Dungeons and Dragons Lore : Efreeti

Through whatever cosmic accident, some very rare mortal souls become bound to primal elemental fire, these Genies are known as the Efreeti. Commonly manifesting as hulking, muscular, twelve foot tall, devilish-looking humanoids and possessed of innate magical power, the Efreeti reside primarily on the Elemental plane of fire, in the fabled City of Brass.
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[@krispalermo8133]

Best game I have ever been it with the Effreeti was with a 6 year old little girl. The game end up being called ," Little Fire Princess " My chaotic neutral 3.5e 8th-level sorcerer went to cast Lesser Planar Binding. The spell wasn't high enough to Call an adult Effreeti, so a child showed up. The DM's daughter loved playing the effreeti, and he thanked me for coming up with a fun way to get his daughter into the game. With her stuff Aladdin blue genie. So she got to play with two characters at once.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

I like to think of them as less so a being that embodies fire and more so a being that embodies heat itself. Of course fire comes with that, but it’s more than just fire. It’s passion, hatred, hope, pride, honor, jealousy, greed, and pleasure. The emotions it feels are all those that fill you with warmth and all those that make your blood boil. There is no in between, they are either kind and comforting or wrathful and torturous. I find heat rather than fire to be a better metaphor for the Efreeti’s overall disposition. They either love you or hate you. Which one is entirely up to how you interact with them.

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

Genies might be some of my favorite entities in DnD. They're basically gods formed due to the unknown magical forces of the universe. Everyone wants to be them (I could see a self-reflective elemental religion sort of like Buddhism where the end goal is apotheosis into a genie), but genies themselves struggle to balance their hubris that comes from their incredible power with their psychological need for inter-personal validation and esteem.

[@Gabranicus]

In my world, the tieflings (called Shaytaani) were enslaved by the efreeti for millennia until they rebelled and escaped to the material plane when the war of the ancient high elves weakened the planar barriers.

[@theHiddenStone]

Yeah, I'd love to hear more about the City of Brass!

[@That80sGuy1972]

My veteran players cringe when an Efreeti offers to grant a wish. They are the best at twisting the words. Player: "My wish is to raise all my attributes" Efreet: "You wish me to raze everything about you?" Player: "Yes. Do that." **player character bursts into flames and disintegrates into ash** Player: "I wish to watch (rival player) die, where the last thing he sees is my gloating over him" Efreet: "You wish that now?" Player: "Yes. Right away." **player character vanishes** Player: "What the f^ck?" DM (me): You will appear in front of (rival player) while he is dying. Player: "I wish all dragons cannot use breath weapons." Efreet: "That is easy." **player character vanishes** Player: "What the f^ck?" DM (me): Your character is transported to an alternate prime material plane that has no dragons with breath weapons. Create a new character or have someone in your party wish you back.

[@krispalermo8133]

Depending on the DM that is running the game, it is best the have a Rule Lawyer handy. Have a list of Wishes written out already. Word the Wish in away that it will befit the Efreeti in some way. A " Wish " can grant a character up to 15,000gp worth of treasure or magic items. The game shops I played at, you can Buy a Wish from the Efreeti for 30,000gp/xp worth of magic items. To raise their core attribute by a point. Wizard: " I smart I get, the more treasure I can make for you can trade, or bribe with." In my game shop campaign setting, Effreeti compete against the Baator for souls of sorcerers and wizards, and for a bard every once in a while.

[@fudgywudgeybars5747]

Yesssss! I've been waiting for you to cover the other genies. To answer your question at the end of the video yes I'd love to hear more detail about the City Of Brass. And since you're asking if anyone's interested in more locations in the planes, how about the Great Dismal Delve home of the Dao genies as well. Can't wait for your videos on the Dao and Marids.

