Now ... a question ...
Why would race that (CANONICALY) centralize their whole society around the idea that whatever they want, they simply take ... create marketplace to earn some kind of curency?
This is a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Taking a snippet of something and creating a monolithic unswaying culture out of it.
Just to be clear, this passage is *LITERALLY* taken from the same site you linked:
"The g'lathk were most closely associated with farmers, although their main ability was to induce food growth in the Astral Plane, where nothing grew. Some channeled their psionic abilities to grow a type of fungus that required no sunlight, while others harvested an edible substance that grew only on the bodies of the god-isles. A third group cultivated plants and animals in tanks of magically treated water."
Do you see?
The Githyanki have a class that make weapons. They also have a class that makes food. Neither of those classes are as revered as the military class, but they exist.
My point is simple. People have a tendency to put things in groups. To try to label things. And they often miss the individuals for the effort. The miss the subtle nuance of civilizations, and they go with the easiest interpretation they can find.
It's like this, I remember talking to a fellow years ago. We were talking about Japan circa WW2. This fella insisted that *every* Japanese person was willing to die in a kamikaze attack because it was a matter of cultural honor.
I suggested that obviously some were, but that other people in the same culture would not. The fellow I was talking to just couldn't accept that possibility. It was a monolithic culture to him. All people acted the same within it.
The Githyanki of the military cast don't have any built in respect for the Githyanki laborers who make the armor. Maybe some Githyanki do, but culturally, they don't as a whole. Excepting Silver Swords, which are uniquely special, I seriously doubt many of the Githyanki value the armorers work enough to care who's wearing it or whether it should be appropriated on sight.
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Let's further consider differences between creches. Lae'zel mentions the Zaethisk (spelling?) which is capable of cleansing the Githyanki. Did you know, if you play a Githyanki, that your Githyanki character has never heard of this?
The reason why is obvious. Not all creches are the same.
I think it's a mistake to assume no Githyanki trade ever. I think it's a clear mistake to bunch them all together into one big cliche.
You're welcome to think what you want.
