Genies

Genies are rare elemental creatures out of story and legend. Only a few can be found on the Material Realm. The rest reside on the Elemental Realms, where they rule from lavish palaces and are attended by worshipful slaves. Genies are as brilliant as they are mighty, as proud as they are majestic. Haughty and decadent, they have a profound sense of entitlement that stems from the knowledge that few creatures except the gods and other genies can challenge their power.
Creatures of the Elements A genie is born when the soul of a sentient living creature melds with the primordial matter of an elemental realm. Only under rare circumstances does such an elemental-infused soul coalesce into a manifest form and create a genie. A genie usually retains no connection to the soul that gave it form. That life force is a building block that determines the genie's form and apparent gender, as well as one or two key personality traits. Although they resemble humanoid beings, genies are elemental spirits given physical form. They don't mate with other genies or produce genie offspring, as all new genies are born out of the same mysterious fusion of spirit energy and elemental power. A genie with a stronger connection to its mortal soul might choose to sire a child with a mortal, although such offspring are rare. When a genie perishes, it leaves nothing behind except what it was wearing or carrying, along with a small trace of its native element: a pile of dust, a gust of wind, a flash of fire and smoke, or a burst of water and foam.
Rule or Be Ruled Mortal slaves serve to validate a genie's power and high self-opinion. A hundred flattering voices are music to a genie's ears, while two hundred mortal slaves prostrated at its feet are proof that it is lord and master. Genies view slaves as living property, and a genie without property amounts to nothing among its own kind. As a result, many genies treasure their slaves, treating them as honored members of their households. Evil genies freely threaten and abuse their slaves, but never to the extent that the slaves are no longer of use. In contrast to their love of slaves, most genies loathe being bound to service themselves. A genie obeys the will of another only when bribed or compelled by magic. All genies command the power of their native element, but a rare few also possess the power to grant wishes. For both these reasons, mortal mages often seek to bind genies into service.
Decadent Nobility Noble genies are the rarest of their kind. They are used to getting what they want, and have learned to trade their ability to grant wishes to attain the objects of their desire. This constant indulgence has made them decadent, while their supreme power over reality makes them haughty and arrogant. Their vast palaces overflow with wonders and sensory delights beyond imagination. Noble genies cultivate the jealousy and envy of other genies, asserting their superiority at every opportunity. Other genies respect the influence of the noble genies, knowing how unwise it is to defy a creature that can alter reality at a whim. A genie isn't beholden to any noble genie, however, and will sometimes choose to defy a noble genie's will and risk the consequences.
The Power of Worship Genies acknowledge the gods as powerful entities but have no desire to court or worship them. They find the endless fawning andmewling of religious devotees tiresome-except as it is directed toward them by their worshipful slaves. Their miraculous powers, the grandeur of their abodes, and the numbers of their slaves allow some genies to deceive themselves into believing they, are as powerful as the gods. Some go so far as to demand that mortals of other realms- even whole continents or worlds- bow down before them.

Dao

Dao are greedy, malicious genies from the Elemental Realm of Earth. They adorn themselves with jewelry crafted from precious gems and rare metals, and when they fly, their lower bodies become columns of swirling sand. A dao isn't happy unless it is the envy of other dao. All That Glitters. The dao dwell in complexes of twisting tunnels and glittering ore-veined caverns on the Elemental Realm of Earth. These mazeworks are continually expanding as the dao delve into and reshape the rock around them. Dao care nothing for the poverty or misfortune of others. A dao might grind powdered gems and gold dust over its food to heighten the experience of eating, devouring its wealth as mortals consume a precious spice.


Lords of the Earth A dao never assists a mortal unless the genie has something to gain, preferably treasure. Among the genies, dao are on speaking and trading terms with the efreet, but they have nothing but scorn for djinn and marids. Other races native to the Elemental Realm of Earth avoid the dao, which are always seeking new slaves to mine the mazeworks of their floating earth islands.


Proud Slavers The dao trade for the finest slaves that money can buy, forcing them to work in dangerous subterranean realms that rumble with earthquakes.As much as they enjoy enslaving others, the dao hate being enslaved. Powerful wizards have been known to lure dao to the Material Realm and trap them in the confines of magic gemstones or iron flasks. Unfortunately for the dao, their greed makes it relatively easy for mages to cozen them into service.

