> OK, now I have found the Death's Key, and used it to get past the cold black door, and I have run down the really long corridor that is supposed to lead to Murkon himself.
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> I survived three patrols of Murkon's security guards, but the fourth killed my party (well, killed half and paralysed half). I have now resurrected the party at Teralt, they're now at levels 36 through 46 and have about 4 million gold.
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> There is less than one-third of space left on my map of level 10, so I'll probably find Murkon soon. I refuse to look at the MAP spell until I think I have mapped the full level on pencil&paper, as it would be "kind-of cheating".
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> How horrible exactly is Murkon? Don't spoil me by describing the combat in detail, just give vague hints.

Murkon isn't all that horrible, it's just that he refuses to die. You also have to be careful aboot paralysis, as you've noticed. Try to cast spells such that your front three have AC in excess of 65. That will make them immune to all physical attacks, including paralysis.

I found that with one character only, having high AC was all I needed to just hack away at the monsters till they died, but with several characters you might still wind up with some healing to do if you don't use other spells or tactics.

There's a particular item which will make killing Murkon a lot more convenient. Just so you know. You'll still have to be patient, as he has roughly a billion HP.

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