Calling all Gaythyanki! How participate:
"Githmap" is a small one-map Githyanki fan-project being made using Doom2. I'm working on it as a way to learn Doom mapping while using a theme I'm passionate about.
You play as Jez'rathki, a Githyanki cleric who woke on a stronghold after a near-death experience. You should talk to other Githyanki and explore the place.
who is working on the map ?
I'm Vikintor (made the games Teocida, Estigma and Tamashii), I'm mostly working with surreal and psychedelic horror oriented games, but the Githmap is a small fan project I'm making in my free time as I'm learning GZDoom and because I only got interested in D&D thanks to the Githyanki.
I'm looking for Githyanki/Githzerai fans out there and asking if you want to add your Githyanki OC character as a guest appearance. They will be an static Doom NPC the player can only talk to.
They aren't many rules about how participate besides one point: You Githyanki/Githzerai must have Gith noses and ears (Im adding a few exceptions for other races appearances, but I'm not adding Githyanki with human noses, I talked about why on a previous post.)
Where my OC character will be?
Your character will be placed anywhere in the stronghold, This stronghold is a hidden place that serves as a sanctuary for the Githyanki and Githzerai alike. Most of the Giths you will find here are considered traitors, some just need a place to plot political assassinations (including the Queen's assassination), and others are refugees who escaped from Tu'narath.
This is how your OC will look in the game:
I need 5 frames of your Githyanki character in each direction as the images below:
The sprites will lose details, as I'm converting it to doom. I recommend sending me the 5 sprites as a transparent PNG with 540x540 resolution (like the images above, you can copy them as base).
As a console player I get my character directions by printing this screen and cutting the images on PC.
[ If your Gith OC graphics were not made in BG3 or you do not have Baldur's Gate 3 don't worry, If you have all the sprites as drawings (following the size recommendation), we can try adding them, yep, it may be weird seeing a lot of pre-rendered 3d characters and some made by drawings, but as long there are more gith we're happy, right?]
Jez'rathki is an old Githyanki cleric who will be asking some questions to your Githyanki OC / TAV (she likes to meet more of her kin, but sometimes she's way too curious). Your character can answer Jez'rathki the way you want, they can be friendly, evasive, rude or just refusing to answer some of the questions, maybe you decide that Jez'rathki doesn't deserve to be trusted, so be free to give your character their voice.
Below are the questions, you don't need to answer every question if you don't need. If a question has a blank response I will just add the others questions/answers instead. Just remember that these questions must be answered by your Character in first person.
The first one is not even a question, just write your character's greeting message, or better, how they answer by being called by Jez'rathki to start a conversation.
Make your OC introduce themself, they can answer their name/nickname, their occupation, class/ranking, and a bit of their backstory.
— Tell me about your Creche.
(you can change it to Tell me about your home if needed)
Where your OC was raised and how they feel about their home
— I need to know how you fight.
Your Oc can explain how they fight, their class and tactics, example: here they can explain details of being a warlock, a gish, githwarrior, knight, mlar, Hr'a'cknir, etc. Or maybe they don't fight at all.
— Can I ask a more personal question?
Write what your OC would say if Jez'rathki tried to get personal.
— What is your relationship with the divinity?
What your Gith thinks about the divinity. It can be their relationship with Vlaakith or another one of the deities or religion in general. Commonly, Githyanki don't like that topic, as they can be killed if they follow other deities.
— What do you usually do in your free time?
Let your OC Tell their hobbies or whatever they like to do in their free time.
— What is your life goal?
Make your OC explain their life goal, it can be their campaign objective, quest etc.
— How is your relationship with your allies?
How your OC treat their allies? the formal way? As a resource? As friends?
— Do you have someone special in your life?
Your character can talk about someone they consider as family, a friend, or a lover, just try to avoid canon BG3 character references if your character lore is BG3 based, as more Githyanki OC on the map can start telling similar stories that may contradict your character. If this is the case, you can avoid using the names of canonical characters and just generically mention their occupations. example: Lae'zel can become just a "Fierce Gith warrior" and Karlach a "Tiefling with an almost incurable illness".
— Say something you would never do, and why?
Maybe they would never betray a friend, or they would never give up something they achieved. Explaining why could go deeper into their motivations.
— What is a perfect day to you?
Let your OC describe how a perfect day would be. the routine, the weather, etc.
— How do you celebrate a victory?
Do your OC celebrate their victories? how? giving a party? Drinking a lot? Getting laid? Sleeping? Or they don't like celebrating? Maybe your OC has a recommendation for Jez'rathki, yeah, they can give her an idea of how to celebrate a victory.
— How do you deal with defeat and losses?
What your OC feels about losses, can be about losing literal and nonliteral fights. Maybe they have some wisdom to share on the subject, or maybe they don't. Perhaps some do not accept losing in any circumstance.
— How do you think you will be remembered after death?
Do they care about this? How do they feel about the idea of being worshiped as an icon after death or they're afraid of being forgotten? Remember, every answer should be in first person, it's the voice of your OC.
Feel free to ask me your questions, I will be fixing some typos in this post and changing some aspects as necessary.
I'm open to suggestions, lets have fun.
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Copy everything below to a new Tumblr post with all the information needed. Change the descriptions by your OC Information, feel free to change the questions if needed:
If you want: You can also share this post and change the information needed (don't forget to add the 5 sprites).
Use the Hashtag #githmap #githmapoc to make it easy for me to find (you can add your hashtags as well)
Sorry if I can't add them fast, I'm making the map on my free time.
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[☺ YOUR GITH OC NAME HERE☺]
(you can add an photo/draw of you OC here to make the post more interesting for the viewers)
OC NAME: The name of you Gith OC as you want it to appear in the dialogue.
AUTHOR: Your artist name as it will appear in the game credits as the creator and writer of your OC. It can be your @, it will appear alongside your OC NAME in the game.
Tell me about your Creche:
I need to know how you fight:
Can I ask a more personal question?
What is your relationship with the divinity?
What do you usually do in your free time?
How is your relationship with your allies?
Do you have someone special in your life?
Say something you would never do, and why?
What is a perfect day to you?
How do you celebrate a victory?
How do you deal with defeat and losses?
How do you think you will be remembered after death?
Post your 5 (FIVE) full body OC sprites, each one facing a direction as shown in the original post, they will be used as the NPC graphics.
(recommended 540x540 transparent png)
If you're ok with it, here you can post as many additional images of your Githyanki/Githzerai OC as you want, which can be portraits, drawings, or paintings, Maybe I will use some of them in the game, credited as the Author name you wrote above.
If you record voice lines in ogg format you can put a link here so it can play when the player interact with your character.
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