Dao
Genies
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  • Natural Armor:
  • Natural Armor +6
    0 gp


  • Natural Weapon(s):
  • Slam (2d8)


  • Passive Abilities:
  • Dust to Dust
  • Earth Glide
    3000 gp

  • Attack Abilities:
  • Fire Attack (2d6)
    1600 gp
  • Takedown Strike
    150 gp

  • At Will Spell(s):
  • Detect Magic
    1
  • Detect Planar Creatures
    1
  • Disguise Self
    1
  • Stone Shape
    4


  • Spellcasting |
  • | Invisibility, Minor
  • | Gaseous Form Summon Animal Tongues
  • | Phantasmal Killer
  • | Passwall Wall of Stone
  • | Move Earth
  • | Plane Shift


  • Monster Bits:
  • 525 Elemental Essence
    2 gp
  • 175 Elemental Shard
    3 gp

You lock eyes with the Dao, a malevolent genie adorned in opulence. Precious gems and metals gleam, woven into a tapestry of arrogance. Its sand-swirling lower half hints at flight, each movement sculpting the very earth. Avarice fuels its disdain, and the envy it craves radiates from its disdainful gaze.

💎🏜️ Dao: Greedy Lords of Stone

Dao are avaricious genies of the Elemental Plane of Earth, their towering forms glittering with gem-encrusted jewelry and trailing swirling sand. 🪨 Malicious and vain, they revel in wealth and power, their pride demanding the envy of their kin. Masters of subterranean realms, dao carve opulent mazes of ore and crystal, enslaving others to fuel their greed while scorning all who lack their riches. In Zin’s depths, they are both tyrants and tempters, their lust for treasure a lure for the bold and foolish.

🪙 All That Glitters: Obsessed with Wealth

Dao dwell in labyrinthine complexes of tunnels and caverns, their walls veined with precious metals and sparkling gems. 💰 Constantly expanding these maze works, they reshape stone with elemental might, devouring powdered gold and gems like mortals savor spices. Their ostentatious displays of wealth—golden dust on meals or gem-studded thrones—define their existence, caring nothing for others’ suffering. GMs can craft their lairs as glittering deathtraps, where opulence hides deadly traps or enslaved guardians.

🏰 Lords of the Earth: Elemental Tyrants

Dao rule as despots over their earthen domains, floating islands of rock trembling with seismic power. 🌋 They trade with efreet but disdain djinn and marids, viewing them as inferior. Other elemental natives flee their grasp, fearing enslavement in mines rife with quakes. Dao aid mortals only for profit, their deals steeped in treachery. GMs can use their arrogance to spark intrigue, with players negotiating perilous pacts or infiltrating their realms to free captives.

⛓️ Proud Slavers: Masters of Bondage

Dao crave slaves to toil in their hazardous mines, purchasing the finest captives to extract treasures from unstable depths. 🛠️ Yet they loathe servitude, their greed making them vulnerable to wizards who trap them in magical gems or flasks. This paradox fuels their malice, as they punish defiance with cruel ingenuity. GMs can weave tales of rebellion, with players rescuing slaves or outwitting a dao’s greed to trap it in turn.

🦴 Monstrous Form: Jeweled Giants

Towering and broad, dao shimmer with jewelry of rare metals and gems, their lower bodies dissolving into columns of swirling sand when they glide. 🌀 Their eyes gleam with avarice, and their voices rumble like shifting stone. In combat, they wield earth-shaping magic and crushing strength, commanding rock to entomb foes. GMs can describe their regal yet menacing presence, with sand trailing like a storm or gems flashing as they move.

🏞️ The Dao’s Maze: Caverns of Opulence

Dao lairs are sprawling fortresses of stone, their tunnels glittering with ore and rigged with seismic traps. 🕸️ Crystal chandeliers, molten gold streams, and enslaved miners define these domains, where wealth and danger intertwine. Floating islands quake with their master’s mood, a testament to their power. GMs can design mazes as opulent dungeons, challenging players with collapsing passages or elemental guardians.

⚔️ Confronting the Dao: Bargains and Battles

Facing a dao is a duel of wits and might, their earth magic and brute force reshaping battlefields. 🗡️ Radiant or force-based attacks pierce their resilience, while exploiting their greed—offering fake treasures or magical traps—can turn the tide. Diplomacy teeters on their avarice, with deals often backfiring. GMs can craft encounters as high-stakes negotiations or seismic showdowns, where players outsmart or overpower a dao’s pride.

