Originally posted by Xen:
For Telepot Field->Spell Immunity:Alteration should work.
Thanks. That should help some.
Bone Golem is
not an undead creature!
Yes, I know. I'm using the room he was in as the "staging area" to prepare for the battle. The bone golem is just a bad memory now.
Liches see through invisibility!
I noticed that. They also ignore Sanctuary. I had Viconia cast Sanctuary the first time she tried her False Dawn spell. When she walked out where the lich could see here, he immediately threw up all his pre-cast buff spells. I decided to try another "tried and true" tactic and just stand there waiting for his pre-cast spells to go down. Since I wasn't attacking, I thought I would be safe. WROOOOOOONG!!! He hesitated 1-2 rounds, then began blasting Viconia with spells - which is BOGUSSSSSS!!! So now I just have her go Invisible too...he seems to ignore her longer that way.
Do you have Azuredge or Mace Of Disruption+2?
I haven't found the Mace of Disruption yet. My assassin managed to "acquire" Azuredge, only to discover that Korgan couldn't use it because of his alignment. Until I got Valygar, I had no good-aligned characters in the party. I may try that if I can ever get past his Protection from Magical Weapons. (of course, I could have each party member carry a regular sword, club, or arrows and hit him with those...but I think he is immune to normal weapons automatically...so that probably won't work either).
After unleashing spells to get him Near Death,just throw Azuredge if you have it and hope that Lich will fail the save.
It's worth a try. All my other strategies have fallen flat so far. (well, not completely...I DID actually manage to kill the lich one time...only to have my assassin teleported back onto the chessboard where he was crispy fried by yet another Flamestrike [img]graemlins/dontknowaboutyou.gif[/img] ) DANG! The one time I finally kill the cursed creature and he ends up taking me with him. 
Now if you have Jaheira,you can cast Insect Plague!
I keep Jaheira around primarily for that spell alone. During my first series of attempts, her opening move was to cast Insect Plague. It's one of the best spells in the game, IMHO
I hope some of this will help!
It has. Thanks! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]
Edit:you beat Lich but you lose 2-3 party members?
Rod of Resurrection to the rescue!
Yep. That's one of the first items I plan to look for now that I'm back in the City. Viconia can cast Raise Dead...but not if she is one of the ones killed.
BTW, my Reputation is pretty low (7), so these greedy, bigoted merchants are charging me outrageous prices for their stuff (not that I was planning to pay for the stuff anyway, but it's just the principle of the matter). What quests are good for raising my Rep? (I know I could donate a substantial sum to a church, but I just hate to part with my hard-earned gold).
The main factor in this game is...how to protect yourself from something!!!
Tip
rotection from Undead scroll can be more useful,than just lying in you backpack!
Yeah, this is my second trip through BG2, so I'm familiar with most of these encounters. But the first campaign was different for two reasons. 1) I was playing a Wizard Slayer and found some nice items to boost his innate Magical Resistance. Mages and clerics didn't really present a big problem to him. 2) I did not have Weimer's Tactics Mods installed...so the encounters were a LOT easier.
My assassin is having to take more precautions...so I definitely plan to visit the Scroll Merchant in Waukeen's Promenade before heading back to the ruins. The thing that actually worries my assassin is that there is supposedly a dragon located somewhere among the ruins. If the liches and other undead are this difficult, he doesn't even want to think about what the dragon will be like. 