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A lich's most often depicted distinguishing feature from other undead in fantasy fiction is the method of achieving immortality; liches give up their souls to form "soul-artifacts" (called a "soul gem" or "phylactery" in other fantasy works), the source of their magic and immortality. Many liches take precautions to hide and/or safeguard one or ...
A mage becomes a lich by means of necromancy, using a magical receptacle called a phylactery [26] to store the lich's soul. [26] [27] A lich is emaciated in appearance. [28] In some sources the method of becoming a lich is referred to as the Ritual of Becoming or Ceremony of Endless Night. [29]
In 1994, Encyclopedia Magica Volume One, the first of a four-volume set, was published.The series lists all of the magical items published in two decades of TSR products from "the original Dungeons & Dragons woodgrain and white box set and the first issue of The Strategic Review right up to the last product published in December of 1993". [4]
The Spawn of Vecna are the lowest in the cult hierarchy, and consist of the common people who honor the Lich Lord. In 4th edition, the Open Grave book shows the leader of the cult of Vecna is a lich named Mauthereign. Even when Osterneth, the Bronze Lich, is Vecna's mightiest servant, her position is not revealed among his files.
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]
Alex Springer, for SLUG Magazine, reported that the "Tomb of Annihilation is the type of campaign that can bring out the best—or worst—in a dungeon master" and highlighted mechanics such as new character backgrounds, exploration checks, the jungle themed creature appendix, and the lingering threat of permadeath due to the Soulmonger artifact.
In the MMORPG Tibia (video game), there is a Lich boss named "Koshei The Deathless" who hides his soul in 4 pieces of an amulet that are scattered around the gameworld. Koschei appears as an NPC in the roguelike action RPG Moon Hunters.
The Rules Compendium consists of material that originally appeared in the Player's Handbook, Dungeon Master's Guide, Monster Manual, Book of Exalted Deeds, Complete Adventurer, Complete Arcane, Complete Warrior, Frostburn, Heroes of Horror, Libris Mortis, Magic Item Compendium, Player's Handbook II, Races of Destiny, Races of Stone, Races of the Wild, Sandstorm, Stormwrack, and Tome of Battle.