Soul CageEquipment 12
Source Pathfinder Book of the Dead
Price 1,600 gp
Weight negligible
As you Craft your soul cage, you trap your soul within it, an integral part of the complicated process of becoming a lich. When you're destroyed, your soul flees to the soul cage, which rebuilds your undead body over the course of 1d10 #Days to Rebuild Body days. Afterward, you manifest next to the soul cage, fully healed and in a new body (lacking any equipment you had on your old body). Only destroying your soul cage can prevent you from returning.
You choose the form of your soul cage when you Craft it. A few options include a miniature cage, a ring, an amulet, or a crown. Work with your GM to adjust the usage and Bulk as needed, though a soul cage is rarely more than light Bulk. The soul cage has Hardness 9 and 36 HP.
If your soul cage is destroyed but you aren't, you can attempt to find your soul and trap it again, building a new soul cage. This is no trivial feat and often takes an entire adventure to accomplish. If you don't cage your soul again, you suffer a long decline.
Craft Requirements You have Lich Dedication.
Traits
This rarity indicates that a rules element is very difficult to find in the game world. A rare feat, spell, item or the like is available to players only if the GM decides to include it in the game, typically through discovery during play. Creatures with this trait are rare. They typically can't be summoned. The DC of Recall Knowledge checks related to these creatures is increased by 5.
ArcaneThis magic comes from the arcane tradition, which is built on logic and rationality. Anything with this trait is magical.
NecromancyEffects and magic items with this trait are associated with the necromancy school of magic, typically involving forces of life and death.
NegativeEffects with this trait heal undead creatures with negative energy, deal negative damage to living creatures, or manipulate negative energy.