[@Zarkun] My apologies for any potential malefic implications with my wording.  You can be sure that wasn't my intention; I was merely stating that Oblivion is particularly nice to me.  What you're saying makes sense to me.  Just as you weren't implying that my stuff needed to miss, however, I was not implying that everything needed to hit; just that a little give and take would make for a more fair and thus interesting fight.  I also didn't get the impression that you were ignoring me.  In your case specifically, I was just surprised at how quickly your characters reached the top.

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We're not out of the woods yet. And I thought the blades were acting as an arena barrier? Not an active threat but more of a boundary threat.
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No, they were meant completely as an active threat.

So the both of you know, my Unison Raid wasn't a very complicated attack.  It's pretty much 'suddenly, big hot spikes' and that's about it.  They will not continue to rise, and nor will they explode, or anything like that.  By the next time I post, the Tectonic Blades attack spell is completely over, and they'll be nothing more than hazards should someone happen to fall from the sky.  Which may be happening soon, given the number of people converging on the tower.