Thane looks at them and looks back at the rest of the party. Without moving he says in a slight stutter, "Do we have a cleric in our outfit?"
"Thanks Delgar for the torch, as for a cleric that is not my forte. I have a burning hands spell ready, but unless they all decided to march hand in hand I doubt I could take care of more than 3 or 4.
Thane hears the responses and they aren't reassuring. He turns back to look at the skeletons and with his best commanding voice he says, "Attention!" To see what happens.
"Back up slowly" Say Oberon. "Skeletons aren't able to absorb complex instructions. They probably form up when we cross one line and attack when we cross a second. I bet if we back out of here for a few minutes they will go back to where they were"