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<blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 7344074" data-attributes="member: 6803337">If you have a recurring villain who is supported by an organization, he might send a spy to tail the PCs.&nbsp; The spy might be built as an Arcane Trickster, with emphasis on sneaking and lurking and contacting allies, not DPR / combat ability.&nbsp; Give the PCs a fair clue: Ask for Perception checks (against the spy's Stealth); if they succeed, they see that they have a tail staying well back, too far away to grab or ambush.&nbsp; The PCs may forget about him, or scare him off; either is fine.&nbsp; Later, have the tail return but be more persistent: he gets closer, sticks around even when the PCs see him, &amp;c.&nbsp; The tail will stay nearby when the PCs get into a fight with somebody else, and discuss aloud their tactical situation and their stats.&nbsp; THAT is the time for the tail to use Message or a pair of Sending Stones to call in a goon squad.But I would not just drop this on the PCs out of a clear blue sky.(If BBEG is sneaky and clever, and has 'gotten the drop' or 'taken advantage' on them a few times, the PCs feel more rewarded when they eventually beat him.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eltab, post: 7344074, member: 6803337"] If you have a recurring villain who is supported by an organization, he might send a spy to tail the PCs. The spy might be built as an Arcane Trickster, with emphasis on sneaking and lurking and contacting allies, not DPR / combat ability. Give the PCs a fair clue: Ask for Perception checks (against the spy's Stealth); if they succeed, they see that they have a tail staying well back, too far away to grab or ambush. The PCs may forget about him, or scare him off; either is fine. Later, have the tail return but be more persistent: he gets closer, sticks around even when the PCs see him, &c. The tail will stay nearby when the PCs get into a fight with somebody else, and discuss aloud their tactical situation and their stats. THAT is the time for the tail to use [I]Message[/I] or a pair of [I]Sending Stones[/I] to call in a goon squad. But I would not just drop this on the PCs out of a clear blue sky. (If BBEG is sneaky and clever, and has 'gotten the drop' or 'taken advantage' on them a few times, the PCs feel more rewarded when they eventually beat him.) [/QUOTE]

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