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For the original D&D rule set, the lich was introduced in its first supplement, Greyhawk (1975). [3] [6] It is described simply as a skeletal monster that was formerly a magic-user or a magic-user/cleric in life and retains those abilities, able to send lower-level characters fleeing in fear.
A lich's most often depicted distinguishing feature from other undead in fantasy fiction is the method of achieving immortality; liches give up their souls to form "soul-artifacts" (called a "soul gem" or "phylactery" in other fantasy works), the source of their magic and immortality. Many liches take precautions to hide and/or safeguard one or ...
The Lich's essence was deposited on Earth millions of years before the start of the show, gaining physical form near the end of the Mushroom War via a "mutagenic bomb" when he possessed a person who had been submerged in mutagenic waste. [38] [34] The Lich tried to end all life but was defeated and imprisoned within amber by Billy many years ...
The Lich attempts to exert his mind-control on Finn, but Finn finds himself able to resist it. It is then revealed that the sweater Bubblegum gave to Finn has the power to repel the Lich due to it being imbued with "liking someone a lot". Finn then takes the sweater and pushes it into the Lich's eye sockets and rips his face apart, destroying him.
In this case, one dimension of his curse is the inability to learn any new magic at all—a crippling blow to any wizard, and downright unbearable for a lich, especially one who has knowingly sacrificed his living self so he can pursue new magics for all eternity. All sources cite this handicap, but they disagree on the time it manifested.
Lich (Dungeons & Dragons), the original application of the term for undead sorcerers; Lich (comics), a Marvel Comics character; The Lich, a fictional character, the titular character from the eponymous episode "The Lich" of the animated TV show Adventure Time
Lloyd's familiar, a demon who manipulates ancient magic that once drove the Kingdom of Saloum to the brink of destruction. He had been sealed away in a forbidden book in the kingdom's sealed archives for several hundred years, but Lloyd freed it and they met.
In December 2015, the IAU announced the winning names, submitted by the Planetarium Südtirol Alto Adige in Karneid, Italy, were Lich for the pulsar and Draugr, Poltergeist, and Phobetor for planets A, B, and C, respectively: [7] [12] A lich is an undead creature known for controlling other undead creatures with magic.