<style> .phb#p1:after { display:none; } </style> <img src='https://www.wallpaperflare.com/static/478/222/482/fantasy-art-artwork-lich-fantasy-wallpaper-preview.jpg' class='cover-image' /> <div class='cover-diamond'></div> <div class='cover-header'>The Lich's Library</div> <div class='cover-splotch'></div> <div class='cover-footer'>A list of books which might be found in a Lich's Library, for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons</div> \pagebreak <div class='wide' style="text-align: center" id="top"> | Number | Book | Effect if any | |:---:|:-----------:|:-----------:| | 1 | 1 Lich, 2 Lich, Dead Lich, New Lich | | 2 | 101 Blonde Jokes | And there's only 96, but nobody can find the missing numbers. It's very confusing... DC15 WIS save or lose 1 INT | 3 | "101 Fun and Practical Things To Do With a Paladin" | DC 20 Wis Sav or Alignment moves 1 degree towards CN | 4 | 101 Unconventional (But Really Useful!) Uses For Mage Hand | | 5 | 50 Shades of Fae | | 6 | 50 Shades of Sune | | 7 | 9/10ths Of The Law: A Guide To Possession | DC20 CHA immune to possession | 8 | A Beginner’s Guide to Necrophilia | | 9 | A brief history of time by Stephen Hawking | DC20 INT Add 1 spell slot. Level = d6+1 | 10 | A Brown Note book. | DC 25 CON (Makes any creature that open the book poop themselves.) | 11 | "A Guide to Long Term Investment Strategies, by Lazarus & Methusela." | "DC 20 STR Cash value of Loot drop of your choice is doubled; must tell DM before treasure is announced" | 12 | A history of the bloodwar, as told by the deva Aernonaxch | | 13 | A history of the Dead Three. | DC 20 WIS or alignment moves 1 towards evil | 14 | A La Recherches de Temps Perdu | | 15 | A lich and his bitch, a love story. But it’s mostly Stockholm syndrome love | | 16 | A song of ice giants and fire elementals | DC 30 INT resistance vs fire and cold | 17 | A treatise on multiversal theory: as it pertains to subatomic vibrations, and their relation to evocation and transmutation | DC 20 INT one magic item gains/loses +/-1 | 18 | "A treatise on the nature of the Weave from the Arcane University" | DC 20 INT one magic item gains/loses +/-1 | 19 | Advanced Transmutation of thin multi-weave materials - Mak Vang | DC 20 INT one magic item gains/loses +/-1 | 20 | Aerial Combat tactics - a treatise of combat with angelic allies | DC 12 INT advantage on initiative with vs flying creatures | 21 | Along came a Lolth | | 22 | Alpha Omega 1986 - a high school yearbook | Gain Inspiration | 23 | "An Elementary Primer on Planar Transpositions, Vol. 3" | DC 20 INT one rare magic item appears/disapears | 24 | An entire section of uncomfortable fetish porn | | 25 | An Illithids Guide to Humans | DC 12 INT +1 on saves vs Mind Flayers | 26 | An Immodest Proposal: The role of Beastshape in forelay | DC 10 CHA +1 CHA checks while polymorphed | 27 | Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical, Anatomy of the Humanoid Body | DC 10 INT to gain prof. on Medicine checks | 28 | Another entire section of a different uncomfortable fetish porn | | 29 | Antagonizing Angels: A list of every way to upset a celestial. | DC20 INT Know resistance/immunity/vulnerability/abilities of all Celestials | 30 | Aspects of Arcanum and Astral Algorithms | DC 20 INT one rare magic item appears/disapears | 31 | Betty White: How I Do It | Adds 20 years to expected lifespan </div> \pagebreak <div class='wide' style="text-align: center" id="top"> | Number | Book | Effect if any | |:---:|:-----------:|:-----------:| | 32 | Bone thug soup, Murder Hobo sandwiches, A Hero’s Last Meal | DC 15 WIS or -1 to initiative on fights you start. | 33 | Book of advanced magical traps and maiming | DC 12 DEX Proficiency on slight of hand | 34 | "Botanical Bastardry: How To Poison Your Enemies" | DC20 