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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7021221" data-attributes="member: 20323">Sounds like fun!So what exactly are the stakes of the attack? What's at risk besides the PCs' lives (which is generally the case for adventurers)? What defines the PCs' success or failure in this scenario – is it how much destruction they can mitigate in the Field Ward?If so, that's a bit nebulous, so having specific sites/NPCs in the Field Ward that they are attached to come under threat would be the best bet. Guessing that there aren't many specific to the Field Ward, so if that's the case part of the adventure will need to be giving the PCs attachments / reasons to care about specific sites. If, for example, there's a Shrine to the Seldarine that gets incinerated, the PCs should feel that loss because they care about that particular shrine for this reason _____ .Absolutely! Can you give us a better understanding of the Field Ward and what one would find in it? I know that demihumans live there, and its in the northernmost part of Waterdeep, but I don't have a good grasp on the character of that section of the city.Some ideas:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Challenge. Named NPC of Waterdeep downs a red dragon, damaging its wings. Dragon crashes into a warehouse, endangering people on the ground.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Challenge. Fires / breaches in the north wall have isolated a group of soldiers operating a ballista, and a dragon is wheeling around to make short work of them.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Challenge. A red dragon bodily lifts a small house or horse and rider (allied NPC) into the sky. Who will save them?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dilemma. A mage of questionable loyalty claims he has a way to extend Ahghairon's dragonward over the Field Ward.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dilemma. A dead cultist, knocked from the saddle of a dragon, bears a note about the planned theft of the black dragon mask from Lady Laeral Silverhand, with orders to kill the Lady to send a message.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dilemma. Dwarven engineer proposes using grappling hooks/chains in the ballistas to create a web above the Field Ward making it harder for red dragons to maneuver, but it will take time & resources.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hazard. Odiferous trades like wooling, leatherworking, and making oils are common in the Field Ward, but also the materials in these workshops is dangerously flammable/explosive.</li> </ul></blockquote>

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