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Message: <blockquote data-quote="David Howery" data-source="post: 1799716" data-attributes="member: 17239">I was going to send the FR into massive turmoil with a huge war in Faerun, and run some counterparts to historical wars and battles (my group at the time didn't include any history buffs like me, so they never recognized any of the historical based adventures I slipped into my campaign).  The war is touched off by the Zhentarim, who gain a massive treasure horde from one of the lost empires from Faerun's past (sorry, the name escapes me at the moment).  They use the funds to draw up a massive mercenary army to invade Cormyr (elephants over the mountains, as with Hannibal).  Like the 2nd Punic war, Cormyr/Rome fares badly at first, but eventually gains the upper hand by sheer dogged perseverence and wins.  Along the way, the PCs would get to:fight in a besieged frontier fort (Rorke's Drift) against thousands of goblins.evacuate settlers from the forested areas and hold off the enemies' own woodsmen and foresters (Last of the Mohicans).take part in a huge amphibious invasion in the Lake of Dragons to relieve the siege of Suzail (D-Day).The finale of the campaign would be a huge Waterloo battle, where two Cormyr armies are trying to unite to defeat the enemy's last massive army, and it would be a near run thing...I should point out that my players rather liked Battlesystem and big army clashes, so I designed up this campaign to suit them....</blockquote>