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That sounds interesting, but I do like the Time Stop & Gate in a Balor idea from above. Then, the lich moves out of view while the balor fights the party and casts all of his buffing spells.

I was leaning towards that interpretation until green slime below corrected my interpretation of vile damage. The bad part of vile damage is that it can't be healed unless you're in an area that has been subjected to a Consecrate or Hallow spell, which are normally hard to come by within the...

Thanks - I just looked that one up! You are correct in that a creature immune to fire would be immune to all the damage from a Violated fireball. Luckily, no psion in my group, so I can also add in an Energy Substitution (Cold) to overcome the standard fire resistance.

seems like there is no clear answer on this.

They'll know a bit about what to expect going in, but once they start encountering undead minions, they'll be even more likely to figure out what is coming.

Both are Metamagic feats from the Book of Vile Darkness. Corrupt spell makes a spell Evil and also changes half the damage to Unholy. So, a Corrupt fireball would be 5d6 of fire damage and 5d6 Unholy at the cost of 1 level. Violate Spell is similar, but half the damage is Vile damage. So, a...

That's a pretty good idea - allow them to speak as a free action, but not cast any spells or take any other actions. "Don't save me, seeing you kill the lich will be my reward as I die!"

good points and a good idea.

I would keep track of every last copper piece at the lower levels. However, if the players progress in wealth as normal when they go up in level, then I would lean towards not being too picky over coppers & silvers, but would still want a good accounting of gold, platinum and gems/jewels...

agreed - evasion should be easier in the air, a lot more choices of where to evade to.

Thanks - I've read a few of them, but not too many. Just never remember to save the link.

Or, "He's dead guys, what does he care about fashion?" Barbarian PC: "I charge & attempt to grapple the lich!" Me: "Roll me some Fort saves..." Of course, at level 18, most of them will make DC:15 Fort saves in their sleep.

24 might be too high - I was thinking a level 19-20 wizard with the lich template, making it CR21 or CR22. It's a large level 18 party.

Standard procedure for my players is that they put up True Seeing in any sort of threatening situation, since they've run into illusions before. So, a projected image would be seen through pretty quick. Though, the skill trick idea from above was an interesting way around it by making the...

xykon? and, I think I'll stick with some sort of wizard or wizard/cleric.

Thanks - good idea. Maybe even some poisonous zombies. The players think they're just mostly harmless zombies, then bam, then start making poison saves.

good point on the players thinking the balor is the main foe.

The chaositech PDF still makes firearms too powerful in relatives terms compared to bows. A trained bowman could fire 10-15 arrows per minute, while the best early firearms were firing once in that same minute.

Thanks - I had meant "gate" - just a temporary brain lapse when I was reading summon monster in the prior post.

good idea - summon monster 9 to get several bone devils, then cast something that prevents the good guys from summoning their own allies. If the lich summoned a balor, does it still explode for 100 pts of damage upon its "death", or is that only for its real death, and not when it is...