Dracolich

Dracolich
Characteristics
Alignment	Always Evil (any)
Type	Undead
Image	Wizards.com image
Publication history
Source books	3E Draconomicon, 3E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Forgotten Realms (MC3), 2E Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Monstrous Manual, Dragon #344 (ecology of)

In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, a dracolich is an undead dragon that possesses certain abilities of a lich.

The dracolich was introduced to the D&D game in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. It was also one of the first new creatures introduced for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.

The dracolich (night dragon) first appears in the article "The Cult of the Dragon," by Ed Greenwood, in Dragon #110 (June 1986), and then in the Forgotten Realms accessory Waterdeep and the North (1987).

A dracolich named Rauglothgar appeared in the Forgotten Realms product Hall of Heroes (1989). The dracolich as a creature was reintroduced in the first Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989), and then appeared in the revised Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993).

The dracolich also appeared in the Monstrous Manual (1993).

The dracolich later appeared again in the Forgotten Realms product, Cult of the Dragon (1998).

The dracolich template and the proto-dracolich appear in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (2001) for this edition.

The dracolich template appears in Draconomicon: The Book of Dragons (2003), including the ancient blue dracolich as a sample creature.

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