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'''Tenser''' is an archmage who actively seeks to rid the [[Flanaess]] of evil. A former member of both the [[Citadel of Eight]] and the [[Circle of Eight]], Tenser makes his home in the Fortress of Unknown Depths on the southern shore of the [[Nyr Dyv]], near the village of [[Magepoint]], only a few days ride from the [[Free City of Greyhawk]].
'''Tenser''' is an archmage who actively seeks to rid the [[Flanaess]] of evil. Tenser is a former member of both the [[Citadel of Eight]] and the [[Circle of Eight]].


In ''[[Dungeon|Dungeon's]]'' [[Age of Worms]] adventure path, Tenser is referred to as "Manzorian."
In ''[[Dungeon|Dungeon's]]'' [[Age of Worms]] adventure path, Tenser is referred to as "Manzorian."


==Appearance==
==Description==
Tenser is described and depicted as having an aquiline nose, and is always dressed in blue.
Tenser is described and depicted as having an aquiline nose, and is always dressed in blue.
==Relationships==
Tenser is a close friend of [[Jallarzi Sallivarian]].
==Home==
Tenser makes his home in the [[Fortress of Unknown Depths]] on the southern shore of the [[Nyr Dyv]], near the village of [[Magepoint]], only a few days ride from the [[Free City of Greyhawk]].


==History==
==History==
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==Spells==
==Spells==
Two of Tenser’s eponymous spells, '''Tenser's Floating Disc''' and '''Tenser's Transformation''', appear in the 3.5 Edition ''Player’s Handbook''. Other spells that he developed, described in supplements, include:
Two of Tenser’s eponymous spells, ''Tenser's Floating Disc'' and ''Tenser's Transformation'', appear in the 3.5 Edition ''Player’s Handbook''. Other spells that he developed, described in supplements, include:
* Tenser's Brawl
*''Tenser's Brawl''
* Tenser's Deadly Strike
*''Tenser's Deadly Strike''
* Tenser's Destructive Resonance
*''Tenser's Destructive Resonance''
* Tenser's Eye of the Eagle
*''Tenser's Eye of the Eagle''
* Tenser's Eye of the Tiger
*''Tenser's Eye of the Tiger''
* Tenser's Flaming Blade
*''Tenser's Flaming Blade''
* Tenser's Floating Disc, Greater
*''Tenser's Floating Disc, Greater''
* Tenser's Fortunes of War
*''Tenser's Fortunes of War''
* Tenser's Giant Strength
*''Tenser's Giant Strength''
* Tenser's Hunting Hawk
*''Tenser's Hunting Hawk''
* Tenser's Master of Arms
*''Tenser's Master of Arms''
* Tenser's Primal Fury
*''Tenser's Primal Fury''
* Tenser's Running Warrior
*''Tenser's Running Warrior''
* Tenser's Staff of Smiting
*''Tenser's Staff of Smiting''
* Tenser's Steady Aim
*''Tenser's Steady Aim''


==Writings==
==Writings==
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*''Theory of the Invisible Forces''
*''Theory of the Invisible Forces''


==Creative Origins==
==Creative origins==
It is rumored that the name 'Tenser' is actually the rearanging of [[Gary Gygax|E Gary Gygax's]] first name 'Ernest,' a name also shared by one of his sons, Ernie, who played Tenser in the elder Gygax's campaign.
It is rumored that the name 'Tenser' is actually the rearanging of [[Gary Gygax|E Gary Gygax's]] first name "Ernest," a name also shared by one of his sons, Ernie, who played Tenser in the elder Gygax's campaign.


== References==
==Bibliography==
*Blume, Brian, David Cook, and Jean Wells. ''The [[Rogues Gallery]]'' (TSR, 1980).
*Blume, Brian, [[David Cook]], and Jean Wells. ''The [[Rogues Gallery]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.


*Browne, Dave J, and Don Turnbull. ''[[The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh]]'' (TSR, 1981).
*Browne, Dave J., and Don Turnbull. ''[[The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1981.
**Browne, Dave J, and Don Turnbull. ''[[Danger at Dunwater]]'' (TSR, 1982).
*-----. ''[[Danger at Dunwater]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1982.


*[[David "Zeb" Cook|Cook, David]]. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." ''[[Greyhawk Wars (game)|Wars]]'' (TSR, 1991). Available Online: [http://www.nyrond.org/turbine/page/university/greyhawkwars.html]
*[[David "Zeb" Cook|Cook, David]]. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." ''[[Greyhawk Wars (game)|Wars]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1991. Available online:[http://www.nyrond.org/turbine/page/university/greyhawkwars.html]
*-----. ''Vecna Lives'' (TSR, 1990).
*-----. ''Vecna Lives''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990.


*Grohe, Allan. "Gygax's Anagrams, Puns, and Homages in the World of Greyhawk." Available online: [http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_anagrams.html]  
*Grohe, Allan. "Gygax's Anagrams, Puns, and Homages in the ''World of Greyhawk''." Available online:[http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/gh_anagrams.html]  


*[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[Isle of the Ape (module)|Isle of the Ape]]'' (TSR, 1985).
*[[Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[Isle of the Ape (module)|Isle of the Ape]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1985.
*-----. ''Players Handbook'' (TSR, 1978).
*-----. ''Players Handbook''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1978.


*Heard, Bruce. "Spells Between the Covers." (''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #82 (TSR, 1988).
*Heard, Bruce. "Spells Between the Covers." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #82. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.


