SRD 5.1 SRD 5.1 (current printing)
SRD 5.2 SRD 5.2.1Lich
Medium Undead, Any Evil Alignment
Armor Class 17 (natural)
Hit Points 135 (18d8 + 54)
Speed 30 ft.
| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| () | () | () | () | () | () |
- Saving Throws
- , ,
- Skills
- , , ,
- Damage Immunities
- Poison
- Condition Immunities
- Charmed, Frightened, Paralyzed, Poisoned, Exhaustion
- Senses
- truesight 120 ft., passive perception 19
- Languages
- Common plus up to five other languages
- Challenge
- 21 (33,000 XP)
Traits
Legendary Resistance.
If the lich fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead.
Rejuvenation.
If it has a phylactery, a destroyed lich gains a new body in days, regaining all its hit points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the phylactery.
The lich is an 18th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 20, to hit with spell attacks). The lich has the following wizard spells prepared:
- Cantrips (at will): mage hand, prestidigitation, ray of frost
- 1st level (4 slots): detect magic, magic missile, shield, thunderwave
- 2nd level (3 slots): acid arrow, detect thoughts, invisibility, mirror image
- 3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell, dispel magic, fireball
- 4th level (3 slots): blight, dimension door
- 5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, scrying
- 6th level (1 slot): disintegrate, globe of invulnerability
- 7th level (1 slot): finger of death, plane shift
- 8th level (1 slot): dominate monster, power word stun
- 9th level (1 slot): power word kill
Turn Resistance.
The lich has advantage on saving throws against any effect that turns undead.
Actions
Melee Spell Attack: to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: . The target must succeed on a DC 18 Constitution saving throw or be paralyzed for 1 minute. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Legendary Actions
3 Legendary Actions Lich can take 3 Legendary Actions, choosing from the options below. Only one Legendary Action option can be used at a time, and only at the end of another creature's turn. Lich regains spent Legendary Actions at the start of its turn.
Cantrip.
The lich casts a cantrip.
Paralyzing Touch (Costs 2 Actions).
The lich uses its Paralyzing Touch.
Frightening Gaze (Costs 2 Actions).
The lich fixes its gaze on one creature it can see within 10 feet of it. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw against this magic or become frightened for 1 minute. The frightened target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a target's saving throw is successful or the effect ends for it, the target is immune to the lich's gaze for the next 24 hours.
Disrupt Life (Costs 3 Actions).
Each living creature within 20 feet of the lich must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw against this magic, taking on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
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