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Greyhawk (1975) In-universe information. Type. Undead. Alignment. Any evil. The lich / lɪtʃ / [1] is an undead creature found in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game. Liches are spellcasters [2] who seek to defy death by magical means. The term derives from lich, an archaic term for a corpse.
In the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game, alignment is a categorization of the ethical and moral perspective of player characters, non-player characters, and creatures. Most versions of the game feature a system in which players make two choices for characters. One is the character's views on "law" versus "chaos", the other on ...
Lich. In fantasy fiction, a lich (/ ˈlɪtʃ /; [1] from the Old English līċ, meaning "corpse") is a type of undead creature. Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith 's "The Empire of the Necromancers" (1932), had used lich as a general term for any corpse, animated or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy ...
Tomb of Horrors. Tomb of Horrors is an adventure module written by Gary Gygax for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) role-playing game. It was originally written for and used at the 1975 Origins 1 convention. Gygax designed the adventure both to challenge the skill of expert players in his own campaign and to test players who boasted of having mighty ...
In Eldritch Wizardry (1976), the third supplement to the original Dungeons & Dragons rules, [6] Brian Blume invented two artifacts he called the Hand and Eye of Vecna. [7] These were supposedly the only remnants of an evil lich, Vecna, who had been destroyed long ago. [8] "
Szass is a lich, an undead necromancer. He is the leader and most powerful of the Red Wizards of Thay, a group consisting of eight wizards with the title of zulkir who are the rulers of the country Thay. Many of the creatures that serve Szass Tam are undead. [1][2][3]
Rudolph van Richten. Dr. Rudolph van Richten is a fictional character in the gothic horror campaign setting of Ravenloft. His adventures and battles with the undead are chronicled in numerous books and game products including a series of "Van Richten" guides. [29][30] He has been called "D&D's Van Helsing equivalent".
The pantheons employed in D&D provide a useful framework for creating fantasy characters, as well as governments and even worlds. [1] [2]: 275–292 Dungeons and Dragons may be useful in teaching classical mythology. [3] D&D draws inspiration from a variety of mythologies, but takes great liberty in adapting them for the purpose of the game. [4]