Draiss nodded, and then looked at his group, somewhat surprised that they hadn't called him out on his little plan. "...Was that advising us against trying to take out the Ghostlord and instead make a deal with him, or just a history lesson? Because that confused even me. Or maybe I just wasn't paying attention, expecting my group to not be shocked senseless by my proposed division of labor."<br/><br/>He was SO tempted to encourage that 'secret' relationship, having bronze dragon blood had made him a born meddler, but he controlled his impulses, and made a note to make sure that both of them made it through the upcoming fight. And he would cheerfully cheat if he had too.<br/><br/>Going over the group's power level, he decided to 'give' himself a level in Archmage, the spell manipulation it would 'allow' him would go a long way to hiding his real abilities.