Larval Flayers Quirk [Archive] - Wizards Community

Larval Flayers Quirk [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
crizhII
03-28-07, 05:03 AM It's more of an Undead quirk but it's counterintuitive when they're attacked by larval flayers.

Undead are immune to Ability Drain (permanent reductions) and to physical ability damage. You can still ego whip them.

Well you could if they weren't immune to Mind-Affecting..

They don't have any protection from a larval flayers INT damage, however. Makes some sense against Vampires and the like.

I'm just not so sure how a Larval Flayer is supposed to eat a Lich's brain!?
kyeudo
03-28-07, 10:05 AM Why? A lich's brain is still located inside its skull, although it may be rotting and not too flavorful. The only thing different about a lich and a vampire is where their souls are located, their state of decay, and their salient powers and weaknesses. I mean, they are both walking corpses with intelligence powered by negative energy.

Why should Larval Flayers have trouble with a lich?
crizhII
03-28-07, 12:13 PM Why? A lich's brain is still located inside its skull, although it may be rotting and not too flavorful. The only thing different about a lich and a vampire is where their souls are located, their state of decay, and their salient powers and weaknesses. I mean, they are both walking corpses with intelligence powered by negative energy.

Why should Larval Flayers have trouble with a lich?

I always imagined Lichs as skeletal, nothing but bones and old rags held together with will, malice and negative energy. I wouldn't have imagined there being much tissue left and I certainly wouldn't imagine losing it would make any difference to the Lich's mind.
Thomar_of_Uointer
03-28-07, 04:33 PM I always imagined Lichs as skeletal, nothing but bones and old rags held together with will, malice and negative energy. I wouldn't have imagined there being much tissue left and I certainly wouldn't imagine losing it would make any difference to the Lich's mind.

Yeah, but demiliches get rid of everything but their heads. It's got to do something, right?
Calanctus
03-28-07, 06:32 PM Actually Demiliches can get rid of everything but their hand as well. So not necessarily.
kyeudo
03-29-07, 12:42 AM Normal Liches have more flesh than a skeleton, and nothing has ever showed the contents of a liches skull, so I suppose its assumed that the brain is still inside their skull, even if they stripped the rest of them.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
crizhII 03-28-07, 05:03 AM	It's more of an Undead quirk but it's counterintuitive when they're attacked by larval flayers. Undead are immune to Ability Drain (permanent reductions) and to physical ability damage. You can still ego whip them. Well you could if they weren't immune to Mind-Affecting.. They don't have any protection from a larval flayers INT damage, however. Makes some sense against Vampires and the like. I'm just not so sure how a Larval Flayer is supposed to eat a Lich's brain!?
kyeudo 03-28-07, 10:05 AM	Why? A lich's brain is still located inside its skull, although it may be rotting and not too flavorful. The only thing different about a lich and a vampire is where their souls are located, their state of decay, and their salient powers and weaknesses. I mean, they are both walking corpses with intelligence powered by negative energy. Why should Larval Flayers have trouble with a lich?
crizhII 03-28-07, 12:13 PM	Why? A lich's brain is still located inside its skull, although it may be rotting and not too flavorful. The only thing different about a lich and a vampire is where their souls are located, their state of decay, and their salient powers and weaknesses. I mean, they are both walking corpses with intelligence powered by negative energy. Why should Larval Flayers have trouble with a lich? I always imagined Lichs as skeletal, nothing but bones and old rags held together with will, malice and negative energy. I wouldn't have imagined there being much tissue left and I certainly wouldn't imagine losing it would make any difference to the Lich's mind.
Thomar_of_Uointer 03-28-07, 04:33 PM	I always imagined Lichs as skeletal, nothing but bones and old rags held together with will, malice and negative energy. I wouldn't have imagined there being much tissue left and I certainly wouldn't imagine losing it would make any difference to the Lich's mind. Yeah, but demiliches get rid of everything but their heads. It's got to do something, right?
Calanctus 03-28-07, 06:32 PM	Actually Demiliches can get rid of everything but their hand as well. So not necessarily.
kyeudo 03-29-07, 12:42 AM	Normal Liches have more flesh than a skeleton, and nothing has ever showed the contents of a liches skull, so I suppose its assumed that the brain is still inside their skull, even if they stripped the rest of them.