The nine<em>magic missiles</em>homed in on Rayne, accelerating as they went, flying at twice the usual speed by the time they reached her before splattering over her protective<em>shield</em>. With each impact the disc-shaped piece of forcefield that kept her safe from the lich's spell glowed. Judging by the sheer number of arcane projectiles alone, she had just avoided a whole world of hurt! It wasn't too much to celebrate though, after Rayne's initial barrage neither side had managed to overcome the other's defenses and score a second blow. The lich looked to tip the scales with another pair of spells, one<em>quickened</em>and one cast normally. To its ghostly<em>magic armor</em>it added its own<em>shield</em>, and seconds later disappeared from view behind sickly-looking vapours, thick and yellowish-green, that billowed out from between the tears in its ragged robes. The opaque cloud of fog rolled up disconcertingly close to Rayne right up to her toes, though having kept her distance she managed to stay out of it! An acrid, foul smell reached her nose, regardless.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spellcraft DC 20</div><div class="spoiler_body">Cloudkill!<br/></div></div><br/><br/>Youmu was less fortunate however, having rushed forward to engage the phantom armors previously, now she was enveloped within the sickly-looking fog. She coughed and gasped out, "Fuck, it's poisonous!" The undead were apparently unaffected by the toxic cloud though, because the skeletal dog bounded out barking and leapt at Rayne... a straightforward, almost choreographed attack that was trivial for her to sidestep, more suited against a first-level foe than the arcane archer she was. The lich was now completely concealed by the thick bank of fog, and with its movement it could be hiding anywhere within the yellowish-green cloud... had it not been lit up earlier by Rayne's starbow. The haze was opaque enough that even its silhouette was not visible, but there was no obscuring the glow that made narrowing down its location a difficult but not impossible task.<br/><br/>"Face me!" Youmu yelled out her challenge, her voice hoarse but unbowed, and advanced towards the light. The fog swallowed her up out of sight, but the warcry accompanying her strike rang out across the throne room. As did the actual strike, the ring of metal solidly connecting against bone ringing out.<br/><br/>The whole cloud was rolling slowly in the direction of the waterfall. Sylvia nocked a blunt-tipped arrow and loosed it in the direction of the glow in the cloud, but it emerged on the other side and ricocheted off the floor. Cursing under her breath, she dropped down from the tunnel above to ground level, landing lightly on her feet.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Lich casts <em>quickened shield</em>.<br/>Lich casts (Spellcraft DC 20 spell).<br/>Youmu saves, takes 1 con damage.<br/><br/>Skeletal dog attacks Rayne and misses by a mile.<br/><br/>Youmu challenges and hits Lich for 30 damage!<br/><br/>Sylvia misses due to total concealment and drops to floor level.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>The fog has a 40-foot diameter while the throne room is 50 feet across, leaving a 5-foot gap between the cloud and the walls. The fog is rolling towards the waterfall at 10 feet per round, with 20 feet between the edge of the fog and the waterfall in this round.<br/><br/>Perception DC 20 locates the lich due to the starbow's radiance, however concealment (20% miss chance) still applies for attacks from within 5 feet and total concealment (50% miss chance) applies beyond 5 feet.<br/></div></div>