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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sinjin the Rogue" data-source="post: 682371" data-attributes="member: 2288">Appropriate PC to get the job done:First of all, if the rest of the PC's do not know that the Heartwarder is possessed, then it should be a simple thing for the Heartwarder to pay a visit to the Kelimvor Cleric at the temple. Once there, the Heartwarder could attempt to memorize the lay-out of the temple. If locating the rod or asking about it might raise suspicions, then perhaps the Heartwarder would consider hiring a wizard to accompany him under some false pretense and then cast locate object. Armed with the general location of the item and a map drawn from memory:To make the map from memory, the PC might perhaps make an Intelligence check or a gather information check, DC 25 to make a map of every room, but that would not include traps. The wizard would have had to make search checks to find traps as he visited each room. If the PC failed by less than 5, then there would be a few missing rooms. If the PC failed by more than 5, then the map is terribly drawn.Of course, the Heartwarder might have access to the spell Ethereal Jaunt. With this, he could take a rogue with him to spy out the locations of things. He might also take with him the aforementioned wizard, so that with the wizard's use of locate object, you could find the precise location and the means of getting to it. (i.e. behind a secret door)Did the Heartwarder actually contract with the thieves' guild?  If so, it should not matter that the first rogue failed. If the contract is with the thieves' guild, then the guild is contractually obligated to fulfill its promise. If the guild does not believe it possesses the talent to perform the task, then at the very least, they should offer the Heartwarder a refund, and perhaps a tip on how to contact a Temple of Olidamarra (or some similar deity) to look into the possibility of hiring a Temple Raider, who is uniquely qualified for pilfering the types of items you need. The cost may be a little higher, but to a possessed PC, bent on the desire for carrying out the mission, funds should not make a difference. In fact, the possessed PC might be perfectly willing to kill someone else to get his hands on the necessary funds.Once the Temple Raider/rogue is hired, scoping out the temple for guard shifts, ceremony times, etc, would be up to him. This might take a day or two, or perhaps a week, but, once the rogue has gathered this information, let him do his best to carry out the mission. If he succeeds, then no one in the PC group need never know that the Heartwarder was responsible.One thing though: you said that the cleric has taken no precautions to protect the rod, but now that there has been one attempt to steal the rod, I would think that the Cleric would be smart enough to figure out that somebody is aware of the rod and its location, and that the Cleric would certainly take some measure to guard or hide the item.</blockquote>

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