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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlin the Tuna" data-source="post: 3840246" data-attributes="member: 55638">Any chance one of your players is a Ranger?  If not, they could maybe get a hand from Jorr in tracking Koth.  If you've got a cleric, <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/divination.htm" target="_blank">Divination</a> (the spell) should get them on the right track.  Scrying shouldn't be out of reach for a Druid either, which should work given that they've met Koth.  (Arcane casters will likely have a problem getting a hold of 1000 gp mirrors, but pools of water are pretty easy to come by).  They even get bonus points for that one if they can grab any of his leftovers from their first battle.Druids, Rangers, and Gnomes also have the ability to speak with animals, either via a 1st level spell or a racial SLA.  That might could get them headed in the right direction.  Druids also have Speak with Plants, which I guess could maybe be helpful?Barring that, they should at least realize that something is seriously up at this point, shouldn't they?  Hustling back towards Drellin's Ferry could give an opportunity to talk logistics with some of the important folks back there; if they know that something big is going down, what would be viable locations to hide forces and start from?  What are tactically significant choke points?  <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/clairaudienceClairvoyance.htm" target="_blank">Clairvoyance</a> could help speed this process up.Along a similar line of thought, there's always the option of, y'know, looking.  Dire Bats, if found and caught, could be fitted with saddles.  They'd be untrained, so it'd be risky, but again, a Wild Empathy check here or there would go a long way towards making them viable mounts.  Between a 40 ft fly speed and just being in the air, scouting should be considerably easier.  Also, flying into battle on the back of a giant bat is pretty sweet.Hopefully that will at least get some gears moving in your head.  I imagine some of it isn't useful advice -- I've only experienced RHoD as a player, and I haven't played very far into it in any of my attempts.  Good luck.</blockquote>

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