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Armor Class	18 (natural armor)
Hit Points	15d10+105
Speed	30ft.	Burrow 30ft.	Fly 30ft.
Strength	23 (+6)
Dexterity	12 (+1)
Constitution	24 (+7)
Intelligence	12 (+1)
Wisdom	13 (+1)
Charisma	14 (+2)
Saving Throws	intelligence d20+5	Wisdom d20+5	Charisma d20+6
Condition Immunities	Petrified
Senses	Darkvision 120ft.	Passive Perception 11
Languages	Terran
Challenge	11 (7,200 XP)
Special 1	Earth Glide	The dao can burrow through nonmagical,	unworked earth and stone.
While doing so, the dao doesn't disturb	the material it moves through
Special 2	Elemental Demise	If the dao dies, its body disintegrates into crystalline powder,	leaving behind only equipment
the dao was wearing or carrying
Special 3	Innate Spellcasting	The dao's innate spellcasting ability is	Charisma (spell save DC 14, d20+6 to hit with spell attacks).
It can innately cast the following spells	, requiring no material components:
Spells 1	At will	Detect evil and good	Detect magic
Stone shape
Spells 2	3/day each	Passwall	Move earth
Tongues
Spells 3	1/day each	Conjure elemental (earth elemental only)	Gaseous form
Invisibility	Phantasmal killer	Realm shift	Wall of stone
Special 4	Sure-Footed	The dao has an advantage on Strength	and Dexterity saving throws made against
effects that would knock it prone
Action 1	Multiattack	The dao makes two fist attacks or two maul attacks
Action 2	Fist	Melee Weapon Attack	d20+10 to hit
Reach 5 ft., one target	Hit 2d8+6 bludgeoning damage
Action 3	Maul	Melee Weapon Attack	d20+10 to hit
Reach 5 ft., one target	Hit 4d6+6 bludgeoning damage.	If the target is a Huge or smaller creature,	it must succeed on a DC 18
Strength check or be knocked prone

Djinni

Proud, sensuous genies from the Elemental Realm of Air, the djinn are attractive, tall, well-muscled humanoids with blue skin and dark eyes. They dress in airy, shimmering silks, designed as much for comfort as to flaunt their musculature.


Airy Aesthetes Djinn rule floating islands of clouds tuff covered with enormous pavilions, or topped with wondrous buildings, courtyards, fountains, and gardens. Creatures of comfort and ease, djinn enjoy succulent fruits, pungent wines, fine perfumes, and beautiful music. Djinn are known for their sense of mischief and their favorable attitude toward mortals. Among genies, djinn deal coolly with efreet and marids, whom they view as haughty. They openly despise dao and strike against them with little provocation.


Masters of the Wind Masters of the air, the djinn ride powerful whirlwinds that they create and direct on a whim, and which can even carry passengers. Creatures that stand against a djinni are assaulted by wind and thunder, even as the djinni spins away on that wind if outmatched in combat. When a djinni flies, its lower body transforms into a column of swirling air.


Accepting Servitors The djinn believe that servitude is a matter of fate, and that no being can contest the hand of fate. As a result, of all the genies, djinn are the ones most amenable to servitude, though they never enjoy it. Djinn treat their slaves more like servants deserving of kindness and protection, and they part with them reluctantly. A mortal who desires the brief service of a djinni can entreat it with fine gifts, or use flattery to bribe it into compliance. Powerful wizards are able to forgo such niceties, however, if they can summon, bind into service, or imprison a djinni using magic. Long-term service displeases a djinni, and imprisonment is inexcusable. Djinni resent the cruel wizards that have imprisoned their kind in bottles, iron flasks, and wind instruments throughout the ages. Betrayal, particularly by a mortal whom a djinni trusted, is a vile deed that only deadly vengeance can amend.


Variant: Genie Powers Genies have a variety of magical capabilities, including spells. A few have even greater powers that allow them to alter their appearance or the nature of reality.


Disguises Some genies can veil themselves in illusion to pass as other similarly shaped creatures. Such genies can innately cast the disguise self spell at will, often with a longer duration than is normal for that spell. Mightier genies can cast the true polymorph spell one to three times per day, possibly with a longer duration than normal. Such genies can change only their own shape, but a rare few can use the spell 1 on other creatures and objects as well.


Wishes The genie power to grant wishes is legendary among mortals. Only the most potent genies, such as those among the nobility, can do so. A particular genie that has this power can grant one to three wishes to a creature that isn't a genie. Once a genie has granted its limit of wishes, it can't grant wishes again for some amount of time (usually 1 year). and cosmic law dictates that the same genie can expend its limit of wishes on a specific creature only once in that creature's existence. To be granted a wish, a creature within 60 feet of the genie states a desired effect to it. The genie can then cast the wish spell on the creature's behalf to bring about the effect. Depending on the genie's nature, the genie might try to pervert the intent of the wish by exploiting the wish's poor wording. The perversion of the wording is usually crafted to be to the genie's benefit.

