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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Reis_Thunderwood" data-source="post: 1028364" data-attributes="member: 8319">In a campaign I played in years ago, an avatar of Gond was driven insane by its association with Cyric.  Sounds strange yes, but they have associated in the past.Anyway, the insane Gond avatar created a technology surge in areas of the realms, and all of a sudden there is an army that can levy massive non-magical might against a city like Waterdeep.  Now you have a Zhentarim army that could breach the walls of the city, deal with the golems, and even threaten Khelben.  A few enchanted bullets on a magically reloading rifle in the hands of a few high level rogues would make even Khelben afraid.  Add cannonfire to take out the golems and walls.If you don't like the idea of the massive technology surge in the Realms, put this event in the far past (fill in some other force instead of Cyric).  In the past, this Gond avatar created a dozen or so Anaxims (epic).  Now these Anaxims can create Iron Golems, and just for kicks, give them the ability to cast some additional spells (like Greater Fantastic Machine and Greater Magic Weapon).  Now, you have a force comprised of Anaxims, Iron Golems, Greater Fantastic Machines.Now, throw in some Automatons as low level infantry, or even some Inevitables (they ought to get along with the Anaxims fine).  Figure that they can gate into Waterdeep, and then due their largely magic immune might, versatility, would absolutely raze Waterdeep.  The Mythal wouldn't help, Khelben would be next to useless, the ground forces wouldn't be able to deal with these forces.The tie in with the Zhentarim is that they contacted these entities, and worked out a deal where they would get to split the wealth of the city, so that the Anaxims could expand the size of their forces. Or you could mix the two and leave a cache of technology in the Realms, and the Zhentarim have recovered it.  Now it is much more localized, but could still be used with devastating effect.Burn baby burn!</blockquote>

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