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<blockquote data-quote="painandgreed" data-source="post: 1806266" data-attributes="member: 24969"><p>My own personal take is that if you have the power to become a lich, then you have the power to maintain your previous appearance either physically or through illusion. Trouble is, that becoming a lich is a dangerous process that can cause mental instability. The vast majority of the lichs that adventuring parties run into such as in D2, are these mentally unstable &quot;failures&quot;. One of the Red Wizards is a lich that maintained his appearance in 2E by preserving his body and wearing perfume so that he did not cause fear as a normal lich. In my campaign, there is a lich that maintains an appearance as an elf and poses as the castellan while keeping various undead in the basement as &quot;the lich&quot; for adventures looking to kill him. For those actually looking for knowledge or to purchase something, he leads them downstairs, they state their request, and then he leads them upstairs to wait for the lich's response, which he will bring them later.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="painandgreed, post: 1806266, member: 24969"] My own personal take is that if you have the power to become a lich, then you have the power to maintain your previous appearance either physically or through illusion. Trouble is, that becoming a lich is a dangerous process that can cause mental instability. The vast majority of the lichs that adventuring parties run into such as in D2, are these mentally unstable "failures". One of the Red Wizards is a lich that maintained his appearance in 2E by preserving his body and wearing perfume so that he did not cause fear as a normal lich. In my campaign, there is a lich that maintains an appearance as an elf and poses as the castellan while keeping various undead in the basement as "the lich" for adventures looking to kill him. For those actually looking for knowledge or to purchase something, he leads them downstairs, they state their request, and then he leads them upstairs to wait for the lich's response, which he will bring them later. [/QUOTE]

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