ECOLOGY

Environment temperate forest or urban
Organization solitary, pair, or coterie (3-8)
Treasure standard (clothing, needle, other treasure)

The desire to force his creations on humanoids might also explain why the creature developed blood their advantage. They do so only as a last resort, though, because a sleeping recipient cannot react to his new threads, and thus denies the spindler his greatest source of satisfaction.

Once every ten years, a spindler is drawn to a remote location—a place with a giant, ancient spinning wheel—for what the creatures refer to as The Great Swap. In preparation for this festival, a spindler creates his most personal creation to date, which he exchanges with another spindler. The pair then retreats into the woods to make love; the result of their union is always a spindler child, who grows into maturity in 23 years.

Habitat & Society

Spindlers are tailors to the fey, for whom they strive to design the best outfits. That arrangement of leaves and flowers accentuating a dryad’s features, that gossamer gown the nymph wears, and that vest which makes the satyr look more rugged were most likely designed by one of these creatures. Many nobles retain a spindler in the household to insure he and his family are always well-dressed and appointed.

Once a year, at a major festival, a coterie of spindlers gathers to exchange designs and make their introductions to remote fey nobles. It is not uncommon for warring nobles to exchange their tailors as part of a peace pact drawn up at a festival.

Whereas a spindler is well-regarded in fey society, he is hated and feared among what he considers to be duller races. Convinced of his genius and mastery of fashion, he doesn’t see why anyone would turn down one of his masterful creations. Incensed at what the spindler perceives as a slight, he will ambush an unsuspecting victim to force him to appreciate his superior taste in clothing.