Djinni
Large Elemental · · CR 11
- Elemental
- Large
- Tier 3
As a large elemental (chaotic good), Djinni carries CR 11. Common in coastal and planar environments. Sourced from Monster Manual (5e 2014) and Monster Manual (5.5e 2024).
Stat Block
- Challenge Rating
- 11
- Type
- Elemental
- Size
- Large
- Alignment
- —
- Speed
- —
- Habitats
- Coastal, Planar
- Sources
- Monster Manual (5e 2014), Monster Manual (5.5e 2024)
Ecology
Djinn are nobles of the Elemental Plane of Air, ruling cloud-castles and wind-cities across that limitless sky. They breathe air as mortals breathe water, requiring nothing else, though they enjoy mortal foods as art. They mate by entwining wind-forms, and their children are born as breezes that mature over centuries. Some djinn descend to the Material Plane bound by ancient pacts, summoned through bottles, lamps, or storm-rituals.
Behaviour
Djinn are mercurial, prideful, and protective of personal honor. They love music, poetry, and acrobatic displays. They despise efreeti as ancestral enemies and treat all encounters with them as battles. Toward mortals they are capricious, generous to the bold and cruel to the rude. They keep their word to the letter when bargained with properly, but punish those who try to trick them with humor that becomes catastrophe.
Origin
Djinn descend from the first sky, when air separated from chaos and became aware. Their rulers, the noble djinn, claim sultans' lineage stretching back to the dawn winds. Their feud with efreeti is older than mortal history, sparked by a betrayal whose details are sung differently in every cloud-city. They consider mortals neither prey nor peers but interesting visitors to a vastness mortals can barely imagine.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Djinni
- What is the challenge rating of Djinni?
- Djinni has a challenge rating of 11. It works against tier-3 parties.
- What type of creature is Djinni?
- Djinni is classified as a elemental in D&D 5e, large size.
- Where does Djinni live?
- Djinni is at home in Coastal, Planar.