[@AJPickett]

I have become the 'Uncle Travelling Matt' of D&D :)

[@Mr_Maiq_The_Liar]

I like the idea that they are the cruelest masters but grant the fairest wishes, a Gjinn would make it as non impactful as possible, a Dao would rig it to his favor, a Myriad would rig it to a good story. But they gain honor by giving people what they want most. The more you like their wish the more honor they gain. Unless you imprisoned them of course

[@zmishiymishi5349]

I love the idea of a horror themed campain with efreeti as main villain

[@tonyromasco1735]

You make the city of brass seem like Amsterdam filled with Hollywood celebrities! Lol

[@AJPickett]

You really, really don't want to ride your bicycle off the path into the stream of molten lava...

[@Nathouuuutheone]

With abs like that, can they really become any hotter?

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Fifty sit ups a day six days a week for life does it

[@lordmoldybutt6361]

Every video game I've ever played has taken inspiration from this game in so many ways. D&d is truly awesome. & i still have yet to play a campaign.

[@fortewiddenlow]

Please make an episode on the City of Brass

[@jerodak6462]

But what if you hug them _really_ fast?

[@adreabrooks11]

As always, great video; thanks for the awesome content! One minor clarification: the "i" on the end of the names "efreeti, djinni," etc. indicates a plural. The singular would be "efreet" and "djinn." Just a linguistic tidbit I thought I would pass along. :)

[@SlothinAintEasy]

Rewatching your vids for warlock genies

[@kurtoogle4576]

Nice video AJ. :) What are your thoughts on a powerful noble efreeti being able to grant Warlock pacts? As the efreeti are more "understandable" in nature, and less omnipotent, it would be an interesting relationship. Especially on the promotion / reputation aspect. The Sultan is not indiscriminate in his choice of pact-recipients, not is he forgiving of failure!

[@AJPickett]

I tend to work very closely with what the player wishes, in regard to how the Warlock pact works, and for the most part, the players have enjoyed focusing on quirky rituals and sacrifices, and not enjoyed it so much when the being they have the pact with actually communicates with them. With an Efreeti, it would be the prestige of having a soul sworn to their service and an agent they might possibly use (and it would probably be to take revenge, or deliver a message, or to acquire a very valuable item), but they could just as likely ignore the warlock for the most part, satisfied with collecting on their investment at the fulfilment of the pact. The power granted to the Warlock would be elemental and illusion focused, and to the noble Efreeti, much like granting a wish, granting magical power brings honour to the Efreeti.

[@justinjacobs1501]

And now we have a pretty awesome unearthed arcana for the genies.

[@Werebat]

An analysis of narcissistic personality disorder is pretty informative when it comes to the psychology of the efreet. They are basically empty inside and insecure, which fuels their behaviors of seeking "narcissistic supply". This includes granting wishes ("love bombing"). You can bet that you will never win an argument with an efreet, because the efreet will never LET you win an argument with them, and will employ every narcissistic trick to prevent you from showing them up - from gaslighting and word salad to baiting and smearing up to physical violence.

[@CharackBane]

Has the Efreeti Sultanate ever aligned with the layers of Hell? I think a campaign about preventing such an alliance might be a good campaign.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

I suspect they trade often. But efreeti are tempestuous so a hard and fast treaty may be hard for any to come by.

[@kannathraymaker]

Enjoyed that piece a great deal. Thank you, AJ. My only issue was in the origins of the Genie-kind in general: mortals that somehow fuse with different elemental traits and so end up immortal elemental Genies of one type or another. The creatures come from the Middle East and even mentioned in the Koran. According to that belief system, the Djinn Pre-existed humanity, but came after the angles. They teach that just as god formed Adam from clay, so too did he form the Djinn from smokeless fire. And they have free will, like human beings do, with the ability to choose between good and evil, unlike his angels and demons which must do good and evil, respectively. In Islamic belief the Djinn were god’s chosen until he made Adam, and the he ordered them to bow before their betters. They refused and were cast out of the world, to spend eternity in space inside of shadows, behind reflections, within sound of the wind, and the heat of the earth’s magma. Some of the Djinn are good, others evil; few, if any, are indifferent. The evil Djinn hate humans and have since the time of Adam. It’s also important to note that the Djinn of Islam are mortal, but mortals that live for hundreds of years. They also believe King Solomon imprisoned a number of Djinn with his magic ring within the lamps and bottles in the folk stories. The Djinn so enslaved cannot die or even age until released from their prison. Thought you might be interested in a real world mythology for these beasties to add some flavor to them.

