The Genasi page has this written in its description: "Genasi almost never have contact with their elemental parents. Genies seldom have interest in their mortal offspring, seeing them as accidents. Many feel nothing for their genasi children at all." However, with this combination you could make your character a sort of exception to that. You could write out a character that, for whatever reason, is more connected to their Genie parent and gets power from them. I think that could be a really fun idea.
The Genasi page has this written in its description: "Genasi almost never have contact with their elemental parents. Genies seldom have interest in their mortal offspring, seeing them as accidents. Many feel nothing for their genasi children at all." However, with this combination you could make your character a sort of exception to that. You could write out a character that, for whatever reason, is more connected to their Genie parent and gets power from them. I think that could be a really fun idea.
Children in the playground, humans surrounding the teenage Genasi with the usual bullying tone of "My dad will kick your dads A**", portal opens as Genie planeshifts in and stands protectively behind the genasi, "Challenge accepted human".
I think it could be a good storyline especially if the Genie is procreating like a elemental bunny throughout the material planes and creating offspring for some reason. Maybe the Genasi is the face of the Genies interplanar Warlock mentoring or they have larger business interests that require patsies or a more mortal face to them. There is plenty of scope for a DM to build something intot he background of the campaign.
The Genasi page has this written in its description: "Genasi almost never have contact with their elemental parents. Genies seldom have interest in their mortal offspring, seeing them as accidents. Many feel nothing for their genasi children at all." However, with this combination you could make your character a sort of exception to that. You could write out a character that, for whatever reason, is more connected to their Genie parent and gets power from them. I think that could be a really fun idea.
So at level 6 when the genasi gets the ability to fly, and have resistance on top of the resistance they already have, does that mean they are immune?
sadly having resistance to somethign twice doesn't become immunity unless your DM rules or brews it. Water Genasi + Genie patron do end up with two different resistances (acid & cold) which is a tad weird, I'm not sure why they get resistance to acid as a racial resistance though, I always thought of acid as a more earth based resistance.
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The Genasi page has this written in its description: "Genasi almost never have contact with their elemental parents. Genies seldom have interest in their mortal offspring, seeing them as accidents. Many feel nothing for their genasi children at all." However, with this combination you could make your character a sort of exception to that. You could write out a character that, for whatever reason, is more connected to their Genie parent and gets power from them. I think that could be a really fun idea.
Children in the playground, humans surrounding the teenage Genasi with the usual bullying tone of "My dad will kick your dads A**", portal opens as Genie planeshifts in and stands protectively behind the genasi, "Challenge accepted human".
I think it could be a good storyline especially if the Genie is procreating like a elemental bunny throughout the material planes and creating offspring for some reason. Maybe the Genasi is the face of the Genies interplanar Warlock mentoring or they have larger business interests that require patsies or a more mortal face to them. There is plenty of scope for a DM to build something intot he background of the campaign.
I feel like it could spark many different types of relationships between the warlock and their patron.
On one hand, you could have a pair that are very close. They genuinely care about each other, and want to help each other as much as possible. On the other hand, you could have a child that's mildly obsessed with their Super Cool Parent™ and want to hang out with them. However, the parent is sick of taking care of their kid so they just give them some power and tell them to "Go off on an adventure!"
It also opens the door to the question: Was this child born with warlock powers? Were they firing off eldritch blasts during tantrums as a baby? If their parent is their patron, then early childhood may have been quite interesting.
As a PS to previous post....if you go down the Genasi route seek out the XGtE Expanded Racial Feats there is one for each of the Genasi, they basically break down to a +1 Stat bump, Detect Magic @ will and then an ability or damage resistance.
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I think the obvious answer there is: The orphan looked up with tears in her eyes and said, “Genie, I wish YOU were my dad...”
”Uh, sure, GRANTED. Here’s a magic coke ring that you can use as a bag of holding. Now go away and don’t bother me again until you’re level twenty. And even then, not more than once a day.” And her new dad immediately vanished in a puff of mist.
I think the obvious answer there is: The orphan looked up with tears in her eyes and said, “Genie, I wish YOU were my dad...”
