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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BlueBlackRed" data-source="post: 2684268" data-attributes="member: 24239">Yeah curses for me finally having some players around that thing before acting.It finally allows me to throw some real danger at the players and not get "Killer DM!" whining.Golems are a good idea. But a flesh golem isn't...not for these guys. There's been some recent talk from one of the players who has it in his head to cast Simulacrum and copy an iron golem. I shot that down because I believe the intent of the spell is to copy living or once living creatures. A flesh golem might give him another idea.The best weapon I have against my players is psychological. Mum-rah...I mean Kasteoficiss and Invistis have called a temporary truce because the party has destabilized the region. The forces of the 2 warlords may be able to harass the party, but they can't do much to them. But if Kasteoficiss's forces are augmented by the spells of Invistis...like a one-shot Dispel Magic, that might be a challenge.Now I just need to guide the party away from Invistis for now. I want the fight with him to be fitting for a fight with the very first lich ever. I've upped him to level 21 and given him the epic feat that allows him to cast 2 quickened spells a round. And that's just one alteration.So I want the party to hunt Kasteoficiss first. Thanks to your suggestion Jim, she may now have a couple of Shield Guardians on loan from Invistis. That should help even things up for her. And maybe even a Projected Image of him that pops in to throw a spell at the start of combat at the party...but the range on the spell may make that a little hard. (And if you're thinking that no self-respecting lich would loan his own protector forces to his arch-rival...it's ok...Invistis has prepared for that possibility.)So instead of having several fights against the party that are one-sided and boring, I'm going to give them a handful of fights that will take hours to resolve.And of course, Invistis is going to torture them with his projected images. Goad them on and such...Thanks for the help all. I may not use your ideas explicitly as you gave them, but they did trigger some other ideas. Like instead of spectres jumping out of the walls Invistis says "Hi" and then follows it up with Mordenkainen's Disjuntion  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" />And if you think that it rough, wait until the World Eater fight and after that the Tyrus fight.</blockquote>

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