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<blockquote data-quote="CydKnight" data-source="post: 7542021" data-attributes="member: 6873462"><p>This sounds a lot like a Mastermind NPC I have infiltrating my party traversing the Underdark. He is an Air Genasi whose mother happens to be from an obscenely rich noble family so he has near unlimited resources as she coddled her only close blood relative as he grew up. Knowing his origins to be part Djinn, he wants to create a nation state for all Genasi (who have none and he feels they are unjustly by all).  </p><p></p><p>With his family resources and his adventuring skills, he has been secretly gathering magical artifacts to help him achieve his goal of creating a Genasi Nation of Power which he will lead. He supplements these skills with deceit, cunning, and perception such as described with your own Xandala. Like you I am also contemplating the next step for this character. </p><p></p><p> It seems to me that Xandala's next step is to make her move and find out if the map ping leads to the true location or not.  Perhaps she can also find a way to scry on the PC through hired means to confirm that location.  If she can't perhaps she can find another way to lure the PC to a location of her choosing and control setting up a major encounter for her and the party?  If the "Allies" you describe can't be made to work for this scheme, perhaps she has other "allies" that are more suitable for this encounter.  I would be thinking lair type actions with terrain/effects she can control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CydKnight, post: 7542021, member: 6873462"] This sounds a lot like a Mastermind NPC I have infiltrating my party traversing the Underdark. He is an Air Genasi whose mother happens to be from an obscenely rich noble family so he has near unlimited resources as she coddled her only close blood relative as he grew up. Knowing his origins to be part Djinn, he wants to create a nation state for all Genasi (who have none and he feels they are unjustly by all). With his family resources and his adventuring skills, he has been secretly gathering magical artifacts to help him achieve his goal of creating a Genasi Nation of Power which he will lead. He supplements these skills with deceit, cunning, and perception such as described with your own Xandala. Like you I am also contemplating the next step for this character. It seems to me that Xandala's next step is to make her move and find out if the map ping leads to the true location or not. Perhaps she can also find a way to scry on the PC through hired means to confirm that location. If she can't perhaps she can find another way to lure the PC to a location of her choosing and control setting up a major encounter for her and the party? If the "Allies" you describe can't be made to work for this scheme, perhaps she has other "allies" that are more suitable for this encounter. I would be thinking lair type actions with terrain/effects she can control. [/QUOTE]
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