My party has just defeated the cloud giants guarding the road to Xin-Shalast. They've learned from Svevenka that the top of the mountain is guarded by a magical shield. They want to check it out. So they've been using a combination of Wind Walk and Control Weather to move around with incredible speed and relative safety.
They have not seen the city yet, but their plan is to fly in and over the city, and all the way to the top of the mountain to investigate, bypassing everything below them.
Now, aside from the fact that the occlusion field is a worthwhile hazard in itself, I'm concerned about them "blowing through" the rest of the city.
On the one hand, I don't want to squelch their legitimate use of the resources they have (after all, that's some fairly heavy magic they've used to get this trick), and I've already warned them that the range of Control Weather means the city is already aware that something major is going on (it's Fall in my game, and the temp is now around 40-50 degrees F at the top of the mountain).
But some part of me says this is just too easy. Am I wrong?
I did look over the denizens of the city, and it does seem that the kuchrimas would attack, as would the dragon. The giant army might ineffectually throw rocks, and the ice devil might give pursuit. After all, the party is not invisible or "stealthy" in any way. Is that the way to go then: send enough aerial problems their way to make them turn back or land and hide? Or should I let them succeed in their scouting mission, but have the city on full alert (such as that is)?
Thoughts?
