You know that Adventurer's kit I always start you off with? (I own one) That contains 50 ft of rope, along with torches, flint/steel, bedroll, waterskin, 1 week's rations, etc. WE HAVE ROPE!!!
Zingnoff successfully claws himself out of the pit.
The party continues on through the garbage to the master bedroom. With difficulty, the two at the front heave open the door to find 19 ghouls, very similar to the one they encountered before, inside. The ghouls heard them approaching and had just enough time to get into a sort of a formation before the party arrived.
Oops. I did not find the Adventurer's Kit in the PH. Where is it at?