No, I place the blame firmly on the dragon's gaseous emissions. One has to stop and hide when that acidic mess goes floating through the air. The methane poison alone would be horrific enough, but with all those sorcerers who are fireball-crazy...
Besides, I just drop repeated Issac's Greater Missle Storms alongside Mordenkainen's Disjunction and Greater Dispelling at semi-random intervals. Whenever someone stops my spells twice in a row without any reason, it's time to strip that natural protection from their hides. Found that combination works better for me than anything else. Then again, I haven't tried rolling with a pure wizard class in ages.
Something else I haven't done - roll through with my dual-bastard wielding fighter/weaponmaster half-orc. I really need to test out his foolcutting ability on that level soon. Though I wouldn't mind getting a four-finger ring for him that read "Sucka!" It's a dream, I know, but it would be so much cooler looking than a set of brass knuckles. Come to think of it, would brass knuckles be weapons or bracers setup (so you can have the gloves' icon for them)?
[ 03-26-2006, 08:21 PM: Message edited by: Mozenwrathe ]