Demiplane of the Young Lich is a role playing game supplement published by Adventure Bundles for use with Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result. This is an adventure for four level 7 characters.
The supplement is available as a 17 page Pay What You Want PDF from DriveThruRPG. Two pages are the front and rear covers, one page is the front matter and one the Open Game License. There are also two zip files.
The Introduction explains that Kyzog’Zuna was a respected wizards but, as he aged, he started becoming afraid of death and the loss of everything he’d learned, and researched how to become a lich, creating both a phylactery and a demiplane. However, his arcane powers were removed by the god of magic due to said god taking offence to Kyzog’Zuna’s researches. The DM Advice explains that the adventure is easy to slot into a campaign, as all that’s needed is a way for the characters to arrive at the demiplane, which is accessed via a puzzle box. Adventure Hooks has ways of getting the characters there. Kyzog’Zuna, though without magic now, does have magic-like and lair abilities. Details are given on the general features of the demiplane.
The details of the demiplane follow, which is for all intents and purposes a small, trap-riddled dungeon complex, albeit one that forms a different plane of existence. There are examples of Kyzog’Zuna’s researches into arcane magic, namely the different types of arcane casters.
Appendix A: Monsters has the monsters, including Kyzog’Zuna.
Appendix B: Magic Items has new magic items.
The map zip contains three png files, with colour versions of the map in player and GM versions and a black and white version. This also contains a four-page PDF with three pages being the same images.
The item cards zip contains three images for the three new items. Each item card is double-sided. There is also a two-page PDF with one page having a key and the second front and back images of each item card.
Demiplane of the Young Lich in Review
The PDF lacks bookmarks and is long enough that these would have been useful. Navigation could be better. The text maintains a two-column colour format and appeared to be almost free of errors. Bar the maps and the item illustrations, there are no other illustrations. Presentation is okay.
It’s not really clear why the lich is called the “Young Lich” though this is hardly important. As it says, this is easy enough to drop into a campaign; it’s a demiplane with entrance via a magical item, so said item could be picked up anywhere, from a treasure hoard to in a shop. Though the adventure may be easy enough to drop in, that doesn’t make it easy; there are some definitely dangerous parts. The lich may be comparatively crippled, given its lack of spellcasting abilities, but it still has a range of dangerous powers. Demiplane of the Young Lich is an interesting little side quest and it can be found by clicking here.
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