| Narsham |
I'm running Fortress of the Stone Giants and my PCs have gotten into a frankly hilarious situation. I'm looking for ideas about how Mokmurian might respond if it develops in one of two ways I anticipate. What Would Mokmurian Do?
The situation: the PCs entered through the River cave, rushed past the Redcaps straight into the kobold, but killed her and the Stone Giant guards in four rounds of combat. After consulting with Conna, they opted to stealth up the summoner's Eidolon, who snuck past the trolls, and the rest of the party Dimension Doored into the ramp leading to the Library level.
Some highly amusing and tough encounters saw the Headless Lord and Forgefiend slain but the PCs low on resources. After discussing teleporting or Dim Dooring away to rest, they opted to use several Walls of Stone to fashion themselves a hidey hole ninety feet up in C5 (the Forgefiend's hangout). Leaving one PC on watch, the others Nap Stack'ed.
Mokmurian observed the fight with the Headless Lord. He knows the party are the Heroes of Sandpoint: a Summoner, a Bard, a Barbarian, a Witch, and a modified Arcanist who can cast some divine spells. When the Lord fell, he cast a few 10 min/level preps and waited. About an hour later, he concluded the PCs weren't on their way and he consulted with his dogs to figure out where they were. Six Greater Scrying attempts and a Discern Location later, and he isolated them and is springing an attack while they nap.
I don't need help with that part. Where I need help is in how Mokmurian would respond if they do one of two things I expect them to do: escape to a nearby location through Dimension Door (probably the caves under Jorgenfist), or Teleport to somewhere less than a day from Jorgenfist. (If they Teleport to Magnimar, Mokmurian can't do much but prepare for their return.)
He can pinpoint their location with the Hounds. He still has the Trolls, the Lamia, Lokansir and everybody on the surface. Does he hole up on the Library level? Leg it up to the Lamia and gather a hit squad? Send one of the giant tribes after them? Does he risk a Hound slipping its bonds to send it with a hit squad? And most importantly, does he lead a group out himself or does he stick around Jorgenfist until the invaders are killed?
I have some ideas, but I'm curious to see what people come up with, especially given what we know of Mokmurian's character. These guys killed Longtooth during the Sandpoint attack, so he knows they are dangerous.