Dungeons and Dragons Lore : Dao

Genies literally carved out an empire from the Elemental Plane of Earth, called the Great Dismal Delve, based strongly on slave labor. They ruled from their capital city of the Sevenfold Mazework by their Great Khan Kabril Ali al-Sara al-Zalazil.
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[@maggintons]

Best lore youtuber, without a Dao'bt.

[@kevinchristiansen4348]

I love these guys, dirt genies

[@AJPickett]

Dirt Genies! LOL I'm dying. So stealing that one.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Dao: "Oh... you killed and wrecked your way here. You earned me as an enemy." **Dao sinks into the ground** Player: "What the f^ck?" DM (me): Your enemy has fled successfully. Player: "No!" DM (me): You defeated your enemy. He fled. You have the experience points. Player: "NO! I must kill him!" DM (me): Sorry, you did not have that ability. He easily escaped. He did abandon his treasure room. Player: "GOD! I must now venture there as the next struggle and not the reward" DM (me)L Given your experience, yes. Given your experience, you are an enemy to a Dao. If you leave the treasure room alone, he may almost forget you. By almost, he will only send a task force only once to try to kill you and get all your loot to his lair.

[@christophermzdenek]

In the game I run, I've been building a town by 'monsters' that are typically evil, except not in this town. I've been trying to figure out a good 2nd in command, and your explanation of the Jinn just filled the slot perfectly. Thank you, even if it is over a year after you posted this.

[@XXX_xxxxxxxx]

The great dismal delve! Wow! What a dreamscape! The dao are my favorite genies.

[@DoveArrow]

One of the things that I was really upset about with 5e is that the dao are no longer beholden to the yak-folk. That was such a fun part of their backstory and Wizards just nixed it with a throwaway line in the appendix of SKT. They really deserved so much more.

[@kingmasterlord]

it would be pretty cool to meet one named Lo, and then tell him how dirty the deal he struck with you was

[@antwan1357]

Wow, nice art. Even without knowing the material or subject the art is well done and admirable.

[@KS-PNW]

Even if your not into DND AJ is entertaining :)

[@theblocksays]

I never realized till recently that "Dao" were an original creation of TSR and copyrighted, hence why in Pathfinder the genie of the Earth are the Sheitans, not evil, but they also take salves but I suppose treats them better then the Efreeti. They also created the Lava Children in that cannon.

[@zmishiymishi5349]

As always interresting!

[@GargamelGold]

Glad you're finally back AJ!

[@ThengelB]

oh... Thats a big city

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Does Dao powder have any magical or alchemical application?

[@arhangelserbia]

I’m 100% certain there’s bard alchemist somewhere out there who tried (successfully?) to use Dao powder in specific potions which are supposed to make certain things rock hard.

[@shamusfarmer]

How much weight can a being with 23 in strength carry, exactly? Like, how much can they bench? What about a creature with 16 strength? Or 10 strength? Or anything inbetween? Are there any solid numbers for this?

[@AJPickett]

Their carrying capacity is their Strength score multiplied by 15. This is the weight (in pounds) that they can carry as a regular load. They can heave, push, drag, or lift a weight in pounds up to twice their carrying capacity (or 30 times their Strength score) but speed drops to 5 feet. The important thing to remember with monsters is that larger creatures can bear more weight, whereas Tiny creatures can carry less. For each size category above Medium, double the creature's carrying capacity and the amount it can push, drag, or lift. For a Tiny creature, halve these weights. So a Huge creature with a strength of 23 can carry 1035 pounds and lift up to 2010 pounds, or just over a ton.

[@That80sGuy1972]

In many of my campaigns, I have a Sword (or other weapon) of The Genies. It has multi-elemental weapon bonuses to hit and damage against enemies it is used against. Touching the elemental signal summons the genie of that element who is released after granting the wish, the weapon bonus(es) is lost. The Jann is usually the best choice as the least is lost from the weapon and they only want to grant the wish and leave. The Djinn is the next best choice as they will happily grant what you seem to actually want then leave with the 2nd worst powers removed; air, rain, and shock. The hardest wishes to not be screwed by and hardest decisions are relative to the other genies released. Efreet is the absolute worst. They Wish Weapon Efreet will do his best to twist not only every word but every vowel and inflection.

