The book leaves it up to you how to distribute them throughout the Grey Garrison. Since the fixed encounters of the whole place also don't come running as soon get through the door, my impression is that those additional opponents are meant to be stationed in different rooms with the fixed encounters.
So, I am not sure if this has been asked or not, but I just wanted to get some information about this upcoming fight for my party.
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These extra defenders are only there if the party does not wait for the Eagle Watch to launch its diversions:
If the PCs attack the garrison without the Eagle Watch and other crusaders running a series of distractions, many more defenders are present—area P1 is patrolled by twelve cultists, four additional vermleks, and six howlers. Every other encounter inside the garrison contains twice as many abrikandilus, tieflings, and cultists than listed.
So its an If/Then statement. No if, no then. The - serves as the then. So if your party waits for the diversions none of the extras are guarding the door with the 2 vermleks and the encounters inside are run as written.
Part 4 is meant to be the culmination of all the friend making you've done:
Don't make friends with Anevia, no Irabeth and Eagle Watch.
Don't make friends with Aravashnial, no cache of magic items.
Don't make friends with Horgus, the defense escalations happen as scheduled instead of being delayed.
Don't make friends with Neathholm, no Mongrelmen rangers.
Without any of these i would say that part 4 is not able to be done (especially since without Anevia you don't get Irabeth's trust and she won't give you the mission.)
With Irabeth and the Mongrelmen you've more than doubled the size of your party and that levels out many of the following encounters.
Disclaimer: Our party hasn't gotten to part 4 yet and I haven't read parts 2 and 3. We have 3 people DMing this and I've got part 1 and 4. I wanted to play in this AP and this is the way we've worked it out. So if I've missed something from part 2 or 3 my apologies.
My question is how do the escalations work? Does the first one happen IF the PCs can't make it through the Garrison in one shot and need to leave to regroup? Then when they come back all the listed under Escalation 1 show up in various rooms?
That's it. You put them where ever you want. They give the suggestion of putting some in rooms the party cleared but its up to you.
Remember if they have help from Horgus then the first escalation is delayed, so they get one free go back.
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That's it. You put them where ever you want. They give the suggestion of putting some in rooms the party cleared but its up to you.
Remember if they have help from Horgus then the first escalation is delayed, so they get one free go back.
Sweet! Thanks so much! I guess I was thinking it was more complicated than it actually was!
Sweet! Thanks so much! I guess I was thinking it was more complicated than it actually was!That's it. You put them where ever you want. They give the suggestion of putting some in rooms the party cleared but its up to you.
Remember if they have help from Horgus then the first escalation is delayed, so they get one free go back.
You're welcome. Glad my meager knowledge could help (guess the Knowledge (The Worldwound Incursion) DC was pretty low for me to make it) :)