Editing Lich (section)

===Psionic Lich===
Also known as ''Mentalist Liches'' or ''psiliches'', these were introduced in [[Ravenloft]], getting both their own dedicated segment in [[Van Richten's Guide]] to the Lich and a dedicated monster writeup at its end, both of which were repeated in Van Richten's Monster Hunters' Compendium Volume 2, and with the monster writeup being repeated in the 3rd Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix.

Basically, these are as close to a standard lich as you can get when you're replacing the arcane magic with [[psionics]]. One of the biggest changes is that transforming into a psionic lich leaves the mentalist very vulnerable, as they must steadily "divorce" their psionic abilities from their own body and seal them into the phylactery, rendering them unable to use those powers until and unless they successfully complete the transition into undeath.
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