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Necromancers, Liches
and Undead Champions

New Monsters

by Dewayne Agin

Necromancers, Liches and Undead Champions: these three monsters are all related. Necromancers are the practitioners of the dark spellcasting art of Necromancy. Necromancy concerns spellcasting on the dead, or using the life force of the living to cast spells. Necromancers use spells to create Undead, and are often found using their powers to create Undead Chaos forces. Necromancers often use the life force of living victims to gain power to cast their spells, and when they are through with draining the life force of their victim, often convert it to an Undead creature.

    Necromancers can use any of the Chaos Spells found in the basic game set. I have included a set of four new Necromancer spells. Two of these were adapted from Advanced HeroQuest spells I found on the Internet, and two are my own. Click here to download the 20k ZIP file.

    Liches are powerful Undead creatures, brought to life by dark spells. Usually they are Sorcerers or Necromancers who use their magic to preserve their life in an Undead state. Liches retain their intelligence, unlike other Undead creatures. They have the ability to think and cast spells like regular Sorcerers. Like regular Necromancers, Liches can use any Chaos spells. Liches are Fearsome Monsters (see Beefing Up Monsters - Part 1, Alchemist's Bench #2). Their loathsome presence causes fear and disgust in all that see them.

    Finally, Undead Champions are powerful, dead Chaos Warriors, brought back to life by a Necromancer to serve him. Undead Champions are not spellcasters like Liches and cannot cast any spells. They are extremely faithful to the Sorcerer that raised them, and will serve them faithfully. Like Liches, Undead Champions are Fearsome Monsters.

None of these three monsters have any given statistics. These are special monsters, like the Chaos Warlock, and their stats will differ each time they are used.

MINIATURES

The cheapest way to play a Necromancer is to use the Chaos Warlock figure that came with the game. The Lich can be played with the Chaos Warlock or a Mummy figure. The Undead Champion can be played with the Chaos Warrior figure. If you wish to use different figures, here are some that I found on the web:
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