D&D 5E "The" Lich?

[FormerlyHemlock]

I don't know who you are talking about. But I don't think he is a D&D vampire, so he does not count for this.

He counts, since I can and have modeled D&D vampires after him.

Supposedly Anomander Rake is also partially modeled after him.

 

[Sunseeker]

FWIW, that Lich is by far the spookiest.

He is largely what I base any liches in my game on. There is one dormant lich in my current game (technically two, but the other is more of a spechul snowflake) which the players have encountered but not messed with *waves fingers in holy symbol on chest* they have no idea what I've got in store for them. *evil laugh* I really like the idea that some things in the world are absolutely terrifyingly beyond your ability to fight. Most D&D bad guys don't really give me that vibe.

 

[Knight_Marshal]

This is what I know about Vecna.
http://www.blindpanic.com/humor/vecna.htm

He DMs our Rolemaster game.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

He counts, since I can and have modeled D&D vampires after him.

Supposedly Anomander Rake is also partially modeled after him.

Neither is a D&D character they don't count. He is not iconic at all. I can't even look the guy up so as far as I know he does not exist and he is an original character you made up.

I don't know who Rake is ether.

Also your canon is has nothing to do with iconics. Strahd is the D&D Vampire because he is the iconic vampire of D&D. Discounting D&D your guy is still not the iconic vampire that is Dracula.

 

[Shasarak]

Just realised that I forgot about the Lich Xykon from the Order of the Stick.

 

[MechaPilot]

For me, it's Azalin. Azalin is the only D&D lich who I've ever read a book about, so all the others are just faceless names to me.

 

[TheCosmicKid]

I don't know who you are talking about. But I don't think he is a D&D vampire, so he does not count for this.

It's a crowded field, but out of all the attempts to "improve" upon Gothic literature by mashing it up, I believe @Hemlock is referring to Fred Saberhagen's.

(For the record, the only vampire the real Sherlock Holmes ever meets is Ayda Heidari.)

 

[Guest 6801328]

What's the world of storytelling come to when "iconic" means "invented by Wizards of the Coast or TSR"?

 

[Iry]

1st Place: Vecna.
2nd Place: Xykon.
3rd Place: Tam.

Honorable Mention: Voldemort.

 

[Ristamar]

What's the world of storytelling come to when "iconic" means "invented by Wizards of the Coast or TSR"?

Unless I completely misunderstood the intent of the OP, storytelling has little to do with the original topic which is referencing "iconic" relative to official D&D products. This discussion wasn't supposed to be about naming your favorite fantasy undead wizard from pop culture or your homebrew game.