[Dragaera] Seventeen Maybe Different Jhegaala Spoilers

[Philip Hart]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Jon Lincicum wrote:

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> From: Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu>
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>>>> 2. Ok, dumb question, but how again is it that the Organization finds
>>>> out about Vlad?
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>> He takes off the gold stone for just a moment, incidental to taking off
>> the black stone - and we have seen in _Orca_ that Loiosh will detect
>> a locator spell, and anyway Vlad was still wearing Spellbreaker.
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> Loiosh DID detect a locator spell. Or, more specifically, he felt 
> SOMEthing. That may have just been the coven getting Vlad's name. But 
> remember that while the Empire couldn't employ a witch powerful or 
> subtle enough to get past Loiosh, the Left Hand surely must contain some 
> sorcerers who have the necessary skill.

But what Loiosh senses is _during_ the spell, not before, when Vlad
is removing the gold stone for zero reason.


> In terms of Spellbreaker, Vlad has been teleporting all over the place 
> with Spellbreaker for years. We have ample evidence to show that despite 
> being made of Gold Phoenix Stone, it doesn't stop sorcery around Vlad 
> the way the amulet does.

Sb could be a door, not a wall.  Uhh, a locked door.

But the claim is that the gold stone only works when on Vlad's chest?
I don't see why it wouldn't be as effective held in his hand a few 
inches from his body.


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>> Also, I don't understand how an assassin is supposed to find out enough
>> to bribe a servant of the Count and then try to subvert Dahni without
>> making, or certainly risking, a big ripple of gossip.
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> The Jhereg assassin hires a teleport service to take him just over the 
> Eastern Mountains. Finds a horse, rides to a nearby village, but not one 
> so close that anyone in Burz can sense his presence. Then, it's just a 
> matter of spreading gold around around

"Hey, dude, there's a guy in the next village who's tall as Shaquille 
O'Neil but he's skinnier than your sister, and he's giving away gold
to anyone who'll tell him about the Count!  You should go get you some
of that."

> until he can find someone to go 
> into Burz for him. I would imagine even an elf wouldn't have any serious 
> problems finding ample volunteers interested in earning twice their 
> yearly salary for a few hours work going into town and setting up a 
> meeting with a representative of the local lord (Dahni) on a 
> "no-questions-asked" basis.

"So, Mr. Dahni, I'd like you to go have a chat with a man.  He's really
deadly dangerous so be careful, and incidentally he's got bad night vision
so if he attacks you hide someplace dark.  By the way don't go blabbing
that to him, I want it to be a surprise.  Just go ask him what he's up
to, since I'd rather you not listen to scuttlebutt or try to talk to the
locals about him pretending the Count is interested.  And, well, let's
not attack until he's had a chance to get suspicious.  And, uhh, going
to Vlad and asking for a bigger bribe for the truth then getting out
of town - bad idea."

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> He might not even need to go all the way into a neighboring town. Just 
> meet some fellow on the road, as Vlad did before he got to Burz.  No 
> witnesses. No hubub.

As I recall in _Athyra_ Vlad brainwashes the fellow on the road, and
anyway it's a trap, and anyway he walks into it noisily and waits for 
it to be sprung.