To war once again (Moore)

[Anastasia]

"He's probably softening us up," Mirima says, "Waiting until he can strike, prepared to the gills like the cowardly dog he is." She scowls at that, "Nothing but cheats, bastards and cowards. Just like home, only devils instead of humans and dwarves."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "He'll have to show up sooner or later, unless they want to just take their loss here after all this time."

[Anastasia]

"He-"

Darkness. Absolute darkness surrounds you and...

What means of seeing in the dark do you have?

[Nephrite]

I have True Seeing.

[Ebiris]

'Moore, check in?' Afina is heard through telepathy right after darkness blankets everything.

[Anastasia]

Not enough, you're still in the dark. Go ahead and act, Moore.

[Nephrite]

'Uh... well, I can tell you that True Seeing doesn't seem to be having any kind of effect on this, which is rather alarming...' Moore answers. 'But I seem to still be here, just... in the dark.'

He will first try and cast a spell to see if there's any impact to that, then try and possibly identify what's going on!

He's casting Divine Insight first then trying to Spellcraft, but... he obviously can't see anything, so you know. Also I presume the light from his Righteous Halo is also just gone, but the spell is still there?

[Ebiris]

'Devils can see even in magical darkness, let us know if you find a countermeasure.'

Afina's next words go to Moore and everyone else in the telepathy circuit. 'Anyone that can cast sunbeam or has someone nearby that can, cast it to see if that dispels the darkness.'

[Anastasia]

Spells's still there, you can Spellcraft if you want, Moore.

Afina, you're going back to your thread now.

[Nephrite]

Take 10 for 96, burning that Divine Insight on it.

[Anastasia]

It's an utterdark spell, scaled up to a higher level with a larger radius. Not a ritual, just a powerful epic magic spell.

[Nephrite]

Is it something that can be dispelled, like, in an area or do you have to overcome it all at once?

[Anastasia]

It can be dispelled potentially, yes.

[Nephrite]

Okay. I'm going to take 10 for 96 again to achieve the DC 85 to identify the spellcaster.

[Anastasia]

Lixer, Prince of Hell.