07-01-2019, 12:49 PM | #1 |
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Phylacteries and Dissolve Enchantment?
In the Tomb of the Wizard-King liches are described in detail. One of the keys to killing a Lich is to destroy its phylactery. It is easier to destroy the phylactery if you can remove the 'magical armor' that protects it from the 4 hits of damage inflicted.
The Dissolve Enchantment spell is suggested. In the spell description (ITL p 31) it says that the spell cost is 100 ST for a greater magic item and 50 ST for a lesser magic item. So here is the question: What type of magic item would the phylactery be considered? Asking for a friend...
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07-01-2019, 12:56 PM | #2 |
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Re: Phylacteries and Dissolve Enchantment?
Can I extend this to ask what the cost is to use Dissolve Enchantment against Shapeshift, which it is also listed as the 'cure' for, but with no clear ST cost implication?
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07-01-2019, 01:14 PM | #3 | |
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Here are a few thoughts... Perhaps becoming a lich requires at least one greater wish. In that case, a greater wish might possibly counteract the transformation, unless the transformation "completed" and not "maintained" by the wish. Perhaps it would require both Dissolve Enchantment and a greater wish to "unravel" a lich's phylactery. |
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07-01-2019, 03:04 PM | #4 | ||
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It may be that the spell needs 100 ST instead of 50. I don't know, which is why I asked. Chris Rice is the author. Maybe I need to ask him directly.
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07-01-2019, 04:49 PM | #5 |
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Re: Phylacteries and Dissolve Enchantment?
(I have cast the Summon Christopher Rice spell.)
It's only 4 armor though - you could just keep hammering it. Open Tunnel only costs 10 ST, too. ;-) |
07-01-2019, 09:01 PM | #6 |
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Re: Phylacteries and Dissolve Enchantment?
It absolutely is meant to be a greater magic item. As others have noted liches are no joke and that was the intent when I made them for TFT.
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07-02-2019, 03:46 AM | #7 | |
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07-02-2019, 05:59 AM | #8 |
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Re: Phylacteries and Dissolve Enchantment?
4 points of armor thought doesn't seem particularly tough though? I mean, does it heal or anything? A broadsword could kill one in 7 hits on average.
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07-02-2019, 06:07 AM | #9 |
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Re: Phylacteries and Dissolve Enchantment?
Assuming you've downed the lich, that works as intended. I mean, I'm all for having super phylacteries where it stops double normal hits and/or has extra ST equal to the mana that was in it. Or perhaps having it so that it *heals* 1 hit per second. Or even all three. The point of a lich is to make it tough to kill and it should feel like an accomplishment to do so.
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