Ouch... 9 challenge death to anti-magic cave spinner poison
Just picked up an enchantment stone 8 turns before death and instantly used it got vampiric on the greatsword... Anti-magic spinner surprises me and gets me poisoned. This was the RUN!!!
Ahhh I hate cave spinners. You have to spot them at a distance before they throw their web and then have a plan to deal with them. Knocking them into pits with chains or blast wave is ideal. Otherwise you wanna take them out at range. Step sideways when they see you so their web throw goes to that side, then hit them with all the ranged weapons and wands you got. Antimagic is tough though!
The change for me in winning those challenges was hoarding scrolls of upgrade and applying them to the late stage weapon and plate armour after finishing the blacksmith's challenge in the cave, and applying his "free" upgrades to it.