Lich

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A lich is the result of forbidden necromantic magics. Some mages, when they reach venerable age, set out to extend their lives forever. To do this, they magically transform themselves into a lich using powerful negative energies. The result is an evil and undead being, which is the bane of all life in its path.

Contents 1 General Information 2 Benefits from Stats 3 Playable Races 4 Training Locations 5 Leveling Item Hints

General Information

• Liches, like mages, rely on their spells to provide both, defense and offense. They have the fastest casting time of all classes.
• Liches tap on their own life force for their magic, and thus do not have a mana pool like normal classes. But are also able to drain life (similar to deathknights) from other living creatures to restore their life force for further casting.
  • This ability will be lost of the lich does not stay of evil alignment.
• They may also periodically draw on the positive energy of the world around them to regenerate their own life force.
• A lich is averse to all healing magics. No such spells will work for them, and may even harm them.
• Liches are, in a way, reborn into a new body. It is feeble because of this and will take more damage from physical attacks then a normal individual. However, since they are essentially magical undead creations, they will naturally resist-magic.
• They will experience all characteristics of the undead.

Armor type: Cloth, no rings allowed.
Restrictions: Must sustain evil alignment for optimal performance.
Summary of Skills: drain, regenerate, natural resistance to magic.

Benefits from Stats

Suggested prime requisites are in magenta.

• Constitution: As mentioned above, liches do not work on any mana. Thus, CON is the main controller of how much you will be able to cast since you are limited to how much HP you have.
• Intellect: Dictates how long your stun spell will last. For liches, 18-21 INT will give you a 2 cast stun cycle (stun, cast, cast). 22-24 INT will yield a 3 cast stun cycle (stun, cast, cast, cast). 25+ INT will give you the ability to cast 4 times between stuns. It will also slightly helps with casting on monsters with more INT.
• Strength: Good for extra physical damage. Liches do not get a particularly good bonus for having this stat, but you will still deal more physical damage between casts with a bit of STR.
• Piety+Dexterity: Dexterity is a good booster for dodging, but should not be depended on because liches are not considered as agile fighters. Furthermore, liches does not have mana points, PTY is useless for them. Points should not be wasted on PTY at all.

Playable Races

• Suggested = *
• Natural Infravision = *

Barbarian, Cambion*, Dark-Elf*, Dwarf*, Elf*, Gnome, Goblin*, Half-Elf, Half-Giant, Half-Orc, Halfling, Human, Kataran*, Kobold, Minotaur, Ogre, Orc*, Seraph, Tiefling*, Troll*

Training Locations

• Levels 1-7
  • Highport: The Wizard's Eye guild on Market Street.
    Directions from Highport Clinic: e, s, w (x5), go gate. Once you are in Wizard's Eye, go through the outbuilding, east, and through the oak door. There are a few hidden exits you must go through (bookshelf, loose bricks). The training area is only accessible at *night* (type 'time' to check) and the mobs that spawn around the area are aggressive toward red aura.
  • Gnomebarrow: Through a hidden crystal door in the bottom of the Tinkerer Tower.
  • Oakspire: Hidden behind an illusionary wall in the library on the Llymenstra Platform.
  • Ruhrdan: Look for a hidden barrow outside the southeast gate.
• Levels 8+
  • Highport: in the graveyard outside the city, northeast section, hidden exit south.

Leveling Item Hints

• Level 7-8: Poison ivy, search in the grove of Druidwood.
• Level 8-9: Diseased rat's heart, dropped by giant rats in Highport sewers.
• Level 9-10: Stone of regeneration, dropped by Grimfang the Trollkin Gang Leader, in Drakken Port, hidden exit in the lake.
• Level 10-11: Demontome, dropped by Vernon Rit in the Wizards' Eye.
• Level 11-12: Weather chart, dropped by Ytha the Weatherman in Breakwater Point.
• Level 12-13: Book of dragonkind, dropped by Lot, The Prince of Dogs located in Dirth Hills.