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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nail" data-source="post: 1470762" data-attributes="member: 224">Glad you liked it, oh DM #3!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />We all had a great time.....and we're looking forward to the next installment!Here's what happened, as briefly as I can manage.  To keep it brief, I'll use our PC names.  Our PCs are: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Tieran Wiz 9</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Taynath Clr 9 (me!)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Fingers Rog 8</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Aelin Sor7/Clr1</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Corin Ftr 9</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> "the druid" (don't know his name) Drd 6/Osteomancer 1</li> </ul>(The Rog/Clr we were hunting I'll call "B.I.R." (bad invisible rogue).**********We started the session the morning after the BIR tried to rob us.  Fingers collected the BIR's blood off of his pick (heh, heh, heh!), while Tieran and I prepared our spells.  At about this time our druid joined us.After a short discussion (based, in part, on this thread!), Tieran convinced me to post-pone our quest until after he could return home and learn/copy Detect Scrying, Scry, and Dimensional Anchor.  That was a good idea....but I was so ready to go after that guy....and Corin was itching for a fight.  Aelin too!As a compromise, we decided to try a "quickie" search for BIR.  If I could find him today, we'd just "go git 'im". I started by casting Commune, and asking my 9 questions.  I had hoped BIR would have teleported to Dyvers and stayed there; if that had been the case, I could have found his exact location with the rest of my questions....but my Commune told us he was not in Dyvers (a big city, BTW).  Apparently the BIR was coming after us again, and wanted to steal more of our magical equipment.  He wasn't working for the Dyvers theives guild, however.  Thanks for small blessings, I guess.Next, we tried a "quick and dirty" search on the way back to our keep.  Aelin cast Fly on everyone, the druid and Tieran buffed our fighter, and I cast Invisibility Purge and Locate Object.  I tried to key in on the ring that had been stolen from us, figuring the BIR would still have it...and it would lead me to him.  We flew straight along our return route for several miles before the spells ended.    No rogue.  Sigh.Tieran teleported us to his home, in Manifest (the main city on the Ghostwalk campaign setting).  We sat around for the next three days while Teiran learned his spells.  We even managed to keep Fingers out of trouble.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />After Manifest, we returned to Brightstone Keep.  Tieran had managed to secure an expensive silver mirror in Manifest; just the thing for scrying on bad guys!  So everyone preped, then Teiran cast his Scry, while holding a bit of BIR's dried blood in his hands.......wizards can be pretty creepy, if you think about it......Tieran located BIR instantly (failed Will save!), and neither the BIR or his new (!) fighter companion noticed our scrying sensor.  The BIR was actually hiding, invisible, within sight of our keep!  He was apparently waiting for the right moment to come in and steal our stuff.........(we found out from our keep's guards that they had let in an old begger for a short time while we were gone; I gave them a stern lecture about that!)......Fingers agreed that the BIR was "casing" the place.Right.  Enough of that, then!  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devious.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":]" title="Devious    :]" data-shortname=":]" />We preped, buffed, and teleported.  Key in the prep. was an invisibility purge to neutralize that pesky Invisibility ring the BIR had.  Once we appeared, Aelin readied to counterspell the BIR, while Teiran nailed him with Dimensional Anchor.  Corin dashed over and wrenched the fighter/bodyguard's sword away from him.  And Fingers....well, Fingers had been waiting a long time for this:Fingers swiped the BIR's "belt o' scrolls" using Sleight of Hand!(NOte: Boy, are the rules about how to do this confusing!  We spent lots of time in friendly arguement over the topic.)Finally, before the BIR could react, I cast Summon Monster V: a Celestial Brown Bear!  And, of course, it used its Improved Grab ability when it hit him.  One grappled BIR, coming right up!Next the BIR got to react.  He tried to escape using his Travel Domain (DM says: "he magically escapes the grapple!"), but found it uneffective (I said: "Uhm, sorry, but: no he doesn't.  <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=82254&page=1&pp=25" target="_blank">The travel domain doesn't work that way</a>.")   Heh, heh.  Then he tried to cast Suggestion...but missed the Concentration check.Too bad.    <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=";)" />   Within a few moments, both he and his fighter/bodyguard were pummeled/grappled into submission.  Fingers really enjoyed using his sneak attack for subdual damage.  Wow, was that nasty.After the two bad guys were unconcious, we stripped 'em down and looted their stuff.  We're now back in our keep, interogating them.Nicely, of course.  We are [Good], after all. <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=";)" />   <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /></blockquote>

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