Genasi

* Earth: Emits mud/dust from body, gemstone-studded skin, or fissured and geode-like
* Fire: High temperature, brimstone scent
* Water: Secretes beads of moisture, scent of fresh rain or clean water

## Sociocultural Information

### Planes

* The Material Plane (Azrune)
* Elemental Plane of Air
* Elemental Plane of Earth
* Elemental Plane of Fire
* Elemental Plane of Water

### Language

* Common
* Primordial

### Notable members

* Amakir Falyrin

**Genasi** are a race of humanoids, born of the union between new life and immense elemental power. The elemental planes are where most genasi reside, believed to be the children of the great genies who overlook those realms. In Azrune, they mostly originate when a child is born during a powerful elemental event, or when someone with plentiful exposure to an elemental rift or plane bears offspring.

## **Appearance**

### **Air Genasi**

Air genasi typically have hair, skin, and eyes coloured like the sky. A light blue is most common, but the warmer tones of sunset and sunrise are seen in some. Rarely, their features are coloured like the night sky. In some cases, their skin is patterned faintly with odd patterns. Air genasi are often accompanied by a faint breeze, tousling their hair or swaying their clothes, even when still.

### **Earth Genasi**

Varying greatly in appearance, earth genasi can boast skin colours as muted as dirt, or as brilliant as gemstones. Their skin can often take on the properties of what it is akin to, billowing clouds of dust on fast movements, or never managing to get clean no matter how much they bathe. In contrast, their skin can be smooth and metallic, or even like polished minerals. Their eyes are normally dark and earthy, or with the striking colour of jewels.

### **Fire Genasi**

Fire genasi boast an incredibly distinct appearance, very clearly reminiscent of their heritage. Their skin tones can be bright, fiery reds or oranges, or more muted coal-black, or ash-grey. Their hair is typically wild and bright, like fire, though a minority of the race have hair which actually smoulders, or in extreme cases, sport flames on their scalp instead of hair entirely.

### **Water Genasi**

Distinctly, water genasi typically look like they are not long out of a storm, or fresh out of the ocean on a sunny day. Beads of moisture collect on their skin or hair almost constantly. Their skin typically comes in a blue-green hue, sometimes more like clean water, and sometimes murkier. Their eyes are blue-black in colour, and slightly larger than that of their siblings. The hair is a source of pride to water genasi, where it naturally sways like water. They often decorate their hair with shells, seaweed, or anything else reminiscent of their homeland.

## **Origins**

Genasi are universally understood to have not descended from a deity, but instead, are a result of the ebb and flow of the world itself. Before the Exile, they only came into being as a result of exposure to strong elemental power. Essentially, a miracle.

With the Exile, came the elemental planes. Humanoids who made the journey over to them, or spent their lives in vicinity of any planar rifts, gradually took on influence of those planes. Although not genasi themselves, any children borne of such an influenced individual were.

Although not exactly deities, four sibling half-elves aided in the initial stabilisation, and then growth, of the elemental planes. Upon their death, their souls fused with the elemental power of the planes they led, thus turning each one into a different type of genie. A small portion of genasi are born as the child of a genie and a humanoid, having either close or distant ties to the royal families of the planes.

## **Society**

Genasi culture differs greatly between the elemental planes and the material plane.

### **Azrune**

Widely across Azrune, genasi enjoy largely untroubled existence. Although they are quite few and far between, they blend into the societies which they tread rather effortlessly. In more recluse settlements, they might be eyed with scrutiny or curiosity, but can often traverse cities without so much as a second glance. There aren't any large societies of genasi in Azrune, though the smaller groups are very thoroughly integrated.

### **The Elemental Planes**

In the elemental planes, the culture is a bit more cut-throat. Each operates on a strict hierarchy, and although there are scattered, smaller settlements which might not obey the royals, the majority of inhabitants follow their laws and answer to them. Genasi native to these planes usually take immense pride in their culture, or resent their leadership, with very few falling in between.

## **Powers, abilities, and subraces**

### **Air Genasi**

Air genasi levitate once per day, can hold breath indefinitely, +1 dex

### **Earth Genasi**

move across stony difficult terrain as if normal, +1 str, pass without trace daily

### **Fire Genasi**

+1 int, darkvision, resist fire, produce flame cantrip and burning hands spell 1/day

### **Water Genasi**

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+1 wis, resist acid, breathe air and water, fast swimmer, shape water cantrip, create or destroy water 1/day.