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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 6071040" data-attributes="member: 150">If the city is being attacked by sea, what sort of an attack is it?  Traditionally (well, depending upon historical era) it's hard for ships to attack citys head-to-head, because a city's fortifications can be a lot stronger -- if the city HAS fortifications.  But usually an attack like this would probably start out as a blockade (capture or sink any ships trying to get in or out of the city) until enough force can be landed on shore near the city to take it by land.  If the PCs arrive by land, but the city is being blockaded, they might get involved with some sort of smuggling operation to try to run the blockade and bring back help. And food. And other supplies.  -In that scenario, the enemy would have small scouting parties on shore, trying to observe the city and figure out how defensible it is, how well prepared they are for an attack, etc. They might even try to send spies into the city.  Identifying some key goals that a small party of heroes could take on that might make a difference in the attack might look like - finding a way to send for help- create delays while the city waits to be relieved.  This might mean sabotage, diversions, and other sorts of trickery. - find and eliminate spies and observers so the enemy doesn't know where to land/attack/etc- send false reports from interdicted spies to lure elements of the enemy's forces into a trapand so on. -rg</blockquote>

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