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So here's an idea:
Appease the Genie Ruler
When you offer appeasement to a genie ruler, roll +genie bonds and apply whatever ongoing penalty you have for dealing with geniekind. On a 10+, your offering is acceptable; the slate is wiped clean, remove your ongoing penalty. On a 7-9, your worthiness is disputed; the genie ruler will demand fulfillment of some task, service, or quest on behalf of geniekind before he accepts your appeasement. On a 6 or less, you are judged unworthy; the genie ruler will impose a punishment upon you for your crimes against geniekind.
It feels kind of weak. The general shape of it is okay, I think, but demanding fulfillment of a quest and imposing punishment may be too vague. What sort of punishment? What's more severe than being told you must fulfill a task or quest in addition to whatever the appeasement offering is? It can't be any kind of further penalty in dealing with geniekind, at least not a mechanical one, but it has to be something the PC can't just ignore, either. I suppose the sha'ir might be given some kind of tag indicating their status, that the DM could then call upon to cause further trouble. And the punishment could permanently alter the character, but not in a way that permanently cripples the sha'ir's ability to be an awesome fun character.
Another thought is that perhaps, regardless of the result, the ongoing penalty does get removed.
Yet another thought is that maybe the whole idea of imposing ongoing penalties just isn't going to work, which would be too bad as there really ought to be some kind of consequences for mistreating geniekind—it fits with both the literary-historical sources and with the Arabian Adventures source. Hrm.
Appease the Genie Ruler
When you offer appeasement to a genie ruler, roll +genie bonds and apply whatever ongoing penalty you have for dealing with geniekind. On a 10+, your offering is acceptable; the slate is wiped clean, remove your ongoing penalty. On a 7-9, your worthiness is disputed; the genie ruler will demand fulfillment of some task, service, or quest on behalf of geniekind before he accepts your appeasement. On a 6 or less, you are judged unworthy; the genie ruler will impose a punishment upon you for your crimes against geniekind.
It feels kind of weak. The general shape of it is okay, I think, but demanding fulfillment of a quest and imposing punishment may be too vague. What sort of punishment? What's more severe than being told you must fulfill a task or quest in addition to whatever the appeasement offering is? It can't be any kind of further penalty in dealing with geniekind, at least not a mechanical one, but it has to be something the PC can't just ignore, either. I suppose the sha'ir might be given some kind of tag indicating their status, that the DM could then call upon to cause further trouble. And the punishment could permanently alter the character, but not in a way that permanently cripples the sha'ir's ability to be an awesome fun character.
Another thought is that perhaps, regardless of the result, the ongoing penalty does get removed.
Yet another thought is that maybe the whole idea of imposing ongoing penalties just isn't going to work, which would be too bad as there really ought to be some kind of consequences for mistreating geniekind—it fits with both the literary-historical sources and with the Arabian Adventures source. Hrm.
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