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Quests from the Infinite Staircase
Dimensionally Bound. Nafas can’t leave the Infinite Staircase or be trapped within a container (such as an Iron Flask). Attempts to transport Nafas to another plane are wasted.
Last Wish. When
Nafas drops to 0 hit points, his body disintegrates into a whirl of multiversal dust that surrounds one creature responsible for his demise. That creature then hears Nafas’s last wish: for the
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Nafas Kevin Glint The mighty djinni Nafas prepares to dispatch a threat within his sanctum Nafas is the breath of the multiverse, an ancient djinni born from the planar winds that blow through the
myriad doors of the Infinite Staircase. He’s a timeless force of untold power, a genie made noble by the planes themselves. A cloud of twinkling stardust follows Nafas wherever he goes, as evidence of
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Nafas Once there was everything, and once there was nothing but air. Then came a breath—a collective sigh exhaled by every plane and every world in one ephemeral gust. Multiversal winds blew into the
Infinite Staircase through its doors, coalescing into Nafas (na-FASS), a noble genie infused with cosmic potential. Nafas is detailed in the following sections and in appendix B.
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Noble Genie Nafas is a noble genie, a rare type of genie endowed with the power to reshape reality. A word uttered by Nafas can transform a pauper into a prince, return the dead to life, or bring a
bloodline or inheritance; it’s a designation bestowed on him by the multiverse. As a noble genie, Nafas can grant wishes, a power he doesn’t take lightly. The djinni reserves his wish-granting magic for
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Nafas’s Lair Nafas lairs in the Censer of Dreams, an aeolian palace within the Infinite Staircase where winds and wishes converge. Windcatchers rise above its spacious chambers and softly glowing
haven for friendly creatures. Lair Actions On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Nafas can take one of the following lair actions; he can’t take the same lair action two rounds in a row
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Breath of the Multiverse Wisps of twinkling multiversal dust trail Nafas wherever he goes, evidence of the djinni’s deep connection to the planes that bore him. Calm, clement, and dressed in
billowing fabrics, he drifts along the staircase like a zephyr, admiring its portals and the curious creatures that emerge from them. Nafas isn’t the creator of the Infinite Staircase or its ruler. He doesn’t
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Wishes from the Infinite Staircase Nafas might act as a patron who hires the characters to undertake the adventures in this book. Each adventure includes a “Using the Infinite Staircase” section that
frames its central plot as a wish heard by Nafas. The djinni or one of his messengers—such as a friendly dust mephit formed of glimmering stardust—might appear to the characters along the staircase
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Cosmic Storyteller Nafas is a gifted storyteller and a gracious host. He regales visitors to his palace (detailed later in this chapter) with tales of longing that could soften steel and legends of
triumph that chase grief from sorrow-laden hearts. Truth threads each captivating story, woven by Nafas from the whims of creatures throughout the multiverse. Carried on the winds, their spoken desires
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Using the Infinite Staircase If you’re using Nafas as a patron, he summons the characters to the Censer of Dreams (detailed in chapter 1), where he recounts the following wish: “Condemned for his
end an ancient curse upon the land. Seek him out and heed his call.”
Nafas then teleports the characters to a door along the staircase that opens into a bleak desert. After the adventure, the characters can return to the staircase through the same portal.
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Using the Infinite Staircase If you’re using Nafas as a patron, he summons the characters to the Censer of Dreams (detailed in chapter 1), where he recounts the following wish: “Two families, their
histories and hands stained with hate and blood, now raise their voices as one in the wake of true love lost. Heed their plea and carry their wandering hearts home.”
Nafas then teleports the
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Using the Infinite Staircase If you’re using Nafas as a patron, he summons the characters to the Censer of Dreams, where he recounts the following wish: “I have heard the stars cry out. A voice
. Expedite their freedom.”
Nafas then teleports the party to a shiny, metallic door along the Infinite Staircase that opens into the Barrier Peaks. After the adventure, the characters can return to the staircase through the same portal.
