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<blockquote data-quote="Kid Charlemagne" data-source="post: 2157731" data-attributes="member: 93"><p>First step: Determine the resources that will be thrown at this issue. Who is going to report the Psion missing? If it's the servants, then are they aware of their master's evil doing or not? Inviting the constabulary into the house to explain what happened might tip the guard off to the Psion's bad-ness. Especially if the person investigating is talented enough to track down the druid.</p><p></p><p>Do the guard know that they are looking for "a shape-shifted druid"? If they know the specific individual they're looking for, then Scry would be the first step. The person performing the Scry will want items that belong to the druid in order to help it work.</p><p></p><p>Otherwise, a <em>Divination</em> spell (the 4th level spell) asking "Where will I find the kidnapper at X time" would be a good way to try and locate the Druid. Send one decent level NPC in with a nice crew of low-level types equipped with tanglefoot bags to catch the (low-reflex save) druid. I like the Justiciar PrC out of Complete Warrior, I think. Club him into submission, and bring him back to justice. Keep the other PC's seperated from the target - the druid - and just get the target.</p><p></p><p>Track them for a while to determine where the Psion is - after all, freeing the "innocent" kidnappee is a top priority. Misdirect the party into leaving him poorly guarded if you can. I once did this by having the bad guys hire a batch of orcs to attack the party as if a random encounter - the PC's went running pell-mell after the orcs, leaving no one behind to guard their prisoners, and they were easily rescued. As your guards are LG, an illusion of some sort might be in order instead.</p><p></p><p>Does that help?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kid Charlemagne, post: 2157731, member: 93"] First step: Determine the resources that will be thrown at this issue. Who is going to report the Psion missing? If it's the servants, then are they aware of their master's evil doing or not? Inviting the constabulary into the house to explain what happened might tip the guard off to the Psion's bad-ness. Especially if the person investigating is talented enough to track down the druid. Do the guard know that they are looking for "a shape-shifted druid"? If they know the specific individual they're looking for, then Scry would be the first step. The person performing the Scry will want items that belong to the druid in order to help it work. Otherwise, a [i]Divination[/i] spell (the 4th level spell) asking "Where will I find the kidnapper at X time" would be a good way to try and locate the Druid. Send one decent level NPC in with a nice crew of low-level types equipped with tanglefoot bags to catch the (low-reflex save) druid. I like the Justiciar PrC out of Complete Warrior, I think. Club him into submission, and bring him back to justice. Keep the other PC's seperated from the target - the druid - and just get the target. Track them for a while to determine where the Psion is - after all, freeing the "innocent" kidnappee is a top priority. Misdirect the party into leaving him poorly guarded if you can. I once did this by having the bad guys hire a batch of orcs to attack the party as if a random encounter - the PC's went running pell-mell after the orcs, leaving no one behind to guard their prisoners, and they were easily rescued. As your guards are LG, an illusion of some sort might be in order instead. Does that help? [/QUOTE]
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