Gygax and Greyhawk Session #39 - All Hell Breaks Loose

DRAMATIS PERSONAE:

Solcha (Elf Fighter 5 / Magic User 4) w/ henchman Usborn (Gnome Fighter 2/Illusionist 1)
Skeef Hawkridge (Half Elf Druid 5/ Thief 5) w/ henchman Caron (Half Elf  MU1)
Goro (Half Orc Cleric 4 / Fighter 5) w/ henchman Koreyth the Master (Human Fighter 1) 

Date/Time

Patchwall 4 (morning) - Patchwall 15 (morning) 

While Ranzel and Koreyth continued to recover from their injuries, the party restocks supplies and the magic users share and  transcribe some spells. The party also decide to recruit yet another henchman to supplement their skills. In particular they wanted a dwarf or gnome for underground skills, and Solcha is successful in taking into her employment the stout and skillful she-gnome Usborn. Solcha also uses the downtime to cast her new find familiar spell and attracts a weasel to her service. Skeef meanwhile attracts to himself a rat and a skunk for companionship, and purchases three dogs to help guard their wagon/camp.  

Once the injured are recovered and all the animals procured, the party head back towards the ruined keep. On the last night of their journey, cold and chill, the party is attacked out of the falling darkness. A pair of flying humanoid creatures approaches them from the south-east. Thinking first they were gargoyles, once the shapes got closer it was obvious they were diabolic. The two winged creatures with military forks dove to attack, one literally throwing itself at Goro and impaling him on the spines along the creature back, which then burst into flame as they hit. That one was killed quickly, but the second takes longer, scaring off half the party before being pinned to the ground, literally and figuratively. The creature would not give up, even though immobilized by spikes through it's wings and Goro's weight, so the party dispatched the helpless devil. But were then surprised to see another, different devil gate into their presence.  This one proves tougher, and it was a very close fight as the barbed devil unleashes all it's innate powers against it's foes. But the party prevails, and as the fallen bodies burst into oily flame, wonder what they had now gotten themselves into. 

GAINS

none

KILLS/VICTORIES

2 Spined Devil

1 Barbed Devil 

LOSSES

none