Three-For-One
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Any |
| Frequency | Very rare |
| Organization | Solitary |
| Activity Cycle | Unknown |
| Diet | Fear |
| Intelligence | Godlike (22) |
| Treasure | Nil |
| Alignment | Neutral |
| No. of Appearing | 1 |
| Armor Class | 6 |
| Move | 12 |
| Hit Dice | 5 |
| THAC0 | 15 |
| No. of Attacks | 0 |
| Damage/Attack | 0 |
| Special Attacks | Nil |
| Special Defenses | Unaffected by all spells except wish. |
| Magic Resistance | Nil |
| Size | S (4' tall) |
| Morale | Steady (11-12) |
| XP Value | Nil |
Description
Background
A three-for-one appears as a spherical orb when first found. When a player touches the orb, the creature appears- a 4' tall, gray wookiee-like creature. It announces the following: "Ahhh, thank you. I am a three-for-one. I will grant you three wishes- anything you like, with no ill effects. However, after I have granted your three wishes, I get to ask a wish of you. If you cannot grant me my wish, you will be completely and irretrievably slain."
From then on, the creature may show up at any time, to watch the party and see if it can be of any help. At this point it will live on the fear of the players that he may need to use the services of the three-for-one and thus enter into a matter of life and death. The creature will bear no remorse if the players does not want it around, and it will leave with no grumbling if asked. Once the first wish is made, however (and a good Dungeon Master will tempt the party with possible uses of the wishes), the creature lives on the character's fear of making the third wish and not being able to grant it. After the third wish is made, the three-for-one will automatically appear and tell the players that it gets to make its wish. However, it will not make its decision right away. In order to consume lots of fear from the players, it will tell him that, "When I need my wish, I'll come back." Thus the players will no doubt rue the next appearance of the monster.
Should the players ever be in danger of getting over his fear, the monster will reappear, and probably scare the players shitless. However, it is not likely to ask its wish, just watch the players. If the players ever decides that the creature is stalling, the three-for-one will appear and make a demand which is doable, but difficult. (This should be used as a last resort). Thus it will feed upon the players constant fear of failure as he tries to carry out the wish. If the players carries out the wish, the monster will renew its offer as if he was newly found. If the players cannot grant the wish, nothing unusual happens. You see, the character will not be hurt by ignoring the monster but the monster will never tell him that or it will have no fear upon which to feed.