D&D 5E Lich Phylactery

[Balfore]

I'm using this as my template for my BBEG.

 

[Balfore]

How do can they destroy the Phylactery?
Wish?
Divine Intervention?
Or make it so they have to locate ingredients for a concoction?

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[Sunseeker]

No. A "lich" is really little more than a construct. The "soul" of the lich is ALWAYS in the phylactery, it is never actually stored in the lich's physical body, so if the lich is destroyed the soul doesn't have a choice as to where it goes, it never left the phylactery. However, lets say the lich cast clone a long time ago *wiggles fingers* when he was still young and alive. If the phylactery was destroyed then yes, the soul would go to the clone (provided it's still preserved somwhere). Quite the demotion for the lich I would think and certainly an interesting concept.

 

[Balfore]

No. A "lich" is really little more than a construct. The "soul" of the lich is ALWAYS in the phylactery, it is never actually stored in the lich's physical body, so if the lich is destroyed the soul doesn't have a choice as to where it goes, it never left the phylactery. However, lets say the lich cast clone a long time ago *wiggles fingers* when he was still young and alive. If the phylactery was destroyed then yes, the soul would go to the clone (provided it's still preserved somwhere). Quite the demotion for the lich I would think and certainly an interesting concept.

I'm having this very discussion over here...
http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=405162

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[Balfore]

Just finished the props for his lair

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