Re: Gith Dogs

> > done in time.  Ah well.  Anyways, here's Scarskull, a Pirate of Gith
> > city/outpost :)
>
> Hahahaha.  I logged on to post something about Gith and look what I
> found.  Hehe.  Adam, I'm not sure if your timing is great or awful.

    Heh, don't know if it matters.  Haven't XMLed the moon yet for Static,
so changes are cheap right now.

> For some unrelated (to SJ) work I was doing I looked up the xotzcoyotl,
> cavedogs, in Dragon to add to a module today and I saw the two gith
> dogs that were presented in the same article (see Dragon #117).

<plugs in Dragon CD (love that thing!) to find the article>


> The
> Kaoulgrim of the githyanki seem like ideal animals that might be traded
> to priates of gith by githyanki looking to influence them.  Certainly
> the pirates of gith described in the SJ MC are deadly foes of the mind
> flayers but they don't seem as singularly dedicated to this quest as
> the githyanki (since they are also general marauders).  Thus the
> githyanki might well see the possibilities of ensuring they keep their
> focus and of mutual coordination and cooperation.  They would make
> ideal people to raise new Kaoulgrim pups (which have to be raised on
> the prime material) which the githyanki could then take possession of
> as they got older.  Bribing a pirate of gith mage with a scroll of
> their binding spell (or perhaps a magic item, they don't want to share
> their secret spell freely) and a Kaoulgrim would be a good way to tie
> the gith leaders to their own aims.

    Interesting, that's an idea I'll have to borrow for Scarskull.  I could
easily see the Githyanki embassy being used as a the means for the Gith to
set up such a trading agreement.  Thanks!

Adam