Elder Lich
An intelligent undead mage born when negative life inhabits the corpse of an evil magic caster; a middle stage in Ainz's racial lineage.
- As a monster it is level 22; a platinum-rank adventurer team would struggle somewhat, while a mithril-rank team has a good chance.
- Appearance: withered bones with a bit of rotting skin, wrapped in a lavish but old robe, holding a twisted staff, with intelligence far beyond an ordinary person's.
- Has complete cold and electricity resistance and darkvision, but cannot see through obscuring conditions like mist.
- In YGGDRASIL one can switch to this race with a "Book of the Dead" (Web novel comment reply: Skeleton Mage level 10+ with a Book of the Dead, or magic class level 30+ with specific books after completing an event).
- Ainz's races: Skeleton Mage (starting undead race) 15 → Elder Lich 10 → … → Overlord.
- In the New World, individuals surpassing Elder Liches are called "Night Liches" and can use 6th-tier magic (side story The Vampire Princess of the Lost Country).
- Elder Liches (level 22) are stationed in the catacombs of Nazarick's 1st–3rd floors; after the Sorcerer Kingdom's founding, Elder Liches handle administrative work (Vol. 10)
Notes
The Web novel called it a "Lich"; the light novels changed it to Elder Lich, which sources speculate was for copyright reasons.
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