The more recent use of the term lich for a specific type of undead creature originates from the 1976 Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game booklet Greyhawk, written by Gary Gygax and Rob Kuntz. Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's ' The Empire of the Necromancers' ( 1932), had used lich as a general term for any corpse, animated or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy role-playing games. In fantasy fiction, a lich ( / ˈ l ɪ tʃ/ from the Old English līċ, meaning 'corpse') is a type of undead creature. Light that reflects off you is altered to create the image, but you are in no way protected from it.A lich from the game The Battle for Wesnoth I see it more as a kind of illusion that creates an incredibly advanced image around you that, no matter from what angle you look at it, makes it seem like you aren't there. If that were the case, you wouldn't be able to see anything. But that's more of a traditional astronaut situation.Invisibility isn't as simple as 'block all the light', though. Think they used Bottle of Air to provide atmosphere inside their metal ship and cast spells to create food and water while using Sending to connect to mission control on land. Isn't there a 3.5 psionic prestige class that makes you incorporeal by default as a capstone?Įdit: I also remember coming across a Pathfinder module that dealt with space aliens and elvish austronauts. Probably a fifth edition build, he seems to be able to substitute strength for charisma on many of his checks.Īlso, is there a class with the ability to steer threads way off topic? I think I know someone with a level in that class.Īnother good question: would Invisibility protect you against space radiation ? If visible spectrum EM radiation passes through an invisible character without having any noticeable effect (else he wouldn't be invisible), why wouldn't it do the same for x rays and other forms of radiation?Īlso now that I think about it, being a ghost or otherwise incorporeal would be great for space travel. I think Arnold Schwarzenegger may be a bard. You can make a badass expert with a good array and the right feats, sure, but they're still people who are among the best in two separate fields, like military surgeons who can operate while returning fire, or world famous bodybuilders turned world famous actors turned world famous politicians. The kind of activities you'd prefer to send a warrior with a camera to do. His spell list includes guidance, command and cause fear, so he's probably fourth level with at least a +2 wisdom modifier.) My idea was mostly that astronauts are highly intelligent and skilled specialists, but also have to battle huge G-forces, be in space without constantly vomiting, wear the effects of weightlessness etc. At least in the western world most people can probably be modeled best as an expert. Operating by hand is a seriously stressful job, that requires the ability to concentrate for hours, make extremely precise movements, recalibrate a ten-hour surgery on the fly (people are different, for some reason), and you need a ton of medical and technical knowledge.O yeah, surgeons are definitely experts, as are world famous physicists and most other non-combat professions.

If astronauts are Experts, I'd put (specialist) surgeons in there, too. Most of the bonuses are going to be from using a 12/12/14/16/14/14 array or similar, and then 10 skill points on top of that (6 expert, 1 human, 3 int) will do the rest. That could cause some very weird issues, including having the bowl crack/shatter as it boils when exposed to the sun. For the fishbowl to work though, you'd have to make sure you keep it warm enough that the atmosphere inside doesn't eventually liquify. Won't really get all that warm, at least compared to something a lot darker. Now in theory you could have some place so deep it could be an issue, but since bones at the deepest part of the ocean are not crushed I don't think the Lich has much to worry about.Īs to space, Since his bones are white I can see the lich reflecting most of the ambient light much the same way the surface of the moon does. Otherwise since we are mostly water we equalize. Unless you have nitrogen in your blood system you don't need to worry about how deep you go or how quickly you go down/up.įor humans the biggest issue is if the water pressure exceeds the pressure in their tanks.

The real problem going deep only affect beings that have a circulatory system. Pressure wouldn't affect his bones due to their construction. For how deep underwater a lich can go, I'd say all the way down.

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