The Lich: Pros And Cons

[Diamond Cross]

Con: Liches can't eat food or have sex.

Pros: Can play WoW forever and will probably out last the game.

Con: Need illusion spells to look normal when out in public and can't get rid of the smell of rotting flesh until all of it has completely decayed away.

Pros: Can't get sunburned and skin cancer when at a beach.

Con: Need to stuff clothes with packing peanuts to have them fit normally.

Pros: Don't need a costume for Halloween.

 

[The Shaman]

Pro: May become an even more powerful demi-lich.

Con: May then be mistaken for Jolly Roger.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Con: Paladins keep showing up to kill you.

Pro: Get to kill lots of paladins.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Pros: can fit even the skinniest fashion styles.

Cons: no cleavage.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Pro: Can go skiing in the nude.

Con: Flammable.

Pro: Can survive a plane crash without fear of death.

Con: Can't bring phylactory on board an airplane without flight attendants thinking it's a bomb.

 

[Smoss]

Pro: No worries about acne

Con: Tooth decay is more dangerous now

Pro: Never worry about a bad hair day

Con: Cool sunglasses keep falling off

Pro: No more stubborn itchy area you can't quite reach
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[Dice4Hire]

Pro: Have reached the pinnacle of magical might

Con: Get no respect.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Pros: no fear of the cold, flu, measles, Black Death, etc.

Cons: Osteoporosis- OH NOES!

Pros: Vampires can suck it, because they can't suck you

Cons: must be aware of ambushes from scrimshaw hobbyists

Pros: utterly invisible to infrared vision.

Cons: can be heard from 100 yards as winds whistle through body.

Pros: scares the poop out of most living things.

Cons: occasionally buried in shallow hole by energetic dogs.

Pros: in jazz combo, damn good at xylophone.

Cons: in jazz combo, can't play sax, trombone or trumpet.

 

[Thunderfoot]

pro: infinite time to study the world
con: after a couple millennia, the world isn't so interesting to study anymore

pro: housing appreciation makes that small plot of land you purchased a great financial investment
con: all the money you made with the real estate investment spent on trying to keep up with fashion over the years

pro: no need for food
con: lack of dairy not conducive for good bone health

pro: lack of organs means no cancer
con: packs of roaming dogs are REALLY annoying (Come back with my femur!)

pro: no fear of poisonous snakes or insects
cons: termites, boring beetles and carpenter ants

pro: pin points of light for eyes let you see paladins and clerics in the dark
con: pin points of light for eyes let clerics and paladins see you in the dark

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Pro: power of compounding interest means high income.

Con: taking full-body baths in Polydent damn expensive.

Pro: can afford the greatest luxuries in the world

Con: your ass punctures fine Corinthian leather, you get no kick from champagne, and Levitra is useless to you.

Pro: the mere mention of your name makes the mighty tremble.

Con: your appearance makes frat boys call you "Boner."