[@MsGhoulz]

Lower INT and WIS? So they've got the base wits of a barbarian. That makes no sense.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

Are you saving some info for later on Zakhara/ The faceless god/yak-men?

[@AJPickett]

Yikaria deserve their own video for sure. I have added them to the list, thank you!

[@dragonballtalk8527]

do elfs. dark elfs .also sea monsters.also island fish.living plants.crab humanoids the hormoraids and even a giant two headed cyclops mummy werewolf

[@AJPickett]

What's that you say, do Mephistopheles? Sure, would you like a side order of please and thank you with that? :D

[@imlaughing2death]

Glad to have you back Mr.Pickett, I hope the move went well. As for the Genasi, I know there's "Plane-touched" variants for the various fiends, angels, and the elements, but are there any equivalent for the Lawful/Chaotic planes?

[@AJPickett]

Good question, I have to do some research on that, I want to make a Genasi video as I really like the Genasi as a playable race.

[@andirach]

imlaughing2death there are the Axiomatic and Anarchic templates for 3.5E. I believe they appeared in the 3.5 Manual of the Planes and reprinted in the Planar Handbook.

[@andirach]

As an aside, the LA for those templates are very high, and need adjusted downward. I recommend +2 for Axiomatic and +3 for Anarchic

[@odessafox8070]

yay your back!!

[@shunhelton]

yessss another vid

[@AJPickett]

Heh, yes, back in business :)

[@Digibloxs]

Would be surprised if this got a response, but is there any way you can think of that could make a Genie warlock with a Dao patron without being a slave?

[@AJPickett]

Yes, if they are related by marriage.

[@Digibloxs]

@@AJPickett I love this so much, thank you. I’m 100% incorporating this into the character I have in the works!

[@EndChineseGenocide]

Ooze? Really? Is there a plane of ooze?

[@joyanneludington2101]

Can genies breed?

[@AJPickett]

Yes they can.

[@trentonmaloney3280]

great video! what's next?

[@AJPickett]

Well, I have an Ecology of the Tavern video to do for my Patreon subscribers (they get to request a topic for one video per month, anyone who pledges at least a buck a month gets access to those exclusive vids), and have a video to do on the Dexterity attribute, inspired by an excellent video uploaded recently by Dorks of Yore, then I wanted to get into Goblinoids, with more in depth vids on Orcs, Goblins, Hobgoblins, Bugbears and Ettins. And of course, more vids on the Nine hells, and the big one.. intro to the Abyss!

[@bruggeman672]

Speaking of 2nd edition would u happen t know where i might locate 2nd edition books? Doubt u will see this but who knows?

[@AJPickett]

Amazon or any online second hand goods site are your best bet, that is how I got all of mine.

[@bruggeman672]

@@AJPickett online second hands goods site sounds more in my budget. Do u have a specifice suggestion or just see what i can find? Oh and thanks for getting back to me really appreciate it

[@bluetoad6138]

Is there a reason you didn't cover the other genies that weren't in the monster manual you mentioned in your last video? Or are you going to make a separate video for the khayal, qorrashi, and the tasked genies?

[@AJPickett]

Yes, I realised I needed to make a video about the genasi and more oddball elemental folks, so, you are quite correct in your guess.

[@doobiesmoke15]

I have a Vietnamese friend who's last name is Dao. Does that mean one of his ancestors was a genie?

[@genehetzel2036]

Genie Harkonnen

[@docop8926]

What does "nuteral" evil mean?

[@AJPickett]

It means the do evil things because they enjoy it.

[@docop8926]

@@AJPickett thnx for responding, I love your vids theyre interesting af

[@rejvaik00]

neutral evil character has no compunctions about harming others to get what they want, but neither will they go out of their way to cause carnage

[@makingapoint]

the S hurts my ears.

[@MisterTutor2010]

What do you call a Chinese Dao? A Tao :)

[@AJPickett]

*sound of crickets chirping*

[@MisterTutor2010]

Tough crowd :)

[@Zasek2112]

They could probably pass for a hill giant?

[@unknownnope7543]

enlarge spell plus illusion item

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Zasek2112 to handsome or pretty

[@dragonballtalk8527]

The mini of this is a large rare of a black man creating rocks in some magic energy.that's how it looked to.me