Demiliches in the forest

I noticed that these old boneheads now change into a pile of bones after you kill them... and they also dont give ANY xp for doing so. And worse, they now have a trap the soul ability that bypasses all immunities and spell defenses, and its an insta kill if you fail the save... a bit unbalanced in my opinion. Instakill I have no problem with.... but it needs to work like a spell... cuz its a spell-like ability.... and that means having a spell school, and a spell level for the purpose of spell mantles, as well as a caster level for the purposes of SR.

Is there some clue anywhere as to how one goes about destroying them permanently? I searched the area as well as the temple below and found no phylactery... and no other clues.

Did you try holy water?

I plan on moving those nasties somewhere more distant and harder to get to...and I'll make sure they give some xp. They're a hold-over from the first days of the module (4 years ago) that I just never changed.

Well fudgem Sir Ray will have to actually make a bit of a trip to pick on them now, and to think he has enjoyed whippin' them every chance he gets, hehe.