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Glittering jewels encrust this leering skull as it floats up into the air on a swirling vortex of dust and shimmering magic. As a standard action with a range of 300 feet, a demilich can imprison the soul of a living creature within one of 10 special gems embedded in its skull.
Gems with souls trapped in them can be retrieved from a destroyed demilich, at which point they can either be crushed to release any souls within to their afterlife or used in the place of the usual material components to restore the soul and body with resurrection or true resurrection.
Although the abilities above are standard for a lich, you can create a more unusual lich by substituting any one of the following abilities for frightful presence, hand of the lich, Drain Soul Cage, or paralyzing touch.
Howl (Recharge 5–6). The demilich emits a bloodcurdling howl. Each creature within 30 feet of the demilich that can hear the howl must succeed on a DC 15 Constitution saving throw or drop to 0 hit points. On a successful save, the creature is frightened until the end of its next turn.
An awakened demilich has the full spellcasting abilities of the lich it was before, and gains Eschew Materials and Still Spell as bonus feats. Awakened liches keep their original lich Hit Dice, and any mental attributes that are higher than the demilich’s minimums.
25 paź 2024 · A demilich is a terrible creature that comes into being when a lich succumbs to decay after centuries of unlife. Its body crumbles to dust, with only its head remaining, encrusted with gemstones that are an outward manifestation of its lust for power.
Pathfinder facts. CR: 14; XP: 38,400; Size: Tiny; Type: Undead Initiative: +7; Senses: darkvision 60 ft., true seeing; AC: 25, touch 21, flat-footed 21 (+3 Dex, +1 ...
