But that's what cloudkill was meant for!

And I have to agree 100% with that wand of monster summoning. In the past I've always used it to surround Drizzt to keep him busy, and when they're done for, my group would move in to finish them off. This time, I surrounded him and used poison arrows on him at the same time, and I didn't have to initiate any melee combat at all to kill him!

And speaking of fighters/mages, I think my next goal is solo fighter/mage, but I know that the level I can get that too is just much too low. If I install the XP Cap remover, is there a limit to what lvl you can get to (like the XP cap remover in ToB set the higher level u can get to as 50 I think)? Or does it allow me to make as many lvls as I want?

well...then, what are wands of monster summoning for? just pure cheese? is there any appropriate condition or non-cheesy way of using summon monsters?
actually as I get familiar with the game I use summon less and less, yet, there are some fights I still need help from summons.

for the XP cap thing, don't worry, now there are not only XP cap remover, but also tweaks that do high level modification...IIRC, with those tweaks, you can make your figher/mage at levels 50/50@"@

OK...

I went back to my last save and fought the final battle again, without using the wand of monster summoning and I managed to win it.

well, maybe we can say that wands of summoning are the "bless" and "cheese" that save our lives before we figure out how to win tough fights without them^_*