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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luthien Greyspear" data-source="post: 2670481" data-attributes="member: 34334">I have.  Party was lured into an underground crypt by Zhentarim agents (really just a small cavern complex under a really big tree) and then the entrance was set on fire, trapping them.  They dug their way out next to a primary root of a tree some 30 yards away, and one character jumped (ring of jumping) to the tree branch to tie the rope.  He ties it off, yanks it to signal all clear, then dropped dead next to the hole with an arrow in his back.The Zhentarim assassin had made his Listen check just a little late to stop him from tying the rope, but managed to shoot him out of the tree (magic bow with a big enhancement that allows death attacks within sneak attack range).Fortunately (literally) the party had just scrounged a raise dead scroll from the crypt, and had it handy.  The assassin got away, and the party knows he's out there.My recommendation?  Make the availability of revivification magic seemingly random, and make it far enough in advance that they don't realize right away that you were planning this.  A good idea would be to have a high-ranking priest owe them ONE favor for their services, so that they have to blow it on the assassin's victim.</blockquote>