Does a phylactery of a lich have to be a box?
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Today I was thinking of a cool, high-level adventure to create. It involves a lich, and I thought it would be coll if his phylactery was a mirror. Is this legal? Or does the phylactery of a lich have to be a box in which their soul is stored?
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Today I was thinking of a cool, high-level adventure to create. It involves a lich, and I thought it would be coll if his phylactery was a mirror. Is this legal? Or does the phylactery of a lich have to be a box in which their soul is stored?
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What do you mean by "Is this legal?" Since you're creating the adventure, I'm assuming you're not being forced to abide by any rules. Or are you asking if this fits with the lore? (Also, there's a difference between "does it have to be a box?" and "can it be a mirror?". Which are you asking?)
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I know that I can bend the rules anyway I see fit, I was just wondering what the rules say since I missed it when I went through.
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Today I was thinking of a cool, high-level adventure to create. It involves a lich, and I thought it would be coll if his phylactery was a mirror. Is this legal? Or does the phylactery of a lich have to be a box in which their soul is stored?
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Today I was thinking of a cool, high-level adventure to create. It involves a lich, and I thought it would be coll if his phylactery was a mirror. Is this legal? Or does the phylactery of a lich have to be a box in which their soul is stored?
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What do you mean by "Is this legal?" Since you're creating the adventure, I'm assuming you're not being forced to abide by any rules. Or are you asking if this fits with the lore? (Also, there's a difference between "does it have to be a box?" and "can it be a mirror?". Which are you asking?)
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– V2Blast
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I know that I can bend the rules anyway I see fit, I was just wondering what the rules say since I missed it when I went through.
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– Wise Man
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What do you mean by "Is this legal?" Since you're creating the adventure, I'm assuming you're not being forced to abide by any rules. Or are you asking if this fits with the lore? (Also, there's a difference between "does it have to be a box?" and "can it be a mirror?". Which are you asking?)
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– V2Blast
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I know that I can bend the rules anyway I see fit, I was just wondering what the rules say since I missed it when I went through.
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– Wise Man
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What do you mean by "Is this legal?" Since you're creating the adventure, I'm assuming you're not being forced to abide by any rules. Or are you asking if this fits with the lore? (Also, there's a difference between "does it have to be a box?" and "can it be a mirror?". Which are you asking?)
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– V2Blast
3 hours ago
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What do you mean by "Is this legal?" Since you're creating the adventure, I'm assuming you're not being forced to abide by any rules. Or are you asking if this fits with the lore? (Also, there's a difference between "does it have to be a box?" and "can it be a mirror?". Which are you asking?)
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– V2Blast
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I know that I can bend the rules anyway I see fit, I was just wondering what the rules say since I missed it when I went through.
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– Wise Man
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I know that I can bend the rules anyway I see fit, I was just wondering what the rules say since I missed it when I went through.
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From the Lich's description on page 203 of the MM:
A phylactery is traditionally an amulet in the shape of a small box, but it can take the form of any item possessing an interior space into which arcane sigils of naming, binding, immortality, and dark magic are scribed in silver.
A mirror probably doesn't count as having an "interior space into which arcane sigils are scribed" but if you're the DM and want to have the lich's phylactery as a mirror then you have the power to do just that. The rules are a guideline; they can be bent of broken as the DM sees fit.
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Rule 0 does allow that. But if the characters know about the rules for a phylactery (assuming the players know) then they might ignore the mirror reasoning that it can't be it since it doesn't have an interior space. For that reason, if you do use a mirror, I'd suggest extra hints pointing the players towards it.
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From the Lich's description on page 203 of the MM:
A phylactery is traditionally an amulet in the shape of a small box, but it can take the form of any item possessing an interior space into which arcane sigils of naming, binding, immortality, and dark magic are scribed in silver.
A mirror probably doesn't count as having an "interior space into which arcane sigils are scribed" but if you're the DM and want to have the lich's phylactery as a mirror then you have the power to do just that. The rules are a guideline; they can be bent of broken as the DM sees fit.
