Edena_of_Neith said:
One of the phaerimm of the United Commonwealth of Toril, has disappeared.
Where it went, and why, nobody knows.
It disappeared during it's duty shift as part of the Border Guard.
No amount of scrying will find it ... it is clearly not in Realmspace, nor is it in the Deep Astral (the 11th level magic of the UC would find it there.)
The general conclusion is that it is in an area where spells of higher than 9th level do not work, which is to say about half of the Crystal Spheres around the sphere holding Realmspace.
It could even be in the Phlogiston.
Some people think it's on one of the Outer Planes, and being shielded by the Planars.
*makes Will save to resist being drawn in . . . fails*
While I refuse to get suckered back to Oerth, I *will* say this: with 11th level magic we should be able to learn the following facts regarding the disappearance of the Phaerimm:
1) What was his first destination when he left? (He could have moved on from there, of course, without our knowing)
2) Was he taken involuntarily? Similarly, was he taken through some sort of mental compulsion/charm, or did he leave freely?
3) Did anyone accompany him when he first left?
Information regarding these facts resides, to some degree, in the temporal-spatial domain of Toril, and so this information should be retrievable through 11th level magic.
As far as my presence on Oerth -- well, Edena, it seems as though you are unwilling to come up with an in-game reason for my absence/exit from Oerth. "Progress report" indeed.
I would not be able to hide the 10-million strong army from the Torillian seers. I have just returned from Oerth, and state the following:
1) The Shade menace has been dealt with -- when I last saw them, their empire had crumbled and they had been chased from Oerth
2) The City of the Gods on Oerth is no longer a threat -- and, in fact, we've brought back several hundreds of tons of interesting gadgets that we haven't been able to figure out the purpose of quite yet. Our scientists should be able to deduce their function, however . . . we could use some antimatter cannons

3) Finally, Vecna, the scourge of many worlds, is dead. Killed by a 5-year old girl. I've got pictures.
Oerth should be left to the Oerthians. Now that the majority of foreign influence is gone, we should let them alone. I am siding with the "Prime Directive" faction of the UC (and, it should be noted, my word carries great weight on Toril).
If you vote to send back troops -- send them back without me.
As far as Alzem's request -- he is from Toril as surely as we are. I do not think that, barring events of tremendous magnitude, he should be interfering any more than we should. It is up to the UC to decide whether to give him our team of 10th level mages to use -- temporarily. I suggest that we do not. Oerth will develop fine without us, and without him.
Forrester