Thanks for your reply Raze. I have tried to turn back from being a ghost away from the black ring entrance but I am quickly attacked by specters and demons. I hack away at them, thinking I am winning, and then all of a sudden ... BAM ... I am dead, but my life is only half gone! And I sit there wondering why I died when I still had plenty of life points left. My resistances are lightning 95, fire 90, poison 95, and spirit 120. The fire walls I can withstand. Do the creatures use deathblow or something and my resistances are not high enough to save against it? Maybe I need more skill points in magic barrier, which I only have one skill point in. Thanks