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<blockquote data-quote="Hexmage-EN" data-source="post: 8508116" data-attributes="member: 79428">I think this is another area where 5E maybe could take a note from 4E. That edition frequently injected into the lore reasons why normally good (or at least normally non-antagonistic) creatures could sometimes end up as enemies.For djinn, The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos established that the djinn joined in a war against the gods because they feared the gods would take away their powers. The djinn chose the losing side, and as punishment they were imprisoned within mundane objects. Over the years more and more djinn have escaped captivity and banded together to rebuild their civilization, but the gods have stripped them of their mightiest magic as well. Some djinn believe that if the mythical First City of the djinn were to be found then they could regain their former power and free all of the still-imprisoned djinn.One very powerful djinn who managed to escape imprisonment, Sirrajadt, is presented in that book as a villain. He believes the djinn will never regain their former glory and scoffs at those who seek the First City as delusional. Instead, Sirrajadt is building a djinn army to exact vengeance against both followers of the gods and the efreeti, finding and freeing bound djinn only to indoctrinate them into his army.Since the art for the 5E djinn was shown earlier, here's some of the art for the 4E djinn, with Sirrajadt himself being the last one.[ATTACH=full]149716[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]149717[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]149718[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hexmage-EN, post: 8508116, member: 79428"] I think this is another area where 5E maybe could take a note from 4E. That edition frequently injected into the lore reasons why normally good (or at least normally non-antagonistic) creatures could sometimes end up as enemies. For djinn, The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos established that the djinn joined in a war against the gods because they feared the gods would take away their powers. The djinn chose the losing side, and as punishment they were imprisoned within mundane objects. Over the years more and more djinn have escaped captivity and banded together to rebuild their civilization, but the gods have stripped them of their mightiest magic as well. Some djinn believe that if the mythical First City of the djinn were to be found then they could regain their former power and free all of the still-imprisoned djinn. One very powerful djinn who managed to escape imprisonment, Sirrajadt, is presented in that book as a villain. He believes the djinn will never regain their former glory and scoffs at those who seek the First City as delusional. Instead, Sirrajadt is building a djinn army to exact vengeance against both followers of the gods and the efreeti, finding and freeing bound djinn only to indoctrinate them into his army. Since the art for the 5E djinn was shown earlier, here's some of the art for the 4E djinn, with Sirrajadt himself being the last one. [ATTACH type="full" alt="djinn1.jpeg"]149716[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="279px" alt="djinn2.jpeg"]149717[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" width="275px" alt="djinn5.jpeg"]149718[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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