Imbued with evil

Intrinsic Details

Gain Notice:	You are imbued with evil!
Lose Notice:	You feel evil recede...
Found on Artifacts:	No.
Survive Polymorph:	No.
Survive Unpolymorph:	No.
Clear on Death:	No.
Clear on Polymorph:	No.
Maximum Duration:	2.

Intrinsic Purpose

Any non-undead creature (including the avatar) that dies with this intrinsic will become a Lich and instantly gain 1000 experience points. The creature returns to life (or rather, undeath) with max HP. If the creature also has Life Saved, that will take effect instead.

The creature learns several spells in the process: Lightning Bolt, Teleport, Chilling Touch, Frost Bolt, Poison Item and Poison Bolt. This may cause the creature to have "negative spell slots" which must be overcome before they can learn new spells. They also permanently gain many intrinsics: Vulnerable to Fire, Vulnerable to Silver, Poison Resistance, Cold Resistance, Regeneration, See Invisible and Teleport Control.

This has no effect on undead.

Gaining the Intrinsic

This intrinsic can be granted by Tlosh as a Boon , or gained by careful use of the Dark Ritual spell. (Both are brief, a bare 2 rounds!) Note that named (unique) monsters are sometimes created with this intrinsic. In this case, the intrinsic is permanent, and the Maximum Duration does not apply. Sometimes this intrinsic is called "Lichform" based on source-code notes.