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Thread: OOTS #658 - The Discussion Thread

  1. 2009-06-01, 10:57 PM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #215
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    Default Re: OOTS #658 - The Discussion Thread

    Quote Originally Posted by holywhippet View Post
    I've always wondered if that is meant to be up to the DM to decide or not. I suspect that the D&D designers expected that the players would have to defeat the lich before seeking out it's phylactory. However, the rules do say that the phylactory contains the life force of the lich so could be assumed that the soul of the lich is always there and that the body is remote controlled from it.
    It might be up to the DM, yes. However in this case...

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    Xykon states that his soul isn't in the phylactery when it is threatened at one point. It is still up in the air whether or not Xykon could make a new one. But it would appear that Xykon wouldn't be acting the way he is if he could make a new one so easily.

    Thus when the phylactery goes away, Xykon is just one bad day away from Final Death.
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