Good githyanki class?

[Mr. Pink]

I’ve played through quite a bit of a dwarf barbarian.

I’m torn between paladin or sorc githyanki.. what do you guys think would be a good class for the gith?

[wendigo211]

Traditionally they've been antipaladins (oathbreaker?) and gishes (fighter/mages, so Sword Bard or Eldritch Knight).

[Fluff]

Race is very good for any class, but martial classes will probably benefit more if "min max" since they get a super jump and misty step for no spell slot cost.

I did Paladin Githyanki, worked out very nicely.

[Edstyles]

Originally posted by Mr. Pink:

I’ve played through quite a bit of a dwarf barbarian.

I’m torn between paladin or sorc githyanki.. what do you guys think would be a good class for the gith?

Anything that lacks mobility

[Mork]

Anything that use a Two handed Weapon

Paladin 8 / Sorcerer 4

[Woldy]

Githyanki are good as martial classes as they get access to Psionics from their race. Allowing them to use an improved jump spell and even misty step.

[Pixel_Kitsune]

If you're wanting to maximize what they bring Wizard or Sorc.

Instead medium armor proficiency and a bunch of free mobility spells. Be tanks, get in place, Spellcast away.

[アンジェル]

Paladin 2 / Warlock 10

Pact of the Blade makes you able to use any weapon well and throw around spells
Oath of Ancients for nice heal

[Woke Buster]

Warlock - pact of the blade. You get medium armor proficiency from Githyanki, which is very handy. Jump and misty step are extremely good for mobility as well.

[Jolly Devil]

Just from an aesthetic view, I think monk is a cool class for them. Their smaller frames make them looks like their nimble fighters

[Moonbane]

Gith makes good warlocks of the blade pact.
They get greatswords and medium armor. And you can cure their darkvision deficiency with an eldritch invocation.

[lawjax]

I think the 'Dead' class suits them best, though I suppose it would limit their options of mobility.

On a more serious note, taking the Githyanki as a whole into consideration, they are a principled and long-lived lot, and are ruthless and pragmatic, setting a heavy precedence on martial prowess. I should think Monk, Fighter, or Sorcerer are the most canonically appropriate.

[Orion Invictus]

Monk.

[spider]

it depends on if you're trying to take full advantage of what you really get from githyanki. lae'zael as a bog standard BM fighter is very dangerous, so you could do that if you want. I did ranger, because ranger can have extremely strong turn economy even without multiclassing because you can dual wield hand crossbows and don't need crossbow expert to fire again as a bonus action.

my first githyanki build was rogue 1/ranger x. I didn't get super far but, it's basically what I'm doing with asterion right now. I think if you wanted to take full advantage of githyanki psionics and their in-built proficiencies, you could easily use astral knowledge for all charisma checks, grab the warped headband of intellect from the ogre in the blighted village of act one which increases int to 17, then build for ranged damage of some kind. Either spellcasting or shooting arrows.

The idea here being to use your crazy mobility between jumping and psionics. it's almost limited flight if you have any STR at all. you're free to actually put points into WIS or CHA because you can use astral knowledge for whichever one you don't actually need. So, druid, ranger, warlock, cleric eldritch knight fighter, possibly monk but idk i never play any monks ever, maybe bard idk something like that. In-lore githyanki are known to mix spellcasting and martial combat, so like eldritch knight fighter multiclassed with bladepact fiend warlock or vengence paladin is very on-brand for gith.

[Pimpin Pippin]

Well if you look at the racial bonuses Githyanki would be most useful to a class that has low strength (bad jump) and lacks any martial & armor proficiency.

Funnily enough a Fighter-type gains almost nothing from going Gith because he already has all the proficiency Gith gives and can jump great on his own thanks to high strength (plus enhanced jump from party caster).

Astral knowledge is also more useful to a caster-class who likely has intel/wisdom/charisma at a decent level to make effective use of such proficiency bonuses.

[WeenerTuck813]

Sorc is going to benefit more because Gith get Medium Armor as a racial.

This means you can wear 15AC+2 (Dex) from the moment you start the game as a Sorcerer and still cast spells.

This allows you to go Storm Sorc for flying without needing Drac Resil for AC.

You’ll be a full on Sorcerer in Big Armor who Flys around from level 1