Rayne's<em>detect magic</em>turned up only a faint ambience of necromancy that permeated the atmosphere, as though this was the long-inhabited lair of a powerful undead... like the lich they were fighting. Rather old news by now, though if there were any magical traps, they were evidently placed far enough back beyond the range of her spell.<br/><br/>She could cross a third of the crypt, the<em>wall of ice</em>within easy range of her<em>dispel magic</em>attempt. Alas, the magical barrier didn't even flicker at her attempt to erase it from existence. From the safety of its icy cover, the lich lobbed a blue globe of energy that soared just over the arcane archer's head and landed on the floor behind her, where it exploded in an expanding shock wave of cold that enveloped all three players. Rayne's miniskirt was lifted as though by a passing breeze, but the cool wind that brushed by her legs was surprisingly mild as the spell resistance kicked in and neutralized the harmful magic, leaving behind nothing worse than a pair of nipples and "that" bludgeoning weapon stiffened by the cold. Behind her, Sylvia ducked behind a column as the expanding sphere of cold passed by, avoiding the worst of it, and the<em>resist energy</em>spell protecting her took care of the rest. Youmu wasn't as lucky, but Rayne's buff resisted over half the damage anyways.<br/><br/>"I don't think the dog's a trap anymore!" Sylvia shouted as the skeletal hound let out a ghostly howl and leaped for the closest target - Rayne. Fortunately for the half-elf, Youmu charged forward to intercept with a cry of "Why don't you pick on a melee fighter your own size!" Dog and human collided and rolled on the floor in a tangle of bony and armored limbs until they came to an abrupt rest against one of the supporting columns. "Just focus on the lich!" The samurai grunted as the two struggled to gain the upper hand.<br/><br/>"I'll knock a hole in the wall and you shoot it before it takes cover again!" Sylvia called out to Rayne. True to her word, she loosed a veritable hailstorm of arrows all at the section of the<em>wall of ice</em>the lich was hiding behind. With each hit cracks spread along its surface and then Sylvia's final arrow sent a section of the edifice collapsing and exposing the undead dwarven king for a few precious seconds before it could duck behind another section of wall.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Lich casts Freezing Sphere:<br/>Natural 1 fails to penetrate Rayne's SR!<br/>Sylvia saves, half damage + resist energy = no damage!<br/>Youmu fails, takes 18 cold damage.<br/></div></div>