Run started as we stood at the entrance to the cave to the outside.
We discussed plans and E'leia sketched out the map for us.

We were joined by a Troll mage who wanted to leave the Caer; after
Thwack talked with her for a while, he said she was ok, and so we
allowed her to join us.  Haven't gotten a chance to ask her what
useful spells she has; will do that once we have some time to rest.

Then another Troll, named Donk, came up and said he also wanted to
leave the caer; he also talked with Thwack, who said he was ok, so he
joined up too.  He's good with weapons, especially his battleaxe, and
has a sling in case we need to add ranged firepower.

Half of us remained as a rearguard, and half went forward to the first
door.  It contained four gems, and the map said it required names and
listed four names.  After trying a number of things someone (K'shrik,
I think) found the solution, which was to Name each of the gems, and
it opened.

Second trap was a ward which required that you be willing to pass.  No
problem, as we all want to.

Third was a pit of fire, with a bunch of buttons on each side.  Spent
a while trying to figure out the buttons; any combination of three
created an illusionary bridge, which certain combinations created
partially real bridges.  Eventually decided the whole thing was meant
as a distraction, built a rope bridge over the pit, and started the
slow process of movign people that way.  (At last report, not everyone
was across, but due to confined space, we moved onward to the next
one.)

Fourth was a ward which required that you be injured.  Obnoxious, but
not realluy a problem; we all sucked up the damage and went on.

Fifth is a large maze, with gravity distortions (thus screwing up most
navigational senses).  We are brute forcing, trailing a rope behind us
and marking each intersection both by writing on the wall with
charcoal and by posting an orc to make sure nothing comes along to
screw up the writing.  May have to rethink this a bit, because we
encountered things (which appear to be horror constructs) wandering
around in the maze.

First encounter was me, Thwak, Joan, and E'leia, trailed by some orcs,
encountering something the size of a large dog, with no head and
malformed legs, walking toward us.  I put an arrow into it; worms
crawled out of the hole and started aparentntly trying to stitch it
back together, and it continued toward us.  Thwack and I then shot it
repeatedly, after which we got a torch from the orcs and burned the
corpse (in case it could heal itself).  Backed off from that corridor
and explored down a different one.  Almost immediately ran into
another thing; this one looked like a large ball covered with spikes.
It was floating over an odd-looking corpse which had a spike impaled
in it (that spike not attached to the ball).  It began floating toward
us.  Thwack and I shot it; no apparent effect.  I got a torch from the
orcs; that seemed to bother it a bit, but it continued to approach.
We backed off as more members of the party came up and orcs brought up
flasks of oil and alcohol.

We hit it with a molotov cocktail, then poured oil on the floor,
walls, and ceiling and lit it to make a barrier of fire, and then
threw a blanket over it.  K'shrik challenged it in his most
intimidating voice, after which it attacked us.

It caused the blanket to shimmer and disappear.  It then fired a spike
into Thwack, injuring him badly but not knocking him out immediately.
It then fired a spike into E'leia, wounding her badly and knocking her
out.  In the meantime, several of us were throwing more molotov
cocktails onto it, Thwack and I shot it with more arrows, and Zero hit
it with a spell.  As far as I could tell, the only thing that was
bothering it was the fire, so I grabbed the bag of molotov cocktails
and smashed it with the entire bag at once.  The resulting explosion
caused minor damage to a number of us, and caused it to begin glowing.
After a couple more arrows, it began retreating.  K'shrik followed
close behind, Joan and I somewhat further back.  It fired a barrage of
small shards down the hall, wounding K'shrik and possibly some other
people, then shot K'shrik again with a large spike, knocking him out.
It continued to flee down past a fork in the tunnel.  I fired a pair
of parting shots at it before it went out of range, and the final shot
caused it to explode, showering K'shrik, Joan, and I with small
shards.

Examination of the things remains revealed that its insides were
intricate clockwork.  The corpse it had been hovering over was
apparently dead for hundreds of years, and appeard to itself be a
horror construct.

Rag Vorn came up, and gave K'shrik some potion that revived her,
despite her apparently mortal wounds.  He might have also given
something to E'leia, as she woke up as well.  He and party members
performed first aid on the wounded.

Party decided we needed a rest, and run ended.  Barriers remaining
include the rest of the maze, two more doors opened by "Three keys of
the senses" and "Five keys of true ~" (~ denoting something
unreadable).  A ward which you can only pass if unwilling.  A
collapsed portion of the tunnel with a lake over it.

Given the presence of horror constructs in the maze, there is probably
damage to the remaining traps.  Also quite possibly a horror, and
almost certainly more horror constructs inside the maze.  We will have
to rest a bit to recuperate, and we will need to reshuffle our group
to provide more combat power forward as well as providing roving
combat power along the trail through the maze to protect those following us.

Lessons: 1) Have a variety of weapons handy.  The spiky thing was hard
to attack with hand-to-hand weapons without impaling yourself.  Ranged
weapons were good, and fire seemed to be good too.

2) Keep in mind what the traps were built for: they are intended to be
hard for horrors but not impossible for us.  The first door relied on
the presence of namegivers; the pit of fire had a solution which
required creativity, whereas the obvious solution was designed to take
forever, and thus would trap a not-creative horror.

3) Don't make assumptions; we sort of assumed that there would be no
horror-things inside the maze, and thus were not adequately prepared
when we found them.  Paranoia will help you a lot...

4) We also need to work on combat drill.  Everyone diving
simultaneously to deal with the injured person leaves nobody dealing
with the horror construct, which allows it to injure more people...
When forming a team which is likely to go into combat, we need to
organize responsibilities better.  Know when to clear a path for the
ranged combat people and when not to, and know when it is your job to
deal with the injured person.