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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hatchling Dragon" data-source="post: 483783" data-attributes="member: 580">My situation:  I'm an Elven Wizard that tends to use his Mighty Composite Longbow (+1) to supply the majority of my offensive firepower.  This is due to three factors:  1) I like 'utility' spells, as well as variety, playing 'artillery' would ruin that.  2) It's a low gold/magic campain and I'm far too broke to go making scrolls;  3) I got very lucky with a couple rolls and have a 20 Dex, seemed a shame to waste that <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />In combat to date I think I've only missed twice with my bow.  The down-side to this claim is that my shots are notorious for hitting targets I was not aiming at, ie: the bad guys.  Let's just say I should either get Precise Shot or give up the bow <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" />One of the other players, running a Halfling Rogue, took an arrow in the back (I said I was sorry!  I even meant it! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />) and, unbeknownst to my character (yet), has been sabotaging my bow strings.  Well, I'm pretty sure he's the culprit, pesky note-passing.When we arrived at a small village I managed to purchase 4 new strings, thinking my former string simply broke (so I forgot to bring spares...).  In the last fight we had, against a big group of orcs threatening the village, I discovered that all four of my replacement strings were 'frayed' and useless.My dilema.  I'm not totaly convinced that someone in the group's deliberately sabotaging my bow.  I've also gotten comments to the effect that I should put the damned thing away, or at least give up shooting into melee.  I'm the sort that will make a point of finding out who's behind this, most probably the Halfing (he could streak through a camp and nobody'd notice <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes    :rolleyes:"  data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> ).  I'm just wondering what I would be justified in doing about it.  I've already been circulating the 'Polymorph List' around the table, unfortunately everyone's already on it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Would this be totaly out of line:  I cast Alarm in such a way as to catch anyone attempting to tamper with my strings.  When somone sets off the alarm I jump up and attack them, probably with magic (as we've already established that my Bow can't be trusted <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />)  I was thinking of casting Blindness/Deafness on the little bugger, agreeing to release the spell if/when I get a promice that the tampering stops.Hatchling Dragon</blockquote>

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