>1) Are these half-liches now
>free to advance to hero?

That I won't answer here.

>2) Why can't people advance
>to Hero with necromancers without
>trying the becoming?

I've considered that, and the idea has certainly been kicked
around some. Right now I'd have to hear some compelling reason
to make that possible since the goal of the guild is to master
death, and what better way to master it then to embrace it?

>3) I've heard there are other
>being you can negotiate with,
>to receive a lich quest...is
>this correct? If so,
>has anyone made an agreement
>with one of these beings?

That's up to the folks running the Lichquests these days. There
are some IC reasons why the knowledge is held on to tightly
and anyone with the ability to invoke a Becoming might find
they have some dangerous enemies. I might include some info on
this in the resource mentioned above.