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From: nick@utcsrgv.UUCP (T.C. Nicholas Graham)
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Subject: Re: Help!...Jailbird
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Date: Sat, 21-Jan-84 15:00:50 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 21 15:00:50 1984
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As a fellow devotee of Athena, I think it is important to point out
the dangers of calling upon one's deity any time one finds oneself
in a little danger.  If every second level cleric who found him/herself
in jail were to call upon Athena, what would happen when something really
important came up (such as MY character needing help! :-) )?

In any case, your situation isn't that desperate yet:  consider the following
possibilities, each of which might work, depending on the details of your
predicament.  Unfortuanately, as far as I know, the size of the jail you are
in could be anywhere from a hick-town police depot to something that rivals
the Bastille.  Anyway, try the following:  STEP 1:  get out of your cell.
Easy.  Memorize several command spells.  With the simple word 'unlock',
you are out of your cell.  With the second simple word 'die', the obliging
guard will be happy to roll around on the ground gagging for a round.
This gives you sufficient time to get to work on STEP 2:  get out of the
prison.  Not quite so easy, but possibilities abound.  One idea would
probably require a ruling on the part of your DM:  use a sanctuary spell.
If the DM is pleasant, this spell would require all guards and other nasties
to make a saving throw before attacking/reapprehending you.  This would greatly
aid your chances of sneaking out.  Depending on how magic-starved your area is,
something so simple as casting a light spell in the back of some other cell
could create an effective diversion.  In a larger prison, something as old
as the gambit of stealing the clothes of the guard you did in for a round
could produce highly useful effects.  None of these ideas have even
touched on your psionics.  Personally, I'd enjoy the
challenge of trying to get out without having to resort to them, as your
hypnosis discipline really makes the whole thing rather trivial.  ("I suggest
that you and your comrades have orders to take me into town for trial...")
However, if things get tricky they are always there to smooth things over.

Be innovative; you have quite a lot to work with.  And remember that if
things get REALLY sticky, you still do have a one-in-a-zillion chance of
catching Athena's attention.

Loads of luck,

			-- Nick Graham, U of T