Much appreciated! I just beat Elmore's Retreat this morning, apparently this time playing through it I was fortunate enough to find the right keys in the earlier maps, and it more or less went off without a hitch. I think I might have had one key left over, even? Must have missed some treasure, somewhere. As for that sword, I'm working my way through the questline right now. I will say that playing as a Paladin with the Harden Self cleric spell has been a lifesaver against the magi with the acid fireballs. I caught that in the other thread about the spells; I don't remember seeing half of these in my other playthroughs - gotta search carefully I suppose.