Last night on AD&D

Last night on AD&D
A down on his luck Wizard was added to the mix.
He was brought to our band of heroes by the town guard after he had been rolled by some not so nice folk who left him with just a scroll to his name.

Shortly after shrinking and unshrinking the orc. The party started exploring the cave complex. The wizard identified one of the exploding critters as a Dark Stalker. A water fall made a few things exciting as our two fighters go forth to ride a barrel over the falls.

Magic saves the day and the group is starting to appreciate the new wizard.

Then came one of the most common issues i run into as a DM. I pull out this scary ass monster that should turn the party into so much hamburger. They manage to do more than 90 HP of damage in the first half a the first round and turn this terror into a pile of bones and broken armor.

The party is almost to the center of this particular labyrinth. So i have to spend some time this week looking into just what a fighter needs to do to build his first strong hold.