thanks, Ameena. My progress so far: Tiggy, my lone character was in for a rude awakening at the end of level 1 and was gone for good.
As of now I am haunted by an angry looking small ghost. I think she is not happy with my management decisions.
When it comes to the gor coin: I still remember the place I've seen it the last time. It was in a cupboard's drawer. Only thing is: this happened 25 years ago.
Btw: I've started my quest for the firestaff on an Atari, too. It was my brother's and it was that certain Atari model where it always was a major hassle to switch mouse 'n joystick, so each Dungeon Master session was memorable

I'm gonna sleep in the rat room.