Marid are powerful genies native to the Elemental Plane of Water.
Appearance[]
Marids appear somewhat like large, fish-like humanoids. They have greenish-blue skin, and their plump torsos have fins and scales, dissolving into a swirl of water that makes up the lower half of their bodies. They have fish-like heads with a large crest, no nose and a bulbous throat; and they have arms with webbed hands.[5][6]
Abilities[]
The following is all drawn from the 2014 Monster Manual, p. 146, but some traits have been demonstrated on-stream:
- Saving throw proficiencies: Dexterity, Wisdom, Charisma
- Damage resistances: Acid, cold, lightning
- Amphibious: Able to breathe air and water.
- Innate spellcasting: Without need of material components
- At will: Create or Destroy Water, Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Fog Cloud, Purify Food and Drink
- 3/day each: Tongues, Water Breathing, Water Walk
- 1/day each: Conjure Elemental (water elemental only), Control Water, Gaseous Form, Invisibility, Plane Shift
- Actions
- Trident: Melee or ranged weapon attack, deals piercing damage
- Water Jet: Each creature in a 60-foot line takes bludgeoning damage, which can be halved with a successful Dexterity saving throw; on a failure, if they are Huge or smaller, they are pushed up to 20 feet and knocked prone
- Multiattack: Makes two trident attacks.
Related race[]
One of the origins of water genasi is as descendants of marids.[7]
History[]
Campaign One: Vox Machina[]
While on their voyage towards Vesrah, as to complete the last leg of Keyleth's Aramenté, Vox Machina encountered a marid who attacked their ship.[8] Taryon killed this marid with his Ring of the Ram.[9]
Campaign Two: The Mighty Nein[]
Fan art of Khedive Xundi, by Kileigh Gallagher.[art 2]
During the process of trying to get Algar Dyomin to leave Jester's mother alone, the Mighty Nein entered into the Sluice Weave under Nicodranas. There, under the enslaved command of Algar, the party did battle with Khedive Xundi, until eventually Fjord cut off Algar's hand, thus severing the bound connection.[10] With Xundi now free, he retrieved the bracelet by which he was enslaved and parted ways with the Mighty Nein on friendly terms, before going off to free his fellow marid in Port Damali. He invited the adventurers to visit his Silver Silt Palace, should they ever find themselves in the Elemental Plane of Water, to collect a reward;[11] they never did so.
Explorer's Guide to Wildemount[]
After the Mighty Nein freed Khedive Xundi, an "anonymous adventurer" was said to be inspired to free another marid who was shackled to a similar task in Port Damali, requiring many hired mages and druids to pick up the slack to create steam to heat the city and power its engines.[12] One adventure hook involves the marid who had been enslaved there going on to summon steam mephits daily to harass the people of the city.[13]
Yet another adventure hook deals with a marid deep in the Tanglebed beneath the Sorrowseep Waters who is gathering a cult to destroy civilization along the nearby rivers.[14]
Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn[]
By 836 PD, Khedive Xundi is identified as a lesser idol[15] who is in possession of a Mirror of Infinite Transpondence.[16]
Named marids[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 See D&D: Monster Manual (2014), 5th ed., p. 146.
- ↑ See "Onward to Vesrah" (1x87) at 0:54:00.
- ↑ See D&D: Xanathar's Guide to Everything, 5th ed., p. 94.
- ↑ See D&D: Xanathar's Guide to Everything, 5th ed., p. 110.
- ↑ See "Onward to Vesrah" (1x87) at 0:54:00.
- ↑ See "Encroaching Waters" (2x34) at 2:46:44.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 172.
- ↑ See "Onward to Vesrah" (1x87) at 0:54:00.
- ↑ See "Onward to Vesrah" (1x87) at 1:43:40.
- ↑ See "Encroaching Waters" (2x34) at 4:09:06.
- ↑ See "Dockside Diplomacy" (2x35) at 21:35.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 72.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 74.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, pp. 145–146.
- ↑ See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, p. 40.
- ↑ See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, p. 196.
Art:
- ↑ Depiction of a marid, by Muhamad Faizal Fikri and Conceptopolis from D&D Monster Manual, 5th ed. (2014), p. 146. This page contains unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Wizards of the Coast Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
- ↑ Fan art of Khedive Xundi, by Kileigh Gallagher (source). Used with permission.
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