While the term did appear in the 3e Manual of the Planes and 3.5 Monster Manual, it was only defined in those books as "multiclass githanki", meaning that the term must descend from the AD&D definition. This usage was likely introduced to D&D by fans of AD&D 2nd edition Planescape lore. How many builds have one level of spellsword for the spell failure chance reduction? How many builds have more than that one level? How many builds have that one level and go the distance with the eldritch knight? Well, the eldritch knight sees a lot of use in "gish" character builds, but consider the alternatives. Use of "gish" in a generic sense to refer to all fighter/wizard builds dates back to at least 2005, such as this post on : The rank "sarth" previously appeared in A Guide to the Astral Plane (1996), p.49.
It is pronounced gish´-sahr-ath´, with no vocalization of the apostrophy except perhaps a slight pause. 10:įor example, in the title gish'sarath, the apostrophe connects two independent units of meaning: gish, or "skilled", meaning a githyanki who uses both weapons and spells, and sarath, a modification of sarth, usually translated as "sergeant", a commander of the smallest military unit in the githyanki armies. This construction originates in the D&D 3e era Polyhedron magazine, issue 159, p. The name "gish'sarath" is given in the D&D 4e Dungeon Magazine #168 adventure A Tyranny of Souls, where it is said to mean "swordmaster". These men and women are multiclassed fighter/wizards – the only type of multiclass allowed to githyanki. These talented individuals are rare and well-respected, often becoming leaders or other people of influence. Githyanki call those who are trained in both fighting and spellcasting gish, meaning "skilled". The word "gish" is given an in-lore meaning in the Planescape sourcebook A Guide to the Astral Plane (1996): My own task has been quite a simple one - to select monsters for inclusion, to develop them as necessary and write the statistics and texts, to assemble the entries in coherent form and to produce the various tables. It is likely an invention of Fiend Folio editor Don Turnbull, who, according to the Fiend Folio's preface, expanded upon some monster entries: The githyanki did previously appear in White Dwarf magazine, issue 12 (1979), but according to RPG.SE user Carcer, we know that the term "gish" did not appear in that issue. The term "gish" first appears in an official D&D product in the AD&D Fiend Folio (1981), p.43, where it refers to a githyanki fighter/magic-user:Ģ 'gish': fighter/magic-users of 4th/4th level The material on the "gish" seems solid, though. Their info seems pretty reliable, though I'm not entirely sure about its current validity. is/was/has been a semi-official website - meaning: "while WotC isn't working with the setting we have the nod to go ahead in development" (from their FAQ) - dedicated to the Planescape setting, and it was established in 1999 by Brannon Hollingsworth, according to their FAQ. The most significant example of this canīe found in the gish, students of both the magic word and the magic Gith races, combine magic, psionics and swordplay in a single, The githyanki, arguably the most aggressive of the
Race to even approach this multi-disciplinary approach to combat is The gith races are truly efficient warriors in that they combine allĭisciplines in their tactics it is probably the case that the only The githyanki captain, the gish githyanki, and the githyanki soldier Heroes add the prefix gi' ("student of") to their trainer's name. With sarath, or "sergeant." Githyanki who have trained with great For example, gish'sarath combines the word gish, or "skilled," Separate different morphemes which have been combined into a single In the githyanki language, apostrophes (which are not pronounced)
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