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Rule 0 does allow that. But if the characters know about the rules for a phylactery (assuming the players know) then they might ignore the mirror reasoning that it can't be it since it doesn't have an interior space. For that reason, if you do use a mirror, I'd suggest extra hints pointing the players towards it.
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– Allan Mills
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From the Lich's description on page 203 of the MM:
A phylactery is traditionally an amulet in the shape of a small box, but it can take the form of any item possessing an interior space into which arcane sigils of naming, binding, immortality, and dark magic are scribed in silver.
A mirror probably doesn't count as having an "interior space into which arcane sigils are scribed" but if you're the DM and want to have the lich's phylactery as a mirror then you have the power to do just that. The rules are a guideline; they can be bent of broken as the DM sees fit.
edited 3 hours ago
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answered 3 hours ago
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Rule 0 does allow that. But if the characters know about the rules for a phylactery (assuming the players know) then they might ignore the mirror reasoning that it can't be it since it doesn't have an interior space. For that reason, if you do use a mirror, I'd suggest extra hints pointing the players towards it.
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– Allan Mills
1 hour ago
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From the Lich's description on page 203 of the MM:
A phylactery is traditionally an amulet in the shape of a small box, but it can take the form of any item possessing an interior space into which arcane sigils of naming, binding, immortality, and dark magic are scribed in silver.
A mirror probably doesn't count as having an "interior space into which arcane sigils are scribed" but if you're the DM and want to have the lich's phylactery as a mirror then you have the power to do just that. The rules are a guideline; they can be bent of broken as the DM sees fit.
edited 3 hours ago
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answered 3 hours ago
Purple MonkeyPurple Monkey
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From the Lich's description on page 203 of the MM:
A phylactery is traditionally an amulet in the shape of a small box, but it can take the form of any item possessing an interior space into which arcane sigils of naming, binding, immortality, and dark magic are scribed in silver.
A mirror probably doesn't count as having an "interior space into which arcane sigils are scribed" but if you're the DM and want to have the lich's phylactery as a mirror then you have the power to do just that. The rules are a guideline; they can be bent of broken as the DM sees fit.
edited 3 hours ago
V2Blast
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answered 3 hours ago
Purple MonkeyPurple Monkey
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edited 3 hours ago
V2Blast
23.4k375147
edited 3 hours ago
V2Blast
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V2Blast
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23.4k375147
answered 3 hours ago
Purple MonkeyPurple Monkey
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answered 3 hours ago
Purple MonkeyPurple Monkey
39.1k9162243
answered 3 hours ago
Purple MonkeyPurple Monkey
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39.1k9162243
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Rule 0 does allow that. But if the characters know about the rules for a phylactery (assuming the players know) then they might ignore the mirror reasoning that it can't be it since it doesn't have an interior space. For that reason, if you do use a mirror, I'd suggest extra hints pointing the players towards it.
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– Allan Mills
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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Rule 0 does allow that. But if the characters know about the rules for a phylactery (assuming the players know) then they might ignore the mirror reasoning that it can't be it since it doesn't have an interior space. For that reason, if you do use a mirror, I'd suggest extra hints pointing the players towards it.
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– Allan Mills
1 hour ago
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Rule 0 does allow that. But if the characters know about the rules for a phylactery (assuming the players know) then they might ignore the mirror reasoning that it can't be it since it doesn't have an interior space. For that reason, if you do use a mirror, I'd suggest extra hints pointing the players towards it.
$endgroup$
– Allan Mills
1 hour ago
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Rule 0 does allow that. But if the characters know about the rules for a phylactery (assuming the players know) then they might ignore the mirror reasoning that it can't be it since it doesn't have an interior space. For that reason, if you do use a mirror, I'd suggest extra hints pointing the players towards it.
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– Allan Mills
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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What do you mean by "Is this legal?" Since you're creating the adventure, I'm assuming you're not being forced to abide by any rules. Or are you asking if this fits with the lore? (Also, there's a difference between "does it have to be a box?" and "can it be a mirror?". Which are you asking?)
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– V2Blast
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I know that I can bend the rules anyway I see fit, I was just wondering what the rules say since I missed it when I went through.
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– Wise Man
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