyanki max out at 15th level comes from when 15th level was very big and very high level, and many PC's would never be able to be much higher level no matter how much they adventured.  Remember, in 1e some classes like Monk and Assassin even had hard upper caps of how high a level they could progress.  Druids stopped at 14th level (with only one of those in the world), Monks stopped at 17th (with only one of those in the world), and Assassins stopped at 15th level (again, only one of those).  In a game where 14th or 15th level means you're quite possibly the best in the world in your character class, a 15th level Githyanki is still a menace.So, just scale it up, Githyanki get eaten when they get towards the normal tops of mortal accomplishment, to the point where a semi-divine lich queen would begin to fear their strength, in 3.x you aren't there at 15th level.</blockquote>