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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 7021135" data-attributes="member: 54629">Hi all,In Ed Greenwood's novel Death Masks, it briefly mentions that Waterdeep's Field Ward was recently burned down by dragon attack. It doesn't go into the details of when this happened or why, but I think it's fairly safe to assume that it was meant to have occurred during the Tyranny of Dragons period.With that in mind, I'd like to incorporate this event into my Tyranny of Dragons campaign. The PCs have just hit 11th level, and we are at a point where I am going to run the second Cult Strikes Back event. I was thinking it would be fun to stage it as part of a larger attack on Waterdeep.Earlier in the campaign, I allowed the PCs to acquire the black dragon mask when they killed Rezmir. They ended up giving it to Lady Laeral Silverhand for safekeeping. They have since agreed to hand over all captured dragon masks to the metallic dragons. However, I don't think any of this would stop the cult from at least attempting to get that mask back, and so I am thinking that the assault on Waterdeep's Field Ward would be part of this plan.The cult sends a flight of red dragons to attack the Field Ward, the city's most vulnerable district on account of it being outside the boundaries of the dragonward. The dragons are backed up by cultists who attack elsewhere in the city to divert resources away from defending the Field Ward. All of this, however, is mainly intended as a distraction so that a group of Red Wizards can steal back the black dragon mask ... and so that another group of cultists and wizards can assassinate the PCs.As an aside, I don't think I will let the cultists succeed in recapturing the mask. That would cheapen the PCs' hard work in obtaining it, I think. This is just meant to show that the cult hasn't just rolled over and accepted the mask's loss. They've been planning this assault for some time, using magic to locate the mask and determine its defences and the like.Anyway, I'd like to take advantage of the opportunity to make this encounter more than just a simple street fight. The PCs will no doubt want to go and help in the Field Ward, and so I'd like the assassins to hit them in the midst of all the fiery chaos. I'd like some help determining some random events that I can throw in to mess with the players' plans. Random dragon flybys, crying kids separated from their parents, burning buildings collapsing, that kind of thing.In other words, I'd like to try and utilize the environment to enhance the encounter.Anyone got any good ideas?Thanks in advance!</blockquote>

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