Runecarved Lich

60 feet. DC 38 will A creature that first enters the area must attempt a Will save. Regardless of the result of the saving throw, the creature is temporarily immune to this monster's Frightful Presence for 1 minute. Critical Success The creature is unaffected by the presence. Success The creature is Frightened 1. Failure The creature is Frightened 2. Critical Failure The creature is Frightened 4.

When a lich is destroyed, its soul immediately transfers to its Soul Cage . A lich can be permanently destroyed only if its soul cage is found and destroyed.

Requirements The runecarved lich has fewer than three spells stored in its spell tome

The lich expends a spell slot of the same rank as the spell being cast to counter the triggering creature's casting. The runecarved lich loses their spell slot as if they'd cast the triggering spell. The lich then attempts to counteract the triggering spell (counteract modifier +35). If successful, the spell is countered and added to the runecarved lich's spell tome.

The runecarved lich can store items inside its body, as detailed below. The lich can Interact to remove or store an item. If the lich's body is destroyed, any stored items appear among their bones. • Arm Wands (extradimensional) The runecarved lich can store up to two wands in the radius and ulna of one of their arms. These wands can be used as if wielded, and they can't be disarmed. If an arm wand is overcharged, the lich takes 20 untyped damage if the wand is broken or 40 untyped if it's destroyed. • Spell Tome A runecarved lich has a carefully crafted tome, filled with magical power, placed inside their ribcage. This tome can hold up to three spells stolen by the Spellstealing Counter ability. • Stored Weapon (extradimensional)The lich can store a single one-handed weapon of 1 Bulk or less, linked to special runes carved into the bones of one of the lich's arms. This runecarved lich has the battle axe listed in its items, but a different individual might have a different weapon. A weapon the lich wields deals additional damage equal to half the number of dice from its hand attack.

A creature with void healing draws health from void energy rather than vitality energy. It is damaged by vitality damage and is not healed by vitality healing effects. It does not take void damage, and it is healed by void effects that heal undead.

Frequency once per day Effect The runecarved lich causes the pages of their spell tome to flip open, revealing an occult spell of 9th rank or lower of their choice. For the remainder of the day, the lich can cast that spell as if it were one of their spells known for every level from its base level up to 9th.

The lich draws upon the magic stored in their spell tome to cast one of the spells they've countered. This spell is the same level as the one countered, but it uses the runecarved lich's spell DC and spell attack. Casting a spell in this way removes it from the spell tome.

If a reaction would disrupt the runecarved lich's spellcasting action, the lich attempts a DC 15 flat. On a success, the action isn't disrupted.

Requirements The lich has a stored weapon in its arm and has that hand free

The runecarved lich summons its stored weapon into that arm's hand.