ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

I went ahead and became a lich. It didn't look like it actually took a life, unless I had one more than I thought I did for some reason, I admittedly hadn't checked for a while. I think it possibly counts as a death, but doesn't use up a life? There's also one more thing I can't quite tell now. I ha...

I've done the lich quest on one of my characters now, and I'm trying to make sure I understand the Lichform ability right before I just kill her to make it work. You need to turn on the sustain ability, then die somehow while it's active, correct? Does this actually use up a life? It's okay if it do...

Thank you, that solved the problem nicely. After a couple more characters at least.

I've been trying to unlock the necromancer on my current character, and was wondering a few things about the four pieces of lore I need. I assume it's all "How to be a Necromancer?" I have three of those currently. I've been hoping the last would show up for a while, but I've gone to the E...