Originally posted by: Pocatello
Originally posted by: you2
How the heck do I kill this Thaxll`ssillyia. He like swamped my entire group and he was only barely injured. I even had that nasty ol dwarf Korgan with me. Poor good hearted Mazzy died first but the rest was right behind her! (I have this stone so I don't actually have to kill Thaxll`sslliyia but shouldn't I be able to - i mean he's just a giant lizard) ??
Dragons are always difficult to deal with. You have to use your wizards to remove some of their magical protections, like a couple of Breach spells. Use your priests to buff up your fighters/paladins/rangers. Even then, it's still not a fair fight.
Or you could cheese it with lots of cloudkill. Or use your thief to lay down a bunch of traps.
personally, i wait until after the underdark to kill any dragons - your characters are not that powerful at the umar hills. however, when i fight dragons, this is what i do:
buff party with all possible priest spells (bless, defensive harmony, barkskin, righteous might, etc.)
buff wizards with stoneskin, fireshield, spell immunities
encircle the dragon with all my fighters, then manually, haste party (greatest buff evar) and attack (dialog be damned!)
dragons typically have haste+stoneskin on contengency, so the first thing you'll want to do is case breach (lvl5) or higher disjunction spells (pierce magic lvl 6, mord's is lvl 9) to remove stoneskin. spam magic missile (it works on damn near anything) at the dragon and heal your party as necessary.
with this strategy, and a few saves/reloads, i've beaten every dragon and boss on insane difficulty