🌌 Zenith of Earthen Avarice

Dao are Zin’s glittering tyrants, their greed a force as unyielding as the stone they command. 💎 In elemental depths or mortal traps, they weave webs of wealth and malice, their mazes a gauntlet for heroes. Whether enslaving miners or bargaining with wizards, dao embody the cost of unchecked desire. Only the cunning and resolute can navigate their schemes, shattering their opulent reign to claim treasures forged in earth’s heart. 🖤

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Genies
Creature Sub Type

✨ The Enigmatic Genies: Sovereigns of Elemental Might

Genies are awe-inspiring elemental beings whose presence infuses any tale with grandeur, intrigue, and the tantalizing promise of wish fulfillment. These mystical monarchs, born of primal forces and mortal souls, embody power and enigma, making them unforgettable allies or formidable foes in any campaign.

đź‘‘ Elemental Emperors

Hailing from the Elemental Planes, genies rule over resplendent palaces that shimmer with otherworldly splendor. Attended by loyal elemental spirits and often enslaved beings, these sovereigns wield authority rivaled only by deities and their fellow genies. Their brilliance matches their might, tempered by an unshakable belief in their own supremacy, which lends them an air of regal arrogance.

🔥 Soul-Wrought Origins

Genies are not born but forged, their essence a fusion of sentient souls and raw elemental power. This melding shapes their humanoid forms, apparent gender, and core traits, tethering their spirits to their mortal origins. Though they mimic mortal appearances, genies are elemental spirits given physical form, leaving behind only their possessions and a whisper of their native element—flame, mist, dust, or breeze—upon their passing. Their creation is a mystery, a sacred alchemy that defies mortal understanding.

🏰 Connoisseurs of Opulence

Genies revel in decadence, their palaces overflowing with sensory delights that mortal minds can scarcely fathom. From jewel-encrusted halls to gardens of eternal bloom, every detail is a testament to their love of luxury. Noble genies, steeped in centuries of wish-granting bargains, have grown particularly indulgent, their haughtiness fueled by the adoration of their attendants and the treasures they amass. To a genie, opulence is not just pleasure—it is proof of their dominion.

🌟 Wish-Weavers and Bargain-Hunters

Renowned for their mastery over their native elements—be it fire, water, earth, or air—genies are most coveted for their ability to grant wishes, a power that bends reality itself. Mortal mages risk everything to bind genies into service, craving the chance to wield such magic. Yet genies are no passive tools; they are cunning negotiators, offering wishes to mortals who possess what they desire—be it rare artifacts, forbidden knowledge, or even fleeting moments of genuine companionship. Every bargain is a dance of motives, with genies ever seeking to tip the scales in their favor.

⚔️ Rivalries of the Exalted

Within the genie hierarchy, noble genies reign supreme, their rarity and power sparking envy among their kin. These elite beings flaunt their superiority, demanding deference and sowing jealousy in equal measure. While lesser genies often bow to their influence, knowing the peril of defiance, they are not bound by loyalty. Some dare to challenge the nobles, risking wrath that could shake the very planes. This intricate web of ambition and pride fuels endless intrigue among their kind.

🙇 Devotees and Dominions

Genies cherish mortal slaves, viewing them as living symbols of their authority. Treated as prized members of their households, slaves are showered with favor—provided they offer unwavering flattery and obedience. Evil genies may wield fear, but even they temper their cruelty, for a broken slave is a useless one. Above all, genies crave worship, basking in the adoration of devotees who elevate them to godlike status. To a genie, every bowed head is a crown upon their brow.

🛡️ Masters of Power

In the world of genies, power is everything. To rule is to thrive; to be ruled is unthinkable. The number of slaves and worshippers at a genie’s command measures their greatness, each one a brick in the fortress of their influence. Genies guard their status with ruthless vigilance, for in their realm, any sign of weakness invites challenge. This relentless pursuit of dominance shapes their every action, from cunning alliances to devastating retribution.

🎭 Legends in the Making

Genies are the stuff of epic sagas, their vast powers and complex motives weaving tales of triumph and tragedy. Adventurers may seek their favor, bartering for wishes that could reshape destinies, or find themselves pitted against a noble genie’s prideful wrath. Whether as enigmatic patrons or prideful adversaries, genies bring unparalleled depth to any campaign, their allure as irresistible as the magic they wield.

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