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Apparently the fragility of the Master Lich is intentional, since it is in the (bottom of the)description.

For moderate designs, Lich is certainly a tougher body and better fighter.

But if you're not planning to fight physically, and especially if you are planning to take a very high dominion strength, then the Master Lich can have a meaningful number of extra points to get other stuff.

I dug up this thread, however, wondering about the Lich Queen. I guess again it's about saving points when taking a strong dominion, since that seems to be her only advantage over the Lich (her defense advantage is only from coming with a built-in staff (big deal... well, I guess it helps since if she gets taken out, she doesn't lose that weapon - if the Lich carries a better weapon, it has to be a capturable item).

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