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== Messages ==
 
== Messages ==
"You freed me!" (after hitting an enemy which had a smoky postion which shatters and frees a djinni)
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"You freed me!" (after hitting an enemy which had a smoky potion which shatters and frees a djinni)
  
 
"You disturbed me fool!" (after rubbing a cursed oil lamp)
 
"You disturbed me fool!" (after rubbing a cursed oil lamp)

Revision as of 07:07, 16 October 2008

The djinni is a monster in NetHack. It is only generated on the Plane of Air. It can be found elsewhere by rubbing a magic lamp or drinking a smoky potion. A djinni generated this way might be tame, peaceful, or hostile; or it might simply disappear, sometimes granting a wish first. A tame djinni makes a powerful pet in the early game -- it is intelligent and will use weapons -- but a wish is almost always more useful. Blessing the lamp or potion will increase the odds of receiving a wish.

Djinni are never randomly generated and besides the three that appear on the plane of air, only come from quaffing blessed smoky potions, rubbing magic lamps, applying figurines of djinni, or casting stone to flesh on a statue of a djinni.

A player or monster may not polymorph into a djinni.

Messages

"You freed me!" (after hitting an enemy which had a smoky potion which shatters and frees a djinni)

"You disturbed me fool!" (after rubbing a cursed oil lamp)

Encyclopedia entry

The djinn are genies from the elemental plane of Air.  There,
among their kind, they have their own societies.  They are
sometimes encountered on earth and may even be summoned here
to perform some service for powerful wizards.  The wizards
often leave them about for later service, safely tucked away
in a flask or lamp.  Once in a while, such a tool is found by
a lucky rogue, and some djinn are known to be so grateful
when released that they might grant their rescuer a wish.