Lich Phylactery help

[Azilrro]

ok im running a campaign we are only three sesions in but i know that the BIG BAD its going to be a female lich cleric of urgathoa, the thing is im not sure what her Phylactery will be or where should it be hidden
so if someone has any ideas i'd really apreciate hearing them, thanks

[VRMH]

As far as I know, a Phylactery has to be a tiny box, with strips of parchment inside. So why not let it be just that? Tiny boxes aren't exactly noteworthy.

I'd weigh it down, and throw it into a well. Liches can reform under water just fine. She can just wait there for a bit, out of sight while regaining spells.

[Azilrro]

VRMH wrote:

As far as I know, a Phylactery has to be a tiny box, with strips of parchment inside. So why not let it be just that? Tiny boxes aren't exactly noteworthy.

I'd weigh it down, and throw it into a well. Liches can reform under water just fine. She can just wait there for a bit, out of sight while regaining spells.

i really like the underwater idea

[Hazrond]

VRMH wrote:

As far as I know, a Phylactery has to be a tiny box, with strips of parchment inside.

Actually, from what I remember that is the most common type, you can do other things as well, I believe one of the examples was "a golden ring with an inscription on the inside" ;)

[SanKeshun]

My favorite example was a lich who followed this thought process: "Most liches hide their phylacteries a long ways away. Anyone hunting me will know that. So I should hide mine nearby." He then proceeded to make a phylactery, ward it as many ways as he could, and become a lich. Once he was a lich, he cut out his heart, warded it so it seemed like a phylactery, hid it somewhere really remote, and put his phylactery in his chest. Took the party a long time to figure that one out, especially since they didn't think to sift through the ashes after cremating him. Twice.
As a cleric of Urgathoa, a skull might also be appropriate. Hide it among the other decorations in her lair. Or stick it on one of the low-level skeletal guards. The PCs won't waste a disintegrate spell on a mere skeleton, so there's a low chance it will be destroyed.

[Claxon]

Hidden in Plain Sight is a great trope to use with phylacteries.

Another great one to do is inside his personal permanent demi-plane. Remember that plane shift requires a tuning fork attuned to the plane to which you wish to travel. The PCs would need to find the lich's tuning fork to reach the demi-plane. Which can be hidden amongst many tuning forks to many planes.

[Mykull]

I don't know where I read this idea:

Lich slays and soul gems the Tarrasque (tm).
Lich makes that gem her phylactery.

Lich does not hide her phylactery . . . like, at all. This presents quite a dilemma to the party: Utterly slay the lich and unleash the Tarrasque upon the world.

The lich informs the party that there's a contingency upon the gem: If she's slain, the gem will be teleported to a random location within one minute (this eliminates the party deciding to rest up before tackling the Tarrasque).

[Tiny Coffee Golem]

We're I a paranoid Lich my phyla try would be an intelligent item. This opens up all kinds of shenanigans.

Stick it in a golem and have it drive the thing through whatever means.

Maybe the phalactry cloaks it's aura and pretends to be some awesome loot. Maybe it is some awesome loot. Imagine a badass paladin sword whose name I can't remember we're actually the phalactry.