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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 5981569" data-attributes="member: 6669384">I like the Empty Fort strategy.&nbsp; We have no civilian population for the soldiers to mingle with. We do, however, have a lot of empty buildings for them to hide in.And the Bard (my character) does have a reputation for unexpected tactics, tricks and surprises.He does have a way to conjure a crowd, of sorts.&nbsp; Not illusions, but a variation on Unseen Servant that in this case is visible and apparently solid.&nbsp; It burns a 6th level spell, but he can get about 4 dozen per casting.Using this approach to delay the opposition, we'd probably have the party focus their efforts, with support fire from whatever troops they could take with them, on the force to the North, while the Bard and an apparently crowded market place played their role at the opposite gate.The gate ploy would only work once, if at all, but ...&nbsp; But it lends itself to further exploitation.I also have to wonder what would happen to an army of Orcs and Ettins if they found two dozen barrels of whiskey, wine and ale delivered to their camp?&nbsp; Not poisoned or cursed, just delivered, or better yet &quot;captured&quot; from a merchant's wagon that apparently broke down near by.You could take a sizable force out of action for a day, maybe longer, like that.&nbsp; And again, that leaves one of the four forces out of play while a forcible strike is executed against another.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 5981569, member: 6669384"] I like the Empty Fort strategy. We have no civilian population for the soldiers to mingle with. We do, however, have a lot of empty buildings for them to hide in. And the Bard (my character) does have a reputation for unexpected tactics, tricks and surprises. He does have a way to conjure a crowd, of sorts. Not illusions, but a variation on [I]Unseen Servant[/I] that in this case is visible and apparently solid. It burns a 6th level spell, but he can get about 4 dozen per casting. Using this approach to delay the opposition, we'd probably have the party focus their efforts, with support fire from whatever troops they could take with them, on the force to the North, while the Bard and an apparently crowded market place played their role at the opposite gate. The gate ploy would only work once, if at all, but ... But it lends itself to further exploitation. I also have to wonder what would happen to an army of Orcs and Ettins if they found two dozen barrels of whiskey, wine and ale delivered to their camp? Not poisoned or cursed, just delivered, or better yet "captured" from a merchant's wagon that apparently broke down near by. You could take a sizable force out of action for a day, maybe longer, like that. And again, that leaves one of the four forces out of play while a forcible strike is executed against another. [/QUOTE]

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