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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 8004884" data-attributes="member: 12731">Obviously you're already done, but for other interested readers, I pretty much switched out Acecerak's entire spell load out.Yes, I know the writers probably selected weak spells because they were concerned about a TPK.But it makes no sense whatsoever to first hype the BBEG as the world's most powerful lich, and then give him such a weak spell selection. If there's a single enemy in the history of D&D that you want to give the most fiendishly min-maxed spell combos, it's Acecerak!If that means you can't (or dare not) feature him as a full lich (with double level 9 spell slots etc), then you need to rewrite the encounter to make it clear to the players they're facing a level 11 caster, or level 15 caster. (A young or weak or cloned Acecerak, or whatever. Anything but a caster that COULD have cast painful spells, but weren't clever enough to pick them :-/ )A less epic version, but STILL one with a hyper-intelligent and optimized spell selection.ZappPS. When I get access to a desktop I'll see if I ever posted my spell selection and tactics. I do remember thinking long and hard to find "unfair" spell combos suitable for an opponent of Acecerak's reputation and stature, and IIRC ended up with a horizontal prismatic sphere that the heroes were thrown through twice through casting and then ending reverse gravity, which also weaponized all the lava.</blockquote>