)1. Make sure everyone has a yanshi portal gem or two. It's a long run as is and portaling to town cuts the run time by half.
2. Even tho the leader is the only one who needs a bloodstone gem have the whole party grab one. If the leader dies an extra bloodstone will save having to do the 1st area over as someone can come back for him and use their stone.
3. No matter how bad you are the trials can still one hit you if your unlucky so heal often.
Well there they are. I've leaned from my many mistakes and should not have the kind of problems I had leading last night and in 28 days I will try again. I want to thank everyone who hung in there with me last night. I was getting frustrated so I can imagine how you guys were feeling.