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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 3576672" data-attributes="member: 13966">Yeah, but he doesn't have to.  The lich just moves around and, if anyone comes out of it, he can strike at them.  If they step out and aren't sick from it, he has fair reason to believe they might be rather tough and should be dealt with before they become a threat.  If they come out feeling sick, he can reasonably assume that they aren't all that dangerous and, if he should have to 'deal' with them, his paralyzing, negative-energy touch may well suffice by itself.Also, it means he has more time to determine what to do and to cast defensive spells or do other stuff.  If he wants to, he can stroll though the far end of the cloud and then collect his servants in another room, or go to a better space from which to fight.  Regardless of what he does, the Stinking Cloud should buy him a bit of extra time to do it.  Much moreso if some of the adventurers fail their saves and suffer the nausea inside.That way, if any come rushing out alone, the lich can pick them off rather than face the whole group at once.  You can't really talk well to your comrades when you're coughing and gagging, feeling like you might throw up at any moment (as with nausea in D&D, even though you don't necessarily retch while nauseated, you sure feel like you might or something).At least now you'll be better prepared to make the PCs suffer next time you throw a lich at them! <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" />  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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