Lich

Stat block

Cha

16

Con

16

Dex

16

Int

20

Str

11

Wis

14

Speed

30 ft.

Senses

truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 19

Skills

Arcana +18, History +12, Insight +9, Perception +9

Actions

• 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.

Languages

Common plus up to five other languages

Saving throws

CON +10, INT +12, WIS +9

Damage immunities

poison, bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons

Legendary actions

• Legendary Actions. The lich can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. It 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 21 (6d6) necrotic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

Special abilities

• 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 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.

Damage resistances

cold, lightning, necrotic

Condition immunities

Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened, Paralyzed, Poisoned