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Genie, Marid

CR 9.00 Outsider CN Large

This being resembles a powerful giant with hairless blue-green skin, deep blue eyes, flamboyant eyebrows, and pearlescent teeth.

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Description

Marids are genies from the Plane of Water. The most powerful of all the genie races, they are said to possess the strength of the ocean's currents and teeth made of pearl. A marid stands about 16 feet tall and weighs nearly 2,500 pounds.

The marids are perhaps the most unpredictable and capricious of the genies, a quality that the others (particularly shaitans) find to be both aggravating and embarrassing to the entire genie culture. Many marids become dancers, storytellers, performers, or other types of artists, and often travel to the Material Plane in disguise to seek out new audiences.

A small percentage of marids can lay claim to nobility. Noble marids, often called shahzadas, have 14 Hit Dice and gain the following spell-like abilities: 3/day—cone of cold, ice storm; 1/day—elemental swarm (water elementals only), permanent image. A noble marid's caster level for its spell-like abilities is 20th. Noble marids are CR 11.

Ability Scores

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Combat Stats

HP: 114 (12d10+48)
AC: 23, touch 14, flat-footed 18 (+4 Dex, +1 dodge, +9 natural, -1 size)
Speed: 20 ft., swim 60 ft.
Init: +8
Melee: 2 slams +17 (2d6+6) or mwk trident +18/+13/+8 (2d6+9)
Space: 10 ft.
Reach: 10 ft.
BAB: +12
CMB: +19
CMD: 34
Fort: +10
Ref: +12
Will: +10

Proficiencies

Weapons: Martial, Simple

Special Attacks

Vortex — A marid can transform into a vortex of swirling, churning water once every 10 mintues. This ability functions identically to the whirlwind ability, save that it can only be used while the marid is underwater; a marid cannot leave a body of water while in vortex form.

Water Mastery — A marid gains a +1 bonus on attack and damage rolls if both it and its opponent are touching water. If the opponent or the marid is touching the ground, the marid takes a –4 penalty on attack and damage rolls.

Water's Fury — As a standard action, a marid can release a jet of water in a 60-foot line that deals 1d6 points of damage and blinds the target struck for 1d6 rounds. A DC 20 Reflex save reduces the damage by half and negates the blinding effect. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Special Qualities

change shape (water elemental, humanoid or giant, alter self, elemental body III, or giant form I)

Feats

Combat Casting, Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Improved Natural Attack, Power Attack

Special Abilities

Combat Casting from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on concentration checks made to cast a spell or use a spell-like ability when casting on the defensive or while grappled.

Combat Reflexes from Feat

You may make a number of additional attacks of opportunity per round equal to your Dexterity bonus. With this feat, you may also make attacks of opportunity while flat-footed.

Dodge from Feat

You gain a +1 dodge bonus to your AC. A condition that makes you lose your Dex bonus to AC also makes you lose the benefits of this feat.

Great Fortitude from Feat

You get a +2 bonus on all Fortitude saving throws.

Improved Initiative from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on initiative checks.

Power Attack from Feat

You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.

Skills

Craft (any one) +17, Diplomacy +18, Knowledge (planes) +17, Perception +17, Sense Motive +17, Spellcraft +17, Stealth +15, Swim +29

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Detect Evil, Constant—Detect Good, Constant—Detect Magic, Constant—Water Walk, At will—Create Water, At will—Invisibility, At will—Plane Shift, At will—Purify Food And Drink, At will—Quench, 5/day—Control Water, 5/day—Gaseous Form, 5/day—Obscuring Mist, 5/day—Water Breathing, 3/day—See Invisibility, 1/day—Persistent Image, 1/year—Wish

Details

Type: Outsider
Alignment: CN
Size: Large
Environment: any (Plane of Water)
Organization: solitary, pair, company (3-6), or band (7-12)
Treasure: standard (masterwork trident, other gear)
Senses: darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +17
Languages: Aquan, Auran, Common, Ignan, Terran; telepathy 100 ft.
Source: Bestiary

Sources Used in This Record

22 House/Core

Uses feat: Combat Casting (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Combat Reflexes (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Dodge (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Great Fortitude (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Initiative (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Power Attack (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Detect Evil (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Detect Good (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Detect Magic (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Water Walk (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Create Water (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Invisibility (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Plane Shift (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Purify Food And Drink (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Quench (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Control Water (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Gaseous Form (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Obscuring Mist (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Water Breathing (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: See Invisibility (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Persistent Image (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Wish (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.

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