Dungeons & Delvers: Red Book Liches

In Dungeons & Dragons, liches are basically undead wizards that are incredibly difficult to kill due to their phylactery, which is an item or device that contains the lich’s soul: as long as it’s intact, the lich will just keep coming back. Since smart liches (which are basically all of them by virtue of being […]

Wandering Monsters: The Ancient Dead

Wandering Monsters continues its undead theme, this time with mummies and liches. MUMMIES Right off the bat I am not liking that they serve as guardians of eeevil. What if someone volunteers? What if an entire culture is actually okay with this? What if being turned into a mummy to protect something (or someone) is […]