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This sounds weird, but the hardest fight i've had in a long time was the gnome fighter/illusionist and his two familiars. My 10th level, -10 AC fighter could barely stand up to his melee and his pets rained havoc on my party. In the end i had to leave my party downstairs and confront him alone... mano e gnome... just him and me (and my improved invisibilty to avoid the spells. And my trusty FoA + Kundane to get past his defences. And a potion of power to actually get a hit in. And a potion of storm giant strength to make sure it hurt when i did get a hit in. And a boots of speed to attack even faster and move quick enough to avoid his area spells. And about 6 potions of extra-healing. And that was it [img]graemlins/blush.gif[/img] . Pretty fair fight really [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] )

When i finally killed the midget, his familiars were no trouble at all. Any guilt i felt from resorting to uber tactics was instantly gone when i saw the arsenal (nay - the horde!) of items he was carrying. He certainly was packin' a punch.