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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aust Diamondew" data-source="post: 3431200" data-attributes="member: 5156">I think most liches have a bit more farsight than to attack the party weaker than they were the first time.  He's not just going to come back to unlife, scry and teleport in to get his ass kicked with in an hour of coming coming backA lich being immortal and usually very intelligent and/or wise recognizes this and will wait till he has a better, more diabolical plot than before.  And having fought the party before he'll take time to be ready to exploit their weaknessess a defend against their strengths.In response to the OP, I've always thought torturing a lich might be a good way to find out the location of the phylactery.  Assuming sentient undead feel pain, if you hurt him enough to make him wish he were destroyed he might just tell you.  On the other hand you could always just capture the lich and make sure he's always too destracted to prepare new spells in whatever dungeon you lock him up in.  Of course any DM worth his salt will have him eventually escape.</blockquote>