Made it!

One more out of character post. I finally beat it last night! I had forgotten about the "memo" saving option as I was playing before, which would have eased much pain. So this time through I saved in a number of places as I progressed through the Temple of Chaos. Though, of course, it turns out I didn't need to this time as I never died. No matter, I finally made it through and will have the rest of the posts up soon. And then it is on to completely uncharted waters...Final Fantasy II!