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Armor Class	17 (natural armor)
Hit Points	14d10+84
Speed	30ft.	Fly 90ft.
Strength	21 (+5)
Dexterity	15 (+2)
Constitution	22 (+6)
Intelligence	15 (+2)
Wisdom	16 (+3)
Charisma	20 (+5)
Saving Throws	Dexterity d20+6	Wisdom d20+7	Charisma d20+9
Damage Immunities	Lightning	Thunder
Senses	Darkvision 120ft.	Passive Perception 13
Languages	Auran
Challenge	11 (7,200 XP)
Special 1	Elemental Demise	If the djinni dies, its body disintegrates into a warm breeze,	leaving behind only equipment the djinni was wearing or carrying
Special 2	Innate Spellcasting	The djinni's innate spellcasting ability is	Charisma (spell save DC 17, d20+9 to hit with spell attacks).
It can innately cast the following spells,	requiring no material components:
Spells 1	At will	Detect evil and good	Detect magic
Thunderwave
Spells 2	3/day each	Create food and water (can create wine instead of water)	Tongues
Wind walk
Spells 3	1/day each	Conjure elemental (air elemental only)	Creation
Gaseous form	Invisibility	Major image	Realm shift
Action 1	Multiattack	The djinni makes three scimitar attacks
Action 2	Scimitar	Melee Weapon Attack	d20+9 to hit
Reach 5 ft., one target	Hit 2d6+5 slashing damage	plus 1d6 lightning or	thunder damage (djinni's choice)
Action 3	Create Whirlwind.	A 5-foot-radius, 30-foot-tall cylinder of swirling air	magically forms on a point the djinni
can see within 120 feet of it.	The whirlwind lasts as long as the djinni maintains concentration	(as if concentrating on a spell).	Any creature but the djinni that enters the whirlwind must succeed on
a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be restrained by it.	The djinni can move the whirlwind up to 60 feet as an action,	and creatures restrained by the whirlwind move with it.	The whirlwind ends if the djinni loses sight of it.
A creature can use its action to free a	creature restrained by the whirlwind, including itself,	by succeeding on a DC 18 Strength check.	If the check succeeds, the creature is no longer
restrained and moves to the	nearest space outside the whirlwind

Efreeti

Hulking genies of the Elemental Realm of Fire, the efreet are masters of flame, immune to fire and able to create it on a whim. Fine silk caftans and damask robes drape their magma-red or coal-black skin, and they bedeck themselves in brass and gold torcs, chains, and rings, all glittering with jewels. When an efreeti flies, its lower body transforms into a column of smoke and embers.


Haughty and Cruel The efreet are deceptive, cunning, and cruel to the point of ruthlessness. They despise being forced into servitude and are relentless in pursuit of vengeance against creatures that have wronged them. Efreet don't see themselves in this light, naturally, and regard their race as fair and orderly, even as they admit to an enlightened sense of self-interest.


Spiteful Slavers Efreet view all other creatures as enemies or potential serfs. They raid the Material Realm and the elemental realms for slaves, which they capture and bring back to their homes on the Elemental Realm of Fire. The efreet rule as oppressive tyrants, promoting only the cruelest among their slaves. Those overseers are given whips to help keep the rank-and-file slaves in line.


Realm Raiders Most efreet reside on the Elemental Realm of Fire, either in great domed fortresses of black glass and basalt surrounded by churning lakes of fire, or in the fabled City of Brass. Additionally, efreet military outposts thronging with their minions and slaves can be found scattered throughout the realms. On the Material Realm, efreet dwell in fiery regions such as volcanoes and the burning expanses of the world's deserts. Their love of the dessert brings them into conflict with the djinn that ride the desert whirlwinds, and with the earthbound dao. Efreet utterly despise marids, with whom they have maintained a passionate conflict throughout the history of both races.

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Armor Class	17 (natural armor)
Hit Points	16d10+112
Speed	40 ft.	Fly 60 ft.
Strength	22 (+6)
Dexterity	12 (+1)
Constitution	24 (+7)
Intelligence	16 (+3)
Wisdom	15 (+2)
Charisma	16 (+3)
Saving Throws	Intelligence d20+7	Wisdom d20+6	Charisma d20+7
Damage Immunities	Fire
Senses	Darkvision 120ft.	Passive Perception 12
Languages	lgnan
Challenge	11 (7,200 XP)
Special 1	Elemental Demise	If the efreeti dies, its body disintegrates in a	flash of fire and puff of smoke,
leaving behind only equipment	the efreeti was wearing or carrying
Special 2	Innate Spellcasting	The efreeti's innate spellcasting ability is	Charisma (spell save DC 15, d20+7 to hit with spell attacks).
It can innately cast the following spells,	requiring no material components:
Spells 1	At will	Detect magic
Spells 2	3/day	Enlarge/reduce	Tongues
Spells 3	1/day each	Conjure elemental (fire elemental only)	Gaseous form
Invisibility	Major image	Realm shift	Wall of fire
Action 1	Multiattack	The efreeti makes two scimitar attacks	or uses its Hurl Flame twice
Action 2	Scimitar	Melee Weapon Attack	d20+10 to hit
Reach 5 ft. , one target	Hit 2d6+6 slashing damage	plus 2d6 fire damage
Action 3	Hurl Flame	Ranged Spell Attack	d20+7 to hit
Range 120ft., one target	Hit 5d6 fire damage

