The Birth of a Lich

Zachary Johnson · 2015-11-17T15:14:59

THE BIRTH OF A LICH: Lich - A dark sorcerer who has put their soul in a box or gem, killing themselves and going insane in the process. They are a walking corpse with all memories but they have few of the biological weaknesses of being a human, like they have infinite stamina. If they die then their body regenerates back at the soul-container, called a phylactery. Necromancy - Rising of corpses from the dead as slaves or soldiers. They work autonomously and follow the orders of whoever raised them. If the necromancer (person who raises corpses) is weak, however, then these corpses can break free and have sentience. They feel great pain and try to kill their master at all costs. As you will soon learn, I have quite the obession with necromancy and liches. D&D is the game of my dreams. However, there are extremely few games, books, movies, etc. that cover these subjects in detail. A few of them have a necromancer but he just consults with spirits, some filthy casual stuff. A few of them have a lich but there is nothing lich-like about them except their looks and immortality. My goal in life is to create a book, animation, and/or game of sorts to output my needs. The game/book would be about a boy with a really sucky life who turns to books for comfort. One day he finds a Necronomicon then "rips off a Carrie" if you've ever read Stephen King's book. He becomes a lich then exacts revenge on everyone. You are given the choices to do what you want, it's a full sandbox. You can stay human and just do whatever activities are available and never become evil, if you so wish. One of the primary game mechanics would be to switch between an RTS view and a first person view. The first person view is to control the lich/necromancer protagonist and the RTS view is to control the hoardes of corpses under your command. This is nothing but a dream as of this time. I am young, limited in options, and have little experience in coding. If I ever make it it'll be 15-30 years from now. I'll start off with a book then attempt to fund my game that way. I just want to see thoughts on it. Examples of raised corpses (art from Battle for Wesnoth): [attachment=29637:906013_100491473619545_4239684408141785022_o.jpg][attachment=29638:Untitled.png]

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Started by Ro'Sothian November 14, 2015 01:43 AM

10 comments, last by Ragnarokker 9 years, 1 month ago

wodinoneeye

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November 17, 2015 02:49 PM

Liches can have great job advancement potential. Werent the Nazgul in LoTR Liches ?

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Ragnarokker

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November 17, 2015 03:14 PM

Liches always have intruiged me.
If the ordinary boy does become a Lich he gets consumed in the evil and soon the boy realises his mistake and starts a journey within his consciousness in order to defeat the unspeakable evil which is committing all sorts of horrendous crimes.
The boy is forced is relive his worst memories and his Dreamscape in order to finally reach the evil and defeat it for the greater good and also a massive personality development by the end of the game.
If such a game existed then I would love it!

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