Gish

Githyanki gish are a class-like archetype of githyanki NPC encountered throughout Baldur's Gate 3. Battlemages that blend arcane spellcasting with melee combat, gish soldiers are versatile combatants.

Githyanki gish
Stats
Level 5
STR 15 (+2) DEX 12 (+1) CON 16 (+3) INT 16 (+3) WIS 15 (+2) CHA 16 (+3)
Race	Githyanki
Type	Humanoid
HP	53; 68Tactician
AC	16
Size	Medium
Weight	75kg / 150lbs
Proficiency Bonus	+3
Initiative	1
Passive features
Opportunity Attack  Githyanki War Magic  Psionic EmpowermentTactician  War Caster: ConcentrationTactician  War Caster: Opportunity SpellTactician
Character information
Location	Mountain Pass Crèche Y'llek
Experience on kill	75

Attacks and abilities

 Main Hand Attack ()

Normal weapon damage

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Burning Hands ()

3d6 (3~18) Fire damage

Each flammable target is hit with 3d6Fire damage.

DEX Save

 Range: Self

AoE: 5 m / 17 ft (Cone)

 Hold Person ()

Hold a humanoid enemy still. They can't Move, Act, or React. Attacks from within  Range: 3 m / 10 ft are always Critical Hits.

At the end of each turn, the affected creature can make a Wisdom Saving throw to end this condition.

WIS Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Shocking Grasp ()

1d8 (1~8) Lightning damage

The target cannot use Reactions. This spell has Advantage on creatures with metal Armour.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Misty Step ()

Surrounded by silver mist, you teleport to an unoccupied space you can see.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Named gish

Mountain Pass

• For'reth

Crèche Y'llek

• Far'aag
• A'jak'nir Jeera has a stat block and ability kit of a generic gish, but the honorific of a githyanki quartermistress.