My party managed to beat the demilich surprisingly quickly, with the barbarian striking the last blow. They then pried the gems out of the skull, but the barbarian decides to keep the pieces of the skull.
So how is its rejuvenation going to manifest? Is it just going to manifest wherever it is? How about the missing gems? Does it grow new ones?
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My party managed to beat the demilich surprisingly quickly, with the barbarian striking the last blow. They then pried the gems out of the skull, but the barbarian decides to keep the pieces of the skull.
So how is its rejuvenation going to manifest? Is it just going to manifest wherever it is? How about the missing gems? Does it grow new ones?
I'd say that after the 1d10 days and after his level check, the various pieces of his skull (gems and bones and all) scramble together and reform. If they're in pieces or far apart, they'd turn to dust and then reform at the site where the majority of the fragments are concentrated. If you're feeling generous, I'd give the demilich a penalty on his level check if his skull and gems are all over (maybe a –4 to the roll for his parts being scattered, or –8 if his parts are ground up to dust and spread over the sea).
So the valuable teeth and gems that are part of the reward for beating him should just turn to dust after 1d10 days?
Also, each of his teeth is worth so much gold, how many teeth does he have?
He should have 8. One for each use of his soul sucking ability.
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So the valuable teeth and gems that are part of the reward for beating him should just turn to dust after 1d10 days?
Also, each of his teeth is worth so much gold, how many teeth does he have?
Until the demilich is killed for real (by pouring holy water on his remains), or until he fails his rejuvenation check to come back, the treasure of his teeth do indeed go away, I suspect, and you have to "re kill" him to get them back. I don't think it's particularly cool to set up a precedent for farming demiliches for their teeth and eyes.
He's got 2 eyes and 8 teeth, in any event.
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So I'm a bit confused, the souls get sucked into the teeth? The description of his Trap the Soul says that the soul gets sucked into a gem on its skull, and the picture seems to indicate that he has multiple gems lining the top of his skull. His teeth, on the other hand, I can count more than 8 of, but I guess only 5 are the reddish ruby color, and there are probably more outside of the viewing range.
Either way, I guess my main question is do the souls get drawn into his teeth, or the gems on his head?
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So I'm a bit confused, the souls get sucked into the teeth? The description of his Trap the Soul says that the soul gets sucked into a gem on its skull, and the picture seems to indicate that he has multiple gems lining the top of his skull. His teeth, on the other hand, I can count more than 8 of, but I guess only 5 are the reddish ruby color, and there are probably more outside of the viewing range.
Either way, I guess my main question is do the souls get drawn into his teeth, or the gems on his head?
Traditionally, souls get sucked into his teeth (because he's eating the souls, so they should symbolically go into his teeth to get eaten). Also traditionally, the only gems in the skull are its eyes and teeth; the artist went a little gem-crazy with them in the art.