%% ```statblock monster: Lich ``` %% *Medium undead, any evil alignment* **Armor Class** 17 (natural armor) **Hit Points** 135 (18d8+54) **Speed** 30 ft. | STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA | |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------| | 11 (+0) | 16 (+3) | 16 (+3) | 20 (+5) | 14 (+2) | 16 (+3) | **Saving Throws** Con +10, Int +12, Wis +9 **Skills** Arcana +19, History +12, Insight +9, Perception +9 **Damage Resistances** cold, lightning, necrotic **Damage Immunities** poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks **Condition Immunities** charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned **Senses** truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 19 **Languages** Common plus up to five other languages **Challenge** 21 (33,000 XP) ***Legendary Resistance (3/Day)***. 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 1d10 days, regaining all its hit points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the phylactery. ***Spellcasting***. The lich is an 18th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 20, +12 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. ***Paralyzing Touch***. *Melee Spell Attack:* +12 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. *Hit:* 10 (3d6) cold damage. 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. The 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. The 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 non-undead creature within 20 feet of the lich must make a DC 18 Constitution saving throw against this magic, taking 21 (6d6) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.