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Twigglers are ancestors of graveyard spirits who forfeited their supernatural abilities in exchange for physicality. This gave them the same abilities as the living (including reproduction), but also several drawbacks (including mortality). Centuries of breeding have created the Twiggler as we know it today: a spirit so attuned to the ups and downs of the physical plane it is difficult to distinguish from an animal.

True to their ancestral origins, Twigglers frequent graveyards and other places with the aura of death, where they dig up the soft corpses of the dead and feast on their remains. Some Twigglers also live in shady forests, musty caverns, or murky swamps, where they do much of the same. Twigglers can eat nearly any animal, but are highly sensitive to the residue of a recently departed soul. As a result, they cannot stomach any food that's been dead for less than 24 hours. This encourages a scavenging lifestyle, but Twigglers are more than capable of pitting their tools against the living. Particularly hungry Twigglers are even known to hunt down and kill other beings, storing corpses and opting to wait it out. This behavior is born of desperation rather than malice, and the creature's intelligence allows it to be bargained with. Fighting a Twiggler is ill-advised, as supernatural strength and resilience still run in their blood.

Though they evolved to feast on corpses, Twigglers take exceptionally well to preserved or refrigerated meats, particularly ones kept raw. Twigglers will not harm those who feed them, but rather remember their scent, and seek them out again in the future. Successive feedings will result in a strong bond between the Twiggler and its caretaker, and eventually it will stop leaving altogether. A Twiggler can understand and obey semi-complex instructions such as "Move object a to room b and repeat," "guard room a from everyone except these 3 people and myself," or "get my attention when both x and y happen." It will do these tasks and more as long as its own needs are satisfied or it is allowed to satisfy them. If neglected, a Twiggler will lose trust and wander away.

Description
Twigglers are ancestors of graveyard spirits who forfeited their supernatural abilities in exchange for physicality. This gave them the same abilities as the living (including reproduction), but also several drawbacks (including mortality). Centuries of breeding have created the Twiggler as we know it today: a spirit so attuned to the ups and downs of the physical plane it is difficult to distinguish from an animal.

True to their ancestral origins, Twigglers frequent graveyards and other places with the aura of death, where they dig up the soft corpses of the dead and feast on their remains. Some Twigglers also live in shady forests, musty caverns, or murky swamps, where they do much of the same. Twigglers can eat nearly any animal, but are highly sensitive to the residue of a recently departed soul. As a result, they cannot stomach any food that's been dead for less than 24 hours. This encourages a scavenging lifestyle, but Twigglers are more than capable of pitting their tools against the living. Particularly hungry Twigglers are even known to hunt down and kill other beings, storing corpses and opting to wait it out. This behavior is born of desperation rather than malice, and the creature's intelligence allows it to be bargained with. Fighting a Twiggler is ill-advised, as supernatural strength and resilience still run in their blood.

Though they evolved to feast on corpses, Twigglers take exceptionally well to preserved or refrigerated meats, particularly ones kept raw. Twigglers will not harm those who feed them, but rather remember their scent, and seek them out again in the future. Successive feedings will result in a strong bond between the Twiggler and its caretaker, and eventually it will stop leaving altogether. A Twiggler can understand and obey semi-complex instructions such as "Move object a to room b and repeat," "guard room a from everyone except these 3 people and myself," or "get my attention when both x and y happen." It will do these tasks and more as long as its own needs are satisfied or it is allowed to satisfy them. If neglected, a Twiggler will lose trust and wander away.