Like how many liches are there in the Forgotten Realms? Arch-liches? Baelnorns? @TheEdVerse About how many liches do you figure call Toril home? https://t.co/QCpfBK1ruF
— WebDM Jim (@therealjimdavis) April 23, 2019
Indeed. Between Larloch and Thay alone, there are nigh a thousand liches. There are still "high hundreds" of baelnorns. They're not all bent on world conquest or affecting the lives of those around them, and so many escape notice except by those who blunder into…#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 24, 2019
2)
…their presence (e.g. adventurers). The desire of live forever is NOT uncommon among sentient beings, and the sheer scope of lichnee variants found in the game (and alternatives like minds bound into enchanted items) should clearly indicate that a lot of folks…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 24, 2019
3)
…try it, with varying degrees of success. So it follows that there are a LOT of liches around. Many of them have decayed past the point of "upright mobile biped in rotting robes" stereotype, though. ;} Certain crawling claws are really all that's left of liches.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) April 24, 2019