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The Temple Between
The Battle for the City:
Day Two
Over the course of the night, a small but fearsome
mercenary army—consisting mostly of human soldiers
and trolls, but with dragonborn and other creatures
scattered throughout—creeps from the surrounding
wilds and surrounds Overlook. The PCs awaken
in the morning to the sound of catapult boulders
slamming against the ramparts, and are swiftly summoned
to the Council’s war room.
The following three encounters can occur in
whatever order you prefer. They are written as assignments
from the Council, but if you’d rather have the
PCs stumble upon them while out and about, that’s
fine, too.
Other battles and events take place over the
course of this day and into the night, but unless you
wish to add some of the extra encounters previously
described, the following are the only ones to involve
the PCs directly.
T2: Death From Above
Read the following:
As you stand in the war room, discussing tactics, a
messenger barges in and drops to one knee, panting, at
Great Elder Morgoff ’s feet.
“My apologies for interrupting,” he gasps, “but Nine
Bells is burning! A creature—gods, I’ve never seen anything
like them—they’re flying over the district and dropping
alchemical fire bombs! The local soldiers are dealing with
some of them, but there are just too many!”
Unless the PCs, for some bizarre reason, refuse to go
investigate, proceed to the tactical encounter.
Tactical Encounter: T2 Death From Above (page
68).
T3: Hold the Gate!
Either back at Caer Overlook or while out in the
streets, a military courier catches up with the
PCs. “The outer wall!” he shouts at them. “They’ve
breached the outer wall, just north of the west gate!”
Tactical Encounter: T3 Hold the Wall! (page 70).
SC4: Combing
the Wreckage
The PCs need to find one of the city councilmembers
before she’s killed by the attackers.
Skill Challenge: SC4 Combing the Wreckage
(page 72).
The Battle
for the City: Day Three
The PCs face only one major encounter on the third
day—which is fine, because they’re going to need
everything they have to win.
T5: The Final Encounter
Read the following:
Even as you rise from a night of troubled, martial dreams, a
knock sounds on your chamber door. High Ancestor Durkik
stands outside, looking grim.
“I bring word from Councilor Morgoff. In the late
hours of the night, a squadron of soldiers was dispatched
to investigate reports of enemies in the streets close to Caer
Overlook. None have returned. As soon as you’ve risen and
readied yourself, I’m to show you on the map where they
were assigned, and ask you to investigate.”
Tactical Encounter: T5 The Final Encounter
(page 73).
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