Alson: Shapeshift - Iron Golem
Lich: Cast Mordenkainen's Sword - Lich
Alson: Shapeshift - Natural Form
Lich: Pickpocket Alson?
Mordenkainen's Sword - Attacks Alson
Alson: Casts
IA+Skull Trap without recovering from Shapeshift?? - Mordenkainen's Sword
Mordenkainen's Sword - Dead
Lich: Caught off-guard by Alson for checking out lucious babe
Alson: Shapeshift - Iron Golem
Lich: Cast Improved Mantle again for the sake of having nothing else to do or maybe another Mag Sword, just to piss Alson off
I find this scenario to be unreal, Alson. It takes a whole round to recover from Shapshift, not to mention that physical attacks are useless against a lich/mage if you didnt remove its combat protection (waiting for 4 rounds for the mantles to wear of isnt progressive either) first, which eats up your rounds. Furthermore you'll want some protections in the air, because of his/her timestop followed by Meteor Swarm or ADHW and you must *activate* the shapechanges first, which is another round. (you couldnt have the shapechanges on unless you knew you were facing a tough battle)
PS: dont know how IA would actually fit in all of this cuz I dont have ToB