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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5588338" data-attributes="member: 463">An extract from the stat block:ARMOR CLASS: 0MOVE: 6”HIT DICE: 13 (104 hit points)TREASURE TYPE: 100% H, S, T, UNO. OF ATTACKS: 3DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2–12/3–18/3–18SPECIAL ATTACKS: Magic useSPECIAL DEFENSES: Magic weapons to hit; not affectedby charm, cold, electricity or fireINTELLIGENCE: GeniusALIGNMENT: Chaotic evilSIZE: MPSIONIC ABILITY: 250Attack/Defense Modes: AllShe knows every M-U spell and can cast 2 spells of each level up to 6th.I think Rodney Thompson forgot that 1e Liches have to be M-Us of 18th level or higher.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />  The base MM Lich has 11 actual hit dice because that's how many dice an M-U gets, but theirs turn from d4s to d8s, then they get the 1 point per M-U level above 11th AIR.I think if I were going to use this I'd let her keep her 13 actual hit dice but she'd fight, save and spellcast as a 21st level M-U, which in 1e is a perfectly credible foe for eg 12th level PCs.  It's only in 3e that you needed to keep enemy PC-type abilities close to PC-level.</blockquote>