I searched for “how does a djinn end up in a bottle” and got The Origin of the Genie in the Lamp by John Bardinelli.
The Origin of the Genie in the Lamp
The idea I like best about Djinn is that you should be able to learn some spells from them. In my game, the players also have a ring with a Djinni who lives “inside” the ring in a little demiplane palace. They have used this fact and the idea that the Djinni can take them in and out of the ring to get mass transported… It’s cool, but I don’t think that’s how the next Ring of the Djinn is going to work. Well, at least the Djinn is limited in that can only enter and leave once per day.
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In the original tales of the Arabian Nights things like rings and bottles were prisons for djinns and usually they were imprisoned for good reasons. So freeing a djinn usually resulted in a lot of danger for the user.
Free djinns roamed the land, just like humans. They just had more powers and were likely to use them if bothered by puny humans.
– Jennifer Hartogensis 2016-10-24
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Yeah, too much granting of three wishes and not enough marid jinn being super pissed at humanity! 🙂
Now I wonder about renaming the djinn to jinn.
– Alex Schroeder 2016-10-24
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I googled “how does a djinn end up in a bottle” and got this: The Origin of the Genie in the Lamp – John Bardinelli.
The Origin of the Genie in the Lamp – John Bardinelli
– Alex Schroeder 2016-10-24
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For inspirational matters, you might consider to take a closer look into Sapkowski’s “Geralt”-Series. It’s one of the best fantasy series I’ve read. Ever. If not the No. 1. See Der Hexer Geralt.
– Marc Schnau 2016-10-24
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I did not know that *The Witcher* was based on a series of books! I’ll take a look. 🙂
– Alex Schroeder 2016-10-24
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I laughed (hard), I cried (really), I completely forget to leave the train and took a ride to the terminus (not just once) because I found myself up up and away in Geralt’s/Sapkowski’s thrilling world.
You should start with “Der letzte Wunsch” followed by “Das Schwert der Vorsehung”. Within these collection of short stories, you will become familiar with many important characters, the socio-political situation of Geralts world and tons of action and fun. After that, “Das Erbe der Elfen” is a great idea. 😉
– Marc Schnau 2016-10-24