Marid

Hailing from the Elemental Plane of Water, the marids are the most wondrous of genie-kind. Although all genies wield great power, even the lowliest marid sees itself as clearly superior to the flighty djinn, the ground-hugging dao, and the fuming efreet. Large and piscine, marids are a strange sight to behold, particularly when clad in the finely stitched vests and colorful pantaloons they favor. They speak in voices as soft as the sea breeze or as sonorous as storm waves breaking against a rocky cliff. In-flight, their lower bodies transform into columns of foamy water.


Water Lords Water is a marid's native element, and the genie can manipulate water in virtually any way it desires. A marid can walk on water and breathe naturally beneath its surface. It can create water or shape clouds of fog and mist from the vapor in the air. It can even transform itself into mist or use water as a weapon to bludgeon its foes.


Marid Homes Marids are rare on the Material Realm. They inhabit mighty and majestic coral fortresses located in the Elemental Plane of Water. These citadels float in the depths of the plane and contain opulent, air-filled chambers where slaves and guests reside. A marid doesn't expect much from its slaves, simply wanting to have them for the status of ownership. Marids go out of their way to obtain skilled slaves and aren't above kidnapping mortal artists, entertainers, or storytellers for use in their courts.


Egotistical Hierarchs All marids claim a title of nobility, and the race is awash in shahs, sultans, muftis, and khedives. Most of these titles are mere pretense on the part of the self-important marids. Marids treat all others-including other genies- as inferiors of various grades, ranging from poor cousins to petty annoyances. They tolerate djinn, dislike dao, and despise efreet. Humanoids are among the lowest of the creatures that marids must tolerate, although they sometimes deal with powerful wizards and exceptional leaders on an almost equal footing. Doing so has sometimes proven to be a mistake since wizards have managed to imprison marids in conch shells, flasks, and decanters over the ages. Bribery and flattery are the best means of dealing with marids, to which an obsequious mortal is a creature that knows its place.


Whimsical Storytellers Marids are champion tale-tellers, whose favorite legends emphasize the prowess of marids in general and of the speaker in particular. Fanciful genies lie often and creatively. They aren't always malicious in their deception, but embellishments suit their fancy. Marids consider it a crime for a lesser being to interrupt one of their tales, and offending a marid is a sure way to invoke its wrath.

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Armor Class	17 (natural armor)
Hit Points	17d10+136
Speed	30ft.	Fly 60ft.	Swim 90ft.
Strength	22 (+6)
Dexterity	12 (+1)
Constitution	26 (+8)
Intelligence	18 (+4)
Wisdom	17 (+3)
Charisma	18 (+4)
Saving Throws	Dexterity d20+5	Wisdom d20+7	Charisma d20+8
Damage Resistances	Acid	Cold	Lightning
Senses	Blindsight 30ft.	Darkvision 120ft.	Passive Perception 13
Languages	Aquan
Challenge	11 (7,200 XP)
Special 1	Amphibious	The marid can breathe air and water
Special 2	Elemental Demise	If the marid dies, its body disintegrates into	a burst of water and foam,
leaving behind only equipment	the marid was wearing or carrying
Special 3	Innate Spellcasting	The marid's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma	(spell save DC 16, d20+8 to hit with spell attacks).
It can innately cast the following spells,	requiring no material components:
Spells 1	At will	Create or destroy water	Detect evil and good
Detect magic	Fog cloud	Purify food and drink
Spells 2	3/day each	Tongues	Water breathing
Water walk
Spells 3	1/day each	Conjure elemental (water elemental only)	Control water
Gaseous form	Invisibility	Realm shift
Action 1	Multiattack	The marid makes two trident attacks
Action 2	Trident	Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack	d20+10 to hit
Reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft. one target	Hit 2d6+6 piercing damage,	or 2d8+6 piercing damage	if used with two hands to make a melee attack
Action 3	Water jet	The marid magically shoots water in	a 60-foot line that is 5 feet wide.
Each creature in that line must make	a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw.	On a failure, a target takes 6d6 bludgeoning damage and,	if it is Huge or smaller, is pushed up to 20 feet away
from the marid and knocked prone.	On a success, a target takes half the bludgeoning damage,	but is neither pushed nor knocked prone