"You in a condition to help us with that?"

"I am and I will," she says firmly. "Vix'thra is an abomination that must be destroyed."

"Can we at the very least heal first?" Garrus asks plaintively. "That negative energy burst was very unpleasant."

Deekin casts Greater Path of Glory for everyone.

Belmarniss crowds onto a square.

The angel sighs with relief at the feeling of positive energy.

"Were you able to pray and receive spells while you were contained?" Jojo asks. "-also, do you have a name?"

"My name is Lavoera," the angel says. "I have spells, yes; I couldn't cast, but they could not stop me from praying."

"Lavoera have Resist Energy specifically?" Deekin asks. "Because if we be fighting black dragon, Deekin want to be as unmelted as possible."

"Yes, I have Resist Energy," Lavoera says. "I was preparing my spells for just this situation."

"Great. How about protection from extremely pointy teeth?"

Lavoera glares at Garrus. "I am aware that this is a significant task, but the dracolich's evil must be stopped."

"This sucks and I don't want to do it, but it's my job, so I'm going to anyway. I'm mostly just irritated that it is my job."

"Also you're geased, though I guess that might not specifically cover the dracolich."

"I don't think it would, but it's still my job. And probably if we didn't do it now, the bastard would just come after us later. This is an efficiency thing. Alright, I'm all talked up, let's do this thing."

"Any specific dracolich strategy tips I should know that differ from undead generally or black dragons when they're breathing?"

"If dracolich swallow you it drain energy. If dracolich touch you, it can paralyze, plus damage from claws or teeth or whatever it be touching you with. Other than that, mostly just big undead dragon."

"Exciting. Remember to haul me to a cleric if I kick it, blursed object is on the fritz for a while yet."

Jojo nods. "We'll certainly do that. And I'll try to keep it from getting to you at all; my job is protecting the rest of you."

With that, they head towards the door with the spherical depression.

"I've got a fireball, I don't usually like it but my other good damage dealing stuff is, wouldn't you know it, not specced for undead. Going to want to get that off first."

"Noted - you might want to save it for a bit later in the fight, my blows will damage the monster's resistance to hostile spells due to an enchantment I got in Lith My'athar."

"Sweet, I was gonna lead with it before you got up in its personal space but that's even better. Do we know if this is a caster dragon?"

"Vix'thra was a true dragon in life, yes," Lavoera says, "with the spellcasting abilities that implies. He may have even been more inclined towards the arcane than his fellows - lichdom is not an easy thing, even for a dragon."

"Well, dunno if I can counterspell him but maybe I can make it look likely enough that he sticks to the claws 'n teeth."

Lavoera nods. "That may be the best course of action. Damage from claws and teeth I can heal, magic is less predictable."

"Globe or no globe? Cuts how I can move, depends if you lot can keep him off me."

"I doubt it's his third-level spells we need to worry about."

"Depends on how he picks spells but legit. I have a greater invisibility, I can do that instead."

"Oh, good idea. Deekin should maybe do greater invisibility too... actually, Deekin probably not making hostile actions, can just regular invisibility."

"Is that the plan, then? Do we have other considerations before the fight?"

"Unless we can wait till my arrowhead recharges, nah."