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From: laura@utcsstat.UUCP (Laura Creighton)
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Subject: Re: defeating a lich
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Date: Tue, 25-Oct-83 03:59:40 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 25 03:59:40 1983
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How are you going to *surprise* a lich? I don't know about you, but if I
were designing my resting, thinking, praying, and working place for the
next few millenia I would want some place that is pretty much a fortress.

Don't thinkt hat the lich is going to crawl out of his sarcophagus and say
"Gee, 5 adventurers in my inner sanctum. I never thought that this would
happen. Well, I cast 5 fireballs and die. Too bad, huh". Liches have lots
of enemies. 

Also, who do you think will be associating with liches? maybe another
living MU, for i suspect that a lich would make a wonderful teacher,
but probably some devils or demons. After all, you want your company
to be around for a long time. Ghosts also might be welcome company, as
would various undead. Now if you run through all of the lich's undead
companions, do you expect that he will not notice?

I would expect liches to be involved heavily into spell research, so expect
some spells that you have never seen before. They are also interested in
aquiring magic lore and magic items. What about a lich with a few artifacts?
Not impossible, and rather tough...

laura creighton
utcsstat!laura

(and if you let player characters have lots of magic and artifects, you
had better believe that the lich wil have a veritable arsenel..)