"Congratulations!" "Grats!" Rayne felt a hand smack her rump, but when she looked both Sylvia and Youmu were looking away and whistling nonchalantly. At least she felt need magic at her fingertips just waiting to be released... as long as her armor didn't get in the way of her casting.<br/><br/>For all Rayne's probing, only<em>detect magic</em>returned something useful. The hall was filled with an overwhelming aura of necromancy that washed out any other possible sources of magic, originating from the scepter in the dwarven king's cold grasp. Sylvia seemed to have fared a little better, her gaze fixed upon the slouching figure with a frown on her face. "It's not breathing," she whispered, "but that doesn't mean it's<em>dead</em>." There was a soft metallic ring as Youmu drew one of her swords a few inches from its scabbard. The exposed blade glowed with a pale cold light. "Undead," she hissed.<br/><br/>Still, the figure remained perfectly still in its moldy robes on its throne. There was little more to be gained from staying up on the pipe... "I'll cover you," Sylvia nodded as she drew her bow. As Rayne prepared to drop down, she felt Youmu's hand on her shoulder. "Right behind you."<br/><br/>The sound of Rayne's landing was loud in the silence of the throne room, interrupted only by the sound of Youmu's own landing a second after. Silence returned, but reigned for only a few seconds before the creaking sound of bone grinding against bone came from the direction of the throne. The dwarven king looked up, revealing a face that was a grinning skull, a pair of pinpoints of cold blue light in place of its eyes in its eyeless sockets, sending a cold chill down each heroine's spine. Leaning on its staff-like scepter it rose from its royal seat, a ghostly semi-transparent suit of armor shimmering into existence over the tattered remnants of its robes.<br/><br/>"Lich!" Youmu called out, grim and determined as her katana flared brightly. Above them, Sylvia let out a frightened shriek.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spellcraft DC 17</div><div class="spoiler_body">Rayne recognizes <em>mage armor</em> and <em>false life</em> spells on the lich.<br/></div></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll a DC 18 Will save or be <em>shaken</em> for 11 rounds (effectively the rest of the fight).<br/>Then roll initiative!<br/><br/>Sylvia fails her save. Initiative: 11<br/>Youmu saves. Initiative: 12<br/>Lich's initiative: 15<br/></div></div>