Topic: If you could be anything from the fantasy genre, what would you be?
henn !ksfzGo9XsI started this discussion 15 years ago #5,908
I'd be a lich.
> In modern fantasy fiction, a lich (play /ˈlɪtʃ/;[1] sometimes spelled liche, cognate to German Leiche "corpse") is a type of undead creature. Often such a creature is the result of a transformation, as a powerful magician or king striving for eternal life uses spells or rituals to bind his intellect to his animated corpse and thereby achieve a form of immortality. Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous, their bodies desiccated or even completely skeletal. Liches are often depicted as holding power over hordes of lesser undead creatures, using them as their soldiers and servants, and thus are a threat both individually and as leaders of belligerent forces.
> A lich should not be confused with a zombie. While both are reanimated corpses, the difference lies in their intellect. Whereas a zombie is often depicted as mindless and/or under the control of some magician, a lich retains its independent thought and is as intelligent as a living human - and often, far more so. In some works of fiction, liches can be distinguished from other undead by their phylactery - an item of the Lich's choosing into which they imbue their soul, giving them immortality until said phylactery is destroyed.
> Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's "Empire of the Necromancers", had used lich as a general term for any corpse, animated or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy role-playing games. The more recent use of the term lich for a specific type of undead creature originates from the 1977 Monster Manual for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game by Gary Gygax.
> In modern fantasy fiction, a lich (play /ˈlɪtʃ/;[1] sometimes spelled liche, cognate to German Leiche "corpse") is a type of undead creature. Often such a creature is the result of a transformation, as a powerful magician or king striving for eternal life uses spells or rituals to bind his intellect to his animated corpse and thereby achieve a form of immortality. Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous, their bodies desiccated or even completely skeletal. Liches are often depicted as holding power over hordes of lesser undead creatures, using them as their soldiers and servants, and thus are a threat both individually and as leaders of belligerent forces.
> A lich should not be confused with a zombie. While both are reanimated corpses, the difference lies in their intellect. Whereas a zombie is often depicted as mindless and/or under the control of some magician, a lich retains its independent thought and is as intelligent as a living human - and often, far more so. In some works of fiction, liches can be distinguished from other undead by their phylactery - an item of the Lich's choosing into which they imbue their soul, giving them immortality until said phylactery is destroyed.
> Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's "Empire of the Necromancers", had used lich as a general term for any corpse, animated or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy role-playing games. The more recent use of the term lich for a specific type of undead creature originates from the 1977 Monster Manual for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game by Gary Gygax.
Green joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 18 minutes later[^] [v] #102,479
Star Trek.
Auschwitz !b.8nkuAfGw joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 8 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #102,482
shade, particularly from the planesape torment campaigns.
They follow the guilty endlessly, until they can manage to slaughter them, before moving onto another target.
They follow the guilty endlessly, until they can manage to slaughter them, before moving onto another target.
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Cthulhu obviously.(Edited 23 seconds later.)
Broseph !!fxnDb+Ve4 joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #102,487
A warlock vatican assassin
✄----- !ZSNgHQb5Ig replied with this 15 years ago, 2 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #102,488
Actually maybe Godzilla, I am undecided.Fuchs !!4KU9PSdLG joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 6 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #102,724
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 3 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #103,028
A knight of Gondor.
Captain SquaЯeD³ :3 !L.....AlN. joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 26 seconds later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #103,029
master cheif
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 5 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^] [v] #103,040
An elf archer/mage.
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a carebear
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henn !ksfzGo9XsI (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 18 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #103,050
totoforhire !!Phkn/3Gic joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 15 minutes later, 11 hours after the original post[^] [v] #103,055
I'd be a shapeshifter.
Trip !SHjzCSZsqE joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 14 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^] [v] #103,063
A doppleganger.