”Uh, sure, GRANTED. Here’s a magic coke ring that you can use as a bag of holding. Now go away and don’t bother me again until you’re level twenty. And even then, not more than once a day.” And her new dad immediately vanished in a puff of mist.
I love this. It's especially fun, because that child probably wasn't even a genasi. Imagine some tiefling child that seems to scare off a lot of would-be parents who haven't seen one before. The child makes their wish and suddenly they're a rock (but not really).
Lol, "I was born a poor tiefling child..." Instead of being scary because of horns, now they're scary because their feet are mud. Not muddy, just mud. Or maybe they keep the horns, aren't Genasi technically only half genie?
And I probably should have said her new dad vanished in a puff of mist and reinforced abandonment issues, just double down on that for easy RP. "Hey, where are you going? Want some company? We shouldn't split the party, you know, like ever." Plus mild panic attacks every time someone casts gaseous form... But hey, at least it comes with superpowers this time!
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The Genasi page has this written in its description:
"Genasi almost never have contact with their elemental parents. Genies seldom have interest in their mortal offspring, seeing them as accidents. Many feel nothing for their genasi children at all."
However, with this combination you could make your character a sort of exception to that. You could write out a character that, for whatever reason, is more connected to their Genie parent and gets power from them. I think that could be a really fun idea.
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Children in the playground, humans surrounding the teenage Genasi with the usual bullying tone of "My dad will kick your dads A**", portal opens as Genie planeshifts in and stands protectively behind the genasi, "Challenge accepted human".
I think it could be a good storyline especially if the Genie is procreating like a elemental bunny throughout the material planes and creating offspring for some reason. Maybe the Genasi is the face of the Genies interplanar Warlock mentoring or they have larger business interests that require patsies or a more mortal face to them. There is plenty of scope for a DM to build something intot he background of the campaign.
So at level 6 when the genasi gets the ability to fly, and have resistance on top of the resistance they already have, does that mean they are immune?
sadly having resistance to somethign twice doesn't become immunity unless your DM rules or brews it. Water Genasi + Genie patron do end up with two different resistances (acid & cold) which is a tad weird, I'm not sure why they get resistance to acid as a racial resistance though, I always thought of acid as a more earth based resistance.
I feel like it could spark many different types of relationships between the warlock and their patron.
On one hand, you could have a pair that are very close. They genuinely care about each other, and want to help each other as much as possible. On the other hand, you could have a child that's mildly obsessed with their Super Cool Parent™ and want to hang out with them. However, the parent is sick of taking care of their kid so they just give them some power and tell them to "Go off on an adventure!"
It also opens the door to the question: Was this child born with warlock powers? Were they firing off eldritch blasts during tantrums as a baby? If their parent is their patron, then early childhood may have been quite interesting.
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As a PS to previous post....if you go down the Genasi route seek out the XGtE Expanded Racial Feats there is one for each of the Genasi, they basically break down to a +1 Stat bump, Detect Magic @ will and then an ability or damage resistance.
I have XGtE, so what page is this on?
I think the obvious answer there is: The orphan looked up with tears in her eyes and said, “Genie, I wish YOU were my dad...”
”Uh, sure, GRANTED. Here’s a magic coke ring that you can use as a bag of holding. Now go away and don’t bother me again until you’re level twenty. And even then, not more than once a day.” And her new dad immediately vanished in a puff of mist.
I love this. It's especially fun, because that child probably wasn't even a genasi. Imagine some tiefling child that seems to scare off a lot of would-be parents who haven't seen one before. The child makes their wish and suddenly they're a rock (but not really).
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Lol, "I was born a poor tiefling child..." Instead of being scary because of horns, now they're scary because their feet are mud. Not muddy, just mud. Or maybe they keep the horns, aren't Genasi technically only half genie?
And I probably should have said her new dad vanished in a puff of mist and reinforced abandonment issues, just double down on that for easy RP. "Hey, where are you going? Want some company? We shouldn't split the party, you know, like ever." Plus mild panic attacks every time someone casts gaseous form... But hey, at least it comes with superpowers this time!