Exethanter

Stat block

An ancient lich whose mind is failing: a paralyzing touch and a few cantrips, and a phylactery that brings him back.

• Saving throws: CON +7, INT +9, WIS +6
• Skills: Arcana +13, History +9, Insight +6, Perception +6
• Resistant: cold, lightning, necrotic
• Immune: poison
• Condition immunities: charmed, exhaustion, frightened, paralyzed, poisoned
• Senses: truesight 120 ft; passive Perception 16
• Languages: Common plus up to five other languages

Traits

• Rejuvenation. While his phylactery survives, a destroyed body re-forms near it in 1d10 days.
• Turn Resistance. Advantage on saving throws against effects that turn Undead.
• Failing Memory. He has forgotten most of his magic and much of his past.

Actions

• Paralyzing Touch. The target repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, ending the paralysis on a success. Text only for the engine.
• Spellcasting. Intelligence is his spellcasting ability (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit). Cantrips: Mage Hand, Prestidigitation, Ray of Frost. Whatever leveled spells he still recalls are not entered yet.

Where you meet it

• The Amber Temple: the Library: The sparks in Exethanter's eyes go from candle to forge. Somewhere in the shelves, two skulls catch fire.