Tenser

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In the Dungeons & Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting, 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.

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

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Spells 3 Writings 4 Creative Origins 5 References

[edit] Appearance

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

[edit] 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^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Deadly Strike^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Destructive Resonance^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Eye of the Eagle^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Eye of the Tiger^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Flaming Blade^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Floating Disc, Greater^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Fortunes of War^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Giant Strength^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Hunting Hawk^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Master of Arms^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Primal Fury^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Running Warrior^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Staff of Smiting^{[citation needed]}
• Tenser's Steady Aim^{[citation needed]}

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

• Blume, Brian, David Cook, and Jean Wells. The Rogues Gallery (TSR, 1980).

• Browne, Dave J, and Don Turnbull. The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (TSR, 1981).
  • Browne, Dave J, and Don Turnbull. Danger at Dunwater (TSR, 1982).

• Cook, David. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." Wars (TSR, 1991). Available Online: [1]
  • Cook, David. Vecna Lives (TSR, 1990).

• Grohe, Allan. "Gygax's Anagrams, Puns, and Homages in the World of Greyhawk." Available online: [2]

• Gygax, Gary. Isle of the Ape (TSR, 1985).
  • Gygax, Gary. Players Handbook (TSR, 1978).

• Heard, Bruce. "Spells Between the Covers." (Dragon #82 (TSR, 1984).

• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (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: [3]

• Moore, Roger. The Adventure Begins (TSR, 1998).
  • Moore, Roger E. Return of the Eight (TSR, 1998).

• Niles, Douglas, and Carl Sargent. The City of Greyhawk (TSR, 1989).

• Pryor, Anthony. Rary the Traitor (TSR, 1992).

• Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1993).

• Ward, James M. Greyhawk Adventures (TSR, 1988).