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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7021326" data-attributes="member: 20323">I like that you're mixing it up <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I'm not too familiar with The Rise of Tiamat except the broad strokes, but I can imagine and I have Volo's Guide to Monsters which has stats for a CR 5 enchanter and CR 9 abjurer which I'm assuming are lifted from The Rise of Tiamat. Lots of wicked spell strategies you could come up with for them, and for the mezzoloth's cloudkill to.If I was prepping an encounter with that assassination squad, I'd consider the following strategy:The enchanter is at large in the Field Ward, and has been undercover for quite some time, agitating the peasants. Either through rhetoric (countered by PC role-playing and/or Charisma checks) OR a charm person (cast at 5th-level, countered by dispel magic), the enchanter convinces a group of 5+ commoners to undertake an act of sabotage or turn against the PCs for some perceived slight. Foreshadowing the enchanter's presence in Waterdeep is a must, even if just a little bit! "Someone has been agitating the field workers..." Maybe the enchanter uses suggestion on a guard sergeant to enact a terrible defensive strategy (e.g. "burn the homes nearest the inner wards to repel the flames, these demihuman rabble be damned"). During the actual fighting, some of the enchanter's best tactics will be to stay safe behind mage armor + cover and (1) cast dominate beast on a creature the PCs usually rely upon as an ally (or perhaps on a herd of rampaging cattle, stretching the spell description a little), and The abjurer should also do a bit of planning, beginning with Rary's telepathic bond to communicate with his teammates, and maybe dropping a delayed blast fireball in a location where they try to lure the PCs to, so the fireball just gathers strength meanwhile. Again, it's only fair to foreshadow this, maybe witnessing a glowing red orb falling from one of the dragon's into an old temple. And casting an arcane lock on the building's door or even a wall of force once the PCs are in would be suitably villainous. Also, the abjurer can teleport his team to the PCs' position in an attempt to surprise them, though since he lacks divination magic he'll need to get a sight line to the PCs, probably from an elevated perch like a tower warded by globe of invulnerability.Both casters should attempt flesh to stone on any flying creature, whether a mount, NPC, or PC, and watch them plummet from the sky. Wicked laugh optional.</blockquote>

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