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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gaiden" data-source="post: 2697430" data-attributes="member: 103"><p>I was wrong on the math - your phantom steed w/expeditious retreat has the same speed as a windwalked character meaning you could get there in 9 rounds (rather than 30) if anyone shows up with expeditious retreat capabilities.  I read your previous post that said 9 rds is a long time and also what you said about your other NPCs, but seriously, if you want tension and drama and to not do something that is like the hand of god (because even a scroll of teleport is sort of like that - just to a lesser degree than the gandolf save because the players are doing it rather than the DM), go for a sprinting phantom steed.  Leave your NPC's behind if the whole levitation thing is a problem and just return to them in 2 minutes.  Your round trip should take maybe 21 rounds.  It sounds like you being there won't matter except to facilutate their escape anyway - so you'd have to have several teleport scrolls to get there and out (including an extra or so for failures).</p></blockquote><p></p>