Where are the Bewbs~!?

[Necro Fried Chicken]

Is it me or are the "Adult" scenes not in game yet? >_> Or.. is this like real life and I just not going down the right convo... paths?

[MeinChurro]

Messaggio originale di The Stranger:

Messaggio originale di MeinChurro:

Aren't Gith supposed to look like really emaciated and stuff though?

Yeah. They're all skin and bones in the pictures I've seen. I guess you could say they have a lot of lean muscle like athletes. Maybe they don't have the same physiology as humans and other human-like races, which just raises even more questions regarding having sexy times with any githyanki.

I wonder if half-gith exist?

I only have some light knowledge of Gith. Apparently, with dialogue from Lae'zel, they lay eggs. So it really begs the question if they even could procreate like a regular race. I'd imagine if they could there aren't half-Gith for cultural reasons, I guess? Though there are half-drow.. Hmm..

[War Maiden]

Messaggio originale di MeinChurro:

Messaggio originale di The Stranger:

Yeah. They're all skin and bones in the pictures I've seen. I guess you could say they have a lot of lean muscle like athletes. Maybe they don't have the same physiology as humans and other human-like races, which just raises even more questions regarding having sexy times with any githyanki.

I wonder if half-gith exist?

I only have some light knowledge of Gith. Apparently, with dialogue from Lae'zel, they lay eggs. So it really begs the question if they even could procreate like a regular race. I'd imagine if they could there aren't half-Gith for cultural reasons, I guess? Though there are half-drow.. Hmm..

So, I'll answer some questions about the Gith for you both, as per 5e:

Description:
The word "Githyanki" means "followers of Gith" or "children of Gith" in the Gith language.
The one called 'Gith', here, was their first Leader's name.

Average height: 5'1" – 7'

Typical build: Slender
Note: Gith are taller than most humans, standing six feet high or more. Their bodies very slender and emaciated, weighing much less than an average being of their stature, but their musculature is very well-developed.

Average weight: 92 – 196 lb

Skin color(s): Pale yellow with green or brown tones

Hair color(s): Black, red, russet, gray

Subrace: Two culturally-distinct entities: the Githyanki and the Githzerai.

Note: Age:
Gith naturally live to be about one-hundred and fifty years old, reaching adulthood at the age of twenty. Githyanki can be much older than their apparent biological ages due to living in the timeless space of the Astral Plane, though this is somewhat curbed by their violent culture.


Society:
The Gith, much like their former slavemasters, are superficially humanoid. They are generally taller and more-slender than humans, but their bodies have a much higher muscle density, which combines with their lower mass to make them inhumanly quick. Gith have long, pointed ears, flattened noses set high on their faces, and scaly, spot-like markings across their faces, shoulders, and torsos. Their skin is usually in various shades of yellow, brown, and green, and their hair is usually either black, red, or brown. Male Gith can grow facial hair, but most Gith don't have hair anywhere below the head.

Githyanki tend to wear garish, flamboyant clothing, jewelry, and armor, crusted with silver and gemstones. They let their hair grow long and pleat it in elaborate braids, weaving ornaments into its length. Githzerai prefer simpler clothing, mostly plain robes or practical scale armor. Most male and some female Githzerai either shave their heads completely bald or wear a lock of their hair in a tonsure or pony-tail. Githzerai have a long tradition of tattoos and body art, and most Githzerai have at least one pictogram printed on their skin as a record of some past achievement or personal revelation.

Githyanki are typically cruel, arrogant, and aggressive.
They were also known for their long memories.

Even the most open-minded Githyanki came across as smug, sarcastic, rude, and overconfident, but they were generally capable of withstanding adversity without complaining. Clever and resourceful, Githyanki adventurers were not known for their loyalty or ability to make new friends, but they were extremely persistent in the face of danger.

Githyanki culture glorifies war and violence. Even those who do not fight for a living, such as fungus farmers or architects, are seen as valuable because their efforts help serve the war machine.


Combat
In accordance with their culture of combat, the Githyanki are merciless warriors. They excel at blending their psionic abilities with their combat skills, in an effective and deadly combination. Typical Githyanki warriors, sometimes referred to as "Githwarriors", had the ability to innately reproduce the effects of the mage hand, jump, misty step, and non-detection spells, while the more powerful knights were also capable of plane shifting and telekinesis.

Githyanki who honed their psionic skills as well as combat were known as 'Gish'. They were typically employed as assassins and spies and were capable of casting spells such as fireball, magic missile, counterspell, and haste, among others.

Note: (This is why we see they can use Misty Step, Non-detection 'invisibility', Psionic Gith Mage Hand, and other skills in the 'Gith Fight' at the bridge, in-game.)


Ecology
Githyanki are similar to humans in many superficial respects, but generations of experimentation at the hands of mind flayers, as well as prolonged exposure to the Astral Plane, generated noticeable differences in their physiology, in addition to their innate psionic abilities.

