How nice! Well done. I always do the Twisted Rune in Chapter 2. But I use another strategy.
I take the whole party to the bottom right corner in the room with the big table. You know, where Shandalar is summoned. There the Beholder won't cast any rays on you, and the Pit Fiend which is always summoned always kills the beholder and also draws the attention of the female mage. So you just have to fight the Vamp. and the fighter in the beginning. Not to hard. Now, the Pit Fiend kills the beholder, but the Mage is not dead, so you have to kill her. Not to hard either since she is now alone. maybe you also have to kill the Fiend here. But fiends are like...I don't know. Something small and pathetic.
Anyway, with the mage and Fiend gone, you can now save, since Shandalar is in the room where you were summoned. Last time I was kind of lucky with Anomen killing him with one hit with Mace of Disrution +2. Ahh...collect the treasure and laugh hard at the enemy. Laugh even harder if you also have the cloak of non-detection.
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