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Dumb Things To Do In D&D: LICHES #dnd #dnd5e #dungeo...

I mean....

It should work

I think this would be more a case of 'mutually assured destruction'

Vehrec : why? a lich doesn't die if their phylactery is destroyed

it just prevents their rejuvination

so if one lich dies, the other lich (their phylactory) would keep on keepin' on, and then the original lich would rejuvinate in 1d10 days

I don’t know how it works in 5e but in earlier editions when a lich rejuvenated it wasn’t technically the same body. So if a lich x was lich y’s phylactery, and lich x was destroyed, lich y would be without a phylactery even after lich x rejuvenated

it doesn't need to be the same body is just needs the same carvings iirc

and if the body was made the same then it'd follow that the carvings would still be there, and thus reactivate upon rejuvination

No the carvings would not still be there, a copy of the carvings would be made, but just duplicating some carved tunes does not generally replicate a magic effect in D&D, the runes generally have some process to imbue them with the magical energy

Like a blacksmith can duplicate a magic sword precisely in its construction but that sword will not be a magic sword, that’s just generally how magic works in D&D, some magic person needs to do some extra magic bullshit to the thing to make it a Magic Thing

hmmm, well the 5e text doesn't say if it's the same body or not

i don't think

Well if 5e liches are just the same body then you don’t have to worry about phylacteries at all, just deposit the fucker in molten lead after you “kill” him then

Rejuvenation: If it has a phylactery, a destroyed lich gains a new body in 1d10 days, regaining all its hit points and becoming active again. The new body appears within 5 feet of the phylactery.
okay so

new body but is there a reason magical effects wouldn't continue from the old? I guess is the question then

Like I said generally that’s not the convention for magic items in D&D, and the phylactery is basically a kind of magic item. If the DM pulls this trick with a pair of liches than they can expect players to want to turn any suit of non magic armor into +3 armor just by copying the same runes they found on some magic armor

A DM is free to rule how they want in their game but it’s not a door I would open as a DM

That does not sound like a logical leap

that a rejuvenating lich having enchantments on their own body when rejuvenated is the same as copying runes from magical armor

I would find new players

Meanwhile, it creates a very interesting enemy scenario

where you have to have players try to figure out how to kill two liches at the same time

but seriously, if a player said to me "WELL by all rights if a LICH rejuvenating keeps a phylactory active EVEN THOUGH they wouldn't be the ORIGINAL RUNES, then by ALL RIGHTS I should be able to copy ANY magical runes to recreate any magical item I want"

I would kick them from my game immediately

and also call them a nerd

/shrug

It's kind of romantic.