052 [spoiler]1 . execute plans at the longest range possible to minimize suspicion 2. Act within a 3 hour window of the present to minimize butterflie effect and paradoxes 3. The mages guild can can only expell you if you get caught .4 (and my favorite) the arch mage can go chew on a horse shoe....(but I might've taken that one out of context...as my memory was thrown out of wack after I volunteered for several questionable transmutation experiments...)[/spoiler]