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<blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 2157877" data-attributes="member: 27957"><p>Another trick to remember is the Sending spell. It won't work as long as the terrier has a terrier mind, but if a Scrying shows the merchant as a humanoid again a Sending will let her communicate a 25 word message back. It's a great way of getting inside information out.</p><p></p><p>I'll also point out that this is a merchant, not a prince or mayor or anything. Spellcasting for hire is expensive and someone has to foot the bill. Just like we don't break out the CIA spy sattelites for every kidnapping, unless this woman is far more important to the public than you've indicated there will be a limit to how much the city will pay. A single Scrying + Sending combo is at least 830gp. A Divination is at least another 280gp. These are not small change for spells without assured results. Make sure you know who is paying and why they're paying and how much they'll pay. There's a reason most places just post a flat bounty and leave it at that. Then you only have to pay for successful results.</p><p></p><p>After all, this is a high level PC who played it very smart. It is entirely possible for them to get away with it scott free.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kurotowa, post: 2157877, member: 27957"] Another trick to remember is the Sending spell. It won't work as long as the terrier has a terrier mind, but if a Scrying shows the merchant as a humanoid again a Sending will let her communicate a 25 word message back. It's a great way of getting inside information out. I'll also point out that this is a merchant, not a prince or mayor or anything. Spellcasting for hire is expensive and someone has to foot the bill. Just like we don't break out the CIA spy sattelites for every kidnapping, unless this woman is far more important to the public than you've indicated there will be a limit to how much the city will pay. A single Scrying + Sending combo is at least 830gp. A Divination is at least another 280gp. These are not small change for spells without assured results. Make sure you know who is paying and why they're paying and how much they'll pay. There's a reason most places just post a flat bounty and leave it at that. Then you only have to pay for successful results. After all, this is a high level PC who played it very smart. It is entirely possible for them to get away with it scott free. [/QUOTE]
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