Varnhold Vanishing just started for my group, and I realized something weird that may happen when they meet Vordakai. One of the PCs is a LE cleric of Urgathoa, and the rest of the party has a neutral or evil alignment. I thought that, maybe, since Vordakai is a worshipper of Abaddon, a realm strictly tied with the graveyard of Urgathoa, the cleric may seek an alliance with the lich, maybe he would like to trade the lichdom secret with something else; or the lich himself may seek an alliance with the players, if they reveal themselves evil enough for his taste.
What do think? How would Vordakai react to an Urgathoa cleric seeking an alliance? Would he be inclined to use the PCs as a mean to know more about the world, or use them as a way to gain more power?
Not sure if I read that too, but I think the same thing. In any case, it seems legit, and cyclops lichdom might be very different from current lichdom, as stated in a recent thread about demiliches.
In any case, I wouldn't allow the player to become a lich so easily, but it might be a good point for him to be friends with big V.
Given that the player has to scrape together 100,000+ g.p. to build the phylactery, it is going to be a near-non-issue until well after Vordakai's chapter is typically concluded.
I didn't know Urgathoans would be into lichdom though. Ghoul/ghast or vampires I can see (not counting the "end game" critter they can become).
the ritual-specificity is written in the bestiary.
Remember tough that Vordekai is a Master villain, he would not so easily tollerate that there is a kingdom not lead by himself (for he is clearly stated as beeing full of himself) so close to his 'lab'.
I am not very familiar with Urgathoa's dictates, so i couldn't tell if Vordekai could see it as a good alliance or a real danger (say the cleric could try and steal his undead minions in the future...).