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<blockquote data-quote="Werewolf_26" data-source="post: 1802898" data-attributes="member: 1317"><p>It has been stated several times now that one of the primary reasons to become a lich is that you can do it by yourself. That is extremely vital to keeping things secret, like the location of your phlyactery. And, as has been already been stated, magic jar or a specialized gentle repose, or illusion spells, can keep the lich in society for a very long time. And through those methods, those serving you (for promises of power, wealth, magical aid, or whatever) never need know that your actually a lich. That can keep pesky adventurer's from even starting a quest to find your phylactery in the first place, if you make certain to seed rumors and tales about the lich's long lifespan being tied to something else; like being favored by a goddess or god, the loved one of a powerful fey creature, trading dozens (or hundreds) of innocent souls to a demon for immortality. . . . the list could go on.</p><p></p><p></p><p>And as far as hiding places are concerned, the best place I've ever hidden one was not just a where, but also a what. One of my campaign villains researched unique spells, as all liches do, but the ones he researched were to prevent upstart heroes from destroying his phylactery. First, he made the phylactery in the shape of a heart, made of sapphire, and then, through his magic, replaced the heart of his daughter (who was only 16 years old and quiet innoncent/sheltered) with the phylactery. The spells he researched allowed her to continue living with the phylatery as her heart. So the first would be hero to attempt to slay him would have to deal with slaying an innocent girl. And to keep the girl innocent, the lich transported her to another plane, had her watched by carefully chosen gaurdians, and occasionally went back and reset her mind with magic. . . . on top of all of that, he used an additional magic to keep his daughter young, so he wouldn't have to worry about replacing the phylactery's host. Why didn't he use that magic on himself, to keep himself young? Well . . . the party never asked that . . . . so I never bothered to answer it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Werewolf_26, post: 1802898, member: 1317"] It has been stated several times now that one of the primary reasons to become a lich is that you can do it by yourself. That is extremely vital to keeping things secret, like the location of your phlyactery. And, as has been already been stated, magic jar or a specialized gentle repose, or illusion spells, can keep the lich in society for a very long time. And through those methods, those serving you (for promises of power, wealth, magical aid, or whatever) never need know that your actually a lich. That can keep pesky adventurer's from even starting a quest to find your phylactery in the first place, if you make certain to seed rumors and tales about the lich's long lifespan being tied to something else; like being favored by a goddess or god, the loved one of a powerful fey creature, trading dozens (or hundreds) of innocent souls to a demon for immortality. . . . the list could go on. And as far as hiding places are concerned, the best place I've ever hidden one was not just a where, but also a what. One of my campaign villains researched unique spells, as all liches do, but the ones he researched were to prevent upstart heroes from destroying his phylactery. First, he made the phylactery in the shape of a heart, made of sapphire, and then, through his magic, replaced the heart of his daughter (who was only 16 years old and quiet innoncent/sheltered) with the phylactery. The spells he researched allowed her to continue living with the phylatery as her heart. So the first would be hero to attempt to slay him would have to deal with slaying an innocent girl. And to keep the girl innocent, the lich transported her to another plane, had her watched by carefully chosen gaurdians, and occasionally went back and reset her mind with magic. . . . on top of all of that, he used an additional magic to keep his daughter young, so he wouldn't have to worry about replacing the phylactery's host. Why didn't he use that magic on himself, to keep himself young? Well . . . the party never asked that . . . . so I never bothered to answer it. [/QUOTE]
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