#dracolich
The Dracolich is a loathsome beast, combining the awesome power of a dragon with the necromantic blasphemy of a lich.
It first appeared in the 1979 White Plume Mountain adventure.
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Finally got around to making demon form designs for Cas’ reversed and somewhat reversed ends. Fleshier dragon = LESS SAD (tbh not sad at all just thriving)
Infodumping under the cut veeheehee
Ok so i have like three different reversed “ends” for Cas/Valdemar, two of which include Cas going FULL LIZARDO MODE and i think it’s tremendously sexy of her.
1st dragon is Castor’s demon form after taking Valdemar up on their offers to make her a bit sturdier and more long-lasting. Overall its not really a reversed scenario? The fiends are thriving, Cas is still mostly herself, just a bit more ruthless and short with people. Typical demon stuff. Similar to Valdemar, she exudes a suffocating aura, severely dampening the fire element; her breath is a current of magical energy, but she mostly depends on her casting skills and overpowering foes physically/using her suffocating presence.
The Lich-wyrm is the worst outcome for Cas, being the final stage of her transformation in Julian’s/my fan Valdemar route reversed ends. She rejects Val’s deals and they take the matters into their own hands, unwilling to let Cas get old and die on them; They cause the Conjunction and reign as an eldritch god over the merged realms, which doesnt go over well with Castor. She becomes hellbent on destroying her evil ex and much like Jules, begins to transform into her patron arcanas reversed form. She disposes of everyone and everything in her way indiscriminately, and after finally tearing Valdemar asunder her transformation accelerates - in the end Cas is little more than a frenzied, burned out version of the Knight of Swords. She (or rather IT at that point) scourges the realm until the charred body disintegrates completely.
(3rd reversed end doesnt include dragons, but plague zombies which is also good imo. Valdemar manages to turn Cas into an undead thrall before Asra can joink her plagued bod. Shes basically like the “ok honey” meme. Very resigned with zero free will, forced to serve as Valdemars toy soldier)
this is a super old headshot that i made while designing my KoS pictures, its an early stage of Cas transforming into the skelly dragon:
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Two universal constants of high fantasy living:
- If something falls into ruin a necromancer will move in 100% of the time
- There is a critical mass of gold that will summon a dragon. If you keep accurate records and stay below it you’ll be fine
I’m sorry, sir, if you don’t renovate your summer keep and live in it at least one month out of the year, we’ll have to charge you with Negligent Dungeonization of Property. The old cellar laboratory might have belonged to your uncle, but if you aren’t going to use it, something will.
The players are a squad of government investigators, trying to prevent monsters from claiming new habitat. It’s mainly negotiation but sometimes people have an interest in attracting dangerous entities for their own purposes.
I love this so much!! GIVE ME DUNGEONS WITH BACKSTORIES
Heck but I’d play that idea though
Reverse embezzlement.
Evil accountants, hired by people who hate you surreptitiously addinggold to your treasure rooms, increasing your wealth incrementally, until the day the Dragon Event Horizon is passed and you’re ruined.
The group hired to stop the evil accountants are called Robin Hoods. They’re oftentimes nearlytoo late and end up having to pull some elaborate heist to distribute the gold over a wide enough geographical area that the dragon looses the scent
“Gods damn thee, Hardison!”
Let a building fall into ruin, but every year, go back there and add a bunch of gold
If you get it just right, the Dragon Event Horizon will be reached at the same time as the necromancer moves in, and then you get to sit back, eat popcorn, and take notes on what happens so you can write an article and get published in Mad Artificer Weekly
AGAFHDJFJFJJFF I WAS SUMMONED FOR THE LEVERAGE REFERENCE BUT IM STAYING FOR THE DRAGON EVENT HORIZON NECROMANCER MOVING DAY SHOWDOWN
Do you want dracoliches? Because that’s how you get dracoliches.
Darkvision 4/25 - Dracolich
One of those late game threats for high-level PCs that’s basically the developers glueing two slightly weaker enemies together. But it’s badass, so whatever.
#illustration #printmaking #dragon #dracolich #dungeonsanddragons #gameart #rpg #monster #zombie #bodyhorror #screenprint
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