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==Useful Info==
 
==Useful Info==
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'''Liches''' are extremely powerful casters, some of the nastiest creatures in the game. Their spell sets are heavily randomized, but include extremely lethal [[Conjurations]] and [[Summonings]] spells that make them always a concern. If the RNG is on their side, they're capable of one-shotting wounded or recklessly low level characters, though this is rare. They can be found throughout [[the Depths]], [[the Vaults]], [[the Abyss]], [[the Crypt]], [[the Tomb]], and [[the Realm of Zot]].
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'''Liches''' are extremely powerful casters, and easily one of the nastiest creatures in the game. Their spell set includes lethal [[Conjurations]], invisibility, and a debilitating [[Slow]] that make them a concern for all but the mightiest adventurers. If the RNG is on their side, they're capable of one-shotting wounded or recklessly low-level characters.
  
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==Spells==
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Liches can be found throughout [[the Depths]], [[the Vaults]], [[the Abyss]], [[the Crypt]], [[the Tomb]], and [[the Realm of Zot]].
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Unlike most other monsters, liches have random spell sets. A lich gets up to 7 spell slots, and spell sets are determined as follows:
 
  
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'''Primary Spell''' - Liches get one of the following:
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*[[Corrosive Bolt]]
 
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*[[Lehudib's Crystal Spear]]
 
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*[[Orb of Destruction]]
 
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*[[Summon Greater Demon]]
 
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'''Buff Spell''' - They also receive one of these:
 
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*[[Banishment]]
 
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*[[Haste]]
 
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*[[Invisibility]]
 
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'''Secondary Spells''' - All four remaining spell slots are filled with randomly selected items from the following:
 
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*[[Agony]]
 
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*[[Battlesphere]]
 
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*[[Bolt of Cold]]
 
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*[[Bolt of Draining]]
 
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*[[Bolt of Fire]]
 
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*[[Confuse]]
 
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*[[Fireball]]
 
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*[[Haunt]]
 
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*[[Iron Shot]]
 
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*[[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]]
 
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*[[Lee's Rapid Deconstruction]]
 
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*[[Lightning Bolt]]
 
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*[[Malign Gateway]]
 
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*[[Paralyse]]
 
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*[[Petrify]]
 
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*[[Poison Arrow]]
 
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*[[Spellforged Servitor]] (only a possibility if it knows a [[Conjurations]] spell)
 
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*[[Simulacrum]]
 
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*[[Sleep]]
 
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*[[Slow]]
 
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*[[Summon Horrible Things]]
 
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*[[Throw Icicle]]
 
  
 
==Tips & Tricks==
 
==Tips & Tricks==
 
*Melee fighters should use corners to lure them next to you, or a [[scroll of blinking]] to get into range immediately.
 
*Melee fighters should use corners to lure them next to you, or a [[scroll of blinking]] to get into range immediately.
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*Their HP and defenses are low enough that a strong offense can defeat one in two or three hits. Weapons of [[Holy wrath]], and [[Dispel Undead]] can speed this up even more, particularly while buffed.
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*Their HP and defenses are low enough that a strong offense can defeat one in two or three hits. Weapons of [[Holy wrath]] and [[Dispel Undead]] can speed this up even more, particularly while buffed.
 
*[[Silence]] limits the lich to using its melee attack. While this does have a [[draining]] effect, it is still preferable to a lich that can cast spells.
 
*[[Silence]] limits the lich to using its melee attack. While this does have a [[draining]] effect, it is still preferable to a lich that can cast spells.
 
*[[Throwing net]]s are very useful against liches. Hitting one at the edge of your line of sight with one guarantees it won't be able to follow you for several turns, allowing a fairly safe escape. Hitting one in melee range will make it vulnerable to [[stab]]bing attempts, allowing [[Short Blades]] specialists to make very short work of them.
 
*[[Throwing net]]s are very useful against liches. Hitting one at the edge of your line of sight with one guarantees it won't be able to follow you for several turns, allowing a fairly safe escape. Hitting one in melee range will make it vulnerable to [[stab]]bing attempts, allowing [[Short Blades]] specialists to make very short work of them.
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*Their infinite [[willpower]] makes almost any hex worthless against them, except for [[Enfeeble]]. Find other ways to disable them if you rely on willpower-checking effects.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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Prior to [[0.16]], liches would generate with one of four predetermined spell sets.
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* Prior to [[0.27]], liches could have one of several spell sets:
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** [[Bolt of Cold]] (3d29), [[Force Lance]] (3d22), [[Summon Greater Demon]], [[Slow]], [[Invisibility]]
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** [[Bolt of Draining]] (3d27), [[Poison Arrow]] (3d27), [[Haunt]], [[Banishment]], [[Haste]]
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** [[Bolt of Fire]] (3d29), [[Iron Shot]] (3d34), Summon Greater Demon, [[Confuse]], Invisibility
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** [[Corrosive Bolt]] (3d23), [[Lehudib's Crystal Spear]] (3d40), [[Petrify]], Haste
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** [[Lightning Bolt]] (3d24), [[Orb of Destruction]] (9d17), [[Paralyze]], Haste
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* Prior to [[0.18]], liches had randomized spell sets.
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* Prior to [[0.16]], liches would generate with one of four predetermined spell sets.

Latest revision as of 14:09, 26 January 2024

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For a list of all liches, see list of liches.

lich L Lich.png
HP 52-107
HD 20
XP 2965
Speed 10
AC 10
EV 10
Will Immune
Attack1 15 (touch: drain experience)


Resistances rC++
rPois+++
rDrown
rMiasma
rN+++
rTorm
Vulnerabilities Holy
Habitat Land
Intelligence Human
Uses Open doors
Holiness Undead
Size Medium
Type lich, lich
Flags Evil
See invisible
Speaks
A powerful wizard who has learned to cheat death itself, now existing as a skeletal, desiccated corpse kept intact by a mighty exercise of dark magic.

Useful Info

Liches are extremely powerful casters, and easily one of the nastiest creatures in the game. Their spell set includes lethal Conjurations, invisibility, and a debilitating Slow that make them a concern for all but the mightiest adventurers. If the RNG is on their side, they're capable of one-shotting wounded or recklessly low-level characters.

Liches can be found throughout the Depths, the Vaults, the Abyss, the Crypt, the Tomb, and the Realm of Zot.

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1 Bolt of Cold (3d29) Wizard flag
Slot2 Orb of Destruction (9d17) Wizard flag
Slot3 Haste Wizard flag
Slot4 Slow Wizard flag
Slot5 Invisibility Wizard flag

Tips & Tricks

  • Melee fighters should use corners to lure them next to you, or a scroll of blinking to get into range immediately.
  • Their HP and defenses are low enough that a strong offense can defeat one in two or three hits. Weapons of Holy wrath and Dispel Undead can speed this up even more, particularly while buffed.
  • Silence limits the lich to using its melee attack. While this does have a draining effect, it is still preferable to a lich that can cast spells.
  • Throwing nets are very useful against liches. Hitting one at the edge of your line of sight with one guarantees it won't be able to follow you for several turns, allowing a fairly safe escape. Hitting one in melee range will make it vulnerable to stabbing attempts, allowing Short Blades specialists to make very short work of them.
  • Their infinite willpower makes almost any hex worthless against them, except for Enfeeble. Find other ways to disable them if you rely on willpower-checking effects.

History

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