Tweens were parasitic spirits endemic to the Ethereal plane, though they were not a type of undead.[2][4]
Description[]
When not attached to any host, tweens appeared on the Border Ethereal to those on the Prime Material plane as smoky or shadowy humanoid silhouettes.[2][4] Typically this was reminiscent of a squat human.[4]
Personality[]
Tweens were very intelligent spirits,[2][4] but they lacked goals or independent purposes.[2]
Abilities[]
Tweens possessed a limited form of shapechange and could only be harmed by creatures who could enter the Ethereal plane or had some magical effect like oil of etherealness. While attached to a host, they could move material things at short distances.[4]
Bonding[]
All tweens sought out creatures on either the Prime Material or ethereal plane to bond with, having a preference for intelligent ones.[2][4] They often took hosts that were humans or demihumans.[4]
Once a suitable host was found, tweens would shadow their target's every move. When this bonding action truly began,[2] it would appear as a vaguely visible shadow adjacent to their host's own.[2][4] After several hours, the bonding became permanent, with neither the tween nor their host being capable of voluntarily severing it.[2] If a tween's host were to die, it would cause such grief and shock for the spirit that it would fission into two tweens.[2]
Probability[]
Tweens had the ability to subtly alter probability in the vicinity of their host,[2] which extended out to roughly 50 feet (15 meters), and they could see a few seconds into the future.[4] Through these combined abilities a tween granted their host greater luck.[2][4] However, this positive probability was robbed from others within their host's vicinity, whether they be enemies or allies,[2] afflicting them with bad luck.[2][4]
Combat[]
Tweens fought independently of their hosts when attacked on the Ethereal plane.[2] They typically fought with some ethereal form of weapon, like a sword.[4] Otherwise, they mimicked the actions of their hosts in combat.[2]
History[]
Some scholars suspected that tweens were once members of a race that inhabited the Outlands known as the kyleen, who had fled to the ethereal plane after a strange chaos plague transformed them.[2]
In the Year of the Prince, 1357 DR, tweens were known to be lurking around the Shadowdale region.[6]
In the Year of the Banner, 1368 DR, a group of Beshabans operating a shrine in the sewers of Ravens Bluff, that included Cleo of Bad Luck and Tinsel Reltether, were all hosts to tweens.[7]
Society[]
Languages[]
Tweens were capable of communicating telepathically with their host.[4]
Relationships[]
Creatures bonded with tweens were considered a mixed blessing by those around them.[2][4] This often led to the host becoming an outcast.[2]
Trivia[]
- Zunzalor's harp could make a tween clearly visible, outlined by blue radiance.[8]
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References[]
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 158. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 Bruce R. Cordell (1998). A Guide to the Ethereal Plane. Edited by Michele Carter, Keith Francis Strohm. (TSR, Inc.), pp. 72–73. ISBN 0-7869-1205-7.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tim Beach, Donald J. Bingle, Al Boyce, Vince Garcia, Kris Hardinger, Steve Hardinger, Rob Nicholls, Wes Nicholson, Norm Ritchie, Greg Swedberg, and John Terra (April 1992). Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (MC14). (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-56076-428-7.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 Don Turnbull (August 1981). Fiend Folio. (TSR Hobbies), p. 91. ISBN 0-9356-9621-0.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb (July 1987). Manual of the Planes 1st edition. (TSR), p. 15. ISBN 0880383992.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and George MacDonald (April 1989). Curse of the Azure Bonds. (TSR, Inc.), p. 92. ISBN 978-0880386067.
- ↑ Daniel S. Donnelly (January 1995). Luck Takes a Vacation. Living City (RPGA), pp. 10–12.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Steve Perrin (May 1988). The Magister. Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc.), p. 44. ISBN 0-88038-564-2.