Lich path question

[Razer]

I've not tried this path yet, but do want to give it a go at some point. However I don't want my character to look like a skeleton. Is there any way to look normal while going this path?

[Warbird]

Not without mods.

When you become lich, your hair will go whitish and your skin become dark grey.

You do not look like a skeleton but you will definitely change.

[Razer]

Originally posted by Warbird:

Not without mods.

When you become lich, your hair will go whitish and your skin become dark grey.

You do not look like a skeleton but you will definitely change.

I've seen videos where the mc just looks like a skeleton though.

Also here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker/comments/qbax8x/visual_guide_to_mythic_paths/

Stage 2 shows a skeleton body.

[Schlumpsha]

All main paths have two stages of appearance changes. For lich you become akin to a dhampir in looks at first. Then part with your fleshy bits if you go through the final ritual.

You can also choose to not go through the ritual. That way you retain your mortal appearance. But as a side effect you are capped at either mythic rank 7 or 8. One of the two.

[Razer]

Do you know of a mod that helps? Non of the visual mods I had before are working anymore with the current patch.

[Schlumpsha]

VisualAdjustments2 was updated two days ago. With its EE Picker you can switch out body parts as needed.

For instance: Mythic Lich Damage Any is the skeletal body part model. It's dead easy to switch it out for whatever your race's sex usually uses. And you're not limited to mythic paths or ordinary body parts either. Walking around as a zombie is fun!

[Razer]

Originally posted by Schlumpsha:

VisualAdjustments2 was updated two days ago. With its EE Picker you can switch out body parts as needed.

For instance: Mythic Lich Damage Any is the skeletal body part model. It's dead easy to switch it out for whatever your race's sex usually uses. And you're not limited to mythic paths or ordinary body parts either. Walking around as a zombie is fun!

ok thanks!

[Warbird]

Originally posted by Razer:

Originally posted by Warbird:

Not without mods.

When you become lich, your hair will go whitish and your skin become dark grey.

You do not look like a skeleton but you will definitely change.

I've seen videos where the mc just looks like a skeleton though.

Also here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_Kingmaker/comments/qbax8x/visual_guide_to_mythic_paths/

Stage 2 shows a skeleton body.

Yes my bad! I had never noticed but you are right. After full transformation you become a skeleton haha :)

So you get to look like Skeletor for the end of Act 5 and Act 6. Most of the game you will not be a skeleton.

[Korgan Bloodaxe]

I have started Lich multiple times now and yet to finish a play through as one. Made it to Act 5 once and Act 4 a couple of time but it feels so depressing. Power wise its almost equal to Angel but for some reason I can never play a evil path in any game.

Partly due to evil paths getting the short end of the stick plus all evil paths feel forced like you do stuff just for the sake of being evil.

[Razer]

Originally posted by Korgan Bloodaxe:

I have started Lich multiple times now and yet to finish a play through as one. Made it to Act 5 once and Act 4 a couple of time but it feels so depressing. Power wise its almost equal to Angel but for some reason I can never play a evil path in any game.

Partly due to evil paths getting the short end of the stick plus all evil paths feel forced like you do stuff just for the sake of being evil.

The irony of your profile picture does not escape me here.

But anyway Act 4 is the most boring experience in the entire game. I get stranded there a lot. That has nothing to do with evil or good, just that the Abyss is utterly boring. It's like a normal human town with awkward pathing and demons instead of people pretending they're bad people. But honestly it all seems super civilized and neatly organized. More than the rest of Golarion in some cases.

[GunStarX]

Originally posted by Korgan Bloodaxe:

I have started Lich multiple times now and yet to finish a play through as one. Made it to Act 5 once and Act 4 a couple of time but it feels so depressing. Power wise its almost equal to Angel but for some reason I can never play a evil path in any game.

Partly due to evil paths getting the short end of the stick plus all evil paths feel forced like you do stuff just for the sake of being evil.

If you haven't tried demon path you can pretty easily play that one as chaotic neutral for the most part

[no_idea_for_a_name]

Originally posted by Razer:

Originally posted by Korgan Bloodaxe:

I have started Lich multiple times now and yet to finish a play through as one. Made it to Act 5 once and Act 4 a couple of time but it feels so depressing. Power wise its almost equal to Angel but for some reason I can never play a evil path in any game.

Partly due to evil paths getting the short end of the stick plus all evil paths feel forced like you do stuff just for the sake of being evil.

The irony of your profile picture does not escape me here.

But anyway Act 4 is the most boring experience in the entire game. I get stranded there a lot. That has nothing to do with evil or good, just that the Abyss is utterly boring. It's like a normal human town with awkward pathing and demons instead of people pretending they're bad people. But honestly it all seems super civilized and neatly organized. More than the rest of Golarion in some cases.

Act 4 is one of the best part of the game. It's absolutely fantastic and I love it from start to finish. At least as a Demon (after 1550h of playtime with this game, I've only ever played as a Demon, except for the first playthrough, where I was a Lich, but I didn't complete the run, because, as a Lich, I couldn't kill who I can kill as a Demon and, for an evil character, it doesn't make any sense to accept being controlled and used).

[Shadow]

Originally posted by no_idea_for_a_name:

but I didn't complete the run, because, as a Lich, I couldn't kill who I can kill as a Demon and, for an evil character, it doesn't make any sense to accept being controlled and used).

Eh? Isn't that like a huge part of a ton of evil characters? They willingly (more or less) accept being controlled and used by more powerful entities for the promise that they will attain more power for themselves?

I mean, that's pretty much the entire reason devils do what they do, isn't it?

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by Razer:

I've not tried this path yet, but do want to give it a go at some point. However I don't want my character to look like a skeleton. Is there any way to look normal while going this path?

Portrait wise, yes, you can just pick whatever.

as for the 3d avatar, at like act 8 or so, you'll undergo a ritual and become a skeleton. Not really a choice (unless you'd rather not be a lich).

That said, you could still use transformation (or similar polymorph) to become some other creature, while your base form is skeleton.

And there is a slightly different skeleton depending on your base race, so it's not just everyone becoming a human skeleton.

[Schlumpsha]

Originally posted by Chronocide:

Originally posted by Razer:

I've not tried this path yet, but do want to give it a go at some point. However I don't want my character to look like a skeleton. Is there any way to look normal while going this path?

Portrait wise, yes, you can just pick whatever.

*snip*

And there is a slightly different skeleton depending on your base race, so it's not just everyone becoming a human skeleton.

Alas... there are no different lich portraits to go with the various skeletal race models. Having a human skeleton for a portrait is especially jarring for shorties or kitsune.

[Korgan Bloodaxe]

Originally posted by GunStarX:

Originally posted by Korgan Bloodaxe:

I have started Lich multiple times now and yet to finish a play through as one. Made it to Act 5 once and Act 4 a couple of time but it feels so depressing. Power wise its almost equal to Angel but for some reason I can never play a evil path in any game.

Partly due to evil paths getting the short end of the stick plus all evil paths feel forced like you do stuff just for the sake of being evil.

If you haven't tried demon path you can pretty easily play that one as chaotic neutral for the most part

Yeah I have only picked the demon path once as a divination mage going into illusion but it didn't feel right somehow.

I'm tempted to go with a fey shifter because it looks demon like but have no idea if shifter is good for demon