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The lich / l ɪ tʃ / [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 .
The more recent use of the term lich for a specific type of undead creature originates from the 1976 Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game booklet Greyhawk, written by Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz. [ 2 ] Often such a creature is the result of a willful transformation, as a powerful wizard skilled in necromancy who seeks eternal life uses rare ...
Here, the exact nature of Azalin's existence is unclear, on two counts. The first count is the issue of a personality split—one source (King of the Dead, a canonical novel) maintains that a traveling wizard named Firan appeared at the border, while an undead lich-like creature named Darcalus materialized in Darkon's central castle, Avernus ...
Vecna (/ ˈ v ɛ k. n ɑː / VEK-nah [2]) is a fictional character appearing in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Vecna has been named one of the greatest villains in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. [3] [4] Originally appearing in the Greyhawk campaign setting, Vecna was described as a powerful wizard who became a lich. [4]
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]
Author Gary Gygax in 2007 at the GenCon game convention. Tomb of Horrors was written by Gary Gygax for official D&D tournament play at the 1975 Origins 1 convention. [5] [7] [8] Gygax developed the adventure from an idea by Alan Lucien, one of his original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) playtesters, "and I admit to chuckling evilly as I did so."
Gene Alloway reviewed Van Richten's Guide to the Lich in a 1994 issue of White Wolf. On a scale of 1 to 5, he rated the module a 3 for Complexity, a 4 for Appearance, and a 5 for Concepts, Playability, and Value. [1] He thought of the module as "a great value.
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