Epic Battle for the Heartlands (only short rests)

(Mission 1)
Hostages at the Farmstead
Enemies: [Knight x5 (700xp), x35 cultists (25xp), x10guard drakes (450xp)]
Events: Round 4 A random character is flyby attacked by the wyvern with its stinger, Round 7 the mage
casts cone of cold against the characters (affecting as many as possible).
Objective: Free all refugees through the Portal and survive the time limit of 10 rounds.

-100 Peasant and Farming Hostages are found stuffed together in the Barn in a dug out pit with 4 guard
drakes, 1 on each side
-Liara calls Nipper to setup a teleportation circle to get the refugees to Daggerford.
-1 Wyvern riding cultist mage (lvl6) and a shield guardian attack from above (Liara and Nipper try to keep
them at bay, while 7 cultists, 1 white dragon knight and 2 guard drakes attack in waves every 2 rounds (5
waves) once the circles are in place allowing for a 10 round countdown to help keep the refugees alive.
XP= (10 x refugee #(1-100)) + (eliminated enemys xp) =5,000xp
-Liara says they need to head to Cromshold to make sure they have not fallen if the cult can bring in waves
of men against them. If Cromshold falls it won't be long before the cult attacks Daggerford outright.
(Mission 2)
Break the Siege of Cromshold
Enemies: [White Dragon Soul (2000xp), Bulthagos the White (4000xp), 3x knights (700xp), Talkin
Atropus (2300xp), infinite cultist (25xp) and fanatic (450xp)]
Events: 5 Cultists and 1 Cult Fanatic enter the battle every other round. Round 5, and every 2 rounds
after, a wyvern flyby attacks a random character with its sting.
Objective(s): Eliminate the cultists leaders and then gain entry to the keep.
Magic Items: Wand of Winter from Hoard of the Dragon Queen. On Bulthagos.
-Liara is too busy keeping the rest of the forces at bay to help the characters.
-The smallest density of cult forces is near the Lizard Marsh Gate. The forces stopping any of Cromshold
from sending out messengers for help, we have to eliminate the leadership near the gate and gain entry to
help Cromshold from falling.
XP = (2000xp + 4000xp + 2300xp +2100 + cultist and fanatic xp]= Best Case Scenario 5,000xp.
(Mission 3)
Defeat Aussirkothar the White Demon
Enemies: [Young White Dragon (3000xp), Zombie Dragon (1800xp), Cult Wizard (use Rath Modar)
(2300xp), 1x Dragonfang (1,800xp), 3x Dragonclaw (200xp), 1x Dragonwing(450xp), 1x Cult fanatic
(450xp).
Events: Must break through Dragon after death becomes a zombie dragon as a cult necromancer brings it
back to life.
Objectives: Defeat Aussirkothar twice and the necromancer commanding the army.
-Liara is busy with bringing a diversionary force to attack the army while the party sneaks in to kill the
dragon. Dragon is sleeping inside of a hastily built shelter. Shelter is guarded by 1x fangs, 3x dragon claws,
and 1 Dragonwing, and 1 fanatic.
XP: Successful mission = 15,000xp. 3k each
Magic Items: Bag of Holding with 10,000gp of coins and gems inside, Amulet of Heroism as the spell (4/p
day)