The lich typically spends its time hidden away from the world in some hidden and well-defended lair, elaborately protected by magic and monster guardians. Its touch is freezing cold and paralyzes its victims, although a lich usually prefers to avoid unnecessary physical combat.ДЄ lich possesses the ability to see in complete darkness, and by some accounts their vision can pierce even illusions. The gaze of a lich terrifies those it looks upon.

Powerful liches have the ability to imprison the souls of mortals in their phylacteries in order to supply the lich with energy. Liches are powerful spellcasters, and in countless centuries many have learned countless forgotten spells and mastered the most powerful levels of magic.

These can include mind-affecting spells which inflict charm or insanity, spells inflicting sleep, exhaustion, enfeeblement, polymorph, and death effects or those which weaken living things (for the lich is already dead), and the elements of cold or electricity.ДЄ lich's body is also physically resistant to attacks, excepting those by magical weapons. Liches have made themselves resistant or immune to many forms of attack, whether innately through their undead state or by some other means. It cannot be poisoned or become exhausted. It does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe air. Creating a phylactery is an extremely expensive and time-consuming process, and destroying one is likely to halt the lich's plans at least temporarily.ДЄs an undead, the lich is also immune to the weaknesses of living beings. A phylactery is usually supernaturally tough for an object of its type and difficult to destroy.ДЄ lich can survive the destruction of its phylactery, but whether they can create a new phylactery is hotly debated topic. Popular objects include amulets, metal boxes containing holy scriptures, and even gemstones. ДЄny object which has an internal surface upon which sigils can be inscribed can be used as a phylactery. Naturally, the lich goes to great lengths to protect its phylactery and ensure that it cannot be found or destroyed. The lich cannot be killed without also destroying the phylactery. Should the lich be killed, its body reforms next to the phylactery within days.

Examples include the Bronze Lich and the Whispered One.ДЄ lich stores its soul inside a phylactery, an enruned box or other object which protects the lich's life force. Most liches forget their original names over time, and are known to most only by cryptic aliases or titles. Liches typically care little to involve themselves in the day-to-day affairs of mortal realms, preferring to sequester themselves in hidden lairs to conduct arcane research or formulate epic plans. They are obsessed with the acquision of power and knowledge, and immortality grants the lich patience to see incredibly long-term plans come to fruition. Liches are highly intelligent, utterly insane by human standards, and almost universally evil. Unusual liches of non-humanoid origin have been known to exist, including mind flayers and dragons. Liches can be mistaken for other skeletal humanoids creatures, including wights, skeletons, and mummies. Liches typically care little for appearances, and wear the tattered and rotten remains of ancient, once fine clothing. Points of light glow in its empty eye sockets. A lich is a decayed, gaunt, mostly skeletal humanoid.

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