"That's a good girl." Kass replied with a grin, now knowing the location of the statue, as well as where the next target is, and where the next  target was... but now there was a problem "When we get the statue back, we'll be back here to evaluate your situation, and I'll be more inclined to evaluate it more favorably sweetie... but if you're trying to fuck us... let's just say I'm not the person to fuck<em>with</em>, least not in<em>that</em>way."<br/><br/>As Aria pointed out, while they knew where the statue was now, there was a good chance it would take days, or a good teleport, to get there, and there would likely be fighting as well, but they wouldn't be able to head to the other town because of how late it would be, and people showing up in the middle of the night claiming that an artifact was going to be stolen in a few hours would likely sound like a setup.  Going to the other location would result in saving a town, and yet if they did that there was a chance they'd lose the statue's location... a dilemma.  Either way, it seemed she'd only be handling one of the two... least in her mind, but as she led the Aria out of there, to have the two of them replaced by armed priestesses or priests capable in battle, she decided to yet again seek the Lady of Strategy's prodigious disciple what she thought of things.<br/><br/>"Okay, what is your take on the situation?  My main priority is getting the statue back, but we need to also prevent the theft as well.  If we accomplish both things, the threat of that spell will be nullified, I believe.  We'll need to send messengers to Cormyr and Luthcheq at the very least, I'd suspect... but what do you think is the best way to handle this love?  Mind you I'm going to need a good third-day of rest if I'm to be at full strength for this..."<br/><br/>Looking at the way spells are earned for a Bard, I know how Kass can earn her spells, and in the process we can have some good ol' carnal fun.  Basically, Bards have to 'concentrate' by using a Perform skill... and Kass has Perform (Sexual Tecnique)... so how she's going to 'recharge' her spells at the end of the eight hours of rest will be to have sex for at least fifteen minutes... and there's a certain priestess she's wanting to bend over a railing in plain view, as well as a certain Tiefling she'd love to lay with.  Or she could fuck the prisoner girl, but something tells me that would be 'evil' >.><br/><br/>And what she meant about the Sharessans was if they wanted to serve as part of the raid, more or less.  Basically, have one of the Priestesses hold the Sending stone Aria has, and when she gets a call she uses Greater Scrying on me as a standard action, and the round AFTER that they can Greater Teleport a whole group like the Succubi did, giving us reinforcements if things turn to shit in a hurry.<br/><br/>The thing that is making the planning process for this a bit difficult is that... well, I don't know how<em>competent</em>or capable the NPC allies are... most every game I play has been 'the PCs do<em>everything</em>because the NPCs are basically helpless'... so I'm at a bit of a dilemma here: if I go to the Statue first, I'll be able to get it no problem, but then heading to the other place would be occurring very late, we'd be getting there with magic and both of us are laden with magic in one form or another, and overall it'd look suspicious and be on a short timeline.  If I go to the other place, it would be a LOT of waiting for the attack, and then I'd be risking the statue getting moved to somewhere else or getting NPCs killed in the process of sending them to retrieve the statue (and as a point of pride I guess, Kass was charged with bringing back the actual Statue... so she'd be more likely to prioritize retrieving the statue itself first).<br/><br/>So I guess what I'm asking/wanting to know is this: are the NPCs able to be trusted and counted upon to get the job done more or less?  I suspect all they need to do is go to the Sparta-type city and warn them, convince them, and possibly support them before returning in the morning, if necessary... would the NPCs in your game be up to the task?