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<blockquote data-quote="heimdall" data-source="post: 1189238" data-attributes="member: 12421">I'd go with the Thieves' Guild approach already mentioned. Think how an organized crime syndicate would react in a similar situation... stores are paying them &quot;protection&quot; money and unless they can ensure these stores say safe, the merchants aren't going to pay. That means they'll start staking out the places. Also, keep in mind that Locate Object is only a level 2 spell for bards, wizards, and sorcerers. That means a merchant having discovered an item is missing (they are going to be more cautious now since everyone is getting hit) is going to hire some magical assistance ahead of time and give said magical assistance time to go through their inventory (need to have visualized items first hand to locate a specific one)... look at the range on the spell. 400 ft. + 40 ft./level. A 3rd level wizard has a radius of 520 ft. to detect said item... that means 1040 ft. diameter... a 4th level wizard has 560 ft. -&gt; 1120 ft. That's almost a quarter of a mile (1420 ft.) coverage. Won't be too hard to find said item, eh?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="heimdall, post: 1189238, member: 12421"] I'd go with the Thieves' Guild approach already mentioned. Think how an organized crime syndicate would react in a similar situation... stores are paying them "protection" money and unless they can ensure these stores say safe, the merchants aren't going to pay. That means they'll start staking out the places. Also, keep in mind that Locate Object is only a level 2 spell for bards, wizards, and sorcerers. That means a merchant having discovered an item is missing (they are going to be more cautious now since everyone is getting hit) is going to hire some magical assistance ahead of time and give said magical assistance time to go through their inventory (need to have visualized items first hand to locate a specific one)... look at the range on the spell. 400 ft. + 40 ft./level. A 3rd level wizard has a radius of 520 ft. to detect said item... that means 1040 ft. diameter... a 4th level wizard has 560 ft. -> 1120 ft. That's almost a quarter of a mile (1420 ft.) coverage. Won't be too hard to find said item, eh? [/QUOTE]

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