A magician becomes a lich by using necromancy to prevent his or her death.

Becca is another victim of cheugy psyops. I saw the garbage truck take all her Ugg boots yesterday. She even removed “I LOVE The Office!” from all her dating profiles. She’s unrecognizable.

Necromancy is the act of conjuring the dead for divination. It dates back to Persia, Greece and Rome, and in the Middle Ages was widely practiced by magicians, sorcerers, and witches. It was condemned by the Catholic Church as "the agency of evil spirits," and in Elizabethan England was outlawed by the Witchcraft Act of 1604. Necromancy is not to be confused with conjuring devils or demons for help. Necromancy is the seeking of the spirits of the dead. The spirits are sought because they, being without physical bodies, are no longer limited by the earthly plane. Therefore, it is thought these spirits have access to information of the past and future which is not available to the living. It has been used to help find sunken or buried treasure, and whether or not a person was murdered or died from other causes.

The german sorceror Faust is known for practicing Necromancy.

The lurker-turned-noobie posted "me too" in a thread from 2000 and got flamed wave after wave for her necromancy.

"C'mon find me a talker..."
- Hellboy

any spell that allows comunication with the dead.
Yes that does mean D and D is incorrect. Necromancy is a greek word haveing to do with divination.