Okay, so Atelia can cast<em>misdirection</em>to give something else the shield's aura, then we hide the real shield in a lead box.<br/><br/>Of course, this is all assuming that Team Paladin comes equipped with<em>detect good</em>.  Not that that wouldn't be smart of them, but we can always hope for paladins who dumped INT (or who just don't expect us to get that tricky in hiding the thing when it's already deep inside a labyrinth full of monsters).<br/><br/>Since I assume we're keeping the shield around after we dispose of these bozos, for greater hilarity Atelia could always give<strong>herself</strong>the shield's aura.  Might make it easier to play some hilarious (and venomous) pranks on incoming adventurers.