Extra Anchovies
2014-08-20, 05:47 PM
The Efreet seems to be the go-to creature for Wish procurement/abuse; what I'm wondering is, why not the Noble Djinn? A Noble Djinn has equal HD to an Efreet, and can thus be summoned via the same means (Planar Binding springs to mind), and "can grant three wishes to any being (nongenies only) who captures it". They also have "Alignment: Always Chaotic Good", which means they're probably a lot more willing to fulfill the spirit of a wish they grant rather than finding loopholes or fulfilling the letter of the wish in treacherous, potentially fatal ways, as Efreet often do. Even if their wish-granting ability is meant to only work once for each individual who captures the Noble Djinn (i.e. no summoning it again for three more wishes), the Elemental Plane of Air is infinite in size and there is thus an infinite or at least arbitrarily large number of Noble Djinn in existence. Capturing a Noble Djinn (and thus qualifying for its wishes is as easy as casting Planar Binding with a properly-constructed magic circle and attached dimensional anchor. Is there some condition attached to either the Efreet's or the Noble Djinn's wishes that make the Efreet better for wish collection, or are they referred to as the primary cheap source for wishes because bargaining with evil outsiders is more fun?