Editing Marid (section)

==Publication History==
The marid, like the [[dao]], are the "youngest" of the D&D Genie races. They only appeared in [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]], making their debut in the article "Featured Creatures" in [[Dragon Magazine]] #66, before seeing official print in the adventure [[Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth]] and the [[Monster Manual]] II.

They first made their appearance in AD&D 2e under the "genie" heading in the Monstrous Compendium Volume One, which was then reprinted in the Monstrous Manual. The noble marid and the Great Padisha of the Marid appeared for the [[Al-Qadim]] setting in the Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix. The marid also appeared in this setting under the header "Genie of Zakhara" in the Land of Fate boxed set - this sourcebook offers the ''largest'' amount of lore that the marid has ever enjoyed, and is far more informative than the Monstrous Compendium/Manual entry.

History would repeat itself, with the x losing its place of prominence in [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]]; instead of appearing in the [[Monster Manual]], like the [[djinn]], [[efreet]] and even [[jann]] did, it wouldn't make its debut in 3e until the release of the [[Manual of the Planes]].

It fell even further from grace in [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], however; it's only presence was the article "Bestiary: Dao and Marid" in [[Dungeon Magazine]] #199.

It finally reappeared alongside its fellow [[genie]]s in the [[Monster Manual]] for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], the first time all four were in a core [[splatbook]] since 1993.

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