Monastic lich

Monastic lich Picture Level 27 Family lich family creatures Body Type Biped Undead Yes (corporeal) Areas Found The Monastery BCS <Not Known> HP <Not Known> Armor [?]

Attack Attributes Physical Attacks Use the Creature ability template here {{{physical}}}. Bolt Attacks Major Cold (907) +128 to 143 AS Warding Attacks Use the Creature ability template here {{{warding}}}. Maneuver Attacks Use the Creature ability template here {{{maneuver}}}. Offensive Spells & Abilities Use the Creature ability template here {{{ability}}}.

Defense Attributes Melee <N/A> DS Ranged <N/A> DS Bolt <N/A> DS Bard Base <N/A> TD Ranger Base <N/A> TD Sorcerer Base +120 TD Wizard Base <N/A> TD Cleric Base <N/A> TD Empath Base <N/A> TD Paladin Base <N/A> TD Major Elemental <N/A> TD Minor Elemental <N/A> TD Major Spiritual <N/A> TD Minor Spiritual <N/A> TD Major Mental <N/A> TD Minor Mental <N/A> TD Defensive Spells & Abilities Spirit Warding I (101) Spirit Shield (202) Bravery (211) Prayer of Protection (303) Thurfel's Ward (503) Prismatic Guard (905)

Treasure Attributes Coins Yes Gems Yes Magic Items Yes Boxes Yes Skin None Other ?

Garbed in the tattered finery of his lost faith, this monastic lich is a decomposing humanoid of indiscernable heritage. Standing as high as a human, his distinguishing features have skin wrapped about a thin skeletal frame. Held together by nothing more than smouldering malice and some long forgotten curse, the monastic lich's flesh falls off in stinking bits as he shudders in agonizing ecstasy. In the center of his chest is a ragged hole, as if his heart had been ripped from its body.

Hunting strategies

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Other information

Monastic liches have the ability to summon ki-lin when they are under duress. Sheruvian monks also have this ability.

A lich enters, muttering to itself.

A monastic lich gestures arcanely. Suddenly, a rift appears in the air in front of you! Snorting and stamping, a lich thunders through the rift into the room! The ki-lin's horn glows brightly for a moment.

A ki-lin directs its pent-up magical energies at [name]!
CS: +84 - TD: +99 + CvA: +12 + d100: +97 - -5 == +99
Warded off!

The ki-lin looks a little dubious about its situation. The ki-lin gallops down.

(Note: Typo was in the original, not a copying error.)

Behind The Scenes

The "long forgotten curse" was the Ritual of Black Eternity, a Level 30 Evil Cleric spell they should not have been powerful enough to cast. The spectral monks are probably the ones who failed the ritual. Monastic liches were exceedingly rare in Rolemaster, because monks were what we would call semi-arms Elemental users, making necromancy far outside their realm of expertise. It is one of the numerous supposedly "impossible" aspects of The Broken Lands. These used to be monks of Kai, who guarded the hidden portal, fighting the hooded figures.

References

• Monastic lich on Play.net bestiary

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