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What do the PCs find in a City of the Jann?
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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6976493" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>EDIT: Btw, you mention that Wazir Al-Saqui is a "Noble Quarashi"...what's a quarashi? Is it a race you've created? It seems to be an "ice genie"?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It would be interesting to take a look at a janni vizier (in AD&D they had very high Intelligence and could cast <em>augury</em>, <em>detect magic</em>, and <em>divination</em> 3/day each), and see what their role in the society looks like as far as predicting planeshifts and the logistics around polymorphic buildings. This vizier may also have played a role in locating Sa'id al-Masar (see below).</p><p></p><p>A barber/merchant/information broker might be an interesting sort of NPC as well, on the more street life side. </p><p></p><p>Either of these might or might not overlap with an NPC information broker running a bathhouse.</p><p></p><p>And a talking animal NPC would be very apropos, whether a creature <em>awakened</em> by a janni druid, given ongoing sentience by the strange magic of Qaybar itself, or a victim of a polymorph spell/curse.</p><p></p><p>---------</p><p></p><p>My notes on the very upper crust are sketchy, but include these 4 inspired by NPCs mentioned in <em>Blood & Fire</em>. Feel free to detail any of them that speak to you. I'm focusing myself on the city districts/locations, but am thoroughly enjoying your process of creating NPCs.</p><p></p><p><strong>Malik Jilani</strong> – (Janni, ?) An iron-willed but respected military ruler en abstentia who seeks the missing Emir and would willingly abdicate power if he could.</p><p></p><p><strong>Emir Jazzar Shahid ibn-Mahmud</strong> – (Janni "Sheikh") A young jann descended from the line of Emirs who originally won Qaybar's independence, Jazzar was forced to flee to the Prime Material Plane during Qaybar's latest time on the Plane of Fire when Al Zahran, a puppet ruler of the efreet, maneuvered his way to power. Jazzar is the last jann of royal blood known to be alive, the rest assassinated by Al Zahran's secret police.</p><p></p><p><strong>Sa'id al-Masar</strong> – (Janni Vizier, Wiz6 or Sorc6) Vizier to the Emir, he fled into exile with the young Jazzar. However, they were separated and Sa'id is a guest/prisoner of splinter group of jann in the oasis of Khaldun (PCs will likely be seeking him out to find out where Emir Jazzar is).</p><p></p><p><strong>Leader of the Zahranis</strong> – (Janni?, ?) A group of efreet-sympathizers who yearn for the "halycon days" of rule by flame and steel, the Zahranis fled Qaybar with the death of Al Zahran during the uprising that coincided with the city's planeshift to the Prime Material Plane. Only a small group remain hidden in Qaybar's budayeen (red light district), the rest returning to their efreet masters on the Plane of Fire or scattering across the desert as raiders. Those that remain behind operate like a terrorist cell led by a mysterious individual...who takes great pains to keep his or her identity secret. Very likely he/she/it was part of Al Zahran's secret police before the uprising. I may give this individual some loose ties to the Brotherhood of True Flame as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 6976493, member: 20323"] EDIT: Btw, you mention that Wazir Al-Saqui is a "Noble Quarashi"...what's a quarashi? Is it a race you've created? It seems to be an "ice genie"? It would be interesting to take a look at a janni vizier (in AD&D they had very high Intelligence and could cast [I]augury[/I], [I]detect magic[/I], and [I]divination[/I] 3/day each), and see what their role in the society looks like as far as predicting planeshifts and the logistics around polymorphic buildings. This vizier may also have played a role in locating Sa'id al-Masar (see below). A barber/merchant/information broker might be an interesting sort of NPC as well, on the more street life side. Either of these might or might not overlap with an NPC information broker running a bathhouse. And a talking animal NPC would be very apropos, whether a creature [I]awakened[/I] by a janni druid, given ongoing sentience by the strange magic of Qaybar itself, or a victim of a polymorph spell/curse. --------- My notes on the very upper crust are sketchy, but include these 4 inspired by NPCs mentioned in [I]Blood & Fire[/I]. Feel free to detail any of them that speak to you. I'm focusing myself on the city districts/locations, but am thoroughly enjoying your process of creating NPCs. [B]Malik Jilani[/B] – (Janni, ?) An iron-willed but respected military ruler en abstentia who seeks the missing Emir and would willingly abdicate power if he could. [B]Emir Jazzar Shahid ibn-Mahmud[/B] – (Janni "Sheikh") A young jann descended from the line of Emirs who originally won Qaybar's independence, Jazzar was forced to flee to the Prime Material Plane during Qaybar's latest time on the Plane of Fire when Al Zahran, a puppet ruler of the efreet, maneuvered his way to power. Jazzar is the last jann of royal blood known to be alive, the rest assassinated by Al Zahran's secret police. [B]Sa'id al-Masar[/B] – (Janni Vizier, Wiz6 or Sorc6) Vizier to the Emir, he fled into exile with the young Jazzar. However, they were separated and Sa'id is a guest/prisoner of splinter group of jann in the oasis of Khaldun (PCs will likely be seeking him out to find out where Emir Jazzar is). [B]Leader of the Zahranis[/B] – (Janni?, ?) A group of efreet-sympathizers who yearn for the "halycon days" of rule by flame and steel, the Zahranis fled Qaybar with the death of Al Zahran during the uprising that coincided with the city's planeshift to the Prime Material Plane. Only a small group remain hidden in Qaybar's budayeen (red light district), the rest returning to their efreet masters on the Plane of Fire or scattering across the desert as raiders. Those that remain behind operate like a terrorist cell led by a mysterious individual...who takes great pains to keep his or her identity secret. Very likely he/she/it was part of Al Zahran's secret police before the uprising. I may give this individual some loose ties to the Brotherhood of True Flame as well. [/QUOTE]
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