Timeline for Can a wizard who has been dead for 100 years be raised as a Lich?
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| Jul 16, 2015 at 20:14 | comment | added | gatherer818 | Oh yeah, not trying to diminish your answer, I love it. I just feel "raise the dead" magic is... thematically inappropriate. Assuming the would-be lich had prepared for this eventuality (he WAS a powerful wizard) and then working mostly within the rules just opens some more possibilities for interesting story, I just wanted to add to it. Although looking below I think Cthos and CatLord have actually already made my points, I didn't read every answer before I commented on one I liked. | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 20:10 | comment | added | KRyan | @gatherer818 Sure, you could easily houserule something in, or do it by DM fiat. But in this case, I think playing by/playing with the rules leads to a kind of interesting scene that I, for one, wouldn’t have thought of on my own. | |
| Jul 16, 2015 at 20:02 | comment | added | gatherer818 | While the process of becoming a lich is normally undertaken by a living creature, as long as the creature is truly willing - just like they have to be willing to be raised or resurrected - their cultists or minions should be able to bring them back that way. Maybe the character created his phylactery and instructed his cult in what to do in case of his death while he was still alive. Maybe a powerful cultist researched a "create greater undead: lich" spell. Maybe his ghost was just so powerful it functions more like a lich than a ghost. | |
| Feb 27, 2015 at 12:33 | vote | accept | Skullyian | ||
| Feb 26, 2015 at 22:14 | history | answered | KRyan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |