The Lich: Pros And Cons

[Thunderfoot]

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."

Looks like you took some of mine and ran with them. LOL

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Looks like you took some of mine and ran with them. LOL

Turnabout, buddy- I got to the dog first!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Pro: you are always at an advantage when negotiating when the wine flows freely.

Con: can never claim intoxication when you're caught acting naughty.

 

[domino]

Pro: You will never want for followers, people to study under you or just hang out in your awesome presence.

Con: You'll have to deal with people who want to hang out with Liches.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Pro: Your hit dice changes to d12s.

Con: You get damaged by holy water.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Pro: always invited to Halloween parties.

Con: never invited to parties of any other kind.

Pro: you have the kind of name recognition that means anyone you invite to your place will surely come.

Con: Everyone in your Rolodex is dead.

Pro: you can cast mighty spells capable of destroying armies.

Con: you lose every armpit fart challenges to chubby 8 year olds.

 

[nedjer]

They can't have sex? Does this mean they're all hermaphrodite undead or should we have had lady lichs in our campaigns down through the years?

And what's a lady lich to be called anyway? Moving on . . . what's in a build?

Lichess

spider-spitting (ickle undead ones - magic weapon to hit)
tears of blood (corrupting on contact or consumption)
extensible, snap-able skeleton (deploy spine ridges and snap off fingers for throwing daggers)
heals by bathing in blood
withering stare (turns you into a dried out husk as in Carnage)

Then there's the luxury glamour lipsticks, to mesmerise you into looking deep into her eyes or kissing her . . .

 

[Leatherhead]

They can't have sex? Does this mean they're all hermaphrodite undead or should we have had lady lichs in our campaigns down through the years?

It means that their fleshy bits have rotted off. If anything that would make them asexual. Hell, after a number of years they probably can't even remember if they were a boy or a girl. And it's not like they can't just look at their wardrobe to figure it out, all casters wear dresses!

 

[chaochou]

Pro: You'll still be alive when digital watches are invented

Con: Time is irrelevant whan you're immortal, even while wearing a Casio G-Shock

 

[nedjer]

It means that their fleshy bits have rotted off. If anything that would make them asexual. Hell, after a number of years they probably can't even remember if they were a boy or a girl. And it's not like they can't just look at their wardrobe to figure it out, all casters wear dresses!

Maybe not? The 1e MM description says skeletal, but the picture shows loose flesh on the hands. Could that rotting flesh resemble the body it came from?