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<blockquote data-quote="Otterscrubber" data-source="post: 7095064" data-attributes="member: 4588"><p>Agreed, are they in an open plain with the hostages tied up near a big bonfire in the middle? Or are they in a castle the orcs overran? If the goal is just to get the hostages, I'd think that some illusions, etherealness and teleport would help them get in, get the hostages and get out quickly. If it's a group out in the open then yeah, as one other poster mentioned, Meteor Swarm is gonna take a lot of wind out of their sails with a quickness. </p><p></p><p>But if they must fight a horde of orcs as part of the conditions.....may i say a fiend warlock with spell sniper, decent armor skills and shillelagh would do well. Every time the warlock drops a low level orc, gets 18+Cha temp hp and some battle field spells like wall of fire wouldn't hurt either. Fantastic against lots of low level mobs, but less effective against larger foes with more HP. Mass suggestions on larger enemies, hopefully with crappy Will saves might help even the odds a bit. Do these orcs have any cave trolls? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Reminds me of on of my favorite adventures in a 4e campaign, basically had to kill 1000 zombies minions (1 hp each) that were attacking an abandoned pirate town we had discovered. Was fun using the buildings for cover and slowly over the course of a few hours taking them all out. Group was about lvl 8 i think. Very memorable game session. Hope you have as much fun in yours!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otterscrubber, post: 7095064, member: 4588"] Agreed, are they in an open plain with the hostages tied up near a big bonfire in the middle? Or are they in a castle the orcs overran? If the goal is just to get the hostages, I'd think that some illusions, etherealness and teleport would help them get in, get the hostages and get out quickly. If it's a group out in the open then yeah, as one other poster mentioned, Meteor Swarm is gonna take a lot of wind out of their sails with a quickness. But if they must fight a horde of orcs as part of the conditions.....may i say a fiend warlock with spell sniper, decent armor skills and shillelagh would do well. Every time the warlock drops a low level orc, gets 18+Cha temp hp and some battle field spells like wall of fire wouldn't hurt either. Fantastic against lots of low level mobs, but less effective against larger foes with more HP. Mass suggestions on larger enemies, hopefully with crappy Will saves might help even the odds a bit. Do these orcs have any cave trolls? :) Reminds me of on of my favorite adventures in a 4e campaign, basically had to kill 1000 zombies minions (1 hp each) that were attacking an abandoned pirate town we had discovered. Was fun using the buildings for cover and slowly over the course of a few hours taking them all out. Group was about lvl 8 i think. Very memorable game session. Hope you have as much fun in yours! [/QUOTE]
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