[@amosnickel1188]

Real world mythology is usually more interesting

[@chrisg3987]

Great choice and another excellent video. Thanks again for covering the yuan ti :)

[@AJPickett]

Thank you, and you are most welcome :)

[@trentonmaloney3280]

One of my favorite minis is an efreet from the old tomb of spells figure set.I use them very like a rakshasa in that they always have the deal that sounds too good to be true,but you always get shanked in the end.Or find out that you are playing for the wrong team.😏

[@Fyre19]

2 questions A: Do they know they were once mortals? B: Could a wish spell make them remember? and if so how would any genie react?

[@AJPickett]

I don't think there is a generic answer to that.

[@AngelusAnsell]

it sounds to me like most Genie would be extraordinarily susceptible to flattery and/or promises to tell everyone how great and awesome they are to all their friends.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Exactly. They are vain and self centered as a whole. So flattery is definitely a way to go. But they are not stupid. So be careful in the application as they may see through the flattery immediately and take offense.

[@Purple.mind...Honored.one.]

For how much they want their names to be spread across the planes fo exists in high regard, I could see one being a interesting & interactive patron for a warlock. An Efrety would prefer a warlock that molty-classed as a bard, or Already has some level of fame due to an event in their life.

[@kingofcrows8700]

I'm playing a genie warlock who's patron is the efreeti sultan. The efreeti is not necessarily evil but not necessarily good. He protects my character and all spells are a built in defense system set in by the efreeti to protect my character. I'm planning on taking pact of the chain and gave the familiar be an "avatar" of the efreeti .

[@AJPickett]

If the DM is fine with that, sweet.

[@MisterTutor2010]

This video is on fire :)

[@AJPickett]

I was going to call Efreeti the Donald Trumps of Genies, but I was worried that was to inflammatory.

[@MisterTutor2010]

Donald Trump is an inflammatory kind of guy :)

[@AJPickett]

I wonder how flammable his 'hair' is?

[@That80sGuy1972]

Comparing Efreeti to Donald Trump is completely unfair... to the Efreeti. Efreeti are good at what they do and don't need to cheat and swindle, they have actual power and cooperation of their own.

[@defshepard7490]

does anybody know what that outro music was? sounded awesome.

[@AJPickett]

whoever knows will win ten points for their house cup.

[@futuremillionaire1497]

These Jin are the most awesome

[@Purple.mind...Honored.one.]

City of brass, And all other locations please, Pretty please..

[@onemisterfranko]

I've got one of these guys as a trio of subordinates my group are about to clash with that work with an ancient red dragon. Xerxes The Magnificent, he's got a flame tounge as a weapon, I'm sure he has more I can think of before they face him in the next few sessions. :)

[@onemisterfranko]

As an exstra note, his minions on his dungeon floor, he has animated armors, helmed horrors, fire elementals, flame myriads. Plus incubi and sucubi as his servents and protection, that should be a tough test to say nothing of his partners and their own forces. 😀

[@PreistofGHAZpork]

Do not put glyfs of teleport on your monsters gear. Doing this will make your players resent you. Even if they say they don't. Never introduce an item you aren't willing to let the PC's have or an NPC you aren't willing to see killed.

[@kirkish001]

What would a grand sultan efreet do in the material plane? My players turned the campaign on its head and ended up stuck there. On the fly I panicked and word vomited. So now the grand sultan and his host of vizier has been over thrown, led by gold dragon and the players opening dangerous portals have accidently freed him into the material plane and got dragged into the plane. Soooo.... yeah

[@Iwishihaddonethisbefore]

The Sultan would carve himself an Empire and then probably trie to kill the adventures or get back to the elemental plane of fire

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

What did you do?

