Tag Archives: lich

#Dungeon23 Garih Duzuli Week 14

Posted on 10 April 2023 by jameseck

In the thirteenth week of Dungeon23, we went over the bottom half of the West Tower. This week we see the master if the tower and his pets before proceeding to the South Hall deeper past the Grand Market.

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Corrupted Thew (AD&D Monster)

Posted on 2 April 2023 by jameseck

Also known as a Thane of Xylak (the Consuming Disease), a corrupted thew is very much like a lich, but a dwarven cleric/fighter corrupted by disease in such a way that only a dwarf of considerable constitution could reliably survive … Continue reading →

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Haven: Fighting Bugbears in the Liberal Arts Building

Posted on 25 November 2020 by jameseck

At the tournament, Union of Schek competitors told of undead being active on the great road near the old elven college. They implied that the lich known to inhabit the college is becoming more active, so a band of adventurers … Continue reading →

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Primordial Frontier S26: Ancient Wyrm

Posted on 29 April 2020 by jameseck

With the Estrei dungeon delvers slain, the party has opened complex doors to find a pit descending deep into the temple. Rathdar takes bat form and descends to explore the area, finding a large chamber and motionless humanoid figure on … Continue reading →

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Haven: The College Observatory and Biosphere Command

Posted on 11 March 2020 by jameseck

Note: I’m woefully behind, this report covers two sessions, since the second was a direct follow on of the first. Thursday, February 25nd, with the rest of the party returning to Citadel to recover, Rovert and his growing retinue linger … Continue reading →

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Gregor’s Last Redoubt

Posted on 2 February 2017 by jameseck

The ancient structure squatted over the deep crag in the earth known as the Scar, still in remarkably good repair for being abandoned the 200 years since the Plague War. It seemed some other forced had moved in, as undead … Continue reading →

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Character Thursday-Mika Daktu (Kobold Sniper/Rogue)

Posted on 7 November 2013 by jameseck

Mika Daktu is a PC with her origins in the Skeleton Wood. She is a rogue, built to be a sniper with a heavy bow for her strength. Backstory Mika Daktu was hatched to refugee kobolds who had recently lost … Continue reading →

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Why the Undead?

Posted on 18 October 2013 by jameseck

So far in this blog there have been basically three types of Monsters posted: Humanoids, Giant Animals, and The Undead.  With the undead finally running dry it’s time to move on to some new categories, but first, an overarching discussion … Continue reading →

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Ability Tuesday-Release Undead

Posted on 15 October 2013 by jameseck

Release Undead is an ability that allows the user to free the victims of necromancy from their undead state.  In the case of animated dead, it releases the body from the necromancer’s control, never to be animated again.  In the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Spell-Detect Phylactery

Posted on 21 September 2013 by jameseck

I didn’t realize how much this spell fits with yesterday’s unbeatable lich.  I originally planned it with intention of use to find a phylactery (or soul jar) after defeating a lich in order to destroy him permanently.  However, it can also … Continue reading →

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