*Holian, Gary, [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''Living Greyhawk Gazetteer'' (Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
*[[Holian, Gary]], [[Erik Mona]], [[Sean K. Reynolds]], and [[Frederick Weining]]. ''[[Living Greyhawk Gazetteer]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.


*Mona, Erik, and [[Gary Holian]]. "Wheels within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." ''Living Greyhawk Journal'' #0 (Aug 2000). Available online:[http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LGJcircleof8pdf.zip]
*[[Mona, Erik]], and [[Gary Holian]]. "Wheels within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." ''[[Living Greyhawk Journal]]'' #0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. Available online:[http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LGJcircleof8pdf.zip]


*Moore, Roger. ''[[Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins]]'' (TSR, 1998.
*[[Moore, Roger]]. ''[[Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
**[[Moore, Roger E]]. ''[[Return of the Eight]]'' (TSR, 1998.
*-----. ''[[Return of the Eight]]''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.


*[[Niles, Douglas]], and [[Carl Sargent]]. ''The City of Greyhawk'' (TSR, 1989.
*[[Niles, Douglas]], and [[Carl Sargent]]. ''[[The City of Greyhawk]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.


*Pryor, Anthony. ''[[Rary the Traitor]]'' (TSR, 1992.
*[[Pryor, Anthony]]. ''[[Rary the Traitor]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.


*Sargent, Carl. ''[[From the Ashes (Dungeons & Dragons)|From the Ashes]]'' (TSR, 1993.
*[[Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[From the Ashes]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.


*[[Jim Ward (game designer)|Ward, James M]]. ''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]'' (TSR, 1988.
*[[Jim Ward|Ward, James M]]. ''[[Greyhawk Adventures]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.




[[Category:Greyhawk characters]]
[[Category:Greyhawk characters]]

Revision as of 22:48, 14 December 2007

Greyhawk Character
Tenser
Tenser, as depicted in Dungeon #130 (2006). Art by Steve Prescott.
General info
Home:Magepoint
Alignment:Lawful Good
Gender:Male
Species:Human
Class:Wizard 16/Archmage 5
Dates
Age:70+

Tenser is an archmage who actively seeks to rid the Flanaess of evil. Tenser is a former member of both the Citadel of Eight and the Circle of Eight.

In Dungeon's Age of Worms adventure path, Tenser is referred to as "Manzorian."

Description

Tenser is described and depicted as having an aquiline nose, and is always dressed in blue.

Relationships

Tenser is a close friend of Jallarzi Sallivarian.

Home

Tenser makes his home in the Fortress of Unknown Depths on the southern shore of the Nyr Dyv, near the village of Magepoint, only a few days ride from the Free City of Greyhawk.

History

Tenser was born 525 CY, purportedly in the Wild Coast town of Fax. At some point after 551 CY, he was recruited by Mordenkainen and Bigby to join the Citadel of Eight. After the death of his good friend and fellow Citadel member Serten in 569 CY, the Citadel dissolved. Tenser joined forces with Bigby and Mordenkainen once more in 574 CY when he joined the Circle of Eight, replacing Leomund.

The Circle was betrayed in 584 CY, when Tenser, Bigby, and Otiluke discovered a plan by the Circle's own Rary to slay a number of diplomats assembled in Greyhawk to sign the treaty ending the Greyhawk Wars. Unfortunately, Rary witnessed their discovery, and a great magical battle ensued, resulting in the deaths of Otiluke and Tenser, and severely wounding Bigby, who was unable to pursue Rary as he escaped. Word later came that Rary's allies, among them former Citadel member Lord Robilar, had ensured Tenser's and Otiluke's deaths by destroying every clone they had prepared for such an incident. Rary and Robilar fled to the Bright Desert, southeast of Greyhawk, where they established the Empire of the Bright Lands.

However, Rary and Robilar had failed to discover a clone Tenser had hidden away on Luna, one of Oerth's moons, and in Goodmonth of 585 CY Tenser was restored to life. Though he was welcomed back into the Circle, Tenser refused.

Spells

Two of Tenser’s eponymous spells, Tenser's Floating Disc and Tenser's Transformation, appear in the 3.5 Edition Player’s Handbook. Other spells that he developed, described in supplements, include:

  • Tenser's Brawl
  • Tenser's Deadly Strike
  • Tenser's Destructive Resonance
  • Tenser's Eye of the Eagle
  • Tenser's Eye of the Tiger
  • Tenser's Flaming Blade
  • Tenser's Floating Disc, Greater
  • Tenser's Fortunes of War
  • Tenser's Giant Strength
  • Tenser's Hunting Hawk
  • Tenser's Master of Arms
  • Tenser's Primal Fury
  • Tenser's Running Warrior
  • Tenser's Staff of Smiting
  • Tenser's Steady Aim

Writings

Tenser is known to have authored the following works:

  • Evolution of the Arcane Will Power
  • Magical Properties of Gemstones
  • Magical Properties of Herbs and Flowers
  • Occult Properties of Gemstones
  • Theory of the Invisible Forces

Creative origins

It is rumored that the name 'Tenser' is actually the rearanging of E Gary Gygax's first name "Ernest," a name also shared by one of his sons, Ernie, who played Tenser in the elder Gygax's campaign.

Bibliography

  • Cook, David. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." Wars. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1991. Available online:[1]
  • -----. Vecna Lives. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990.
  • Grohe, Allan. "Gygax's Anagrams, Puns, and Homages in the World of Greyhawk." Available online:[2]
  • Heard, Bruce. "Spells Between the Covers." Dragon #82. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.
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