As a result of spending long periods of time without consuming food, their digestive systems had atrophied. For that reason, whenever they were outside of the Astral Plane, Githyanki required frequent meals, often rich in meat. In addition, they found the gravity of Prime Material worlds uncomfortable.

Githyanki reproduced by laying eggs. It was unknown whether this trait had been acquired during their period of enslavement or as a result of exposure to the Astral Plane.


Family and Parenting
Since it was impossible to age while in the Astral Plane, Githyanki needed to hatch their eggs and raise their young in other planes of existence until they reached maturity. This difficulty, added with the Githyanki's extremely long lifespan while in the Astral, led to a very low birth rate.

Their favored locations to raise and train young Githyanki were hidden crèches located in remote places of the Prime Material Plane. There, caretakers known as 'Varsh' were responsible for hatching the eggs and collectively raising the young. The length of an egg's stay in the Material Plane was timed carefully so that all eggs in a clutch hatched simultaneously, as there are no families in Githyanki society.


Religion
Githyanki are expected to worship the Lich Queen Vlaakith to the exclusion of all other divinities, and to follow a racist ideology that holds almost all other races in contempt. It is the right of the superior race to take what they wish from their inferiors. Although they do maintain some trade relationships and make short-term alliances with other races, it is usually with a mutual relationship of suspicion and hostility. The only exceptions are the red dragons, in recognition of Gith's martyred sacrifice.

Note: Vlaakith CLVII (Lich Queen)
Unlike others who held the name "Vlaakith", Vlaakith CLVII is a Githyanki Lich.

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[The 13th Ghost Bunny]

Explains why Lae'zel is so grumpy, she's just hungry. Well, hungry and she has a tadpole in her head. :P

[Zabu]

Messaggio originale di funniesthobo:

Messaggio originale di Brian Sirith:

No no, they are not pandering to minorities. If they were pandering to minorities and women... are women a minority in the gaming community? Didn't think so but might be wrong.

I lost my train of though.

If they were pandering to minorities we'd see more... bananas. There's a lot of melons but no bananas. I agree with the OP we need more adult content. Mainly bananas.

:lunar2019grinningpig:

Well, I just did a quick search. Who knows if any of those sites statistics are to be believed or not. It seems from what I found the percentage of gamers that are women has been steadily rising over the past couple decades. It is pretty much at the point where half of gamers are men and half are women. Which I think is cool. So they aren't really a minority in the gaming world anymore. They are half the consumer base.

As for the LGBTQ+ (whatever other letters or numbers I missed, I guess two spirits would be one) there are a lot more of them than folks like Zabu would like to think. In fact every single person in the planet lives on a spectrum of sexuality and another for the social constructions surrounding gender rather than it simply being binary (gay/straight). That messes with a lot of people's worldviews but that is really their problem.

There are also more and more who feel comfortable enough to identify in those ways publicly in recent years which means that we are seeing the percentage of the population who identify in that grouping growing each year as well. Given that the percentages are likely still skewed due to the fear people have of identifying in those ways (which makes me sad) they probably represent a larger portion of the gamer market than we can tell from collected data and statistics.

Larian loses nothing by allowing anyone to create any type of character they want. It doesn't hurt anyone else's game (even those that are threatened by those kinds of things) allowing them to do that. It also allows them to reach a wider audience who are finally free to make whatever character they feel is a reflection of themselves (or just whatever character they want to RP). I don't even think Larian has tackled the issues of pronouns and things like that (I could be wrong, wasn't looking for it in the character creator so I may just not have seen it). So I really don't feel they are being pandered to despite the opinions of some of the people on these boards. Larian has just shown they recognise that part of the population does, in fact, exist and that they can be gamers.

You should have done more then a quick search.

These statistics use mobile games like candy crush in their statistics.

My definition of a gamer isnt someone who plays candy crush at bussstops. its not really relevant either because the segment that plays THIS game is just not going to be the candry crush girls. There are people out there who really want to push the narrative that anywhere near 10%+ of actual gamers are girls, and i just cant stress enough how we have never seen any actual statistical proof of that(again, unless you count the mobile market, as you are free to do, but then our definitions of a gamer just diverges).

I'm currently forcing myself through a playthrough with shadowheart and it does get better as your standing with her improves. I still dont find her any kind of sexy. Like not even the least bit.

With that in mind i've yet to come across a companion that amuses me like minsc or edwin. Maybe i am expecting too much

[War Maiden]

Messaggio originale di Zabu:

You should have done more then a quick search.

These statistics use mobile games like candy crush in their statistics.

