Unseelie were a kind of malevolent sprite who enjoyed harming others.[3]
Description[]
Though roughly humanoid in appearance, unseelie features were usually exaggerated and grotesque. Examples included elongated arms, large noses, and other twisted features. Most had tattered insect wings. Unseelie could alter their size between 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) and 1 foot (30 centimeters).[3]
Combat[]
All unseelie could become invisible whenever they wished. They enjoyed ambushing and terrorizing their victims. They used small weapons in combat coated with a poison capable of inducing sleep in their targets. Those unlucky enough to fall victim to this poison found themselves bound and tortured upon waking.[3]
Unseelie could cast a single spell once per day. They usually preferred casting spells that caused harm to others.[3]
Society[]
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Sadistic by nature, unseelie took great pleasure from harming or even killing any who wandered into their territory. Even victims able to escape often did so with polymorphed appendages. Unseelie preferred to dwell in dark places like swamps, bogs, and twisted forests.[3]
These creatures did not have a structured society. Anarchy reigned supreme among the unseelie with each individual behaving as they wished. The unseelie palaces were located on an invisible demiplane.[3]
History[]
The unseelie were locked in a seemingly endless war with their cousins, the seelie. Conflicts between the two occurred in the Yuirwood of Aglarond.[3]
Ecology[]
Though unseelie acquired their sustenance from their home demiplane, they tormented local animal populations purely for the joy of it. Likewise, they enjoyed felling trees, damaging vegetation, and poisoning fresh water for sport.[3]
Unseelie inhabited mountain passes around the land of Halruaa where they lured travelers off paths into perilous wilderness. Stories of the dark fey folk were common among the inhabitants of the region.[5]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Novels
- The Magehound
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 148. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan (September 2001). Manual of the Planes 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 211. ISBN 0-7869-1850-8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Anthony Pryor (June 1995). “Monstrous Compendium”. In Michele Carter, Doug Stewart eds. Spellbound (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 978-0786901395.
- ↑ Jon Pickens ed. (1995). Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two. (TSR, Inc.), p. 106. ISBN 0-7869-0199-3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Elaine Cunningham (April 2000). The Magehound. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 8, p. 111. ISBN 978-0-7869-1561-3.