[@ScreaminSavior]

Maybe he'd try to turn the material plane into a fiery paradise.

[@mikemccoy5092]

I thought as outsiders in 3rd they couldn't be resurrected

[@krispalermo8133]

"cough, cough, cough," I went from playing AD&D2e to 3.5e One Wish to recreate the body, one Wish to bring the Soul back to life.

[@florenmage]

When you say that they are made of stone and fire do you mean they can't touch mortals without hurting them, or do you mean mortals shouldn't try to touch them?Are efreeti capable of appearing in a soft fleshy form?

[@AJPickett]

Yes they can appear like a mortal, with illusionary magic, but what passes for a biology for them is largely energy based. As a type of elemental, they have the innate ability to draw energy from matter, so they can create heat without combustion or reaction, kind of like a pyrokinesis effect. Magic allows them to polymorph, and even in their natural form, they are not blazing hot unless they want to be.. but certainly, if they want to scald a mortal who is displeasing them, they can get real hot, real fast.

[@Apexx27]

lets just say my warlock player has a efreeti as a patron and we need to come up with a pact...anyone got any ideas? what would a efreeti want that wouldnt be too hard to get but also wouldnt be too easy?

[@damianstruiken2728]

A demon pet A magic item not related to fire that the can't make Red dragon egg Some megufffin in pentamonium Some trinket yugolots stole en is now in the plane of gehenna

[@wraithreaper22]

Is there anyway we can get a series on the elemental planes? I'm near the end of my campaign and it may be possible that one of my players gets one way transported to the elemental plane of Fire and there is a shocking lack of KZbin videos that cover the planes individually and cohesively. I wonder why that is? I don't have any books that talk about them but from what I gather they seem, maybe to bland? I read about the City of Bronze but is the rest just boring magma? Bleh

[@skeath36]

I'd like to know about the city of brass.

[@evandugas7888]

Efreeti and devils should be friends.

[@hamzaadwan-lz4iv]

Efreeti Barqan is one of the strongest kings of the Jinn and his power is equal to that of Lucifer. Mercury ruled before birth Lucifer

[@kingstewy]

Was Jafar's Genie form an Efreeti?

[@AJPickett]

I would guess he was a Noble Djinni (air)

[@darrylviljoen6227]

He would have been themed on the efreeti of Arabic/Islamic myth (not sure specifics right now) which is where the tale of al a-din (I believe is the original spelling) a Chinese Muslim on the fringes of the Muslim empire during the medieval period, is from.

[@flameartsalamander6867]

In my world none of the genie are inherently evil I like to think of it as people maybe there is a bad egg or two but for the most part they are good because as it states it’s a mortal soul combined with the element of evil would be a shame that only evil souls would combine with fire or any other element

[@mojolefevre2955]

City of Brass please good sir!

[@docop8926]

Are genies tougher then devil's and demons?

[@AJPickett]

They are quite different, in some situations devils win, in others, demons do, and in the rest, the Djinni do.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

I would say about equal. Demons are basically genies of the abyss. And devils are spirits that rival demons in ability as a matter of their role as those who combat demonic incursion. Genies are generally rarer than either though. So it would be fine to have a handful of powerful genie but multitudes of demons and some battle hardened legions of devils.

[@hamzaadwan-lz4iv]

Demons are originally fallen angels. This means that demons are stronger than the jinn. They are masters The evidence is my speech, an ancient battle before brith Lucifer, between angels and the jinn, and the angels won an overwhelming victory, and large numbers from jinn were killed

[@gaddock3713]

what would happen if an efreet and a mortal mated?.....what would the child be exactly?

[@AJPickett]

I would say that the child would be a Genasi.

[@gaddock3713]

i guess i shouldve figured that.....its been awhile so i forgot

[@deadmeme8973]

That would take a lot of magic, and either a red dragonborn or a tiefling.

[@dark3rthanshadows]

Nah dragonborns have dragon blood,while Thiefling have demon ascendance.

