Monsters / Lich
Lich
CR 12 - 19,200 XP - NE Medium Undead
Stat block
AC23 (touch 14, flat-footed 21)HP111 (11d6+55 plus 15 false life)SavesFort +6, Ref +7, Will +11Meleetouch +5 (1d8+5 plus paralyzing touch)Speed30 ft.AbilitiesStr 10, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 22, Wis 14, Cha 16BAB / CMB / CMD+5 / +5 / 25Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., life sight*; Perception +24Environmentany
DR 15/bludgeoning and magicimmune coldimmune electricityimmune undead traits
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (4 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
fearless (from creature_type)
creature type: Undead (immune to morale collapse)
creature type: Undead (immune to morale collapse)
skirmisher (from abilities)
abilities: Dex 14 over Str 10 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
abilities: Dex 14 over Str 10 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 60 ft., life sight*; Perception +24 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft., life sight*; Perception +24 - hunts where prey is blind
targets-weakest (from alignment)
alignment NE, Int 22 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
alignment NE, Int 22 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
On-hit riders and breath
grave touchDC 18 Will
paralyzing touchDC 18 Fortitude
power over undeadDC 18 Will
From the entry
Few creatures are more feared than the lich. The pinnacle of necromantic art, the lich is a spellcaster who has chosen to shed his life as a method to cheat death by becoming undead. While many who reach such heights of power stop at nothing to achieve immortality, the idea of becoming a lich is abhorrent to most creatures. The process involves the extraction of the spellcaster's life-force and its imprisonment in a specially prepared phylactery-the spellcaster gives up life, but in trapping life he also traps his death, and as long as his phylactery remains intact he can continue on in his research and work without fear of the passage of time.
The quest to become a lich is a lengthy one. While construction of the magical phylactery to contain the spellcaster's soul is a critical component, a prospective lich must also learn the secrets of transferring his soul into the receptacle and...