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Genasi were planetouched humans. Technically speaking, the genasi were not a race but rather a general classification of humans who had a heritage (usually unknown) that included some planar being from one of the Elemental planes, most often a genie, which is whence their name is derived. In addition to flesh and blood, one of the pure elements was a part of the essence of a genasi.

Description
No two genasi were alike in appearance. Some could pass as normal humans; for others, their elemental nature was impossible to hide. Their heritage was nearly always evident in one or two physical traits, such as skin or hair color or an elemental aura.

Subraces
Each of the four fundamental elements had associated genasi, so the most common genasi were air genasi, earth genasi, fire genasi, and water genasi.

Personality
Because of their elemental power, most genasi felt a sense of superiority over other races and even over other genasi&mdash;including those of the same element. This was not so much a matter of prejudice as it was simple fact&mdash;a simple mortal could not possibly understand the mind of one with elemental heritage. In return, the genasi were perhaps the most distrusted of the planetouched races for being the most alien.

The personality of the typical genasi reflected her or his core element. For example, a fire genasi might have a "hot temper" and an earth genasi might take life slowly and carefully.

Because of their elemental powers, many genasi felt that they had a destiny and a calling to leave a name for themselves.

Society
Genasi were exceptionally rare among the planes.

History
The genealogy of an individual genasi was extremely difficult to determine, as the elemental planes had many sentient lifeforms capable of interbreeding with humans. Moreover, most such races would never admit to such a coupling and would reject both the half-elemental offspring an any of his or her descendants.

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