ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

There isn't an error that pops up for this but here is the gist of the problem: Whenever I try to go into my fortress from the world map or otherwise I get put into the room before the actual fortress area and the door is sealed... and that is about the size of it. My character is Sarvek Here is the...

I was in the last hope graveyard and I was fighting an Elite master Vampire. I was a corrupter with several sustains on including bone shield. (the only one that I would think that could matter) All of a sudden on the enemies turn it sounded like I was hit several several times and I died from full ...