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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spatzimaus" data-source="post: 1185641" data-attributes="member: 3051">Most of the suggestions said so far, though, only work if you're holed up at home or travelling by yourself.  So much for "adventuring".  Let's say our intrepid heroes are heading for the Dungeon of Doom.  They want to set up camp for the night; how can they prevent the Scry-Buff-Teleport combo?  Dimensional Lock would work, but it only covers a 20'-radius burst area, and you don't need the huge duration.  Extradimensional spaces aren't too bad, although someone who can Gate could still get in there.  Contingency+Teleport seems fine, but that only saves you, the rest of the party still gets whacked.  So, what's needed?  A tent made of lead?  Hallowing the campsite?Besides, in general the defense to a strategy requiring only 3rd-5th level spells shouldn't require near-Epic resources.  IMO, there need to be more lower-level spells that can reduce the effectiveness of this strategy overall, even if they don't completely stop it.Now, I like the House Rule that all duration-based effects expire in transit in Teleport, but even an unbuffed attacker can still be at a huge advantage.  One other suggestion (originally made to prevent Teleport being used as an improved Dimension Door) was that while the transit is instantaneous to the people involved, it actually takes a few minutes relative to the outside world.  So, if you're relying on the element of surprise after a Scry, the other side has time to buff up or escape.  If you also count that time against any spell durations, it prevents things like Haste from coming through intact, without disrupting all the long-lasting spell effects.One other ruling I liked was that the Scry check/saving throw is made at the START of the 1-hour casting time, and the victim knows instantly whether it succeeded, but the caster won't know if it succeeded or not until the end; that way, your potential victims have an hour of warning that there's someone watching them, and you can't just abort what you know to be an unsuccessful attempt.  The target can get equipped, find a featureless place to hide, and so on.  Greater Scrying gets around this, but that's what you'd expect from a 7th-level spell.</blockquote>

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