Genie (Dungeons & Dragons)

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In the "Dungeons & Dragons" roleplaying game, genies are outsiders native to the Elemental Planes.

Publication history

Dao, Janni and Marids first appeared in "Dragon" issue #66 (October 1982). "Featured Creatures" was an ongoing series of articles where Gary Gygax released information on official creatures before their release in the upcoming "Monster Manual II" (1983).

Types of Genies

*Dao - Genies from the Elemental Plane of Earth, dao often run gem-mining operations there or on the Material Plane.

*Djinni - Genies from the Elemental Plane of Air.

*Efreeti - Genies from the Elemental Plane of Fire, said to be made of basalt, bronze, and congealed flames.

*Janni - The weakest of the genies, Jann are formed out of all four elements and must spend time on the Material Plane.

*Khayal - Genies from the Plane of Shadow.

*Marid - Genies from the Elemental Plane of Water.

*Qorrashi - Distant relatives of the djinn, qorrash are elemental spirits of cold and ice.

References

*Baur, Wolfgang, James Jacobs, and George Strayton. "Frostburn" (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).

*Cook, Monte. "Monstrous Compendium Planescape Compendium III" (TSR, 1998).

*Cook, Monte and William W. Connors. "The Inner Planes" (TSR, 1998).

*Grubb, Jeff, David Noonan, and Bruce Cordell. "Manual of the Planes" (Wizards of the Coast, 2001).

*Gygax, Gary. "Featured Creatures" "Dragon" #66 (TSR, 1982).
**Gygax, Gary. "Monster Manual" (TSR, 1977).

*Sernett, Matthew, David Noonan, Ari Marmell, and Robert J. Schwalb. "" (Wizards of the Coast, 2006).

*Stewart, Doug, ed. "Monstrous Manual" (TSR, 1994).

*Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. "Monster Manual" (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).