My definition of a gamer isnt someone who plays candy crush at bussstops. its not really relevant either because the segment that plays THIS game is just not going to be the candry crush girls. There are people out there who really want to push the narrative that anywhere near 10%+ of actual gamers are girls, and i just cant stress enough how we have never seen any actual statistical proof of that(again, unless you count the mobile market, as you are free to do, but then our definitions of a gamer just diverges).

I'm currently forcing myself through a playthrough with shadowheart and it does get better as your standing with her improves. I still dont find her any kind of sexy. Like not even the least bit.

With that in mind i've yet to come across a companion that amuses me like minsc or edwin. Maybe i am expecting too much

You are correct. Women in games have become a mainstay in gaming nowadays. They work hard in their ability to do what needs to be done. I feel that we need to work hard to make sure all know that of us, are formidable.

[Zangetsu]

Messaggio originale di War Maiden:

Messaggio originale di Zabu:

You should have done more then a quick search.

These statistics use mobile games like candy crush in their statistics.

My definition of a gamer isnt someone who plays candy crush at bussstops. its not really relevant either because the segment that plays THIS game is just not going to be the candry crush girls. There are people out there who really want to push the narrative that anywhere near 10%+ of actual gamers are girls, and i just cant stress enough how we have never seen any actual statistical proof of that(again, unless you count the mobile market, as you are free to do, but then our definitions of a gamer just diverges).

I'm currently forcing myself through a playthrough with shadowheart and it does get better as your standing with her improves. I still dont find her any kind of sexy. Like not even the least bit.

With that in mind i've yet to come across a companion that amuses me like minsc or edwin. Maybe i am expecting too much

You are correct. Women in games have become a mainstay in gaming nowadays. They work hard in their ability to do what needs to be done. I feel that we need to work hard to make sure all know that of us, are formidable.

I think female characters should have a -2 to maximum strength penalty.

[War Maiden]

Messaggio originale di Zangetsu:

Messaggio originale di War Maiden:

You are correct. Women in games have become a mainstay in gaming nowadays. They work hard in their ability to do what needs to be done. I feel that we need to work hard to make sure all know that of us, are formidable.

I think female characters should have a -2 to maximum strength penalty.

What? And... why is that?

[Zangetsu]

Messaggio originale di War Maiden:

Messaggio originale di Zangetsu:

I think female characters should have a -2 to maximum strength penalty.

What? And... why is that?

IRL females are physically weaker then males.

[Hobocop]

No.

There's no reason for something like that to be in the game as it stands when feats of superhuman strength are possible because magic (not necessarily spellcasting) and there are intelligent, playable species that exist within the setting that don't share the same traits of dimorphism as humans.

[Zangetsu]

Messaggio originale di Hobocop:

No.

There's no reason for something like that to be in the game as it stands when feats of superhuman strength are possible because magic (not necessarily spellcasting) and there are intelligent, playable species that exist within the setting that don't share the same traits of dimorphism as humans.

I was only half kidding, but it is weird for a human female to have 20 str. 20 str is the cap and women bodybuilders/athletes are not as strong as male counterparts. So a -2 would make sense but I agree no reason for it to be in the game. I was only trolling sorry.

[Zabu]

Messaggio originale di Zangetsu:

Messaggio originale di Hobocop:

No.

There's no reason for something like that to be in the game as it stands when feats of superhuman strength are possible because magic (not necessarily spellcasting) and there are intelligent, playable species that exist within the setting that don't share the same traits of dimorphism as humans.

I was only half kidding, but it is weird for a human female to have 20 str. 20 str is the cap and women bodybuilders/athletes are not as strong as male counterparts. So a -2 would make sense but I agree no reason for it to be in the game. I was only trolling sorry.

The real problem with this is there is no concievable stat they could get +2 in that would then make sense.

Unfortunate and unwelcome truth but it is what it is

[Brian Sirith]

(A) Are we talking about women in Lalaland? The land where my character has a tail and horns? Because in Lalaland women can have beards (see Discworld), bigger muscles than men, wings and whatever else the creator feels like it.

(B) Can we get back to in fantasy game boobs? That conversation was fun and on topic too.

Pretty please?

[The 13th Ghost Bunny]

Messaggio originale di Brian Sirith:

(A) Are we talking about women in Lalaland? The land where my character has a tail and horns? Because in Lalaland women can have beards (see Discworld), bigger muscles than men, wings and whatever else the creator feels like it.

(B) Can we get back to in fantasy game boobs? That conversation was fun and on topic too.

Pretty please?

This always seems to happen for some odd reason. lol. Yes, please let us return to the more pressing issue of boobs. :P

[Zabu]

Ofcourse we can. We arent done discussion the severe lack of anime boobs so far. 1,5 humanoid with potential boobs as npc's arent nearly enough

[Donkey]

Messaggio originale di Zangetsu:

But then again you can use a male voice on a female so who is that pandering to if not trans?

Devs who don't want to code dependencies between separate character creation options :P