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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peni Griffin" data-source="post: 3659502" data-attributes="member: 50322">Impatient much?  The bridge needs reinforcing, anyway, unless 3.5 dragons can get along without sleep.  I had three flying creatures guarding the bridge in rotation, with 2 chimerae on hand for the shifts considered less dangerous and to cover for Ozyrrandion when he acted as messenger between the Horde and Koth.What Koth does now depends on who Koth is and what his goals are.  Answer the following questions, and you'll know what he does.Why is Koth a warlord?On the face of it, a sorcerer with a low intelligence is an odd choice for such an important post, and it says in the module that he feels called on to prove himself.  So what quality led him to be selected for this post and to whom does he need to prove himself?  If he's a petty bureaucrat whose skill at working the system got him into this position, he behaves very differently at this juncture than if he's a shameless synchophant who rose on a tide of flattery, or a hapless schmoe who got lucky in the right place at the right time and was promoted in recognition of accomplishments he made by accident, or a ruthless opportunist who destroyed his predecessor in order to achieve this rank.Second, What system is set up for communicating with HQ, and with whom can he communicate directly?If Ozyrrandion is the sole source of communication with HQ, but Koth has a system for signaling the troops loose in the Witchwood, that's one set of tactics; if Azar Khul randomly does sendings to communicate with the guys in the field, that's another set.Third, What's his relationship to the other members of the Horde?  If he's friendly with Ozyrrandion and between the two of them (the youngest dragon, the newest Warlord) they're out to dazzle the establishment, then yeah, he's personally reinforcing the bridge.  But what if Ozyrrandion's a dragon supremacist who regularly lords it over him?  Then maybe Ozyrrandion doesn't even get the word and Koth determines to deal with this little problem his ownself with his own troops by ambushing the PCs or burning Drellin's Ferry.  Or maybe Azarr Kul is a micromanager and control freak, and Koth doesn't dare do anything but ride that mount straight to Cinder Hill.  At which point, he might be demoted and allowed to redeem himself by leading a party of assassins to take out the PCs, or turned over to the mindbenders for an attitude adjustment, or sent to reinforce the bridge just a little bit too late.  I'm finding travel times to be a vital component of this adventure.When running this bit, I assumed that only the troops at the bridge, those with flight capacity, and those available in the module to launch the punitive raid on Drellin's Ferry could get into position for any attacks at this time.  You might also decide that now is a good time to send in Miha Serani, or even a disguised mindbender, already in the vale doing spying duty.  Such a person could gain vital information about PC resources and capabilities, lead them into a trap, or distract them.</blockquote>

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