D&D 5E SURVIVOR RETURNS: Lich Wars - Vecna Wins!

[Shiroiken]

Acererak - 15 (+1) Gotta love the classics
Azalin - 14
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 13
Fistandantilus - 11 (-2) Not a true lich, IMO
Harthoon - 9
Kieransalee - 13
Szass Tam - 11
Vecna - 14
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 15
Xykon - 13

 

[Leatherhead]

Acererak - 15
Azalin - 14
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 11
Harthoon - 9
Kieransalee - 13
Szass Tam - 11
Vecna - 14
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 15
Xykon - 11

Erandis Vol is an adolescent elven half-dragon lich who is the leader of two cults. And a testament to the absurdity of template stacking.

Xykon is overrated.

 

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[Maxperson]

Acererak - 15
Azalin - 14
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 9 - This guy isn't even a lich. He used magic to prolong his life and was never undead.
Harthoon - 9
Kieransalee - 13
Szass Tam - 9
Vecna - 15
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 15
Xykon - 12 - He's just too cool.

 

[Jacob Marley]

Acererak - 15
Azalin - 14
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 9
Harthoon - 9
Kieransalee - 13
Szass Tam - 9
Vecna - 15
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 15
Xykon - 10

 

[the Jester]

Acererak - 16 --- the OG demilich.
Azalin - 14
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 9
Harthoon - 9
Kieransalee - 11 --- a big part of 2e's distasteful shunning of all things demon.
Szass Tam - 9
Vecna - 15
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 15
Xykon - 10

 

[Quartz]

Acererak - 16
Azalin - 14
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 11
Harthoon - 9
Kieransalee - 11
Szass Tam - 11
Vecna - 14
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 13
Xykon - 11

 

[Dausuul]

I'm disappointed: not a single cleric lich in the list. Not that I can actually remember any, mind.

Not that he needs the boost, but I gather the original Tomb of Horrors presented Acererak as a multi-classed cleric/magic-user. That's the only notable clerical lich I know of. While various editions have nodded to the possibility of clerical liches, none of them has done much with the idea.

PS early vote for Death Knights next!

Are there enough death knights in D&D to make a list? To come up with thirteen notable liches, I had to get pretty far into the weeds, and there are a lot more liches than death knights in D&D lore. The only death knight I can name without Googling is Lord Soth.

 

[Dausuul]

Fistandantilus - 9 - This guy isn't even a lich. He used magic to prolong his life and was never undead.

Fistandantilus - 11 (-2) Not a true lich, IMO

Fistandantilus's status after the destruction of his body (when he tried to open the Portal and it blew up in his face) has been described in a lot of ways, but in the original "Dragons of Hope" adventure he is explicitly stated to be a demilich. As far as I'm concerned, that's good enough.

 

[steeldragons]

Acererak - 16
Azalin - 14
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 11
Harthoon - 9
Kieransalee - 11
Szass Tam - 11
Vecna - 14
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 11 -Who the what now?
Xykon - 12 -GitP is a work of genius.