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Friday Night Pathfinder Horror: Ghosts 'n' Stuff

So the party of 3 characters (Lillian, Morrigan, and Sagittarius) and an eidolon started exploring from the room where the 2 ogres had been previously killed.  The room had two apparent exits besides the door they came in.  To the south, there was a closed door.  A small tunnel, large enough to crawl through led to another small door.  The party checked out the door to the South, finding a room with 6 metallic urns circling about a well with a bucket.  There was hideous giggling in the room and the doors opened and closed by themselves, exposing a storage room to the south.  The auras of the room appeared to have an evil tint.  The party decided to explore the small tunnel rather than to deal with the "ghost" here.

The party opened the door and sent a rat into the room beyond the door.  The rat was able to spy a bedroom with bags against the double entry doors, and a large ogre with a club.  Unfortunately, the rat was quickly squashed and the party pulled back, closing the tunnel door behind them.

The party strategized a plan.  The summoner would send in a small air elemental to distract the ogre while the rest of the party entered and got standing to engage.  The plan worked reasonably well.  The air elemental entered, and the ogre killed it in one hit.  The rest of the party got in and started hitting the ogre.  In less than 3 rounds it was dead.  The party searched the room and found potions and a wand.

The party headed south, digging the bags away from the double doors.  In the hall, there was an alcove with a floating mist creature of some sort, and an odd looking tree stump with a bunny on top of it.  The party checked things out.  The fog affected the eidolon and it became shaken with fear for the ghostly phantoms it saw inside the cloud.  Sagittarius got close to the stump and it turned into a creature with long tentacles that grabbed him and started dragging him towards it.  Morrigan smacked the tentacle with his quarterstaff and the creature pulled back like a hurt puppy.  The cloud briefly shocked Lillian before retreating.

The party continued on down the corridor checking things out.  They nearly ran afoul of some loose ceiling blocks that would have crushed them if not spotted.  Some edible mushrooms were growing along the corridor, as well.  The party found a +1 set of chainmail armor in good condition.  A door led farther into the dungeon, but the party turned back to check out the storage room off the "ghost room".  There they found significant supplies.
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