Soul Cage
Notes how a lich PC's soul cage differs from the monster version, and flags the story problem of an effectively unkillable player character.
Parent page Lich
The soul cage for the lich archetype is very similar to the lich soul cage from the Pathfinder Bestiary but has a few modifications to cover situations that might come up in play.
While the story of the PCs sneaking in to destroy the NPC lich's soul cage is classic, it's difficult to have NPC adversaries do the same to the PC lich's soul cage without coming across poorly, similar to destroying a PC wizard's spellbook while it was off screen. Since that's the only way to defeat a lich, these table-dynamic concerns might effectively grant the lich PC immortality. Because of the way that changes the story and game play, even a group using the other undead archetypes in this book might want to consider whether or not to include the lich archetype.
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