How weird is your WYRD?

WYRD (#17/30, #322/365) [OOTP IV]

SKILL: 9


STAMINA: 6

ATTACKS: 1


WEAPON: Small Bite

ARMOUR: None

DAMAGE MODIFIER: None

HABITAT: Dungeons, Ruins, Towns, Spirit Plane

NUMBER ENCOUNTERED: 1

TYPE: Undead

REACTION: Hostile 

INTELLIGENCE: Average

The WYRD is an an ethereal inhabitant of the Spirit Plane, an undead spirit that is equally at home roaming its own alien environment or bursting through the scrying pools of seers unwise enough to attempt spiritual summonings without the proper wards in place. This spectral creature appears as a ghoulish face with monstrous features, trailing tendrils of swirling mist. Giving vent to a hellish scream, this nightmare spirit will attack any intruders to its realm.

The Wyrd attack by gnashing at its foes with flinty teeth, and can be wounded with normal weapons. However, for the duration of the battle, any opponents of the Wyrd must reduce their Attack Strength by 1 point due to the chilling ethereal vapours that whirl around the Wyrd. The presence of a Wyrd is often a sign that dark powers may be at work, employed as servants to patrol areas of the Spirit Plane to wreak havoc upon seers, mediums and fortune-tellers attempting to contact the voices of the beyond...