Baneliches were liches who served as clerics of Bane during their mortal lives.[1][3]
Personality[]
Baneliches looked and acted the same as others of their kind,[4] but they continued to worship Bane in undeath.[1]
Abilities[]
They shared the same immunities as regular liches, and wielded powers such as paralyzing attacks and the aura of fear they put forth.[1]
Baneliches retained most of their clerical powers from life, and continued to garner more power in undeath, achieving new heights every hundred years or so.[1]
History[]
A banelich circa the 14th century DR.
Dismayed by the number of his followers who were slain by agents of good, Bane took direct action beginning in the time not long after his apotheosis. Every half century or so, Bane would reveal to his most powerful priest the method in which they could serve him for eternity as a banelich.[1]
Over the centuries, about 35 of his priests underwent the process to become a Banelich. Only ten of them were accurately identified by others in the Realms.[1]
Most baneliches were destroyed in the Year of the Tankard, 1370 DR, when followers of Iyachtu Xvim released the Tyrantfog across northern and central Faerûn. Those that survived carried on with the plots and plans they had developed.[5][1]
Notable Baneliches[]
- Stallac Benadi: This fervent priest served Bane as his first High Imperceptor during the 9th century DR[6][7]
- Algashon Nathaire the First Interpreter for Cult of the Dragon in the Year of Lightning Storms, 1374 DR[8]
Appendix[]
See Also[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Ruins of Zhentil Keep
- Novels
- Finder's Bane
- Referenced only
- Tymora's Luck
- Video Games
- Neverwinter Nights: Tyrants of the Moonsea
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 James Wyatt, Rob Heinsoo (February 2001). Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn. Edited by Duane Maxwell. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 90. ISBN 0-7869-1832-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual v.3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 166–168. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kevin Melka, John Terra (March 1995). “Monstrous Compendium”. In Julia Martin ed. Ruins of Zhentil Keep (TSR, Inc.), p. 2. ISBN 0-7869-0109-8.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 James Wyatt, Rob Heinsoo (February 2001). Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn. Edited by Duane Maxwell. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 89. ISBN 0-7869-1832-2.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend, Sean K. Reynolds and Eric L. Boyd (June 2000). Cloak & Dagger. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 16. ISBN 0-7869-1627-3.
- ↑ Kevin Melka, John Terra (March 1995). “Campaign Book”. In Julia Martin ed. Ruins of Zhentil Keep (TSR, Inc.), p. 126. ISBN 0-7869-0109-8.
- ↑ Kevin Melka, John Terra (March 1995). “Adventure Book”. In David Wise ed. Ruins of Zhentil Keep (TSR, Inc.), p. 23. ISBN 0-7869-0109-8.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. Edited by Beth Griese, Cindi Rice, Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 54. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.