[@That80sGuy1972]

When I was a teen, I learned that shapeshifting can allow just about anything to mate with anything. I took an entire summer writing halfbreeds (my AD&D world). With an Efreeti shape-shifted as the father, the mother burns to death in a week upon getting pregnant from the inside out and both she and baby die. If the Efreeti shape-shifted as the mother, the child dies in the womb soon after resorting to Efreeti form. If she carries the baby to term as the mother, the baby is a Fire Jan. Basically, a hot to touch human that looks a bit like a tiny-horned Hellboy without the giant hand who is fire immune but has a really tough time with the cold.

[@dark3rthanshadows]

is it possible an half human half efreeti happen?

[@AJPickett]

Yeah, basically a Genasi.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

We were trying ridiculous hybrids to make up and play. A friend of mine had a character that was made by magical experimentation. She was essentially a Succubus/Effreeti. Named her "Crimson" for her skin. She HOT! Both figuratively and literally! XD

[@newnamesameperson397]

wizards of the coast made dnd and mtg so it's not far fetched to think the two worlds borrow from each other right

[@AJPickett]

Right, in fact I wish they released setting books for all the worlds of MTG.. first purchase on my list would be Phyrexia. However, there are some great wiki articles all about the MTG universe such as en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_(Magic:_The_Gathering)

[@dragonlord498]

i agree give more lore for the mtg would be nice

[@madvulcan8964]

[How to Kill an Efreeti?] They like to play bets so play to win everything your opponent has and looser must kill themselves. Can an Immortal Kill themselves? If you were to send an Efreeti into the negative energy plane would that be able to kill it?

[@atomicash2475]

Yes they can kill themselves (assume everything can minus things that cannot due to lack of free will or they shouldn't like ao)and they are technically alive so going to negative every plane would kill them, though since their body is make of energy from the plane of fire I would curious to know how they'd apear

[@michaelkelligan7931]

I have a married pair of efreet in an iron bottle I acquired about 15 years ago they're alignments were neutral good with lawful tendencies and they are both deeply in love and are always kind to the user. I also have a ring with a very angry very enraged Efreeti Lord whom I'm told is a Vizer of a lesser family of the city of brass. I've aquired copies of "Mazuntals Runes" and "The Seven lost Rings of Mazantal" and coupling that with "The Magical properties of Gems" by mage Tenser I've got the means time and money to begin producing devices to enslave genies successfully I think 28th level is high enough,my library is sufficient I've got oodles of assistance from any class I choose I'm a sage in regards to magical fabrication and magical retrofabrication on items of my own design.....what do you think? I'm sure you have some items your casters have created that make ya swell with pride! Lolx2

[@davidjohnson8304]

Michael Kelligan I have a nefreduti

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Magic cards got efreet I always woundered wat dey wuz

[@godzillalover1013]

were is the status for it I an look though every book that has monster but i can't find so please tell me were f&*^%k is please

[@AJPickett]

Calm down, it's in the 5th edition monster manual, page 145.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

AJ Pickett ha ha ha..."calm down!" Lolx2 that's funny

[@criticalglitch2384]

Audio quality: 3/10 Delivery: 5/10 Content: 8/10 Reupload with better and stable audio. Had to stop listening after about 5 min

[@AJPickett]

Video from several years ago, please check more recent content, including older videos (giant series, dragon series, undead) where I am remastering with much better production quality. I do listen to feedback and constantly try to improve the viewing experience :)

[@criticalglitch2384]

@@AJPickett I know it's an old video :) but I needed to know more about Efreeti so unless you have a newer video with that content xD

[@Golmov_the_Wretched]

@@criticalglitch2384 let me get this straight; you want to learn about Efreeti, and you found an 18 minute video with great content and perfectly understandable if slightly shaking audio, and after 5 minutes of listening you want the content creater to go to the effort of remastering and uploading a new version of the audio so your precious ears can relax slightly more for the remaining 13 minutes?

[@criticalglitch2384]

@@Golmov_the_Wretched yes.

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