Dear Dungeon Master, I once again draw on your legendary knowledge. Can you shed a light on knowledge regarding the fearsome Dracolichs? Forgetting them can be dangerous and extremely convenient to these creatures’ plans. Thank you again master As the guy who created dracoliches, I can shed lights. ;} What did you want to know?
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 23, 2021
wait…you created dracoliches or you CREATED the concept of Dragonliches?
— Oregon Rolled A 20 (@OregonRolledA20) December 23, 2021
Indeed. Both. ;} Im very curious what prompted the creation
— Quinton Walker (@walkequi) December 23, 2021
1)
In one of my Realms short stories in the time before D&D (1972, I think) I had a talking, flying skeletal dragon that could hurl spells.
Later (circa issue 80 of DRAGON) I sat at dinner with Jeff Grubb and several other TSR staffers, talking about making dragons… 2)
…cool lasting adversaries for PC parties who were powerful enough to kill dragons with (relative) ease (in, you know, a game called Dungeons & DRAGONS), and I remembered my dragon from my old story (note: there had been undead dragon skeletons and even…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 23, 2021
3)
…zombie dragons in GenCon adventures before that, and I’d even had undead dragon skeletons in Undermountain back in 1977 and 1978) and decided to make a powerful spellhurling undead dragon “monster”…and an in-Realms source for them (the Cult of the Dragon). I've had fun with liches over the years. I was asked to create a non-evil lich for Spelljammer (Archliches, in LOST SHIPS), but creating alhoon/illithiliches (mind flayer liches) was my own gleeful little evil deed. ;}#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 23, 2021