I just spent the last 6 hours on the final sequence. Just the battle, reload, retrying, and retesting...
The ending was so amazing I have almost forgotten the pure frustration I sat through wondering why the game designers made every inch of the battle so amazingly hard.
My advice... stock up on scrolls/wands/potions before you go in, and use everything except for spells first. Amatterfact, the time I did get all the way through I kept my spellcasters out of combat until the last two fights.... of course I only had 2 and a half.
Summing creatures helps alot, especially the magic eating ones (can't spell name). Don't forget to trap areas since you know where they are coming... and you can quicksave between fights at least.
I'll play TOB again, but now that I've done it legitely I don't think I have the patience to try and go through that again... good luck.
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