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Message: <blockquote data-quote="theNater" data-source="post: 4426035" data-attributes="member: 62560">A spy need not be trusted by the enemy.  Stealth, Bluff, Disguise Self(wizard 6), and the Hallucinatory Item ritual all provide ways for a spy to observe planning sessions without the targets knowing that an untrusted individual is present.An informant can be acquired by kidnapping.  Discern Lies permits an easy way to assess their reliability.True enough.  Consult Oracle is only good if you already have a fairly clear idea, and can ask precise questions, or if a rough idea is sufficient.Indeed it does.  But who they are and what they are doing can be ascertained in less than a round.What they are like can take longer to figure out, depending on what they are doing during the scry.  However, the people who develop psychological profiles for law enforcement agencies can tell you that you don't need to observe a person to get a feel for what they are like.What otherwise unavailable information do you gain by watching them for an hour, once you know who they are?</blockquote>