This is a long e-mail because I didn't want to send a bunch of e-mails.
Please do read the whole e-mail though.

Sad Story:
My formerly 12th level wizard went into the Minotaur cave in the Steamfont
Mountains. We decided to explore. THIS WAS A VERY BAD IDEA. Some type of
mind warp to over me and I ran right to Meridith (or whatever his name is)
and 3 minotaur guards. But I did not die. I got stuck in a wall and could
not run out or gate out. I filed a petition and while I was waiting I tried
to fill out a bug report. But that crashed the game -- power off. When I
log back on I drop right in front of Meridith and the guards (BAM, BAM,
DEAD). Probably would have had better luck from a guard. Anyway after 3
more deaths and some help from an enchanter's invisibility, my friend and I
got our stuff back -- the other members of the party ran.

Question 1:
Has anybody killed this guy and what level were you, etc. etc.?

Question 2:
Is magic resistance used to resist the mind warp?

Question 3:
When I was still 12th level I cast Bind on myself and my friend. I got a
message that I feel bound to the area (or something like that). My friend
did not. I cast it on him 4 times and he did not get that message. I tried
to cast it by the gnome city if that matters. The only message that I got
was that I had started to cast a spell. When we died, I appeared near the
gnome city and he had a much longer walk. It appears that the bind did not
work for him.

Another Story:
I have mostly been fighting in Crushbone, so my standing with the orcs
really sucks. Sometimes a legionaire or slaver will attack me without me
attacking them and the "tanks" have been totally unable to pull them off
while I am standing and trying to move away. I don't think that the "tanks"
are at the top of the orcs most wanted list like I am. If it matters, I
helped kill Crush with a large party.

Question 4:
Has anybody else experienced this? Any ideas?

****Spoiler****
I have figured out what to do with some of the shackle keys that you get off
of the slavers in CrushBone. Each number corresponds to a specific race/sex
combination.

Here are the combinations that I know:
Male Dwarf 16
Female Dwarf 17
Male Wood Elf 18
Female Wood Elf 19
Male High Elf 20
Female High Elf 21

Question 5:
What do the other keys do? So far I know that I have also gotten shackle
keys #15, 23 and 24. I have not seen any halflings or gnomes, but have
heard reports of them. If you know who to give these keys to or where the
other slaves might be (I have not gone in the castle), please reply to the
group with the answer.

Laugh
Has anybody noticed that it is empOREr cruch and not empEROr crush. The
stupid orcs hail empOREr crush to. I turned that in as a bug.

Best Regards
Mark Mazurik
Owner of Mazurik, 11th level wizard (sigh)