Random DM nagging.

[Yuthirin]

Which would push it farfarfar into epic range. I am disappoint.

[Anastasia]

To be honest, I don't think you really need to slap all four spells in there for it to work. I mean, for resist energy on a staff, you don't need to specify it only works on one energy type.

[Yuthirin]

That'd be much more sane. Actually, that would make sense, since there are staves with Summon Monster on them and they lack that key bit right there about specifying.

[Yuthirin]

This would make it a remarkably-cheaper 141750 before the discount.

[Anastasia]

Indeed.

I do sort of frown on single spell staffs, though there isn't anything mechanical about it. It's more of a flavor preference. I'd prefer a staff to be developed as a theme like most of them with at least two spells, but I'm not going to force anyone over it.

In any case that's fairly affordable if you want to free up those spell slots.

[Yuthirin]

Oh no, if it's like this, I can add more to it.

[Anastasia]

If you want to go for full elemental summon variety, perhaps you could do something like

Summon Elementite Swarm (1 charge)
Summon Greater Elemental (1 charge)
Summon Elemental Monolith (2 charges)

Or whatever? Really whatever to taste, since staffs are fairly flexible. Just keep in mind the 200k pre-epic limit.

[Yuthirin]

Yes.

[Anastasia]

Quick question: Are you guys attempting any sort of identification or magic on the Blade of Endings?

[Ebiris]

I may ask 27 for further info on it, but that comes after finding our spy!

[Anastasia]

Quick hit: You guys are magically making those two traitors talk, right? Probe Thoughts? Assuming so, what are the questions you're asking?

[Ebiris]

How long have you been working for Hell?
What information have you passed on to devils? What results have you observed from this?
What means have you used to pass information on?
Who have you been passing information to?
Do you have any other roles beyond surveillance?

That work for everyone? The second question could add a lot of legitimacy for us punishing them in the eyes of the other refugees if they've previously fucked up escape attempts or sabotage.

[Merc]

I figured in their case we were going to game through their interrogation rather than just toss up a report. Some questions to ask:
1) Why did you betray Lifasa and start working for the devils?
2) Who do you report to?
3) What have you revealed about Aurora and its forces?
4) How have you been sending your reports?
5) Do you know of other traitors?
6) Do you know of any that devils are targetting or asked you to observe in particular?
7) Interrogation Questions 4a through 5d (There's probably going to be some crossover with previous questions, but still worth asking)

[Anastasia]

Which set of questions, guys?

Also, how many questions do you get with Probe Thoughts?

[Ebiris]

1 per caster level.