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how to do a "defend the castle" adventure?
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<blockquote data-quote="Whisper72" data-source="post: 3906488" data-attributes="member: 17339"><p>Depends a bit on what you want the PC's to do. Some thoughts:</p><p></p><p>If you want the PC's to act as a sort of special ops squad, taking out enemy leaders and their own 'special forces', then there should be several worthy adversaries depending upon level, I am thinking levels 3/4 for the ideas:</p><p>- take out the lone hill giant 'artillery' before his boulders take down a wall</p><p>- take out the enemy shamen / witchdoctors whose spells could spell disaster for the defenders</p><p>- there is a troll among the enemy forces that needs special attention</p><p>- the attacking forces have a tame small dragon</p><p>- among the kobolds is a 'crack' team of archers whose continuous shooting is keeping the defenders from shooting back, the wall may be breeched unless this team is harassed quickly</p><p></p><p>Another way is for the PC's to be 'regular' defenders, but have special stuff happen near them (they ARE the heroes after all):</p><p>- the breech in the wall just happens to appear next to where the PC's are defending</p><p>- a tunnel opens up just below where the PC's are fighting</p><p>- some spell (something like sleep, stinking cloud or somesuch) is taking out the NPC defenders in the area where the PC's are, and they are now alone facing overwhelming odds. They must hold x rounds until reinforcements arrive</p><p></p><p>In these instances, the exact leadership structure of the enemies is not really all that relevant. Logically, the smarter/more wiley enemies command. Mayby the goblins are in overall command, having a few blues (psionics) or shamen (sorcerors) and several heroes (warrior or fighters of several levels) who lead the attack. A squad of ogres commanded by a ranger-goblin acts as elite force and the orcs, supported by a goblin hero (fighter 2) and goblin witchdoctor (sorc 3) are the 'shock troops'. Goblins are the 'main force' and the smaller kobolds act as cannon fodder and sappers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whisper72, post: 3906488, member: 17339"] Depends a bit on what you want the PC's to do. Some thoughts: If you want the PC's to act as a sort of special ops squad, taking out enemy leaders and their own 'special forces', then there should be several worthy adversaries depending upon level, I am thinking levels 3/4 for the ideas: - take out the lone hill giant 'artillery' before his boulders take down a wall - take out the enemy shamen / witchdoctors whose spells could spell disaster for the defenders - there is a troll among the enemy forces that needs special attention - the attacking forces have a tame small dragon - among the kobolds is a 'crack' team of archers whose continuous shooting is keeping the defenders from shooting back, the wall may be breeched unless this team is harassed quickly Another way is for the PC's to be 'regular' defenders, but have special stuff happen near them (they ARE the heroes after all): - the breech in the wall just happens to appear next to where the PC's are defending - a tunnel opens up just below where the PC's are fighting - some spell (something like sleep, stinking cloud or somesuch) is taking out the NPC defenders in the area where the PC's are, and they are now alone facing overwhelming odds. They must hold x rounds until reinforcements arrive In these instances, the exact leadership structure of the enemies is not really all that relevant. Logically, the smarter/more wiley enemies command. Mayby the goblins are in overall command, having a few blues (psionics) or shamen (sorcerors) and several heroes (warrior or fighters of several levels) who lead the attack. A squad of ogres commanded by a ranger-goblin acts as elite force and the orcs, supported by a goblin hero (fighter 2) and goblin witchdoctor (sorc 3) are the 'shock troops'. Goblins are the 'main force' and the smaller kobolds act as cannon fodder and sappers. [/QUOTE]
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