[Good thing you set up the smokescreen, because that blinds the three shadows and leaves them confused. Their tendrils are sent out in our general direction, but they're easy to dodge since the shadows have no idea where we are. Better yet, the darkbolts hit their marks! One of the shadows goes down from the damage, one of them tries to break through the smoke and head toward us, and the third... well, it seems to melt into the ground, blending into the shadows and vanishing - assuming you don't stop it, anyway.
Malice is already on the move toward the one emerging from the smoke - he's channeling magic through his clawed arm now and— shockingly, his arm takes very well to the sudden crackle of lighting searing through it, and Malice sinks those claws straight through the shadow. This time - with the addition of the lightning magic - the shadow is obviously injured, and disappears without a trace.]
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Malice is already on the move toward the one emerging from the smoke - he's channeling magic through his clawed arm now and— shockingly, his arm takes very well to the sudden crackle of lighting searing through it, and Malice sinks those claws straight through the shadow. This time - with the addition of the lightning magic - the shadow is obviously injured, and disappears without a trace.]
Hah! Easy!
[HE'S SO PROUD OF HIMSELF HE GOT A NAT 20]