Lod Blackstone

Lod Blackstone is a lich, formerly a dwarf necromancer wizard, who was part of the Dark Moon.

Biography

At some point before the campaign began, Gulak attempted to steal from Lod. Lod caught Gulak and threatened to kill him unless he worked for him. After this, Gulak began to work for Lod.

The Second Party first encountered Lod briefly in the Western Watchtower, where they heard his voice instructing Glory Nestaff to kill the party as he went to Kord Koldar. He then teleported away, leaving Glory to fight the party.

The party followed Lod to Kord Koldar where he teleported into the burial chamber of the princes. The dungeon proved trying for the party, and they had to take a rest in it, which gave time for Lod to prepare for the party's arrival. Notably, he animated several mummies including the two princes and several more which were hid in the ceiling, and he cast a powerful Symbol near the entrance to the chamber which took out Wurt for the entirety of the fight. During the fight, Gulak betrayed Lod and helped the party to fight him. When Lod was close to death, he took his staff and whacked Duffa with it, releasing necrotic energy that killed him and harmed the party. Duffa took the remains of his spellbook, and the hand from his corpse which she would later attach to Fuckhands McMike.

Despite being killed and his corpse destroyed, Lod returned in Galoth's Garden. It was revealed he working with Clifford A. Tarvoh who was secretly the leader of the Dark Moon, and apparently Maru the Bard who the party also thought was dead. Lod and Maru evidently were liches. He was tasked by Tarvoh to stop the party from entering the portal to the Feywild, but ultimately failed after a harrowing battle where he nearly killed Nideschaton but was resisted by Scorch, who took a particular interest in defeating him.

Appearance

In life, Lod was a bulky dwarf with a stout, typical dwarven build. He had black hair and a long black beard tied in a knot. When encountered in Kord Koldar, he was wearing a sleeveless leather tunic, revealing his buff hairy arms.

When seen as a lich, he appeared as a black skeleton. The bottom half of him appears as smoke as he hovers. His magic takes the form of green-colored fire. He wears an ephemeral gray robe, with the sleeves torn off, revealing his creepy skeletal arms.

Powers and Abilities

Lod is a wizard, and has demonstrated knowledge of the following spells:

Level	Spell name
1	False Life
2	Hold Person
2	Ray of Enfeeblement
3	Animate Dead
3	Vampiric Touch
4	Blight
4	Dimension Door
5	Cloudkill
5	Wall of Force
7	Symbol
7	Teleport