overnightoaks | Ryslig: Monster Info

chris
p: millennialfalcon
d: objectpermanence
est / gmt-5

Information

name Henry Oak	gender cis-male	housing 38-8, Apartment #208
canon Dungeons & Daddies	age 37	employment Lottablog College
canon point end of S1	sexuality bisexual	height 5'8"
monster Lich	alignment neutral	build scrawny

Changes

first change: october 2023

Henry died, and the flesh of his neck, chest, and knees began to rot away. He didn't notice right away, until his apartment started to smell like something had died in it. (The something was him.) A quartz geode appeared in Henry's apartment, though he had no memory of buying or finding it. It soon became clear that that was actually his phylactery.

second change: november 2023

The flesh of Henry's chest is completely gone, leaving a bare ribcage. Additionally, his neck and knees are empty gaps, with his head and lower legs floating separate from his body. He can manipulate these floating limbs, moving and controlling them within an area 5'8" away from his torso and arms. Henry's rotting ability is much stronger now, and all food he attempts to eat will decay as soon as it's inside his mouth. He must begin to work on training this ability so that he doesn't accidentally decay everything he touches.

third change: december 2023

Henry will experience the last of his changes, getting both his fog form as well as his “raiment” and “armor.” Rather than having traditional lich's raiment or armor, Henry's “raiment” is his Birkenstocks, which are now fused to his feet and cannot be removed, regardless of what form he is in, and his “armor” is his glasses, which he only removes to sleep and to clean them. Not only are the glasses not prescription, they also provide no additional defense, so they are purely for aesthetic. During periods of intense fog, Henry may enter his fog form, during which time the rest of the flesh remaining on his body will rot and disintegrate away, along with all of his clothes except for the glasses and Birkenstocks. He will just be a walking skeleton with eyewear and shoes. Any clothing he attempts to put on to cover his bony body will also decay away. Once the fog dissipates, his flesh will re-grow and he will be able to wear clothes again. Somehow, he will be able to put socks on underneath his Birkenstocks, despite the fact that he can't remove them.

later changes, as of yet unplanned: month yyyy

Description

Appearance

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winterbolt
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normal form Henry's head, arms, and feet look normal (albeit a little pale). The flesh of his torso has completely dissolved, leaving an exposed spine, ribcage, and pelvis. His neck and his knees are completely missing, meaning that his head and feet are separated from the rest of his body. The gaps between his upper thighs and lower calves are jagged, with shards of bone floating like you might see on an x-ray of a particularly bad bone fracture.

art by

winterbolt
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Because his heart is now removed from his body and magically implanted into a phylactery, Henry's chest cavity is ~~free real estate~~ completely empty. He has taken to filling it with dirt and compost, complete with worms. His goal is to eventually cultivate rich enough soil to grow some plants. Most of the time, though, this is covered up by his shirt.

fog form During times of fog, all flesh and clothing on Henry disintegrates, leaving him as just a walking, talking skeleton. The only exceptions to this are his glasses and his Birkenstocks, which remain solid. There are still gaps of open air where his neck and knees should be. During this time, his ribcage compost pile is completely visible.

Powers

rot and decay

Liches have a natural affinity for decay. The Liches' magic can inflict decay on humans by touch. In this way, they can shut down a human's senses, inflict terror or fear, bestow insomnia or nightmares, numb sensation or control of limbs, or kill the cells of their victim's body, prematurely aging them or causing their body to rot. Prolonged physical contact is needed for more intense symptoms, and though these damages can be permanent when inflicted on a human, they would last a maximum of one hour on another monster. Until and unless Henry learns to control this ability, he will also decay non-human organic and (to a lesser extent) inorganic matter.

stealth mode (not yet obtained)

Description

Inventory + Coins

Arrived With jack shit	Regains/Purchases ~~Volkswagen Beetle~~ Folksbil Scarab, purchased with solars.
Coins Earned: 33 Spent: 0 Remaining: 33	Links spreadsheet tracker AC top level Mana Rewards page

Deaths + Memory Loss

10/28/2023 - An apocalypse had been sweeping across the peninsula for two weeks with seemingly no end in sight. A local human, Oskar Fernstrom Jr., sent out a message that if enough monsters sacrificed their lives, that could end the calamity and heal the land. Henry volunteered to join the mass suicide. However, he didn't realize that he needed to bring his phylactery with him for his death to actually count towards the total souls needed for the ritual. So, while Henry “died,” and his body regenerated back in his office where his phylactery is kept, the death was, in the end, meaningless and unhelpful. Memories lost: None.
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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Phylactery

The phylactery contains the Lich's life force, essence, soul, etc. Liches feel pain when their phylactery is damaged, and die if it is destroyed. Regardless of what happens to their body, a Lich can only be killed by destroying the phylactery. For this reason, they traditionally will go to great lengths to keep their phylacteries hidden. Monsters that consume souls that want to feed on a Lich would do so by either eating their phylactery, or draining the Lich's heart from it. Henry's phylactery is a 2.5lb quartz geode which he keeps in his office at Lottablog College. Despite its apparent material, the phylactery is incredibly fragile. No special tools, skills, or strength are required to destroy it. Just some good, old fashioned smashing will do. Liches will always regenerate from and at their phylactery if their body is destroyed. This does not constitute death, and so regenerating from the phylactery is not bound by during-Fog resurrection rules, and does not go towards the Lich's death count, unless the player wishes otherwise. Regeneration takes time, and over the month the period between the Lich's destruction and their regeneration will increase each time this ability is used. The first regeneration will take two hours, and each subsequent regeneration will add one hour to this number, up to a maximum of 24 hours between bodily destruction and regeneration. This counter will reset monthly. Liches who become aligned to a God and gain the instant resurrection boon may regenerate at their phylactery instantly, or may regenerate in their God's domain with the phylactery teleported to them.

A Lich will not be able to satisfy their monster hunger unless they feed within a six-foot radius of their phylactery. This can be done either by carrying their phylactery with them when they feed, or by bringing their victims to the phylactery. If the phylactery is not physically carried by the Lich, then it must be placed within line of sight of the Lich during this process. Because of this, a Lich is at its most vulnerable when it is feeding. Because the Lich needs space to regenerate from their phylactery, and must be able to go to it or transport it when they feed, phylacteries cannot be made from monuments, landmarks, or other immobile objects, and it cannot be placed in areas that can never be accessed. Liches who become aligned to gods cannot leave or store their phylacteries in their god's realm, but it can remain with them if they are carrying it. The phylactery's object and location must be maintained on the character's Monster Information page at all times, once they acquire one. A phylactery cannot be changed from one object to another unless it is first destroyed. If the Lich wants to change their phylactery — or you, the player, decide they need a new one — then the present phylactery needs to be destroyed. The Lich can then revive with a new phylactery. Regardless of method, this kills the Lich, and standard monster death rules apply.

Edited 2023-10-21 16:48 (UTC)

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