They go upstairs to do battle with the beholder, only to discover that he’s also undead. Jack is turned to stone early in the fight, leaving the rest of the party to battle the aberrations without him. They pull it out with style, then search the city for a ritual to deal with Jack’s condition. The paladin restored, the complete the deal with the mindflayer bartender, and leave Ooltul.

They enter a bony forest and decide to throw down with the denizens of an ancient cemetery. They win, but there is no sign of the secondary treasure shown on Tegalad’s map.

Chapter 5: The Rise