Djinni 5e stat block

Large elemental, chaotic good · CR 11 · 2024 stat block below

Armor Class: 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points: 161 (14d10+84)
Speed: 30 ft., fly 90 ft.
Challenge: 11 (7,200 XP)
Proficiency bonus: +4

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
21 (+5)	15 (+2)	22 (+6)	15 (+2)	16 (+3)	20 (+5)

Saving throws: Dex +6, Wis +7, Cha +9
Damage immunities: lightning, thunder
Senses: darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages: Auran

Traits

Elemental Demise. If the djinni dies, its body disintegrates into a warm breeze, leaving behind only equipment the djinni was wearing or carrying.

Innate Spellcasting. The djinni's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks). It can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect evil and good, detect magic, thunderwave 3/day each: create food and water (can create wine instead of water), tongues, wind walk 1/day each: conjure elemental (air elemental only), creation, gaseous form, invisibility, major image, plane shift

Actions

Multiattack. The djinni makes three scimitar attacks.

Scimitar. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) slashing damage plus 3 (1d6) lightning or thunder damage (djinni's choice).

Create Whirlwind. A 5-foot-radius, 30-foot-tall cylinder of swirling air magically forms on a point the djinni can see within 120 feet of it. The whirlwind lasts as long as the djinni maintains concentration (as if concentrating on a spell). Any creature but the djinni that enters the whirlwind must succeed on a DC 18 Strength saving throw or be restrained by it. The djinni can move the whirlwind up to 60 feet as an action, and creatures restrained by the whirlwind move with it. The whirlwind ends if the djinni loses sight of it. A creature can use its action to free a creature restrained by the whirlwind, including itself, by succeeding on a DC 18 Strength check. If the check succeeds, the creature is no longer restrained and moves to the nearest space outside the whirlwind.

How many djinn for a fight?

A djinni is worth 7,200 XP. Using the 2024 encounter budgets (SRD 5.2), this is how many djinn fit each difficulty for a party of four characters of the same level. A dash means even one would be over the budget.

Party level	Low	Moderate	High
8th	—	—	1
9th	—	1	1
10th	—	1	1
11th	1	1	2
12th	1	2	2
13th	1	2	3
14th	1	2	3
15th	1	3	4
16th	2	3	5
17th	2	4	6
18th	2	4	7
19th	3	5	9
20th	3	7	12

Budgets add up every monster’s XP, so you can swap some for other creatures of the same total. Try other party sizes and mixes in the encounter calculator.

How the djinni compares at CR 11

Against the 6 other challenge 11 monsters in the SRD 5.1, the djinni has more hit points than 1 of them, which makes it one of the frailest at its CR. See every CR 11 monster.

Statistic	Djinni	CR 11 average
Armor Class	17	16.8
Hit points	161	188
Best attack bonus	+9	+10

Djinni 2024 stat block

The 2024 Monster Manual revised the djinni, and the SRD 5.2 carries the new stat block. What changed:

Hit points: 161 → 218.
Speed: 30 ft., fly 90 ft. → 30 ft., fly 90 ft. (hover).
New in its stat block: Elemental Restoration, Magic Resistance, Wishes, Storm Blade, Storm Bolt and Spellcasting.
Gone from it: Elemental Demise, Innate Spellcasting and Scimitar.

Armor Class: 17
Hit Points: 218 (19d10 + 114)
Speed: 30 ft., fly 90 ft. (hover)
Challenge: 11 (7,200 XP)

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
21 (+5)	15 (+2)	22 (+6)	15 (+2)	16 (+3)	20 (+5)

Damage immunities: lightning, thunder
Senses: darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages: Primordial (Auran)

Traits

Elemental Restoration. If the djinni dies outside the Elemental Plane of Air, its body dissolves into mist, and it gains a new body in 1d4 days, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere on the Plane of Air.

Magic Resistance. The djinni has Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Wishes. The djinni has a 30 percent chance of knowing the Wish spell. If the djinni knows it, the djinni can cast it only on behalf of a non-genie creature who communicates a wish in a way the djinni can understand. If the djinni casts the spell for the creature, the djinni suffers none of the spell’s stress. Once the djinni has cast it three times, the djinni can’t do so again for 365 days.

Actions

Multiattack. The djinni makes three attacks, using Storm Blade or Storm Bolt in any combination.

Storm Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +9, reach 5 feet. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) Slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) Lightning damage.

Storm Bolt. Ranged Attack Roll: +9, range 120 feet. Hit: 13 (3d8) Thunder damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.

Create Whirlwind. The djinni conjures a whirlwind at a point it can see within 120 feet. The whirlwind fills a 20-foot-radius, 60-foot-high Cylinder centered on that point. The whirlwind lasts until the djinni’s Concentration on it ends. The djinni can move the whirlwind up to 20 feet at the start of each of its turns. Whenever the whirlwind enters a creature’s space or a creature enters the whirlwind, that creature is subjected to the following effect. Strength Saving Throw: DC 17 (a creature makes this save only once per turn, and the djinni is unaffected). Failure: While in the whirlwind, the target has the Restrained condition and moves with the whirlwind. At the start of each of its turns, the Restrained target takes 21 (6d6) Thunder damage. At the end of each of its turns, the target repeats the save, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Spellcasting. The djinni casts one of the following spells, requiring no Material components and using Charisma as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17): At Will: Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic 2/Day Each: Create Food and Water (can create wine instead of water), Tongues, Wind Walk 1/Day Each: Creation, Gaseous Form, Invisibility, Major Image, Plane Shift

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