D&D 5E (2014) SURVIVOR RETURNS: Lich Wars - Vecna Wins!

[AngryTiger]

Acererak - 13
Azalin - 15
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 7
Harthoon - 5
Kiaransalee - 9
Szass Tam - 10
Vecna - 16
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 11
Xykon - 15

 

[Maxperson]

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.

Ahh. I wasn't aware that a D&D product altered his status. I was going by the books.

 

[Dausuul]

Ahh. I wasn't aware that a D&D product altered his status. I was going by the books.

The adventure preceded any detailed description of him in the books, so if there was altering being done, it was the books what done it. However, the books do call him a lich at least once (this is one of the Second Generation novellas, so not as canonical as Legends/Chronicles, but it was written by Weiss and Hickman).

To be clear, all this is about the weird netherworld state he was in when he contacted Raistlin during Raistlin's Test. At that point, he seems to have been a demilich. The Fistandantilus of pre-Cataclysm days was certainly alive.

Acererak - 13
Azalin - 15
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 7
Harthoon - 3 - Okay, time to clear out the deadwood.
Kiaransalee - 9
Szass Tam - 11 - Szass Tam gets an attaboy for being a lich who isn't trying to become a god.
Vecna - 16
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 11
Xykon - 15

 

[The Crimson Binome]

Acererak - 13
Azalin - 15
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 7
Harthoon - 3
Kiaransalee - 9
Szass Tam - 9 - For lacking ambition.
Vecna - 17 - For providing a positive role-model to which all wizards can aspire.
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 11
Xykon - 15

 

[Quartz]

Acererak - 13
Azalin - 15
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 7
Harthoon - 1 - who? FINISH IT!
Kiaransalee - 9
Szass Tam - 9 .
Vecna - 17
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 11
Xykon - 15

 

[ElderElementalEye]

Acererak - 13
Azalin - 15
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 7
Harthoon - DEAD -- Well, more dead, anyway
Kiaransalee - 9
Szass Tam - 9 .
Vecna - 17
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 11
Xykon - 16

 

[Shiroiken]

Acererak - 14 (+1) - destroyer of PCs
Azalin - 15
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 7
Kiaransalee - 9
Szass Tam - 9 .
Vecna - 15 (-2) - loved him as the legendary arch-lich; hated him when he returned
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 11
Xykon - 16

 

[Quartz]

I've just spotted that I didn't actually bump Xykon from 15 to 16, so the updated list after [MENTION=6775477]Shiroiken[/MENTION] should be

Acererak - 14
Azalin - 15
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 7
Kiaransalee - 9
Szass Tam - 9 .
Vecna - 15
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 11
Xykon - 17

 

[steeldragons]

Acererak - 15
Azalin - 15
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 5
Kiaransalee - 9
Szass Tam - 9 .
Vecna - 15
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 11
Xykon - 17

 

[Irennan]

Acererak - 15
Azalin - 15
Dragotha - 9
Dregoth - 11
Erandis Vol - 14
Fistandantilus - 5
Kiaransalee - 7
Szass Tam - 10
Vecna - 15
Velsharoon - 9
Vlaakith CLVII - 11
Xykon - 17

To those saying that Tam lacks ambition, he came up with a method to basically rewrite the whole reality, with him as its supreme ruler. If that's not ambitious, Idk what it is.