CON or 4d6 poison damage + poisoned 1 day or half | 35 | C-- and the Art of Skeleton Programming | DC 12 WIS +1 to hit undead | 36 | Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss | | 37 | "Charnel Touch, and the Best Ways to Touch Oneself" | DC10 CHA +5 lay on hands | 38 | Chicken Soup for the Soulless | DC 20 Wis or Lowers your Max hp by 2d10 | 39 | Chilton: 1976 Ford Pinto | DC20 CON, or gives vulnerability to fire | 40 | Corrupting Paladins: The most fun you can have w | DC 20 Wis Sav or Alignment moves 1 degree towards CN | 41 | Crazy Lich Mazticans. | DC 25 CHA doubles gp value of next loot drop | 42 | Criss-cross applesauce: and other funny sounding but incredibly dangerous spells | DC 25 Arcana check. Cast any known spell using a spell slot 1 lower 1/long rest. | 43 | "Dark Shadows: A collection of short romance stories, mostly involving vampires and other undead." | DC 15 WIS +1 to hit vampires | 44 | Dead And Loving It: A Necromancer’s Guide | | 45 | Destruction and Recreation II, Binding souls to Flesh- Kalina Undertower | | 46 | Devils Deeper Down: A fool’s guide to bargains | | 47 | Dianetics, by L Ron Hubbard. | - 1 wis, no save | 48 | Don’t fear the reaper | DC 15 WIS Immune to fear vs undead & fiends | 49 | Dragons & Diners; Dungeons & Diners & Dives by Fly Gireri | | 50 | Elminster’s guide to the dread planes and shadowfell | Plane Shift spell | 51 | Erotic Art of the NecroSutra | | 52 | "Ethel the Aardvark Goes Quantity Surveying: A First Geomancy Primer" | DC 20 CHA one rare magic item appears/disapears | 53 | Evocation Calculus for the Very Advanced. | Good luck reading it, but it allows you to maximize and reshape Fireball if you do. DC30 Arcana | 54 | From Hags To Riches: A Bastard’s Guide to Social Climbing | DC 15 CHA Cash value of Loot drop of your choice is doubled; must tell DM before treasure is announced | 55 | Fundamentals of infernal pact law | "DC20 INT Know resistance/immunity/vulnerability/abilities of all Devils" | 56 | Ghouls are from Greyhawk, Warlocks are from Wildmount | | 57 | Giving Your Mummy The Bone | DC 15 INT +1 melee damage vs mummies | 58 | Go Orc, Go! | | 59 | Good luck | Gives Inspiration | 60 | Granny Goodness's Big Book of Torture | DC 12 CHA Proficiency on intimidation checks | 61 | Grave's Anatomy | DC 10 INT to gain prof. on Medicine checks | 62 | Halflings and Ale: Things to Know | DC 20 CON to have resistance to poison | 63 | Handbook for the Recently Deceased | DC 12 WIS - the next time you drop to 0 hp, you drop to 1 instead. </div> \pagebreakNum <div class='wide' style="text-align: center" id="top"> | Number | Book | Effect if any | |:---:|:-----------:|:-----------:| | 64 | Have a Heart, by Phyl L'Actery | | 65 | Herbal Libations of the Elemental Planes | DC 20 WIS to reroll any 1s on healing dice. | 66 | How I Did It: A Comprehensive Guide To Flesh Golems. V. Frankenstein | | 67 | How the Lich Stole Christmas. | | 68 | How to add a chill touch to your green thumb | DC 12 WIS Gives Druids the Chill Touch cantrip | 69 | How To Become an Animal by Shaep Schiffter | DC 20 CHA gain ability to polymorph self 1/week | 70 | How to cook and eat Lizardfolk, Dragonborn, and Kobolds: A cooks guide to preparing tasty meals from less than ideal places. | DC 12 WIS +1 Survival | 71 | How to Influence Fiends and Possess Others. | DC 12 CHA Advantage on controlling summoned demons | 72 | How to Make Friends & Influence People: A Practical Guide to Necromancy and Enchantment By Dale the Carnage Guy | | 73 | How to say words good and do other stuff good too: A Barbarian’s Treatise on Negotiations | DC 10 WIS Proficient in CHA for Barbarians | 74 | How to talk dirty and resurrect people. A paladin's guide to the blue arts | DC20 WIS Gain Turn Undead as Cleric ½ your Paladin