Life as a Lich (Feedback thread. Any thoughts on latest patch?)

Yes, there will be more updates. Most of my games have interior illustrations, but this one came out without any. But, I have an artist working on them, and I want to release them in the future together with new content (an entire DLC, even, with more side quests and possibly updates to some of the core in the game, to go with the new illustrations :slight_smile: ).

The reincarnate spell [spoiler] allows you to become human again, and leads to one of the endings in the the game [/spoiler]. It is strange that you haven’t come across it, if you researched the spell. Has anybody else managed to successfully use it?

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I have gotten the ending but it ends the game, and I have to start from fresh. I was wondering if it could be made that you keep everything stats, learned spells and restart again, to not lose progress.

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I have statements
A. I can still see the spoiler. (I fixed it)
B. Will the MC keep any Necromancer Powers after Reincarnation Spell?

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Yes, basically that is one of the endings of the game. Currently there is no loop or continuation of the game (I mean, I guess I could extend one of the endings of the game, but there are quite a few… the one that I thought the most about extending was the one where you become a demigod… but then again, I have quite a few WIPs, and maybe I should concentrate on getting HoV Armageddon finished, rather than starting new stuff… mmmmm)

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Last few days I added a bit to Life as a Lich. Basically I added a new ā€œdungeonā€, maybe for a future DLC (if anybody wants to playtest it send me a PM and I will send you the code that unlocks it).

Otherwise, I also added the possibility that, if you haven’t built a portal yet, but the chance to use it comes, you can explore instead if you haven’t discovered the forge yet. I got the feeling that otherwise players are wasting that opportunity to use the portal, and if they haven’t even discovered the forge, then they are sort of wasting a chance/opportunity. This should hopefully help advance the game a bit (essentially it potentially provides 1-2 extra ā€œactionsā€ during the game). Hopefully this improves the pacing of the game?

I have sent the patch to CoG, but not sure when it will go live (given that it is August, holidays of staff, etc).

v.1.1.2. 19th August 2025

-Continued work on DLC. Added one more ā€œdungeonā€ (the possibility of exploring the floating castle)

-When you have not built a portal yet, but the chance to use it comes, you can explore instead if you haven’t discovered the forge yet.

-Bugfixes.

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That’s cool! I’m unfortunately trying to wrap up my comp entries at the moment but if it’s not urgent let me know if you still need testers in September and I’ll try to take a look :slight_smile:

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No worries, this is only a small update. Good luck with the comp!

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I already have almost 10 illustrations for Life as a Lich, but I am about to commission 5 more. Any suggestions for any scenes in the game that you would like to see illustrated?

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I just sent CoG the patch notes for v1.1.3… quite big changes throughout the game, here are the patch notes:

v.1.1.3.

-Continued work on DLC. Added one more ā€œdungeonā€ (the possibility of exploring the volcano)

-Game length was extended by ~7%

-Added the possibility to show a timer in the game, so that readers have an approximate feeling of the time left in the game.

-Added the possibility of using some scrolls in battle.

-The Queen of Bones now warns that the clerics of Lythanthir have the power to turn and banish the unded.

-Extra dialogue options in some places.

-RO characters will now be more reactive, and express more nuanced greetings in some instances (either when they are in a relationship or not)

-Some ROs will now break their relationship with you, depending on their circumstances (either your actions or your faith).

-Bugfixes.

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I’m hoping there’s a life as a lich 2 and the beginning of the second game is whatever ending you got, also i hope after becoming a demigod, there’s an option for us to get our mortal/immortal body back because I don’t want to play as bones

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Well, actually the option to become mortal again was one of the endings already in Life as a Lich. [/spoiler]

My current plan is to indeed continue with ā€œLife as a Demigodā€, but I need to prioritize first updating all my games and finishing Hero or Villain: Armageddon. But, hopefully one day I will get to it! (and indeed it could well be you don’t have to play as a sack of bones, and that you will be able to continue also other games where you finish as a god, maybe if I ever write Kyoto Wizard or Raiders of Icepeak Mountains sequel…

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It has been 3 weeks since the latest patch dropped. I was just wondering if anybody had had a chance to play the new updated game, and any thoughts/comments/bug reports on it?