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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5593770" data-attributes="member: 19675">Not necessarily.Of his own?  Yes.  More total specialized magic than someone specifically tasked with and geared for taking him down with ample time to figure out his strengths and weaknesses?  Not necessarily.Nobody is 100% prepared for every threat 24/7.You know how modern vampire movies have fewer vampire hunters who start off at sunset or later?  A smart mage-killer thief doesn't attack his target right as he's starting his adventuring day.  And he certainly doesn't look like a threat.The brains to know how to choose the time and place to launch his attack, garnered by using contacts within his Guild and the personal use of skills like Streetwise, etc., to gather info on the party.  if the party is going into a space with such magical strictures, it means the target will be in a magical "chokepoint"- and thus more vulnerable.Not what I'm saying.What I'm saying is that an intelligently played intelligent rogue PC can be a challenge for an intelligently played intelligent Wizard.The rogue in question wasn't über equipped.  In the hands of the DM, he was well played, decently equipped and patient.  He did not attack the Wizard the first time they met, he waited 2 years for his opportunity and waited until the Wizard was at his most vulnerable.And while he did not succeed, he came damn close...</blockquote>