level | 75 | Humorous Accounting Anecdotes, Vol 3 | DC 12 CHA Gives Sorcerers one additional spell slot | 76 | HVAC For Dummies | DC 12 CON Gives +2 on poison saves | 77 | Igwilyv’s Demononicon | (A Very Good Fake - radiates evil Abj, Conj, Necro, & Ench.) | 78 | Jonathan No Longer Livingston Seagull | | 79 | "Kama Sutra for Zombies - Revised Edition, by S.X. Crimes" | DC 15 INT +1 melee damage vs zombies | 80 | Keith & Betty: We're just getting started! | Adds 20 years to expected lifespan | 81 | Keith Richards: The First 500 Years of Childhood. | Adds 20 years to expected lifespan | 82 | L.I.L.F.s: Liches I’d like to Find | | 83 | "Ladies Love Liches. A how to guide to love and lichdom." | | 84 | Libra de mortis | | 85 | Lich Hikers guide to the astral | DC 12 INT +1 on initiatives vs aberrations | 86 | Lich man, poor man | | 87 | Lichen is everywhere! | mistakenly bought but surprisingly well read because lichen is just cool. | 88 | Lichen: the Lich’s guide to being a Fun Guy | DC 20 INT +1 CHA | 89 | Liches and hoes: A gardeners guide | | 90 | Liches Get Bitches: and other reasons to become undead | | 91 | Life styles of the lich and dangerous | | 92 | Limericks worthy of lynching your larynx | DC 15 CHA Learn Tasha's Hideous Laugheter 1/day inate | 93 | Little Phlactery on the Prairie | | 94 | Lord of the Rings | DC 15 CHA 1 Luck point | 95 | Low-Down Dirty High Elves | DC 15 CHA +1 intimidation vs elves | 96 | Making new friends: A beginners guide | | 97 | Malenchantments of the Nethersphere | DC 30 Arcana one very rare magic item appears/disappears </div> \pagebreakNum <div class='wide' style="text-align: center" id="top"> | Number | Book | Effect if any | |:---:|:-----------:|:-----------:| | 98 | Manual of the Planes, Appendix. The Elemental Chaos, Reference Notes. The Necessity of the Abyss and the Stability of the Elemental Planes | DC 15 WIS or alignment moves 1 toward CE | 99 | Men are from Limbo, Women are from Pandemonium | DC 12 CHA Advantage on persuasion vs opposite sex | 100 | MLA Formatting in the Afterlife | | 101 | "Multiaxial energetic release in a geomagnetic anomaly, study of energy transfer interference at the Tovag Baragu Stone Ring" | | 102 | My last knight | | 103 | Naked Elf Girls and Where to Find Them | DC 15 CHA +1 persuasion vs elves | 104 | Necrocapitalism. Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee | | 105 | Necromancing the Stone | | 106 | "Necromancy Puns That Will Make You Drop Dead Laughing" | DC 15 CHA Learn Tasha's Hideous Laugheter 1/day inate | 107 | Necronomicon | is just a very long list of names of dead people. | 108 | No No Bad Wolf: A training guide on domesticating werewolves. | DC 12 CHA +1 on attacks vs lycanthropes. | 109 | Nominomicom | DC 15 WIS Proficiency with chef's tools | 110 | Of Orcs and Elves | | 111 | on the extrapolations of the humanoid will by the arcane forces of the necromantic realm | DC 20 INT +1 damage per die on spells that do necrotic damage | 112 | "On the use of extra dimensional equipment to coerce the soul from sapient creatures - Kwalish" | | 113 | "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme, and other herbal treatments to ward of those old dusty, musty, or new-dead smells. Scarbourough Fair Publishing, Grenwich Village." | | 114 | Passions of Lust & Bone Dust | | 115 | Planar Parties: Every major holiday for each plane of existence | | 116 | Playghoul - 232 years of monthly issues | | 117 | Poor Lich’s Almanac. | | 118 | Practices for Preserving Privates After Passing-On | DC 15 WIS to gain 10 max HP | 119 | Praise The North - General Tober Morrow | | 120 | Raising the Dead - an Erotic Novel (self published) | | 121 | Raistlin's theory of higher Magic’s | | 122 | Read the Fine Print by Eul A. Deamon | DC 15 CHA +1 persuasion