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Palace Visitors Travelers from every world are welcome within the Censer of Dreams. Nafas values all perspectives and rarely refuses entrants, believing that everyone has a story worth telling
Dreams to hear stories from Nafas. Others hope to join his court and one day earn the title of noble genie themselves.
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Using the Infinite Staircase If you’re using Nafas as a patron, he summons the characters to the Censer of Dreams (detailed in chapter 1), where he recounts the following wish: “A desperate nation
.”
Nafas then teleports the characters to a door along the Infinite Staircase that opens into a roadside inn near the Yatil Mountains, where a ruler searching for the Lost Caverns has placed an agent to
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Using the Infinite Staircase If you’re using Nafas as a patron, he summons the characters to the Censer of Dreams (detailed in chapter 1), where he recounts the following wish: “A prophetic sage by
bring the star to Shalfey when it falls. He dwells within a fortress known as the Tower of the Heavens.”
Nafas then teleports the characters to a door along the Infinite Staircase that opens near the
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courtyards paved with silver bricks, and the secret desires of the multiverse. Foyer Nafas receives visitors in the foyer—a wide, windowed reception hall that looks out on the Infinite Staircase. As one
storyteller’s sanctuary. In the carpeted hall, Nafas weaves a never-ending tapestry of tales from the wishes he has heard. An immense, jeweled censer hangs from the ceiling on a golden chain. Whenever a
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Censer of Dreams Nafas beckons weary travelers along the staircase to the Censer of Dreams, a bastion of respite in the continuous expanse. The Censer of Dreams is Nafas’s lair. Regional effects for
the palace are detailed in appendix B. Created by Nafas to shelter visitors from other planes, the Censer of Dreams is a testament to the noble genie’s generosity and might. Many who stumble on the
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functions as if created by the Unseen Servant spell; however, the zephyrs are permanent fixtures that last until destroyed, and they can move anywhere in the palace without dissipating. Only Nafas and
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characters find a door to the Infinite Staircase. There, they cross paths with a cosmic quest-giver, the noble genie Nafas (detailed in chapter 1), who sends them on their next journey. Because the
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Adventure Hooks If you’re not using Nafas as a group patron, consider the following ways to involve the characters in the adventure: From the Sea. The characters arrive on a ship or wash ashore from
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Adventure Hooks If you’re not using Nafas as a group patron, consider the following ways to involve the characters in this adventure: Anthropological Expedition. A recent desert excavation has
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Adventure Hooks If you’re not using Nafas as a group patron, consider the following ways to involve the characters in this adventure: Mysterious Raids. Over the past few months, a walled town and
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Adventure Hooks If you’re not using Nafas as a group patron, consider the following ways to involve the characters in this adventure: Lost Light. A powerful curse plunges a nearby nation into strife
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Adventure Hooks If you’re not using Nafas as a group patron, consider the following ways to involve the characters in this adventure: In Search of Prophecies. The characters seek to have their fates
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was lost in the vastness of the desert. Using the Infinite Staircase If you’re using Nafas as a patron, he summons the characters to the Censer of Dreams (detailed in chapter 1), where he recounts the
their kingdom’s lost glory. I must know whether they are beyond saving. Return to me with their story.”
Nafas then teleports the characters to a door along the Infinite Staircase that opens into a
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Adventure Hooks If you’re not using Nafas as a group patron, consider the following ways to involve the characters in this adventure: Exiled. The characters committed a crime or earned the ire of a
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Quests from the Infinite Staircase provides more details about this planar pathway. The staircase is home to Nafas, a noble genie created by the planar winds that blow into the expanse through its
myriad doors. A distant and benevolent observer, Nafas hears wishes spoken throughout the multiverse—wishes he fulfills with the help of adventurers who happen upon his aeolian palace. Doors to the
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Staircase by Nafas (see chapter 1), who could ask them to repay him by completing another adventure in this book. Expanded Ziggurat Features Unless otherwise noted, this tier has the following features