Homebrew:The Noble Genie
(OOC: This is an implementation of The Noble Genie subclass from Xanathar's Lost Notes to Everything Else)
Base Class: Warlock
Your pact is one that has been made by legendary advisors, philosophers, and tale-spinners of the desert lands, known throughout the land of Zakhara as sha’irs. Your patron is a noble genie, a creature whose spirit is infused with the primordial essence of the Elemental Planes. These creatures are the rarest and most powerful of their kind. They aim to achieve ultimate greatness, splendor, and the reverence of all beings.
Though noble genies aren't gods, they feel deserving of such veneration from their servants. They're accustomed to wealth and opulence and treat their insatiable indulgence as an entitlement to their own power and grandeur.
Expanded Spell List
The Noble Genie lets you choose from an expanded list of spells when you learn a warlock spell. The following spells are added to the warlock spell list for you.
| Spell Level | Spells |
|---|---|
| 1st | chromatic orb, shield |
| 2nd | flaming sphere, Maximilian's earthen grasp |
| 3rd | lightning bolt, sleet storm |
| 4th | conjure minor elementals, elemental bane |
| 5th | far step, planar binding |
Noble Patronage
At 1st level, your patron grants you the ability to speak Primordial. You also gain advantage on Intelligence (Arcana
Intelligence (Arcana)skillYour Intelligence (Arcana) check measures your ability to recall lore about spells, magic items, eldritch symbols, magical traditions, the planes of existence, and the inhabitants of those planes.) checks made to identify portals to elemental planes and magical inscriptions or items created by other sha’irs, their patrons, or other genie-kind.
Additionally, you choose the one of the four types of noble genie to be your patron as shown on the Noble Genie Patrons table below. Your choice determines several of your class features as you gain level.
| Genie Type | Damage Type |
|---|---|
| Dao (Earth) | Poison |
| Djinni (Air) | Lightning |
| Efreeti (Fire) | Fire |
| Marid (Water) | Cold |
Gen Vizier
| Gen Familiar |
|---|
| Any warlock who attains the Pact of the Chain at 3rd level can choose their gen as their familiar. See Gen for stat blocks of each gen type. |
At 1st level, your patron assigns a lesser genie, a gen, to accompany you during your travels. The type of gen is dependent upon your patron’s genie type as defined on the Noble Genie Patron table. Your gen vizier isn’t required to obey your commands, although it usually tries to the best of its ability, and doesn’t participate in combat.
You gain the following benefit from your gen vizier:
- Spell Fetching.
- You can send your gen to find and retrieve the knowledge of an additional spell you don’t know. The spell can be from any class spell list but must be of a level you can cast with one of your warlock spell slots. As a bonus action, you can request a spell for your gen to retrieve and it returns in a number of rounds equal to 1d12 minus your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1).
- When the gen returns, it immediately imparts the spell knowledge to you at the beginning of your turn, which you can then cast normally by expending a warlock spell slot. If you don’t cast the spell within two rounds of receiving it, the spell knowledge disappears, and you can’t use this feature again until you finish a long rest.
- You can use this feature twice between long rests at 6th level and three times between long rests at 14th level.
Bargain of Power
At 6th level, your gen vizier’s familiarity with other beings, the magic they possess, and their desires speed its retrieval of the magic you desire. The dice for your Spell Fetching feature turns into a d10. At 14th level, it turns into a d8.
Elemental Attunement
At 10th level, you become more attuned to the primordial realm of your patron. You have resistance to the damage type associated with your gen vizier. Also, whenever you cast a warlock spell of 1st level or higher that deals damage, you can change that damage to the type associated with your gen.
Genie Form
At 14th level, you can merge with your gen vizier to assume the form of an aspect of your genie patron.
Using your action, you undergo a transformation. For 1 minute, you gain the following benefits.
- You gain a flying and swimming speed equal to your walking speed and difficult terrain doesn’t slow your movement.
- You gain resistance to slashing, bludgeoning, and piercing damage from nonmagical attacks.
- You gain advantage to saving throws versus magical spells and effects.
- The damage dealt by your eldritch blast changes to the type associated with your gen. This damage ignores resistance and immunity.
After you use this feature, you must finish a long rest before you can use it again.