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<blockquote data-quote="Squire James" data-source="post: 5948954" data-attributes="member: 548">Have the demon &quot;set up shop&quot; somewhere and start sending little abyssal spawn all over the place.&nbsp; The spawn are tough but beatable by the current PC's, and will give them SOME sense of accomplishment before it becomes obvious they need to withdraw.&nbsp; Hang a few abyssal versions of &quot;under new management&quot; signs outside that village.Now, the main creature plays with his food a lot, so he will not expand and rampage as much as the PC's might think.&nbsp; Then you can stage an adventure or two to track down some demon-slaying equipment, and then it might not be quite so insurmountable.You'd be surprised how good PC's get at killing things that they ought not be able to kill!&nbsp; I'm sure my DM in a 1e game 20 years ago didn't expect us to ambush an army of 100+ orcs on the way to their lair (the DM told us later he expected us to follow them to their lair and then take them out 10 or 20 at a time).&nbsp; The remaining 6 orcs fled in terror (okay, the caravan with fire oil helped...), and the PC's were not even scratched!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Squire James, post: 5948954, member: 548"] Have the demon "set up shop" somewhere and start sending little abyssal spawn all over the place. The spawn are tough but beatable by the current PC's, and will give them SOME sense of accomplishment before it becomes obvious they need to withdraw. Hang a few abyssal versions of "under new management" signs outside that village. Now, the main creature plays with his food a lot, so he will not expand and rampage as much as the PC's might think. Then you can stage an adventure or two to track down some demon-slaying equipment, and then it might not be quite so insurmountable. You'd be surprised how good PC's get at killing things that they ought not be able to kill! I'm sure my DM in a 1e game 20 years ago didn't expect us to ambush an army of 100+ orcs on the way to their lair (the DM told us later he expected us to follow them to their lair and then take them out 10 or 20 at a time). The remaining 6 orcs fled in terror (okay, the caravan with fire oil helped...), and the PC's were not even scratched! [/QUOTE]

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