Dracolich

Template:Infobox Greyhawk creature More than a powerful form of undead, a dracolich is a dragon who has voluntarily tied its soul to a phylactery, freeing itself from death. A type of lich, the creature's spirit can possess any dead reptilian body, usually their original form, and retain all the powers and abilities of the former body. That means a dracolich has the supernatural fear aura, spells, and breath weapon it had in life, plus the terrible might of the undead.

Appearance

Any type of dragon can be transformed into a dracolich. Most retain the same general appearance they possessed in life, but their eyes appear as glowing sparks within shadowy sockets. Other dracoliches are only skeletons, or mostly skeletons.

Named dracoliches

• Ampathzeredes, who sought to become the Heir of Vecna
• Dragotha, an associate of Kyuss.
• Vittris Bale, who was created by spell weavers to guard the soul pillars of Kurran-Kural.

Bibliography

• Collins, Andy, Skip Williams, and James Wyatt. Draconomicon. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2003.

• Cordell, Bruce R. Dragotha's Lair. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999 and 2001. Available online:[1]
• -----. Return to White Plume Mountain. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.

• Cordell, Bruce, Ari Marmell, and Robert J. Schwalb. Draconomicon: Chromatic Dragons. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2008.

• Decker, Jesse. "Secrets of the Soul Pillars." Dungeon #109. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2004.

• Schick, Lawrence. White Plume Mountain. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.

• Simpson, Bill. "Lords & Legends: Dragotha." Dragon #134. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1988.

• Stark, Ed, Chris Thomasson, Ari Marmell, Rhiannon Louve, and Gary Astleford. Complete Champion. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2007.

• Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.

• Wiese, Robert. "Outside the Mountain." Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006. Available online:[2]

  Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Dracolich	Monster		Into White Plume (RPGA) (High Level Version), D&D 3.5e	4, 5, 6, 13, 45
Dracolich	Monster		Into White Plume (RPGA) (Low Level Version), D&D 3.5e	3
Dracolich	Monster		Draconomicon, The Book of Dragons, D&D 3.5e	146-149
Dracolich	Monster		Dragotha's Lair (RPGA Tournament Module)	2, 4
Dracolich	Monster		Dragon magazine #293	91
Dracolich	Monster		Dragon magazine #344	84-90
Dracolich	Monster		Dragon magazine #344W	2
Dracolich	Monster		Dungeon magazine #077	37
Dracolich	Monster		MC3 - Monstrous Compendium - Forgotten Realms Appendix 1	Insert (Dracolich)
Dracolich	Monster		Monstrous Manual, AD&D 2e	61, 62
Dracolich	Monster		Monstrous Manual, AD&D 2e (Premium Edition)	61, 62
Dracolich	Monster		Monster Manual 1, D&D 4e (Deluxe Edition)	72, 73
Dracolich	Monster		Outside the Mountain, D&D 3.5e	1, 2, 4-6
Dracolich	Monster		Return to White Plume Mountain	2, 8, 15, 42
Dracolich	Monster		S1-4 Realms of Horror, Illustration Booklet	#2-1
Dracolich	Monster		White Plume Mountain (Revised), D&D 3.5e	5
Dracolich	Monster		S2 White Plume Mountain {Expanded} (4th+ printing), AD&D 1e	3
Dracolich	Monster		LT3 The Doomgrinder	11, 45