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ITHYANKI RECENTLY TURNED THE CRYSTAL GITHYANKI
Labyrinth into an outpost of their interpla- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
nar empire. It houses a gate to Stardock, The militaristic githyanki who live in the Crystal Laby-
a hollowed-out asteroid in orbit around rinth and Stardock have three important tasks: protect
the planet Tori! (one of many that form the creche, train young githyanki warriors, and destroy
the asteroid cluster known as the Tears of the mind flayer colony in Seadeeps (level 17).
Selfine). Together, the Crystal Labyrinth KNIGHTS AND THE DRACONIC TONGUE
and Stardock are designed for four 14th-level charac- Githyanki knights encountered in the Crystal Labyrinth
ters. Those who defeat the monsters on this level should and Stardock speak Draconic in addition to their native
gain enough XP to advance halfway to 15th level. language of Gith- all the better to communicate with
Before running this level of Undermountain, you their red dragon mounts.
should review the "Gith" entry in the Monster Manual,
because it contains information that will help you role- GITHYANKI LEADERS
play githyanki effectively. Additional information about The githyanki are led by Al'chaia, a knight who is cruel
githyanki society can be found in Mordenkainen's Tome to her trainees and soldiers. Al'chaia recently acquired a
of Foes, although that resource is not required to run manual of gainful exercise and a tome of clear thought,
the Crystal Labyrinth. and she has promised to award both items to her
most accomplished soldier. In truth, she plans to read
WHAT DWELLS HERE? these tomes to gain their benefits herself, but uses the
Githyanki tracking a splinter colony of mind fiayers to
Undermountain seized this level and turned what was THE OR IGINAL CRYSTAL LABYRINTH
once a crystalline maze into a fortress. From here, they Undermountain: Stardock, written by Steven E. Schend
launch attacks against the mind flayers on level 17. The and published in 1997, was the third of three modules
githyanki also transformed Stardock into a creche: a in the short-lived "Dungeon Crawl" series of adventures
fortress dedicated to raising and training young war- designed for the second edition D&D game. Waterdeep:
riors. Because creatures do not age on the Astral Plane, Dungeon of the Mad Mage presents alternative versions of
the githyanki must bring their offspring to the Material the Crystal Labyrinth and Stardock scaled for fifth edition
Plane to mature. Unfamiliar with the asteroid's actual and this product. If you want to expand this level of Under-
mountain, the original adventure would be a fine source of
name, the githyanki refer to Stardock as Creche K'liir. inspiration .
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LEVEL 16 I CRYSTAL LABYRINTH