Environment · Event, Tier 3
Castle Siege
An active siege with an attacking force fighting to gain entry to a fortified castle.
- Difficulty
- 17
- Type
- Event
- Tier
- 3
- Potential adversaries
- Mercenaries (Harrier, Sellsword, Spellblade, Weaponmaster), Noble Forces (Archer Squadron, Conscript, Elite Soldier, Knight of the Realm)
ImpulsesBleed out the will to fight, breach the walls, build tension
Features
PassiveSecret Entrance. A PC can find or recall a secret way into the castle with a successful Instinct or Knowledge Roll.
GM promptHow do they get in without revealing the pathway to the attackers? Are any of the defenders monitoring this path?
ActionSiege Weapons (Environment Change). Consequence Countdown (6). The attacking force deploys siege weapons to try to raze the defenders’ fortifications. Activate the countdown when the siege begins (for a protracted siege, make this a long-term countdown instead). When it triggers, the defenders’ fortifications have been breached and the attackers flood inside. You gain 2 Fear, then shift to the Pitched Battle environment and spotlight it.
GM promptWhat siege weapons are being deployed? Are they magical, mundane, or a mixture of both? What defenses must the characters overcome to storm the castle?
ActionReinforcements! Summon a Knight of the Realm, a number of Tier 3 Minions equal to the number of PCs, and two adversaries of your choice within Far range of a chosen PC as reinforcements. The Knight of the Realm immediately takes the spotlight.
GM promptWho are they targeting first? What formation do they take?
ReactionCollateral Damage. When an adversary is defeated, you can spend a Fear to have a stray attack from a siege weapon hit a point on the battlefield. All targets within Very Close range of that point must make an Agility Reaction Roll.
Targets who fail take 3d8+3 physical or magic damage and must mark a Stress.
Targets who succeed must mark a Stress.
GM promptWhat debris is scattered by the attack? What is broken by the strike that can’t be easily mended?