noun
- an undead creature in fantasy literature and games, typically a powerful wizard or sorcerer who has achieved immortality through dark magic
Usage: fantasy; gaming
Examples
- The lich commanded an army of skeletal warriors.
- Players must defeat the ancient lich to complete the quest.
- The wizard’s transformation into a lich cost him his humanity.
- The lich’s phylactery contained his soul and granted him immortality.
- In the dungeon’s depths lurked a powerful lich king.
- The party prepared special weapons to battle the undead lich.