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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ruemere" data-source="post: 3807388" data-attributes="member: 5515">This is an exercise in intelligence. Assume, that after sufficient amount of Gather Information checks (or through roleplaying) basic information shall be obtained.I don't need to use a random bird. Note that I used the word "familiar". There are also spells for controlling animal creatures. Finally, I don't need to find the BBEG himself. All I need to know where is his toilet to plant a big bomb.Your opinion is duly noted. My experience (20+ years) disagrees with it.The world is supposed to be believable. Unbelievable game worlds are of no interest to many people.It's also easy to circumvent them. Understand please, that in order to get your mark, you don't need to him him directly - you can always bring down his home on his head.And that's the problem. It's too easy to find a loophole (unless most of your cities are build of antimagic stone).With such easily accessible magic, they won't have hundred years. Try days or months.Currently, D20 system is an equivalent, where every high level party carries modern equivalent of tactic nuclear missile launcher with GPS system included (read: most such parties can easily find each other). Of course, you can use your special in-game explanation for such things not taking place. Finally, in the world of scrolls and other magic items, all you need to is to train hundred apprentices, give them a hundred scrolls and send them on suicide missions.Regards,Ruemere</blockquote>

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