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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowdweller00" data-source="post: 6990738" data-attributes="member: 6778479"><p>While it doesn't address the issue of the Lich's combat ability or lack thereof, I've always thought liches were at their most thematically effective when they operate off-stage.&nbsp; (As do a handful of other enemy-types).&nbsp; As such, they work fine against low-level characters because the party doesn't end up fighting them directly.&nbsp; Instead the lich might raise undead generals, craft terrible evil items, cause plagues, summon demons, steal Mcguffins, send minions to seize various arcane ingredients or lore, curse regions or individuals, and generally set up story arcs that the PCs interact with more directly.&nbsp; At higher levels, maybe the PCs catch the lich as they assist or finish producing something horrific; the lich maybe casts a couple powerful spells and then teleports off, letting their minions and allies act as main combatants to the PCs.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Shadowdweller00, post: 6990738, member: 6778479"] While it doesn't address the issue of the Lich's combat ability or lack thereof, I've always thought liches were at their most thematically effective when they operate off-stage. (As do a handful of other enemy-types). As such, they work fine against low-level characters because the party doesn't end up fighting them directly. Instead the lich might raise undead generals, craft terrible evil items, cause plagues, summon demons, steal Mcguffins, send minions to seize various arcane ingredients or lore, curse regions or individuals, and generally set up story arcs that the PCs interact with more directly. At higher levels, maybe the PCs catch the lich as they assist or finish producing something horrific; the lich maybe casts a couple powerful spells and then teleports off, letting their minions and allies act as main combatants to the PCs. [/QUOTE]

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