| Can someone tell me what the differences between the "Lich" and "Lich, Good" templates are? Also, is the Lich, Good essentially the same as the Baelnorn in concept?
I think Lich, Good is in Monsters of Faerûn (3.0, so compare it to 3.0 Lich if they're similar), but my Faerûnian Sourcebook Guy is out of town for a couple of weeks.
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sorry this was an entirely unhelpful reply.
Basically they are the exact reverse of Undead. They arent alive, but their spirits have remained with their bodies for some higher purpose, and are powered by Postive Energy (not Negative Energy like undead). They are holy creatures. In Eberron the Elvish religion is based around em.
This is a much better "Good Lich" then the Lich, Good template in Monsters of Faerun.
Also, there are only a few (published) ways to have a Deathless, and I'm investing the possibility of an undead-ish caster PC or NPC in a good-centric game.
I will keep them in mind as an option :0
The "Lich, Good" template was designed long before the Deathless had been designed, and was just an attempt to justify good-aligned characters who are powered by negative energy. It's still pretty silly.
The Deathless are what the FR Good Liches should have been, and the Deathless should be used in their place. Baelnorns, for instance, just about exactly fit the definition and concept of Deathless.
Got any? :p
At one point, I examined the generic Deathless warrior from the Eberron campaign setting book, and determined it to have a Level Adjustment of about +3. Never really looked at the casters, since they have much higher CR/HD to begin with.
Failing any of the above, I'd just require the same kinds of things as the Lich, but with the Good-aligned flavor and purpose.
I was glancing at the lich and thinking of rewriting something similar with good abilities substituted for evil abilities and so forth.
For instance, trade the paralyzing touch for say a ravage, so that it only affects evil creatures.
I'll have to check the Eberron books later on.
I'll have to take a peek.
It may not be my decision to substitute something else, so I'd like to at least have that template (or, again, the differences between it and the regular Lich template) handy if necessary.
I highly recommend going for Create Deathless instead, or modify the process and available abilities to reflect positive energy rather than negative energy.
I just wanted to take a gander at the template to see if there actually were some differences other than the name. :p
Probably a +5 level adjustment.