vs Devils | 123 | Red Wizard of Oz | | 124 | Reduce, reuse, reanimate: a guide to ethical necromancy | | 125 | Resting lich face; coping skills and junk. | DC 15 CHA +1 CHA | 126 | Return of the Walking Dead | | 127 | Rocks aren’t that hard’ A Guide by Dwarven Stonemasons | DC 12 WIS advantage on attacks vs earth elementals | 128 | Rotting Away: The Thoughtful Guide to Maintaining Your Material Body | DC 20 WIS to gain 10 max HP | 129 | Satisfactory Phylacteries | </div> \pagebreakNum <div class='wide' style="text-align: center" id="top"> | Number | Book | Effect if any | |:---:|:-----------:|:-----------:| | 130 | Sautéed, simmered, and stewed: A cookbook for Souls. | DC 15 WIS Able to carry 2 extra Soul Coins | 131 | Smashy, Smashy, Smash. A practical guide to living with the Barbarian in your life | DC 12 WIS +1 on charisma checks with barbarians | 132 | Snow Dwarf and the Seven Wights | | 133 | Snow Dwarf and the Seven Wights(naughty version) | | 134 | So, you want live forever. A step by step guide to becoming a Lich. By Vecna | DC 25 WIS Resistance to Necrotic | 135 | Spengler's Spirit Guide | "DC20 INT Know resistance/immunity/vulnerability/abilities of incorporeal monsters" | 136 | Spiders as Agents of Menzoberranzan - Khelben Blackstaff | | 137 | Stayin alive, by B.Gee | | 138 | Tactical Studies Rules 1980 Catalog | DC 15 DEX advantage on next attack | 139 | Tasha and Volo's Compendium of Erotic Poetry | | 140 | The Art of Self Preservation: An Embalmers Journey | | 141 | The Art of the Deal | Being used to level a table leg (-1wis if read, no save) | 142 | "The Big Little Book of Death and Dismemberment" | | 143 | The Book of Pages | | 144 | the collected daydreams of the peasants of Avingford | DC 12 WIS proficient in insight | 145 | The Complete Beginners Guide to Bonsai Cultivation | DC 12 INT Proficiency on survival | 146 | "The Dærknêss: a guide to The Things that go bump in the night" | DC 12 WIS advantage on initiative vs aberrations | 147 | The dragon with the girl tattoo | | 148 | The Dream Journal of Doctor Lo | A collection of weird and highly symbolic dreams that seem to contain worrying prophecies. While it purports to be the work of one forgotten archmage, each page is written in a different hand, language, and style. Some of the dreams are eerily similar to dreams experienced by the reader in the past. | 149 | The Ethics of Phylacteries: A Look Into the First Steps of Lichdom | | 150 | The Fall of the Netherese Empire. | | 151 | The Githyanki, or Children of Gith, | "Survivors of Enslavement by the Vile Illithid (More Commonly Known As Mind Flayers), In the Vast Depths of the Astral Plane. Ruthless Pillagers? Or Guardians of the Multiverse from the Illithid Menace?" </div> \pagebreakNum <div class='wide' style="text-align: center" id="top"> | Number | Book | Effect if any | |:---:|:-----------:|:-----------:| | 152 | The Griffon, the Warlock, and the Armoire | | 153 | The Hitch Hikers guide to Sigil: The city of doors | | 154 | The Illithiad. | It's the Illiad, but the protagonists are all Illithids | 155 | The Laws and Principles of Transmutation | | 156 | "The lich and the unicorn. A collection of bone on horn erotica fan fiction." | | 157 | The Lich Queen: A biography of the first Karen. | DC 15 CHA Proficiency on intimidation checks | 158 | The Liches of Eastwick | | 159 | The Lion, the Lich and the Wardrobe. | | 160 | The Lusty Argonian Maid | | 161 | The Necromancer's Knickers | | 162 | The Necronomicon of Sex: Just because you're dead doesn't mean you can't have a Sex Life | | 163 | "The Secret Debaucheries of Elminster, by Volothamp Geddarm." | | 164 | The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Necromancers | DC20 INT to gain/lose 10 Max HP permanently | 165 | The Seven Year Lich | DC15 CON or infected with undead crabs. Poisoned. greater restoration to heal | 166 | The Thousand Exortations of Lum the Mad | DC 15 WIS or -1 INT | 167 | The tome of infinite knowledge. | The cover is made of tanned human skin and the inside contains several yellowing pages that are all blank, Except for the first page which reads “Knowledge is power and power corrupts.” The players may ask any question about anything by writing it on one of the pages. They receive the answer but also receive a permanent minus one to their wisdom score. | 168 | The Unlife of Pi | | 169 | Theory of ethical cohesion between lower perpendicular outer planes - Alistair McMahnus | DC 15 INT +1 on melee damage vs fiends | 170 | Theory of Forces Vitae and Thaumatugical Applications | DC 15 CHA Thaumaturgy Cantrip | 171 | Think lich, grow lich | | 172 | Toppling Kingdoms For Fun & Profit | | 173 | Torm and his Women | | 174 | Trapped Books for dummies (of course its a trap) | DC 20 DEX or 4d10 necrotic | 175 | Treasure down under | DC15 CON or infected with undead crabs. Poisoned. greater restoration to heal | 176 | Tricky Traps by Gobber Goblin | DC 20 DEX or 4d10 slashing </div> \pagebreakNum <div class='wide' style="text-align: center" id="top"> | Number | Book | Effect if any | |:---:|:-----------:|:-----------:| | 177 | Twilight | DC 12 INT or -1 on attacks vs vampires | 178 | Undeath or Unlife: A Philosophical Discussion | DC 15 WIS resistance to undead melee damage | 179 | V for Vecna | DC 20 WIS or lose 1 CHA permanently due to scabs forming on your face, in 1d4 days the scabs fall away, leaving scars. | 180 | Wait! Someone’s watching!?!? | DC15 WIS +1 passive perception | 181 | What Acererak Did Wrong | A scathing commentary and biography of the demi-lich, critiquing each of his world-ending schemes and why they went wrong | 182 | What To Expect When You're Expiring | DC 20 CON or lose 10 Max HP | 183 | What to expect when your expecting adventurers. | DC 15 DEX or -1 on initiatives | 184 | What's in a Gnome: An In-depth Guide to the Anatomy of Svirfneblin and their Alchemical Applications | | 185 | Where the Red mold grows | DC 20 CON save or lose 10 HP until next long rest. | 186 | Where's Mimic? | "It is a mimic, it attacks with surprise, unless PC checks to see if it is a mimic." | 187 | "Where's Waldo: The Life and times and Mysterious disappearance of Waldo P Walthamstow" | DC 15 WIS Proficiency on Investigation Checks | 188 | Withering Heights | | 189 | Working in Small Infinities, Advanced probability manipulation | | 190 | Ye olde booke of Demonic True Names | DC20 INT Know resistance/immunity/vulnerability of all Demons | 191 | You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter | A mpa showing location of all traps in the dungeon | 192 | Zen and the Art of Mordenkainen's Maintenance | DC 15 CHA If you meet Mordenkainen, you have advantage on all social checks. | 193 | "Zolar's Encyclopedia of Ancient and Forbidden Knowledge" | </div> \pagebreakNum <style> /** Change the p2 to whatever page number is the last page in your document **/ .phb#p2:after { display:none; } </style> <div class='back-cover-image'></div> <div style='margin-top:20px;'></div> <div class='back-cover-header'> Practice Safe Homebrewing </div> <div class='back-cover-text'> </div> <div class='back-cover-diamond' style='top: 679px;'></div> <div style='margin-top:35px;'></div> <div class='back-cover-close'> </div> <div class='back-cover-logo'></div> <div class='back-cover-logo-link'> [WWW.GMBINDER.COM](https://www.gmbinder.com) </div> \columnbreak <div class='back-cover-right'> ##### Credits This document is simply a reformatting of the doocument created by Robert Maher in the "D&D DMs Only group", with contributions from hundreds of group members </div>