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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 6586310" data-attributes="member: 63">The premise here is that the party's village happens to be near where an ancient urn that holds a demon lord has been buried. There's a group of mid- to high-level spellcasters (cleric 13, transmuter 11, bard 11, evoker 7, enchanter 7, illusionist 7, abjurer 7) who are leading a conspiracy to overthrow the king and establish a magocracy, and they want this demon lord's magic to help.The plan was to set up the town as a binding circle, then dig up the urn, open it, and offer the citizens of the town as sacrifices to appease the demon lord. The party found out about the dig and got the urn themselves, then found a spy in town and figured out about the binding circle. They convinced the spy that the villains' plot was a terrible idea that would get tons of people killed, so the spy told them that a small army is on the way -- 100 soldiers, plus the mages in charge.What I'm thinking is that the 100 soldiers are 80 3rd level eldritch knights, and 20 3rd level arcane tricksters (for those unfamiliar with 5e, these aren't prestige classes; they're just alternate styles of fighters and rogues). Plus they have one summoned xorn, two summoned erinyes (each with a wand of magic missiles) and a war mammoth (that's actually a stone golem). The tricksters are the forward scouting force, and the knights spend each night casting alarm around the perimeter of the camp. The mid-level mages have a few handy spells for crowds of soldiers (i.e., fireball), but aren't well equipped to deal with a guerrilla force.We'll see what happens this coming Monday. I expect &quot;Operation Bloodtalon&quot; to result in an unconscious and captured bard-grappler. Which I suppose means I need to make stats for the demon lord Baphomet. . . .</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 6586310, member: 63"] The premise here is that the party's village happens to be near where an ancient urn that holds a demon lord has been buried. There's a group of mid- to high-level spellcasters (cleric 13, transmuter 11, bard 11, evoker 7, enchanter 7, illusionist 7, abjurer 7) who are leading a conspiracy to overthrow the king and establish a magocracy, and they want this demon lord's magic to help. The plan was to set up the town as a binding circle, then dig up the urn, open it, and offer the citizens of the town as sacrifices to appease the demon lord. The party found out about the dig and got the urn themselves, then found a spy in town and figured out about the binding circle. They convinced the spy that the villains' plot was a terrible idea that would get tons of people killed, so the spy told them that a small army is on the way -- 100 soldiers, plus the mages in charge. What I'm thinking is that the 100 soldiers are 80 3rd level eldritch knights, and 20 3rd level arcane tricksters (for those unfamiliar with 5e, these aren't prestige classes; they're just alternate styles of fighters and rogues). Plus they have one summoned xorn, two summoned erinyes (each with a wand of magic missiles) and a war mammoth (that's actually a stone golem). The tricksters are the forward scouting force, and the knights spend each night casting alarm around the perimeter of the camp. The mid-level mages have a few handy spells for crowds of soldiers (i.e., fireball), but aren't well equipped to deal with a guerrilla force. We'll see what happens this coming Monday. I expect "Operation Bloodtalon" to result in an unconscious and captured bard-grappler. Which I suppose means I need to make stats for the demon lord Baphomet. . . . [/QUOTE]

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