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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hurtfultater" data-source="post: 2060539" data-attributes="member: 29120">The size of the town depends on the economics, technology, and magic of the setting.  If the city's set up to resist seiges, there is going to be extra space for farmers and stored food. For encounters, what's the timeframe and ultimate goal? If I were your players (who are presumably playing evil characters), I'd be tempted to go around the surrounding areas killing off farmers and making an army of the undead for general mischief.  Fouling water and food supplies will hurt the city, and doing the general razing and sowing salt routine makes for easy morale damage without attacking the city directly.  If the area's a temperate forest, plains area, or (worst case) tallgrass prairie, the players might create wildfires.  Tunnelling's an option here, both to sneak into the city and to collapse walls and buildings.  The temple, as a food source, hospital, and garrison is the biggest threat, barring a college of magic, a proper castle, or a Tarrasque-themed petting zoo. You will have raiding parties, probably cleric-heavy.  Some of them will be for reconnaisance, and as the players leave survivors, have the following attackers be progressively more adapted for the players. You can expect allies of the city to come racing in, and any of that dragon's old buddies and thralls might have a bone to pick. Holy guardians and protective curses will come into effect as the PCs piss off everyone in a 50 mile radius.  Partisans are likely.  Every defender who's owed a favor will be calling it in, so extraplaner allies may show up.</blockquote>

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