Ugg. Umm the read dragon's hide probably makes one of the best (if not the best) suits of armor in the game and he has another item that that most consider a very powerful weapon (if you have a party member that can use it). I wouldn't recommend using petrification on any big kills like that since you never know what ya might lose.
The shadow dragon I find to be the easiest dragon (I am not sure why). I tend to summon a bunch of creatures,buff up with all the good buff spells (definatly gotta haste). Then spread out alot. This is important. spell casters should be far away AND far apart from each other. have everyone attack all together. you can probably take the shadow dragon down to injured before his spells kick in. as others have mentioned lowering his magic resistance is real good. an important thing to have ready though is a spell to take out his stoneskins(once it fires off). slapping an insect plague onto him at the start is also very effective. One thing you gotta watch is that you try to keep some melee guys on him. If he wing buffets all the melee guys away and the closest target is a spellcaster he will probably attack the mage. when he starts breathing at the mage casting spells is way hard and mages tend to drop real fast from breath attacks. Oh you might want to cast resist fear before the fight as well if you have problems with your party being feared.
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