Yep that is at the landing but not up the ladder. Impressive. I agree it is against the spirit of E6 and Malakar would probably not send his balor against it, because poory baby balor is scawed of the big bad 9th level spells!
Righty right.I'm still working on my Beatstick, but for change my team to the following
BSF: (To follow)
Skillmonkey: Illumian Beguiler4/CloisteredCleric1/Mindbender1
Healbot: Illumian CloisteredCleric6
Batman: Illumian CloisteredCleric1/Wizard5