Originally Posted by JandK
Originally Posted by WebSpyder
Perhaps simply because it is called "Githyanki Half Plate" opposed to simply "half plate". Other armors in the game are not racially designated and considering the attitude the Gith in game have toward all of the "lower" races, I agree with the OP they might have questions about non-Gith running around in Gith armor.

Call them French Fries. That doesn't mean France is going to start cutting throats at Mickey D's.

It's just crap logic that's filled with presumption. Because that's the way "you imagine it being" doesn't mean it's that way.

It's easy to say Githyanki wouldn't suffer someone else wearing "their" armor. It takes a bit more nuance to consider other possibilities.

Originally Posted by GM4Him
Are you kidding? Githyanki are VERY proud and arrogant people. If a Gith finds out you're wearing Gith armor, the assumption should be that you killed a Gith and stole their armor. That would be the equivalent of a Mandalorian catching a non Mando in their armor. Kill on sight!

Oh, good grief, here we go again with the armchair expertise.

To reiterate: for all you know the Githyanki sell the armor at an astral marketplace. But instead of considering anything outside the box of your current head canon, you literally say that the immediate assumption *should* be that a Gith was killed and the armor was stolen.

We've all been DMs, you know. It's not an earned title. In my experience, the best DMs are usually the ones who think things through and come to interesting, out-of-the-box conclusions about things, as opposed to ones who jump on the bandwagon of the most obvious, arbitrary, and unbendable idea.

I accept that Githyanki hunt down Silver Swords if they are in the possession of non-Githyanki. That's canon. That's accepted.

The insistence that they also hunt down their mundane, non-magical half plate is not canon. It's not accepted.

We've all been DMs? Wow. That's amazing. I didn't know everyone had experiences as a DM.

Everyone can be a DM, but not everyone can be a good DM. It takes more experience to be a good DM or a whole lot of natural talent. I've had good DM sessions and bad DM sessions. I have quite a bit of experience and a lot of campaigns. I'm still going, so I must be doing something right. I'm curious though, what are your DM credentials? How long have you been one?

Regardless, there's no need to be so rude. "armchair expertise?" Really?

And then you go and make an argument about someone wearing a shirt bought from a local department store?

It's more like someone who is obviously not a Nazi wearing a Nazi uniform and then walking up to a Nazi soldier and talking to them. They're clearly not Nazi, but they're wearing a Nazi uniform. You think the Nazis not going to shoot them dead?

Here's a better example. Go to the inner city in Chicago, steal a gang members clothes, then walk up to one of the gang members and see what they say. See if they treat you like you're just wearing a shirt you bought from a department store. That is the equivalent of what we're talking about here.

Gith are violent for the fun of it. It's in their race description. They are proud and arrogant as well. Also in their description. Then, just to add to this, they made Voss and the whole crew a bunch of proud and arrogant murderous individuals. I don't think it's a far cry that if you are wearing armor that is specifically made by gith, and all the other Gith are wearing identical armor, that they might get a bit pissed off if a non-gith is wearing their armor.

But you're out here being totally rude and obnoxious to people about this issue. It's one thing to disagree, but it's another to sit here and insult people on a regular basis.

Last edited by GM4Him; 27/02/22 07:19 PM.