ColonelHardisson
What? Me Worry?
I had hopes we'd see the Dao in MM3 since they were mentioned in some of the planar material - but no luck. And of course, Marids were drawn from real-world mythology and certainly have just as much place in D&D as the efreet.
I'd swear I saw dao referred to in real-world mythology, too, but I can't for the life of me remember where I read about them outside of D&D.
I have to agree that I also missed the missing genies, including the jann. For that matter, there are tons of Al-Qadim creatures I like a lot and would use in a 4e game. A lot of them could be derived from pre-existing critters with a bit of re-skinning, but I'd like to see someone tackle them.